public utility
noun
: a business organization (such as an electric company) performing a public service and subject to special governmental regulation
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Located just south of the landmark American Brewery (the structure that looks like some fantasist vastly enlarged a cuckoo clock) this grouping of public utility structures fell on excruciatingly hard times.
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Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 8 Feb. 2025
State and federal incentives to buy and lease EVs and install charging stations and programs by public utilities and communities have helped increase the number of electric vehicles on the roads.
—Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 22 Jan. 2025
The utility, however, has told state public utilities regulators that fire officials have not suggested its electric facilities played a part in the fire's ignition.
—Andrew Blankstein, NBC News, 13 Jan. 2025
Check the agendas: Most cities, counties, public utilities and school districts post meeting agendas online.
—Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 13 Jan. 2025
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Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 8 Feb. 2025
State and federal incentives to buy and lease EVs and install charging stations and programs by public utilities and communities have helped increase the number of electric vehicles on the roads.
—Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 22 Jan. 2025
The utility, however, has told state public utilities regulators that fire officials have not suggested its electric facilities played a part in the fire's ignition.
—Andrew Blankstein, NBC News, 13 Jan. 2025
Check the agendas: Most cities, counties, public utilities and school districts post meeting agendas online.
—Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Public utility.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20utility. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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