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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By that time, the subdivision was inside the city limits, so every house would be connected to public utilities – telephone lines, gas, electricity, water and sewage.
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Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 May 2024
Circuit Judge Frank Remington found state regulators incorrectly interpreted Wisconsin law governing public utilities when approving the project, and returned the issue to the Wisconsin Public Service Commission for further review.
—Karl Ebert, Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2024
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Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 May 2024
Circuit Judge Frank Remington found state regulators incorrectly interpreted Wisconsin law governing public utilities when approving the project, and returned the issue to the Wisconsin Public Service Commission for further review.
—Karl Ebert, Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2024
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“Public utility.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20utility. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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