electric company

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Residents filled jugs and buckets before the water was shut off, knowing the electric company planned to cut power once the winds exceeded 60 kilometers per hour.

From Barron's • Oct. 28, 2025

They would stay for a few hours and come back, having seen a tweet from the local electric company saying that power should be restored by that evening, midnight at the latest.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2023

The president said the national electric company told him that service had been restored to 55% of customers in the affected area but that more than 200,000 homes and businesses remained without power.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 28, 2023

In 1989, the electric company AES Corp kicked off the carbon trading market by planting 50 million trees in Guatemala to offset emissions released in the construction of a new power plant.

From Salon • Aug. 24, 2023

Armpit’s father worked in the daytime as a meter reader for the electric company.

From "Small Steps" by Louis Sachar