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public utility

noun as in government-run public service

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Those most recent rate increases were reviewed and approved by Newsom appointees at the state public utilities commission.

About 4,600 customers remained without power as of Monday morning, the public utility company said on social media.

Loretta Lynch, former chair of the state’s public utilities commission, noted that big commercial customers such as data centers pay lower rates for electricity across the state.

Taylor hated being “a public utility. I didn’t like fame, I don’t like the sense of belonging to the public; I like being an actress or trying to be an actress.”

Burien chose land owned by Seattle City Light, Seattle’s public utility for electricity.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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