public utility
noun
: a business organization (such as an electric company) performing a public service and subject to special governmental regulation
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Chief Deputy Gary Young, with the sheriff's office, told the Herald that Sled is charged with criminal mischief and impairing the operation of a vital public utility. 
The Arkansas Democrat-gazette, Arkansas Online, 20 May 2022 Sled was charged with criminal mischief and impairing the operation of a vital public utility. Sarah Rumpf, Fox News, 20 May 2022 The situation will likely persist into next week, when public utility workers in Baja California are expected to complete repairs, according to federal officials in San Diego. Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2022 The water disconnection threat is the latest development in a year-long saga that has plagued the city, state and public utility company. The Indianapolis Star, 20 July 2022 Under the law, doing so would not reclassify that gas station or convenience store into a public utility, thus opening the door for countless new sites to host charging stations. Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 30 June 2022 Milwaukee Bucks executive Alex Lasry vowed to bring more investment to rural areas, and state Treasurer Sarah Godlewski pushed to make broadband a public utility. Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 June 2022 Letha Tawney, one of Oregon’s three public utility commissioners, has been the agency’s point person on wildfire preparedness. oregonlive, 22 June 2022 Governors appoint public utility commissioners in many other states—and, of course, state legislatures can pass significant energy rules, too. Justin Worland, Time, 19 May 2022 See More
The Arkansas Democrat-gazette, Arkansas Online, 20 May 2022 Sled was charged with criminal mischief and impairing the operation of a vital public utility. Sarah Rumpf, Fox News, 20 May 2022 The situation will likely persist into next week, when public utility workers in Baja California are expected to complete repairs, according to federal officials in San Diego. Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2022 The water disconnection threat is the latest development in a year-long saga that has plagued the city, state and public utility company. The Indianapolis Star, 20 July 2022 Under the law, doing so would not reclassify that gas station or convenience store into a public utility, thus opening the door for countless new sites to host charging stations. Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 30 June 2022 Milwaukee Bucks executive Alex Lasry vowed to bring more investment to rural areas, and state Treasurer Sarah Godlewski pushed to make broadband a public utility. Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 June 2022 Letha Tawney, one of Oregon’s three public utility commissioners, has been the agency’s point person on wildfire preparedness. oregonlive, 22 June 2022 Governors appoint public utility commissioners in many other states—and, of course, state legislatures can pass significant energy rules, too. Justin Worland, Time, 19 May 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1895, in the meaning defined above
Legal Definition
public utility
noun
: a business organization (as an electric company) performing a public service and subject to special government regulation