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

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

It also spied on Times-Union columnist Nate Monroe, who had written critically of the company’s bid to buy Jacksonville’s municipal electric company.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 25, 2023

One time, he remembered, she had gone downtown to the gas and electric company because they had cut off the heat.

From "Forged by Fire" by Sharon M. Draper