public utility
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SEOUL—South Korea plans to give its entire population free access to generative AI services, the first major state-led offering treating the technology akin to a public utility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
American Water Works and Essential Utilities reached an agreement to merge in an all-stock deal that will result in a combined water-and-wastewater public utility valued at roughly $40 billion.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2025
Southern California Edison, which is based in Rosemead, is an investor-owned public utility that provides electricity to about 15 million people across a 50,000-square-mile area in Southern California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2025
Burien chose land owned by Seattle City Light, Seattle’s public utility for electricity.
From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2024
Reprint of periodical articles, unless forbidden, and extracts from books "in case of urgency or to the end of public utility," may be made on acknowledgment of the source.
From Copyright: Its History and Its Law by Richard Rogers Bowker
