electric company

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The electric company also filed suit against six water agencies, including Pasadena Water & Power, claiming there were insufficient water supplies available for firefighters.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2026

Morgan, forced a client with more inventions than profits, named Thomas Edison, to merge his electric company with a Schenectady, N.Y., lighting outfit that had more commercial momentum than star power.

From Barron's • Dec. 12, 2025

Officials from the national electric company promised to have power restored in all of Acapulco by late Tuesday, a week after the hurricane hit.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 31, 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

In Providence, residents phoned the electric company, asking it to switch off the lights “so that the city would be safe from the enemy.”

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow