utility
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NextEra as a standalone company is still the nation’s biggest utility, with targeted annual earnings-per-share growth of 8% or more, on the high end of its peer group.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
She relied on a state pension and said it never stretched far enough to cover her utility bills.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
But the plan was brought back to the floor after a local water utility board denied the developer’s request for water.
From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026
Residents of Utah and Maryland can now use it to combat skyrocketing utility bills, and seven more states—Colorado, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont and Virginia—have recently passed laws to make it possible, too.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Everyone has an Aunt Matilda who had a vivid dream of a fiery car crash the night before Uncle Mortimer wrapped his Ford around a utility pole.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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