Utilities neither produce energy like oil companies nor consume it like households, but convert it from one form to another. The electricity created is attractive because it is clean and versatile, because it can be moved great distances nearly...

An industry or enterprise providing basic services to the public, such as energy, water, postal services or telephones, which is sometimes owned by the state but even if privately owned (as is often the case in the USA) is usually subject to public...

Electric utilities have historically been franchise monopolies, vertically integrated from power production through transmission, distribution, and customer service with no competition from other electric utilities. However, in many parts of the...

A public utility (usually just utility) is a company that maintains the infrastructure for a public service (often also providing a service using that infrastructure). Public utilities often involve natural monopolies, and as a result are often...

Public Utilities ELECTRIC COMPANIES -- Arkansas customers and revenue only (ranked by 1998 revenue). Company 1998 Address, Phone Revenue/ Annual Change 1. Entergy Arkansas Inc. $1,608,698,419 425 W. Capitol Ave., Little Rock, -4.3% 72201 (501-377-4000) 2. Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. $370,473,317 [**] 8000...

The security of the utility sector is being increasingly threatened. A report by the Energy Incident Quarterly indicates that 833 destructive or potentially harmful incidents took place at US utilities between 1986 and 1995. The number one target of the perpetrators of these attacks...

The Public Utilities Commission is holding hearings on how to implement new utilities legislation passed in the last session.The PUC held a hearing Nov. 26 on new policies and regulations pertaining to Assembly Bill 518, a bill deregulating the telephone industry.Under the law, only basic...

The South Coast Air Quality Management District sued California public utility officials, claiming the liquefied natural gas that officials approved for use in the state could worsen air pollution.Energy providers plan to spend about $3 billion on the construction of seven natural gas terminals on...