An enterprise that is engaged in the generation, transmission and/or distribution of electric energy primarily for use by the public, and is the major power supplier within a designated service area. Electric utilities include investor-owned, publicly-owned, cooperatively-owned, and government-owned entities. See power marketer
Any individual or state agency (i.e., municipality) with a monopoly franchise that sells electricity to end-use customers. This term includes the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), but does not include other Federal power marketing agencies from the EPAct.
An entity that owns and operates transmission and/or distribution facilities and delivers electric energy to customers. It may be an investor-owned, municipal, state, or federal electric utility, or a rural electric cooperative. Find your local Massachusetts utility.
A person, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity who distributes electricity.
In a regulated electric market, the entity that owns and/or operates facilities for the generation, transmission, and/or distribution of electricity. In a deregulated market, this entity becomes an electric distribution company responsible for transmission and distribution only.
An electric power company that operates a power transmission and distribution system and has the legal right to deliver electric power in a given geographic area. Usually involves some form of legal monopoly over electric services in the geographic area.
The local investor owned provider of both bundled and unbundled electric service (Nevada Power / Sierra Pacific Power). Please refer to NRS 704B.
A person, partnership, corporation, association or other legal entity whose distribution of electricity is regulated by the MPSC. For the specific purposes of defining the term “electric utility,†or “public utility,†with respect to MPSC regulation, this does not include municipal utility companies. The MPSC regulates investor-owned utilities and electric cooperatives.
Any agency or authority aligned with distribution facilities for delivery of electrical energy to the public. The notion of utility varies widely from state to state and from time to time, depending on fickle laws concerning regulation and deregulation.
A corporation, person, agency, authority, or other legal entity or instrumentality that owns and/or operates facilities within the United States, its territories, or Puerto Rico for the generation, transmission, distribution, or sale of electric energy primarily for use by the public and files forms listed in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 18, Part 141. Facilities that qualify as cogenerators or small power producers under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA) are not considered electric utilities.
Any person or state agency with a monopoly franchise (including any municipality) that sells electric energy to end-use customers.
Private entity or state agency (including any municipality) with a monopoly franchise, that sells electric energy to end-users. This term usually refers to a vertically integrated utility that provides generation, transmission, and distribution services.
A corporation, person, state agency, authority or other legal entity that owns and/or operates facilities for the generation, transmission, distribution or sale of electricity primarily for use by the public. (Non-utilities are privately-owned companies that generate power for their own use and/or for sale to utilities and others.)
A corporation, person, agency, authority, or other legal entity or instrumentality that owns or operates facilities for the generation, transmission, distribution, or sale of electric energy primarily for use by retail customers and is defined as a utility under the statutes and rules by which it is regulated. Types of Electric Utilities include investor-owned, cooperatively owned, and government-owned (federal agency, crown corporation, state, provincials, municipals, and public power districts). This term includes the Tennessee Valley Authority, but does not include other Federal power marketing agency (from EPAct).
An entity that has a franchise to sell electricity to retail electric customers in a certain area, as provided in the Public Utilities Act. ComEd is an electric utility.
A corporation, person, agency, authority, or other legal entity or instrumentality that owns and/or operates facilities for the generation, transmission, distribution, or sale of electric energy primarily for use by the public. Electric utilities do not include facilities that qualify as cogenerators or small power producers.
A corporation, person, agency, authority, or other legal entity or instrumentality aligned with distribution facilities for delivery of electric energy for use primarily by the public. Included are investor-owned electric utilities, municipal and State utilities, Federal electric utilities, and rural electric cooperatives. A few entities that are tariff based and corporately aligned with companies that own distribution facilities are also included.
Is a company that controls the distribution of electricity in a specific state, area or region. Utilities often own and operate electricity generation and transmission facilities.
An electric utility is a company (often a public utility) that engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity for sale generally in a regulated market. The electrical utility industry is a major provider of energy in most countries. Electricity is an integral part of life in the Developed world.