Definitions for "Electric Utility"
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.