In a sentence
Six example sentences with utility, each labelled with its topic.
Pension funds buy shares in a utility because the rates it may charge are set years ahead and rarely move.
Finance
The developer waited eight months for the utility to run a new feeder line to the site's western edge.
Architecture
The local utility replaced its coal boilers with a wind and battery mix and halved emissions within three years.
Environment
Because a utility faces no competitor, the commission sets its prices by reviewing its costs line by line.
Economics
The candidate promised to force the utility to bury its power lines, a pledge that won every hillside precinct.
Politics
The utility must file its rate request with the commission and defend every number at a public hearing.
Law
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