What does POU stand for?

Publicly Owned Utility

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Samples in periodicals archive:

Yet, the proposed deal is also likely to face protest in some corners, especially considering Graham promised to maintain NB Power as a publicly owned utility during the 2006 election.

Canada: Quebec, NB in $10 billion electricity deal

Although she touches briefly on the everyday lives of Hill Country residents, including women, Phillips devotes most of her analysis to LBJ's New Conservation policies, especially his tireless efforts to build hydroelectric dams, and create publicly owned utility companies, along Texas's lower section of the Colorado River.

This Land, This Nation: Conservation, Rural America, and the New Deal

About East Bay Municipal Utility District The East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) is a publicly owned utility that provides water and wastewater service to portions of two counties in the eastern side of San Francisco Bay Area.

AT&T SIGNS NEW ETHERNET PACT WITH EAST BAY DISTRICT

It might also become a publicly owned utility through condemnation by the city of Portland or some other public entity.

Good picks for PUC

Southern California Edison spokesman Gil Alexander said the DWP has been fortunate because, as a publicly owned utility, it can determine when it will open up its market to competition.

DWP SIGNS LONG-TERM POWER DEALS; KEY CUSTOMERS TO STAY BEYOND ...

The difference between electricity deregulation and previously deregulated industries is that one in seven electric customers in this country is served by a publicly owned utility.

ELECTRICITY DEREGULATION CHANGE POSES MORTAL PERIL TO PUBLICLY OWNED ...

About SMUD: As the nation's sixth largest publicly owned utility, SMUD has been providing low-cost, reliable electricity for more than 60 years to Sacramento County (and a small portion of Placer County).

Aerojet, Solar Power, Inc. and SMUD Dedicate 3.6 Megawatt Solar ...

Energy Northwest was formed as a Joint Operating Agency in 1957 to provide low-cost power for its publicly owned utility members.

United States: Energy Northwest gets 2 new members