List of public utilities

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This is a list of public utilities .

Natural gas companies

Electricity companies

Telephone companies

Water companies

Steam companies

Note: some of these companies are still trading, others are listed here for historical interest.

Former hydraulic power companies

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Southern Company is an American gas and electric utility holding company based in the Southern United States. It is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with executive offices also located in Birmingham, Alabama. The company is the second largest utility company in the U.S. in terms of customer base, as of 2021. Through its subsidiaries it serves 9 million gas and electric utility customers in 6 states. Southern Company's regulated regional electric utilities serve a 120,000-square-mile (310,000 km2) territory with 27,000 miles (43,000 km) of distribution lines.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">CLP Group</span> Hong Kong electric power company

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">ScottishPower</span> Scottish energy company

Scottish Power Limited, trading as ScottishPower, is a vertically integrated energy company based in Glasgow, Scotland. It is a subsidiary of Spanish utility firm Iberdrola.

National Grid plc is a British multinational electricity and gas utility company headquartered in London, England. Its principal activities are in the United Kingdom, where it owns and operates electricity and natural gas transmission networks, and in the Northeastern United States, where as well as operating transmission networks, the company produces and supplies electricity and gas, providing both to customers in New York and Massachusetts.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">ActewAGL</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sempra</span> Utility holding company

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">TANESCO</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Taiwan Power Company</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Companhia de Electricidade de Macau</span>

Companhia de Electricidade de MacauCEM, S.A. known simply as CEM or Chinese: 澳電 is a private public utility company with a sole concession to transmit, distribute, sell high, medium and low voltage of electricity in Macau. Besides, CEM owns an installed generation capacity of 408 MW.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">CK Hutchison Holdings</span> Hong Kong multinational conglomerate

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