so youre thinking the last line "public" refers to publicly traded and not "public utility" in the line before? I'm not sure i agree there, but thats an interesting point.
It's possibly you're correct but then it would be for it to be a 'non-profit' privately owned company being utilized as a Public Utility. Basically these factors stand out the most to me..
“an obligation to provide the good or service that cannot be arbitrarily or unreasonably withdrawn.”
"Public utilities are regulated by public utilities commissions that operate at a variety of jurisdictional levels. Public utilities commissions may grant public utilities certain monopoly rights to facilitate servicing a given geographic area with a single system. For example, in California, prohibitions against anticompetitive behavior under the Unfair Practices Law do not apply to public utility corporations."
why do we make it public? so it can be foia'd? checks n balances? idk...
I assumed he meant public as in traded on the stock market. It is not a "public" or government company so there would not be any FOIA requesting.
so youre thinking the last line "public" refers to publicly traded and not "public utility" in the line before? I'm not sure i agree there, but thats an interesting point.
It's possibly you're correct but then it would be for it to be a 'non-profit' privately owned company being utilized as a Public Utility. Basically these factors stand out the most to me..
“an obligation to provide the good or service that cannot be arbitrarily or unreasonably withdrawn.”
"Public utilities are regulated by public utilities commissions that operate at a variety of jurisdictional levels. Public utilities commissions may grant public utilities certain monopoly rights to facilitate servicing a given geographic area with a single system. For example, in California, prohibitions against anticompetitive behavior under the Unfair Practices Law do not apply to public utility corporations."