Sentence examples for utilities were given from inspiring English sources

Under old-fashioned state regulation, utilities were given financial incentives -- or otherwise were forced -- to maintain surplus capacity, just in case it was needed.

Utilities were given areas of monopoly service, and their rates -- and ability to deliver enough electricity -- were overseen by state regulators.

The E.P.A. accepted that petition in 1999 and the utilities were given until May 2003 to cut pollutants under the Clean Air Act.

David Brooks (column, April 20) asks, "If utilities were given an incentive to switch to natural gas, would that decimate our coal industry?" The answer is irrelevant.

In past drills, the mock terrorists have succeeded at nearly half the plants tested -- though the utilities were given months to prepare and even told the dates the attacks would come.

A startoff grant of RM 55,000 for furniture, materials and equipment and an annual operational grant of RM 64,000 for the subsidy of 30 children whose parents' income is below RM 2,000, and for expenses such as utilities were given to the local community.

Local utilities are given monopoly privileges with oversight from state regulatory bodies.

The Sherman Knapp Fellowship of Northeast Utilities is given to an outstanding graduate student who plans to pursue a career in nuclear power engineering.

The proposal, however, noting that the utilities are already benefiting from lower interest rates and will begin benefiting from the new tax laws on Jan . 1 , 1987requests that temporary rate decreases be instituted "immediately". The proposal recommends that utilities be given 15 days to contest the new rates and 30 days to document their case.

The distribution of utilities is given in Table 3.

The costs of chemicals and utilities are given in Table  6.