public power
State-owned utility service
Public power refers to electricity supplied by government-owned utilities rather than private companies—municipal power companies, state authorities, or federal projects like the Tennessee Valley Authority.
The term emphasizes public ownership and often implies lower rates or democratic accountability: The city switched to public power after years of complaints about the private utility.
More broadly, public power can mean governmental authority or the collective power of citizens.
- electric utilityCompany supplying household current
- utilityFunctional worth or purpose
- gridFramework of intersecting lines
- electricityEnergy from charged particles
- governmentAuthority over a state
authority · municipal · state · infrastructure · collective · civic · commons · nationalized · regulation · agency · mandate · democratic · sovereignty · political · control · eminent domain · ownership · monopoly
- public servicespolice, police department, police station, police stations, police patrols
public powercorporate power
individual autonomy · private enterprise · private sector · civil society · market forces
public, power, publicly, publics, publication, publish, publisher, publishing, published