INVESTOR-OWNED UTILITIES

Domain	Definition
Energy	Aprivate company that provides a utility, such as water, natural gas or electricity, to a specific service area. The investor-owned utilityis regulated by the California Public Utilities Commission. In California the investorowned utilities supplying energy are:. (references)
Statistics	Are shareholder-owned, publicly traded corporations that are taxed like other private businesses but regulated strictly by both state and federal officials. IOUs were granted regional monopolies via express government actions that simultaneously protected their service territory from competition while guaranteeing their profits and ensuring them against any market or financial risk. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "INVESTOR-OWNED UTILITIES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		investor-ejede forsyningsselskaber. (various references)

Dutch		nutsbedrijf, eigendom van de investeerder. (various references)

Finnish		yksityiset energiayhtiöt. (various references)

French		entreprises d'électricité indépendantes. (various references)

Italian		imprese elettriche indipendenti. (various references)

Pig Latin		investor-owneday ilitiesutay

Spanish		compañía de electricidad de propiedad privada, compañía de electricidad de inversionistas. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Specialty Definition: INVESTOR-OWNED UTILITIES