And no longer did the company only transmit to municipal utilities, but to rural areas as well.

Proponents of a municipal utility say it would cost more like $600 million.

The remaining portion is owned by municipal utilities in Massachusetts.

A number of municipal utilities appear to have serious collection problems.

There are six municipal utilities currently operating in the province.

After a few years, residents had a vote to create a municipal electric utility.

The rest of the grid is controlled by municipal utilities and the federal government.

They can provide it themselves or through an autonomous municipal utility.

In these two cities municipal utilities were responsible for service provision.

Outside the two largest cities 230 different municipal utilities are in charge of water supply and sanitation.