Public Utilities in the United States

Locating Public Utilities Information

The Mergent Public Utility Manual And News Reports provides financial profiles of public utility companies. The Manual is available in print and online through Mergent’sSpecial Library Service subscription. Profiles for some utilities are published in the Mergent Municipal and Government Manual And News Reports.

The Energy Information Administration and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission both provide financial and statistical data on U.S. electric utilities.

Decisions and Orders from state public utility commissions are published in Public Utilities Reports (by Public Utilities Fortnightly). You can search Public Utilities Reportson on Lexis. Westlaw has its own database called Public Utilities Commission Decisions (PUC).

Public Utilities (Filed Rate Doctrine)

This section introduces, discusses and describes the basics of public utilities . Then, cross references and a brief overview about Filed Rate Doctrine is provided. Finally, the subject of Exemptions in relation with public utilities is examined. Note that a list of cross references, bibliography and other resources appears at the end of this entry.

Public Utilities (Filed Rate Doctrine)

This section introduces, discusses and describes the basics of public utilities . Then, cross references and a brief overview about Filed Rate Doctrine is provided. Finally, the subject of Immunities in relation with public utilities is examined. Note that a list of cross references, bibliography and other resources appears at the end of this entry.

Resources

See Also

Commodity Prices
Energy
United States Department of Energy
Water

Further Reading

• Information about Public Utilities in the Gale Encyclopedia of American Law.