ECONOMICS|economic analysis|statistics
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- ga
- IOU | investor-owned utilities
- en
- Definition 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 Reference Public Forum Institute,Gloss.of Electricity Deregulation Terms,1998