RARE RPPC Boise City OK Oklahoma Cimarron Utilities ca 1925 Real Photo Postcard for Sale

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RARE RPPC Boise City OK Oklahoma Cimarron Utilities ca 1925 Real Photo Postcard:
$68.00

RARE Old Real Photograph Postcard
Cimarron Utilities
110,000 investedBoise City, Oklahomaca 1925

For offer - a very nice old Postcard! Fresh from an estate in Upstate NY. Never offered on the market until now. Vintage, Old, antique, Original - NOT a Reproduction - Guaranteed !!This is one of three cards I am listing from Boise City that came together in a collection. Unused card. Electric, water, telephone? In very good condition.Please see photos. If you collect postcards, 20th century history, American, Americana, advertisement ad,photography images, education, etc., this is a nice one for your paper or ephemera collection. 1432

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Boise City (county seat)

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Felt

Kenton

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Griggs

Sturgis

Wheeless

A public utility (usually just utility) is an organization that maintains the infrastructure for a public service (often also providing a service using that infrastructure). Public utilities are subject to forms of public control and regulation ranging from local community-based groups to statewide government monopolies.

The term utilities can also refer to the set of services provided by these organizations consumed by the public: electricity, natural gas, water, sewage, telephone, and transportation. Broadband internet services (both fixed-line and mobile) are increasingly being included within the definition.[1][2][3][4]

United States[edit]

In the United States, public utilities are often natural monopolies because the infrastructure required to produce and deliver a product such as electricity or water is very expensive to build and maintain.

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As a result, they are often government monopolies, or if privately owned, the sectors are specially regulated by a public utilities commission.[1][2] The first public utility in the United States was a grist mill on Mother Brook in Dedham, Massachusetts.[5]

Developments in technology have eroded some of the natural monopoly aspects of traditional public utilities. For instance, electricity generation, electricity retailing, telecommunication, some types of public transit and postal services have become competitive in some countries and the trend towards liberalization, deregulation and privatization of public utilities is growing. However, the infrastructure used to distribute most utility products and services has remained largely monopolistic.[citation needed]

Public utilities can be privately owned or publicly owned. Publicly owned utilities include cooperative and municipal utilities. Municipal utilities may actually include territories outside of city limits or may not even serve the entire city. Cooperative utilities are owned by the customers they serve. They are usually found in rural areas. Publicly owned utilities are non-profit.[citation needed] Private utilities, also called investor-owned utilities, are owned by investors,[6][7][8] and operate for profit, often referred to as a rate of return.

Public utilities provide services at the consumer level, be it residential, commercial, or industrial consumer. In turn, utilities and very large consumers buy and sell electricity at the wholesale level through a network of RTOs and ISOs within one of three grids, the eastern grid, Texas, which is a single ISO, and the western grid.[citation needed]

Public utilities commissions[edit]

A public utilities commission is a governmental agency in a particular jurisdiction that regulates the commercial activities related to associated electric, natural gas, telecommunications, water, railroad, rail transit, and/or passenger transportation companies. For example, the California Public Utilities Commission (or CPUC) [3] and the Public Utility Commission of Texas regulate the utility companies in California and Texas, respectively, on behalf of their citizens and ratepayers (customers). These public utility commissions (PUCs) are typically composed of commissioners, who are appointed by their respective governors, and dedicated staff that implement and enforce rules and regulations, approve or deny rate increases, and monitor/report on relevant activities. Over the years, various changes have dramatically re-shaped the mission and focus of many public utility commissions. Their focus has typically shifted from the up-front regulation of rates and services to the oversight of competitive marketplaces and enforcement of regulatory compliance.[9]