• skulkingaround@sh.itjust.works
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    6 days ago

    Tbf, my city has a publicly owned utility company and it suuuuucks. Literally writing this comment on my phone during a 12 hour power outage during perfect weather.

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      6 days ago

      Do you mean municipally owned? Publicly owned would mean it’s traded on the stock market.

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        Publicly owned means owned by the government. You are thinking of publicly traded companies, which are non public companies that have opened up stock ownership to the public