So would the state motor vehicle department run the utilities, or maybe the state highway department? If its not private, it’s government. Thats why the utility companies were regulated. They no longer are, in most states, even if there are government functionaries with the name.
I think you have misinterpreted my post.
Every state has a PUC and there’s an agreed upon Tariff with respect to customers and the respective utility.
I work in a utility company.