§ 3180 Public Utility Association Membership

• •Big companies that provide things like water, electricity, or gas can't join certain groups.
• •If a company owns or controls one of these big providers, it also can't join these groups.
• •Even smaller companies connected to these big providers are not allowed to join.

A company that provides electricity to homes wants to join a group that helps businesses work together.

The law says the electricity company can't join this group because it's a public utility.