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    PUHCA (Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935)

    Enacted by Congress, it prohibits acquisition of any wholesale or retail electric business through a holding company, unless the business forms part of an integrated public utility system when combined with the utility's other electric business, and restricts the ownership of an electric business by non-utility corporations

    PUC (Public Utilities Commission)

    A state agency (often called a department of public utility control, public service commission, etc.) comprised of elected or appointed regulators that oversees utility (including electric, gas, telecom, taxi, weights and measures and the like) rates, services, etc., under applicable FERC or other federal agency guidelines

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