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non-utility adjective[ before noun ] (alsononutility)uk /ˌnɒn.juːˈtɪl.ə.ti/ us /ˌnɑːn.juːˈtɪl.ə.t̬i/ not relating to a service used by the public, such as an electricity or gas supply: 非公用事业的;非公共设施的 Non-utility companies are permitted to build power generators that do not use fossil fuels. Industrial businesses that feed excess power into the grid are an example of a non-utility generator.工业企业向电网输送多余电力就是非公用事业发电的一个例子。 The business has to protect the interests of its nonutility customers as well as utilities. The non-utility side of their business, selling energy to private companies, has seen excellent growth in the last decade. The non-utility operations include a pipeline company which provides gas transportation services to industrial customers. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Society - general words active citizen active citizenship amenity civilized consumer society freeman human interest hunter-gatherer non-segregated non-segregation social engineer social engineering sociality socially societal sociological sociologically sociologist sociology uncivilized |