But isn't the idea of a "utility" that it operates as a unique type of company that prices its services in sync with costs? In fact many utilities are explicitl

But isn't the idea of a "utility" that it operates as a unique type of company that prices its services in sync with costs? In fact many utilities are explicitly cooperatives. To me, "privatized utility" is an oxymoron and that point is just a company with a mandated or de facto monopoly.