U.S. public policy toward public utilities, such as gas and electric companies, has generally allowed them to operate as
A) private monopolies without government regulation of price and output
B) private monopolies subject to government regulation of price and output
C) firms owned and operated by the federal government
D) firms owned and operated by state governments
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