In Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Comm., the New York utility commission ruled that electric utilities could not advertise to promote the use of electricity. The Supreme Court held that the regulation:

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The Supreme Court applied the four-part analysis for commercial speech restrictions in this case and found that the regulation failed to satisfy the third prong of the test, which requires a reasonable fit between the government's objective and the means used to achieve it. The regulation was found to be more extensive than necessary to achieve the government's interest in promoting energy conservation. Therefore, the regulation was struck down as violating the First Amendment protection for commercial speech.