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 announced a test of the constitutionality of such restrictions on commercial speech. Which of the following is not a part of that test:

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The Constitutionality Test set out by the Supreme Court in Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Comm. includes criteria (A), (B), (D), which require that the regulation directly advances a government interest, the speech is about a lawful matter and the regulation is no more extensive than necessary to serve the government interest. However, the test does not include whether the speech is by a for-profit organization (choice C).