Multiple Choice
The government often allows only one company to supply electricity in a given geographic area because allowing several companies to do so would result in an inefficient duplication of infrastructure. This suggests that electric utilities are _____.
A) victims of monopolies
B) oligopolies
C) natural monopolies
D) unprofitable companies
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