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ELECTRIC light and power companies are now subject to regulation by State commissions in more than half of the States of the Union, and by municipal ordinance in a number of cities in States not having commission regulation. The supplying of electric service to the public is largely a monopoly, and regulation on behalf of the public is generally considered necessary and economically advantageous.
Owing to the very rapid development and constant changes in methods and apparatus, it has heretofore been difficult to fix standards for electric service for general adoption. Developments are, of course, still going on, but the methods of electrical dis-tribut~on and measurement in common use, and the criteria of good service generally accepted, have become so largely standardized by practice that it is now possible to formulate standards of service that will be generally acceptable.
The popular movement for the regulation of public utility corporations has spread rapidly since 19o7, and at present there are corporation commissions, public service commissions, or railroad commissions in every State save two. In the States of Arizona,
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