这笔资金被地方当局用来支付公用事业。
The money is used by local authorities to pay for public services.
改善公用事业的迹象亦可在其他地方发现。
Signs of improvements to public services can be found elsewhere too.
这是因为在美国很多地方，公用事业部门仍然是垄断运营，在设备和技术方面控制着当地市场。
That's because utilities still operate as monopolies in much of the U.S., controlling the local market for equipment and technology.
公用事业部门希望在那些接受核电、并已现有核电站的地方新建反应堆，以回避这一难题。
Utilities like to skirt such problems by putting new reactors near existing ones, where locals accept nuclear power.
值得注意的是，瑞典公用事业公司瓦腾福在去年9月份开始了一个30兆瓦的试验工厂，可以捕捉煤炭燃烧产生的碳，尽管这家公司还没有找到地方储存收集起来的碳。
Notably, the Swedish utility Vattenfall opened a 30 MW pilot plant in September than can capture the carbon burned from coal, although the company hasn't yet found a place to store what they collect.
值得注意的是，瑞典公用事业公司瓦腾福在去年9月份开始了一个30兆瓦的试验工厂，可以捕捉煤炭燃烧产生的碳，尽管这家公司还没有找到地方储存收集起来的碳。
Notably, the Swedish utility Vattenfall opened a 30 MW pilot plant in September than can capture the carbon burned from coal, although the company hasn't yet found a place to store what they collect.
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