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the voltage regulator will make sure your car's alternator gets the right amount of electricity
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Governors, regulators and consumer advocates are challenging traditional profit guarantees and rate hikes, arguing monopoly utilities are exploiting a ‘broken’ 20th century model while households struggle with affordability.
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Marc Levy, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026
That's the balance regulators have to get right.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2026
While other operators submitted detailed incident summaries to the US regulator, Tesla blacked out every narrative entirely, labeling them as confidential business information.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 16 May 2026
This statute, colloquially called Section 230 for its place in the Communications Act, rests on the conceit that, free from the threat of litigation, platforms would do good and attend to user preferences far better than regulators ever could.
—Olivier Sylvain, Fortune, 16 May 2026
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Marc Levy, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026
That's the balance regulators have to get right.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2026
While other operators submitted detailed incident summaries to the US regulator, Tesla blacked out every narrative entirely, labeling them as confidential business information.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 16 May 2026
This statute, colloquially called Section 230 for its place in the Communications Act, rests on the conceit that, free from the threat of litigation, platforms would do good and attend to user preferences far better than regulators ever could.
—Olivier Sylvain, Fortune, 16 May 2026
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“Regulator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/regulator. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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regulator
noun
reg·u·la·tor
ˈreg-yə-ˌlāt-ər 
1
: one that regulates
2
Legal Definition
regulator
noun
reg·u·la·tor
ˈre-gyə-ˌlā-tər
: one (as a government agency) that regulates
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