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UTC

American  
  1. universal time coordinated.


UTC British  

abbreviation

  1. universal time coordinated See universal time

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According to the company's service status dashboard, the incident began at 10:53 UTC.

From BBC

Since 2021, the UTC has also required electric utilities to create wildfire plans, and a bill passed in 2023 has further formalized the process.

From Seattle Times

In 2022, the UTC allowed PSE to recover a portion of the facility costs from ratepayers to be approved at a later date.

From Seattle Times

UTC could impact how LTC standards are set, and its development will require international agreements with "existing standards bodies" as well as the 36 countries who have so far joined the Artemis Accords space pact.

From Salon

UTC — Coordinated Universal Time, also known as Greenwich Mean Time, seven hours before it was planned to go out at 10:19 a.m.

From Seattle Times