[BC] 110 V DC

[PeterH5322]

>I would think that utilities would want to deliver as close to 117 volts as 
>possible, given the efforts they have been making recently to encourage 
>energy conservation.

Sure.

But before that, they wanted the distribution voltage to be as high as 
possible, thereby recognizing a higher income.

Most residential loads are resistive, and your power bill is, therefore, 
directly proportional to voltage.