Even if the company is allowed to operate as a monopoly, there can still be social welfare gain if price is regulated at the socially efficient level.
Monopolies are able to charge high prices because they are the only supply. This harms consumer surplus, and therefore reduces social welfare.
If the prices that the monopoly charges can be limited to a socially efficient amount, then the society would benefit.
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