Public utilities provide electric, gas, water or telephone service to customers in a specified area. Utilities have a duty to provide safe and adequate service on reasonable terms to anyone who lives within the service area on without discriminating between customers. Because most utilities operate in near monopolistic conditions, they can be heavily regulated by local, state, and federal authorities. Generally, the local and state agencies are called Public Service Commissions (PSC) or Public Utility Commissions (PUC). Municipal Utilities and Rural Electric Cooperatives may be unregulated though.
Cashion is a recently-annexed neighborhood in Avondale, Arizona, in the United States. As of 2000, it had a population of 2,965. It is bounded in the north by Buckeye Rd. , in the south by Durango St. , in the west by 113th Ave. , and in the east by 107th Ave. Littleton Elementary serves this area.