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.
Cibecue is a census-designated place (CDP) in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,331 at the 2000 census. The current council leaders are Arnold Beach Sr. and Evangeline Gatewood. The Cibecue community has a high unemployment rate, which was exacerbated by the Rodeo-Chediski fire, Arizona's largest wildfire in recorded history. The main employer for the community is the school.