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.
Kirkland is an unincorporated community in central Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, near the Weaver Mountains. It lies along State Route 96 southwest of the city of Prescott, the county seat of Yavapai County. Its elevation is 3,930 feet (1,198 m), and it is located at 34°25′3″N 112°42′44″W / 34.4175°N 112.71222°W / 34.4175; -112.71222 (34.4175251, -112.7121218). Although Kirkland is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 86332.