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.
New Edinburg (also New Edinburgh) is an unincorporated community in Cleveland County, Arkansas, United States. It is located at near 33°45′26″N 92°14′19″W / 33.75722°N 92.23861°W / 33.75722; -92.23861Coordinates: 33°45′26″N 92°14′19″W / 33.75722°N 92.23861°W / 33.75722; -92.23861, at an elevation of 292 feet (89 m). It is the location of, or the nearest community to, three historic sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places: Attwood-Hopson House, on the north side of Arkansas Highway 8 Barnett-Attwood House, northeast of New Edinburg New Edinburg Commercial Historic District, on Arkansas Highway 8