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.
Tichnor is an unincorporated community in Arkansas County, Arkansas, United States. It is the location of (or is the nearest community to) Tichnor Rice Dryer and Storage Building, which is located at 1030 AR 44 and Roland Site, address restricted, which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.