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.
Piercy is an unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California. It is located on the South Fork of the Eel River 9 miles (14 km) north-northwest of Leggett, at an elevation of 794 feet (242 m). The first post office at Piercy opened in 1920. The name honors Sam Piercy, who settled there around 1900.