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.
Drake is an unincorporated town in Larimer County, Colorado. A U.S. Post Office is also situated near Rocky Mountain National Park in the county. The population of Drake was 219. The Drake Post Office has the ZIP Code 80515.