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.
Montchanin is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. The community was named for Anne Alexandrine de Montchanin, mother of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours. The Jacob Broom House, a National Historic Landmark, is located there.