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.
Bonifay is a city in Holmes County, Florida, United States. Bonifay was given its name from a prominent family that settled the area. The population was 4,078 at the 2000 census. According to the U. S Census estimates of 2005, the city had a population of 2,711 and in 2008 the U.S. Census estimates the population to be 2,780. It is the county seat of Holmes County.