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.
Titusville is a city in Brevard County, Florida, United States. The population was 40,670 at the 2000 census. As of 2008, the estimated population according to the U.S. Census Bureau was 44,756. It is the county seat of Brevard County. Called "Space City, USA," Titusville is a popular area situated near the Kennedy Space Center and Canaveral National Seashore. Titusville is a principal city of the Palm Bay–Melbourne–Titusville Metropolitan Statistical Area.