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.
Branchville (also Oil Creek) is an unincorporated community in southern Oil Township, Perry County, Indiana, United States. It lies along CR40 northeast of the city of Tell City, the county seat of Perry County. Its elevation is 433 feet (132 m), and it is located at 38°9′49″N 86°34′47″W / 38.16361°N 86.57972°W / 38.16361; -86.57972 (38.1636715, -86.5797058). Although Branchville is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 47514.