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.
Corydon is a town in Harrison Township, Harrison County, Indiana, United States, founded in 1808, and is known as Indiana's First State Capital. Corydon was the second capital of the Indiana Territory from May 1, 1813 until December 11, 1816. After statehood, the town was the capital of Indiana until January 10, 1825 when it moved to Indianapolis. The town remains the county seat of Harrison County and had a population was 2,715 at the 2000 census.