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.
Greensboro is a town in Greensboro Township, Henry County, Indiana, United States. The population was 174 at the 2000 census. The town was a 'station' on the Underground Railroad and was recognized for its active abolitionists. Seth Hinshaw, a progressive spiritualist, was a resident and his gravesite is located in the Masonic Cemetery.