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.
Quincy is an unincorporated community in northeastern Taylor Township, Owen County, Indiana, United States. It lies just south of CR1150N north of the town of Spencer, the county seat of Owen County. Its elevation is 738 feet (225 m), and it is located at 39°27′13″N 86°42′45″W / 39.45361°N 86.7125°W / 39.45361; -86.7125 (39.4536575, -86.7125050). Although Quincy is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 47456.