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.
Shepardsville (also Shephardsville or Shepherdsville) is an unincorporated community in northeastern Fayette Township, Vigo County, Indiana, United States. It lies along Trinity Ave. , north of the city of Terre Haute, the county seat of Vigo County. Its elevation is 502 feet (153 m), and it is located at 39°36′3″N 87°25′3″W / 39.60083°N 87.4175°W / 39.60083; -87.4175 (39.6008700, -87.4175194). Although Shepardsville is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 47880. The community is part of the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area.