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.
Brookville is a city in Saline County, Kansas, United States. The population was 259 at the 2000 census. The population was higher in the turn of the 20th century and the city featured the Brookville Hotel. It is part of the Salina Micropolitan Statistical Area.