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.
Corinth is a city in Grant, Harrison, and Scott Counties in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The population was 181 at the 2000 census. Despite being in a dry county, sales by the drink in restaurants seating at least 100 diners are allowed. The Grant County portion of Corinth is part of the Cincinnati-Middletown, OH–KY–IN Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Scott County portion is part of the Lexington-Fayette Metropolitan Statistical Area. The small Harrison County portion of the city is not part of any metropolitan or micropolitan area.