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.
East Point is an unincorporated community in Johnson County, Kentucky, United States. The community's first settlers were the Greer and Auxier families, who had both abandoned Blockhouse Bottom. The first post office was originally established in Floyd County on February 6, 1871, but was moved to Johnson County in 1877. It's current ZIP code is 41216. East Point is located at an elevation of 623 feet.