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.
Isonville is an unincorporated community in Elliott County, Kentucky, United States. It lies along Routes 32 and 486 east of the city of Sandy Hook, the county seat of Elliott County. Its elevation is 709 feet (216 m). Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 41149.