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.
Jonancy is a small unincorporated community in Pike County, Kentucky, United States, in the far eastern part of the state. The latitude of Jonancy is 37.316N. The longitude is -82.583W. Jonancy is in the Eastern Coal Field region. The community is in the Eastern Standard time zone.