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.
Mize is an unincorporated community in Morgan County, Kentucky, United States. It lies along U.S. Route 460 and Kentucky Route 203 southwest of the city of West Liberty, the county seat of Morgan County. Its elevation is 817 feet (249 m). Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 41352.