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.
Strunk is an unincorporated community in McCreary County, Kentucky, United States. The community's post office was established as Strunks Lane on February 18, 1892 and was probably named for George W. Strunk, who owned a local coal mine. By 1894, the post office's named was simplified to Strunk. Its ZIP code is 42649. Strunk is located at 36°37′19″N 84°26′01″W / 36.62194°N 84.43361°W / 36.62194; -84.43361 (36.6220236, -84.4335486) and at an elevation of 1427 feet (435 m).