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.
Forbes is an unincorporated community in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located southwest of the city of Eveleth at the junction of County Highway 7 and County Highway 16 Forbes is located on the boundary line of Clinton Township and McDavitt Township.