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.
Goodridge is a small city in Pennington County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 98 at the 2000 census. The city is located within Goodridge Township, but is politically independent. Dave Brown was elected mayor in 2008 as a write-in candidate after no one filed to be on the ballot.