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.
Stanchfield is an unincorporated community in Stanchfield Township, Isanti County, Minnesota, United States. Isanti County Roads 3 and 36; and State Highway 65 are three of the main routes in the community. The community is located between Cambridge and Braham. Grandy is nearby.