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.
Twig is an unincorporated community in Grand Lake Township, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located immediately northwest of the city of Duluth at the junction of U.S. Highway 53 and County 7 (Industrial Road). Twig is located within the Saginaw, MN area ZIP code 55779.