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.
Pocahontas is an unincorporated community located in northern Hinds County, Mississippi, on U.S. Highway 49. It is located 5 miles south of Flora, Mississippi and 9 miles north of Jackson, the state capital of Mississippi. Pocahontas has a postal code of 39702.