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.
Amelia is an unincorporated community in southwestern Holt County, Nebraska, United States. It lies along local roads near Nebraska Highways 11 and Nebraska Highway 95, southwest of the city of O'Neill, the county seat of Holt County. Its elevation is 2,182 feet (665 m), and it is located at 42°14′8″N 98°54′43″W / 42.23556°N 98.91194°W / 42.23556; -98.91194 (42.2355600, -98.9120422). The community is named for Amelia A. Bliss. Although Amelia is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 68711.