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.
National Park is a Borough in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, 3,205 residents were counted. Despite its name, National Park is not a national park nor is it associated with one. The area was commercially developed starting in 1895 as National Park on the Delaware, a religious resort / retreat community for members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. National Park was formed as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 15, 1902, from portions of West Deptford Township.