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.
Akron, New York is a village in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was listed as 3,085 in the 2000 census. The name means, A high place. It is part of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Village of Akron is located in the Town of Newstead on the west and north slopes of a hill. NY 93 passes through the village.