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.
Circleville, New York is an unincorporated hamlet in the Town of Wallkill, part of Orange County, New York, USA. It is located on NY 302 around the junction with the old Goshen Turnpike (Orange County 101), a short distance north of NY 17 and two miles (3 km) south of Bullville. It is three miles (5 km) northeast of Middletown. It has its own post office, with the ZIP Code 10919, and lends its name to a nearby middle and elementary school of the Pine Bush Central School District, as well as the local fire district.