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.
Cropseyville is a hamlet in Rensselaer County, New York. It comprises the ZIP code of 12052. It is located east of the city of Troy, in the town of Brunswick. It resides in the Brunswick (Brittonkill) Central School District and Berlin Central School District.