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.
Narrowsburg is a hamlet in Sullivan County, New York, United States. The population was 414 at the 2000 census. Narrowsburg is in the western part of the Town of Tusten at the junction of Routes 52 and 97. The community calls itself the "Eagle capital of New York State. " Narrowsburg is home to the Ten Mile River Boy Scout Camp.