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.
Oxbow is a hamlet in the town of Antwerp of Jefferson County, New York, United States. It lies at an altitude of 354 feet. Located at Oxbow is the Dr. Abner Benton House (1819), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.