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.
Rodman is a town in Jefferson County, New York, United States. The population was 1,147 at the 2000 census. The name is derived from a public official, Daniel Rodman. The Town of Rodman is at the southeastern border of the county and is south of Watertown.