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.
West Burlington is a hamlet in the western part of the Town of Burlington in Otsego County, New York. It is located at 42°42′27″N 75°11′16″W / 42.7075°N 75.1877°W / 42.7075; -75.1877, three miles east of the town of Edmeston on New York State Route 51 and New York State Route 80. Most of the roads here are not paved.