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.
Walstonburg is a town in Greene County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 224 at the 2000 census, and estimated to be 233 in 2006. Its map location is due north of Snow Hill on NC Highway 91. The town is part of the Greenville Metropolitan Area.