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.
Carrington is a city in Foster County, North Dakota in the United States. It is the county seat of Foster County. The population was 2,268 at the 2000 census. Carrington was founded in 1883. Carrington is home to Dakota Growers Pasta Company, Inc.