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.
Grenora is a city in Williams County, North Dakota in the United States. The population was 202 at the 2000 census. Grenora was founded in 1916. The name "Grenora" was derived from Great Northern Railway. The city's motto is, "Friendliness lives here — you're only a stranger once. " The city is home to a senior citizen's center, a golf club, bowling alley, restaurant, bar, apartment buildings, and community built low-income housing. There are also three churches: the St. Olaf Lutheran Church, St. Boniface Catholic Church, and United Methodist Church.