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.
Makoti is a city in Ward County, North Dakota in the United States. The population was 145 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Minot Micropolitan Statistical Area. Makoti was founded in 1911. Makoti is also the name for Makoti Fox who lives in Spokane,WA