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.
Greenford is an unincorporated community in central Green Township, Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44422. It lies along State Route 165 a short distance north of Salem. South Range Middle School, the Greenford Public Library, and the Greenford Cupboard are on the main street. Also, the Greenford Christian Church and the Greenford Lutheran Church are in Greenford. The is part of the Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area.