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.
Homerville is an unincorporated community in central Homer Township, Medina County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44235. It lies at the intersection of U.S. Route 224 with State Route 301. Homerville is situated in the rural quad-county area where Ashland, Lorain, Medina, and Wayne Counties meet. The economy is based largely upon agriculture, including livestock raising, dairy farming, and crop farming. Children in the Homerville area attend the schools of Black River School District.