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.
New Bremen is a village in Auglaize County, Ohio, United States with a population of 2,909 as of the 2000 U.S. census. It is included in the Wapakoneta, Ohio Micropolitan Statistical Area. The village was founded by German immigrants in 1833, and is home to the Bicycle Museum of America.