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.
Uniontown is a census-designated place (CDP) in Stark County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,802 at the 2000 census. It is often confused to being part of Summit County, Ohio, primarily because the Uniontown post office serves a large part of the city of Green in Summit County. Uniontown was named #69 on CNN Money's "Best Places to Live 2005" list. Uniontown is part of the Canton–Massillon Metropolitan Statistical Area.