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.
Unionville Center is a village in Union County, Ohio, in the United States. The population was 299 at the 2000 census. The village is home to the Charles W. Fairbanks Festival that is held each May. The village also supports a post office, with the ZIP Code of 43077.