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.
Cache is a city in Comanche County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 2,371 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Lawton, Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is home to the Star House, which was home to the Comanche chief Quanah Parker.