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.
Rose is a small unincorporated rural community in southeastern Mayes County, Oklahoma, United States, on Scenic U.S. Highway 412. The post office was established March 13, 1891, with David Ragsdale as the postmaster. The ZIP Code is 74364. The community was said to have been named for Rowe's Prairie, which is nearby.