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.
Washita is a rural community in Caddo County, Oklahoma, located west of Anadarko on a bend in the Washita River. The post office opened October 31, 1900. The ZIP Code is 73094. An municipal electrical power generation plant for Anadarko, Oklahoma is located in Washita.