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.
Arch Cape is an unincorporated community in Clatsop County, Oregon, United States. Arch Cape is located along the Pacific coast and is 3.8 miles south of Cannon Beach, which is the closest town to the area. Arch Cape has a post office with ZIP code 97102. The community is in the extreme southwestern part of the county. It was named because of the natural arch in the rocks.