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.
Eddyville is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Oregon, United States. Eddyville's estimated population as of 2007 was 962 residents. The community has a post office with a ZIP code of 97343. Eddyville lies at the intersection of U.S. Route 20 and Oregon Route 180 east of Chitwood.