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.
Bairdford is a small town in the township of West Deer in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was built because of the huge influx of coal miners. Today the main attraction of the town is the many bars and the B-Town courts. Many things go on in these courts such as dealing and playing ball.