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.
Ruffs Dale, Pennsylvania, also spelled Ruffsdale, is an unincorporated community in East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, that is about forty miles from Pittsburgh. The zip code is 15679. There is a school that is part of Southmoreland School District. Nearby Communities: Hunker: 3 miles New Stanton: 5 miles Mt. Pleasant: 9 miles Scottdale: 7 miles West Newton: 8 miles Tarrs: 4 miles