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.
Spring City is a borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,305 at the 2000 census. Spring City is a member of the Spring-Ford Area School District. It is situated along the Schuylkill River, which divides Chester and Montgomery Counties. Directly across the river is the Borough of Royersford.