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.
Clover is a town in York County, South Carolina, United States located in the greater Charlotte metropolitan area. The population of the town was 4,916 within the town limits, based on 2008 estimates. Clover is twinned with the Northern Irish town of Larne, located on the East Coast of County Antrim.