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.
Martin is an unincorporated community in northwestern Allendale County, South Carolina, United States. It lies along SC 151 northeast of the town of Allendale, the county seat of Allendale County. Its elevation is 92 feet (28 m). Although Martin is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 29836.