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.
Andersonville is an unincorporated community in Anderson County, Tennessee. Andersonville is located on Tennessee State Route 61 and is the site of a post office, which is assigned zip code 37705. Andersonville is the postal address for the area served by that zip code, which includes much of northeastern Anderson County and portions of adjacent Union County.