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.
Lutts is an unincorporated community in Wayne County, Tennessee, United States. It is also known as "Pinhook. " Lutts is served by the Lutts Volunteer Fire Department and Lutts Community Center. The Pinhook School (home of the Pinhook Panthers) formerly operated in Lutts.