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.
Whites Creek' is a community located in the northern part of Davidson County, Tennessee. The area has its own US Post Office. The ZIP Code for Whites Creek, Tennessee is 37189. Whites Creek Comprehensive High School is the community's only high school. The school is apart of MNPS. The community is named for Whites Creek that runs north-south along U.S. Route 431. The former residence of Barbara Mandrell, and currently of country music star John Rich (known as the "Plowboy Mansion"), is located in Whites Creek. Pioneer Christian Academy is located in Whites Creek.