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.
Woodlawn is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Tennessee, United States. It is located along State Route 79 west of neighboring Clarksville. The community has a post office with the ZIP Code of 37191. It is part of the Clarksville, TN–KY Metropolitan Statistical Area.