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.
Azle is a city in Parker and Tarrant Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 9,600. Popular tourist attractions include marine sports at Eagle Mountain Lake such as swimming, fishing and boating.