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.
Brookeland is an unincorporated community in southwestern Sabine and northwestern Jasper Counties in the Deep East region of the U.S. state of Texas. It is located thirteen miles south of Bronson on U.S. Highway 96. It has a population of approximately 300. The Brookeland Independent School District serves area students.