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.
Linden is an unincorporated community in Fauquier and Warren counties in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is a well liked area of Warren County being less than an hour fromWashington, D.C. with ready access to Highways I-66, VA-55 and US-50, making trips to Front Royal and Winchester, VA quick and easy for shopping or entertainment.