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.
Midland is an unincorporated community in Fauquier County, Virginia, USA. Midland is home to a post office with the local zip code of 22728. Midland is the closest community to the birth place of John Marshall, the longest-serving Chief Justice in Supreme Court history. A small park honors his birthplace, with a marker placed where his home once stood. The county is also designated as part of the John Marshall Soil and Water Conservation District. The Warrenton-Fauquier Airport is also situated in Midland. Ross Industries is one of the companies that has its headquarters in Midland. C. M. Crockett Park also has a Midland address. It has Germantown Lake and the archeological sites of Germantown. The park has many facilities available to the public and is often used for county-wide events.