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.
Nellysford is an unincorporated community in Nelson County, Virginia, United States. It is home to the Wintergreen Golf Course and Heaven and Earth Acres. Its zip code is 22958. It is the boyhood home of Bronze Star Recipient First Sergeant James K. McGann.