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.
Purcellville is a town in in the Loudoun Valley of Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. The population was 3,584 at the 2000 census, but has undergone considerable growth since then. Purcellville is the major population center for western Loudoun and the Loudoun Valley. Today, many of the older structures remaining in Purcellville reflect the Victorian architecture popular during the turn-of-the-century. The small town character of the Town and its setting in the scenic Loudoun Valley countryside make it a welcoming place to live. Facts Population: 6200 (January, 2006) Households: 2216 (January, 2006) Square Miles: 2.6 The western end of the WO&D Trail is in Purcellville, see map of WO&D trail: http://bikewashington. org/trails/wad/wad. htm,