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.
Addy is an unincorporated community in Stevens County, Washington, United States. A small town alongside State Route 395, Addy is not tracked by the U.S. Census, but is populated. The town has one gas station, and a coffee shop. There is one restaurant in town, although several businesses cater to the primarily agricultural local economy. Addy is assigned the ZIP code 99101.