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.
Lahmansville is an unincorporated community on Patterson Creek in Grant County, West Virginia, USA, located along West Virginia Secondary Route 5 at its junction with Secondary Route 5/6. The town was named for the Lahman family who settled in the area prior to West Virginia statehood. According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known as "Laymensville", "Lehmansville" and "Leymansville".