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.
Snowshoe is an unincorporated area in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, known primarily for the Snowshoe Mountain ski resort, which is owned and operated by Intrawest. The wider area is served by Frontier Communications, using the area code and exchange 304-572-XXXX. The Snowshoe area is served by the United States Postal Service through Post Office Box service using ZIP Code 26209.