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.
Teays is an unincorporated community in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States. It is named for the Teays Valley which was in turn named for Thomas Teays, a hunter and trapper who once spent a considerable amount of time in the vicinity. It is apparently the only place in the United States with this name. Until about 1884, the town's name was written "Seays". The town is centered around the former railroad depot on Teays Lane. The ZIP code is 25569. It is part of the census-designated place of Teays Valley.