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.
Dingle is an unincorporated community in Bear Lake County, Idaho, United States, in the southeastern part of the state. Located at an altitude of 5,955 feet (1,815 m), it is located at 42°13′10″N 111°16′5″W / 42.21944°N 111.26806°W / 42.21944; -111.26806 (42.2193736, -111.2679797). Although Dingle is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 83233.