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.
Goodwine is an unincorporated community in southern Iroquois County, Illinois, United States. It lies along local roads south of the city of Watseka, the county seat of Iroquois County. Its elevation is 659 feet (201 m), and it is located at 40°34′2″N 87°47′4″W / 40.56722°N 87.78444°W / 40.56722; -87.78444 (40.5672584, -87.7844742). Although Goodwine is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 60939.