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.
Wheeler is an unincorporated community in northern Union Township, Porter County, Indiana, United States. It lies along State Road 130 northwest of the city of Valparaiso, the county seat of Porter County, and lies about four times closer to the city of Hobart. Its elevation is 666 feet (203 m), and it is located at 41°30′42″N 87°10′45″W / 41.51167°N 87.17917°W / 41.51167; -87.17917 (41.5117046, -87.1792001). Wheeler has a post office with the ZIP code of 46393.