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.
Crane Lake is an unincorporated community in Crane Lake Township, St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States. It lies along County Road 24 in the Kabetogama State Forest. Crane Lake is the southern entry to the Voyageurs National Park; the western entry to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness; and an entry into Canada. The Superior National Forest also borders the east side of the lake. Crane Lake is known for walleye and small mouth bass fishing; having access to Sand Point Lake, Namakan, Loon, Lac La Croix, Ash River and Kabetogama make this a large chain of lakes.