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.
Sawyer is an unincorporated community in Atkinson Township, Carlton County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located between Carlton and Cromwell on Minnesota State Highway 210. Sawyer is located within the Fond du Lac Indian Reservation. It serves as one of three administrative centers of the reservation.