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.
Treloaris an unincorporated community in southern Warren County, Missouri, United States. It is located on Route 94 twelve miles south of Warrenton near the Missouri River. The community was founded in 1899 and was named after William Mitchellson Treloar, in honor of his duties as professor of music at Hardin College. Treloar was also a U. S. Representative from Missouri.