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.
Biddle is an unincorporated community in southeastern Powder River County, Montana, United States, near the Little Powder River. It lies along Highway 59 south of the town of Broadus, the county seat of Powder River County. Its elevation is 3,337 feet (1,017 m), and it is located at 45°5′58″N 105°20′18″W / 45.09944°N 105.33833°W / 45.09944; -105.33833 (45.0994302, -105.3383260). A post office was established in Biddle in 1916.