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.
Nye, Montana is an unincorporated community with around 200 residents, with an elementary school, church and a post office. A tiny place in the south-central part of the Montana, some 30 miles north of Yellowstone National Park, Nye is nestled in the foothills of the Beartooth Mountains. Surrounded by majestic mountains and with gorgeous waterways adding to its splendor. Locals will tell you Nye isn't even a town, it's a community. It is home to Carters Camp and the Nye Trading Post.