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.
Towaco is an unincorporated area within Montville Township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP code 07082. As of the United States 2000 Census, the population for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 07082 was 4,723. The Towaco station offers New Jersey Transit train service along the Montclair-Boonton Line. It essentially replaces the abandoned Montville station. The train station has been renovated.