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.
Temple is an unincorporated community in Muhlenberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania at an elevation of 361 feet. The community was named for a hotel sign urging travelers to "Stop at Solomon's Temple. " (Solomon was name of the innkeeper. ) Temple was formerly an independent borough, until it was disincorporated on January 1, 1999. The zip code is 19560.