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.
Glen Flora is an unincorporated community in Wharton County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 210 in 2000. It is located at 29°20′51″N 96°11′36″W / 29.3475°N 96.19333°W / 29.3475; -96.19333 (29.3474691, -96.1932954) on the east bank of the Colorado River at the junction of Farm Roads 102 and 960. Glen Flora is situated six miles northwest of Wharton, 17 miles south of Eagle Lake, and five miles south of the unincorporated community of Egypt. Although it is unincorporated, Glen Flora has a post office with the zip code of 77443.. Public education is provided by both Wharton Independent School District which service the northside of the rail road tracks and El Campo Independent School District which service the southside of the rail road tracks.