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.
Jensen is an unincorporated community in eastern Uintah County, Utah, United States. It lies along the Green River and U.S. Route 40, southeast of the city of Vernal, the county seat of Uintah County. Its elevation is 4,728 feet (1,441 m), and it is located at 40°22′11″N 109°20′5″W / 40.36972°N 109.33472°W / 40.36972; -109.33472 (40.3696849, -109.3348516). Although Jensen is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 84035. Jensen was first settled in 1877.