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.
Gotham is an unincorporated community, in the town of Buena Vista, in Richland County, Wisconsin, United States. It located about an hour west of Madison, Wisconsin. It is located at the intersection of Wisconsin Highway 60 and U.S. Route 14. It is located just north of the Wisconsin River, northeast of Avoca and southeast of Richland Center.