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.
New Franken is an unincorporated community in the town of Scott in Brown County, Wisconsin, United States. The town hall is located in New Franken. It is part of the Green Bay Metropolitan Statistical Area. New Franken is the mailing address for the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help, even though the shrine is located in Champion.