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.
Pearson is an unincorporated community in Langlade County, Wisconsin, United States located within the town of Ainsworth. The closest incorporated town to Pearson is Summit; however, Pickerel, an unincorporated community within the town of Langlade, is closer. No major highways serve Pearson; the closest state highway is Wisconsin State Highway 55 in Pickerel. The Northeast Illinois Council of the Boy Scouts of America runs a summer camp, Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan Scout Reservation, in Pearson.