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.
Saukville is a village in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 4,068 at the 2000 census. Most of the village perimeter is bordered by the Town of Saukville. The remaining part is bordered by the adjacent Town of Port Washington.