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.
Aladdin is an unincorporated community in eastern Crook County, Wyoming, United States. It lies at the junction of WYO 24 and WYO 111 northeast of the town of Sundance, the county seat of Crook County. Its elevation is 3,688 feet (1,124 m), and it is located at 44°38′24″N 104°11′1″W / 44.64°N 104.18361°W / 44.64; -104.18361 (44.6399866, -104.1835510). Although Aladdin is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 82710. Public education in the community of Aladdin is provided by Crook County School District #1.