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.
Garrett is an unincorporated community in northern Albany County, Wyoming, United States, along the North Laramie River. It lies along local roads north of the city of Laramie, the county seat of Albany County. Its elevation is 6,785 ft (2,068 m), and it is located at 42°6′48″N 105°36′36″W / 42.11333°N 105.61°W / 42.11333; -105.61. Although Garrett is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 82058. Garrett is also home to River Bridge School, a one room schoolhouse that is part of Albany County School District #1.