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.
Hillsdale is an unincorporated community in southeastern Laramie County, Wyoming, United States. It lies along local roads east of the city of Cheyenne, the county seat of Laramie County. Its elevation is 5,640 feet (1,719 m), and it is located at 41°12′46″N 104°28′39″W / 41.21278°N 104.4775°W / 41.21278; -104.4775 (41.2127586, -104.4774611). Although Hillsdale is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 82060. Public education in the community of Hillsdale is provided by Laramie County School District #2.