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.
Jay Em is an unincorporated community in northern Goshen County, Wyoming, United States, just below the headwaters of the Rawhide Creek. It lies along U.S. Route 85 north of the city of Torrington, the county seat of Goshen County. Its elevation is 4,590 feet (1,399 m), and it is located at 42°27′41″N 104°22′11″W / 42.46139°N 104.36972°W / 42.46139; -104.36972 (42.4613550, -104.3696724). Although Jay Em is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 82219. The center of the community is included in the Jay Em Historic District. Public education in the community of Jay Em is provided by Goshen County School District #1.