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.
Kinnear is an unincorporated community in central Fremont County, Wyoming, United States. It lies along the concurrent U.S. Highways 26 and 287 at their intersection with Wyoming Highway 133, northwest of the city of Riverton and north of the city of Lander, the county seat of Fremont County. Its elevation is 5,400 feet (1,646 m), and it is located at 43°9′7″N 108°40′39″W / 43.15194°N 108.6775°W / 43.15194; -108.6775 (43.1519028, -108.6776164). Although Kinnear is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 82516. Public education in the community of Kinnear is provided by Fremont County School District #6.