Possible Clues:

• One such is the light and I lit it inside after tea
• Eg, gas supplier
• Headless lack of purpose provides the opposite
• Public ___
• Responsibility leader ignored to admit I ignited gas, perhaps
• Public service’s lack of purpose when missing leader
• Water or electricity
• State in which there's no point heading off for public service
• The U in 'SUV'
• The U in "SUV"