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Telecommunications
Electric
Utilities
Fuel
Water
& Sewer
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
A new, state-of-the-art fiber optic
telecommunications system is available in Central Vermont. Some
of its features are: digital hubbing, DS3, DS1, DS0, DDS &
Dim Fiber services. This system is not available in all parts
of the state. For more detailed, information about this system,
DSL is also available throughout
locations in Central VT. please
contact us.
Interactive
television is available at locations
throughout Vermont, which is operated by Vermont Technical College
in Randolph.
Verizon provides the larger
part of this region with telephone service, while Champlain Valley
Telecom serves the Mad River Valley (Waitsfield area) and TDS
Telecom serves the Northfield area.
ELECTRIC UTILITIES
The majority of our region is served
by Green
Mountain Power Corporation (GMP), which is investor-owned and serves one-third
of Vermont’s population. GMP’s total power capacity
is 396 megawatts.
Washington
Electric Cooperative, Inc., membership
owned and REA financed, serves several rural towns in the region
and has 46 KV and 34.5 KV transmission, three-phase 12470 V and
single-phase 7200 V distribution.
Northfield Electric Department, municipally owned and operated,
has three-phase 4160V, 2400 V and 440 V distribution, which will
be upgraded to 12 KV primary distribution by December, 1999.
FUEL
Several independent dealers and major
distributors supply oil from substantial local storage facilities
or direct from distributors.
Dealers maintain 24-hour service and will provide engineering
for installation of heating equipment and appropriate on-site
storage.
WATER & SEWER
Several communities in the region have
municipal or private water supply systems with treatment facilities
and spring fed or drilled well supply reservoirs. Volume, pressure,
size main, and other information can be provided for specified
locations.
FACT: Barre City constructed a new water
filtration system that was completed in August, 1994 and is rated
for 6 million gallons per day. In 1996, Barre put in a new, advanced
waste water treatment facility, which is rated at 3.4 million
gallons per day. Neither system are operating near capacity at
this time. Montpelier has a new water filtration system available
as well.
Waste treatment and disposal systems are operated and maintained
by the larger municipalities. In the more rural areas, on-site
waste disposal is the accepted alternative. Specific data on
existing treatment plants or soil tests indicating suitability
for on-site waste disposal are available on request.
Below you will find the current water & sewer rates by town:
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