Utilities and Services
The City and Borough of Wrangell provides drinking water, solid waste, waste water treatment and road maintenance for residents within the town proper, although public sewer and water service stops at 6 Mile Zimovia Highway . All municipal services have recently had new state of the art facilities constructed to address new environmental regulations meet community needs. Alaska State Department of Transportation administers the Wrangell Airport and provides road maintenance for Zimovia State Highway.
Electrical
Wrangell Municipal Light and Power supplies power to residents and businesses. In today's power market, Wrangell has very inexpensive power. The primary wholesale power source is Lake Tyee Hydro Electric Project. Tyee can provide 21 megawatts of power and serves Wrangell and Petersburg. Tyee is connected to Swan Lake Hydro in Ketchikan. Wrangell also has an 8+ megawatt diesel generating facility as a secondary backup source of power. Heavy industrial power users may be able to obtain a lower interruptible power rate through the Southeast Alaska Power Agency whom oversees the Tyee-Swan Lake hydro power projects.
RATES:
Residential: Base monthly rate $8.00
0-300 KWH $.126 per KWH
300 -1200 KWH $.102 per KWH
>1200 KWH $.08 per KWH
Small Commercial: Base monthly rate $9.00
all KWH $.116 per KWH
Large Commercial: Base monthly rate $13.50
0-70,000 KWH $.107 per KWH
> 70,000 $.103 per KWH
Industrial: negotiated per KWH
Drinking Water
Drinking water is filtered through a state of the art sand filtration and ozonation plant. The community's current average daily water consumption is approximately 600,000 gallons per day. The water is not metered, thus residential and commercial uses pay different monthly base fees. Residential rate is $32.28 and the commercial rate is defined by the Municipal Code based on type of business. Please contact the Utility Clerk for the most current commercial rates. That information can also be found on this website in our Ordinance in Chapter 15.08.
Solid Waste and Recycling
City and Borough of Wrangell provides weekly curbside garbage service. Solid waste is processed in a material recovery handling facility and currently shipped south to an approved landfill in eastern Washington. A volunteer recycling program is available for aluminum cans. The Wrangell Lion's Club promotes the "Cans for Kids" program, reinvesting proceeds from recycling the cans back into youth programs in the community. Residential rate is based on the garbage can size. Please contact the Utility Clerk for the most current commercial rates. That information can also be found on this website in our Ordinance in Chapter 9.04
Residential Rates
48 gallon can is $24/mo
64 gallon can is $39.90/mo
96 gallon can is$43.98/mo
Commercial Rate: based on commercial can size and number of weekly pick-ups.
Waste Water Treatment
The City's new state of the art waste water treatment plant provides primary treatment to almost 85% of households. The remainder households use a state approved on-site treatment facility. Rates for residential customers is $27.04 a month. Commercial rate is defined by the City Code base on type of business. Please contact the City's Utility Clerk for the most current commercial rates. That information can also be found on this website in our Ordinance in Chapter 15.08
Communications
Wrangell has excellent telecommunications for your business. Telecommunications is based on microwave and earth station links to a fiber optic network provided by GCI. Our local telecommunication providers offer a total package for your business requirements. Alaska Power and Telephone provides local phone service, and broadband internet/data services including wireless, DSL or 56K dial up connections. Long Distance service is provided by AP&T Long Distance, GCI Communication Inc., and AT&T. Local cellular service is provided by GCI Communication Inc.
GCI also provides cable television service.
Wrangell Sentinel publishes a weekly newspaper. The Sentinel is the oldest continually published newspaper in Alaska. Wrangell's local Public Radio Station KSTK 101.7FM provides music, news and community service announcements.
