Telecommunications/Utilities
Communication Services
| The Onvoy Network |
Maintains a physically redundant OC-48 fiber ring routing from Grand Forks and Fargo through Minneapolis. |
| Dakota Carrier Network (DCN) |
Provides fiber running west from Grand Forks through Bismarck and back to Fargo, providing alternate routes and ensuring fully-redundant, non-interrupted service. |
| Qwest Communications |
Provides DS3 alternate self-healing routes of fully redundant protection for local loop service and central office connectivity. |
| Midcontinent Communications |
Digital cable, citywide build-out and two-way broadband services. |
| Grand Forks Wireless |
Currently provides home and small business with high-speed, fixed/wireless hybrid data services. |
| Polar Communications |
Provides broadband wireless service |
Electricity and Natural Gas
The Energy Information Administration 2010 report shows the average retail and commercial prices for electricity in North Dakota are some of the lowest in the nation.
| Type |
cents per kilowatt hour |
| Residential |
6.92 - the lowest in the nation |
| Commercial |
6.47 - second lowest in the nation |
| Industrial |
6.18 - lower than the national average |
| All sectors average |
6.58 - third lowest average in the nation |
| Xcel Energy |
Electricity and natural gas energy company offering energy related products and services to 3.4 million electricity customers and 1.9 million natural gas customers. |
| Nodak Electric Cooperative |
Public utility cooperative based in Grand Forks serving as the electric distribution utility in a portion of northeast North Dakota. Nodak provides power to over 13,000 customers. |
| Minnkota Power Cooperative |
Regional generation and transmission cooperative that provides electricity to cooperatives located in eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota. |
Specific rates based on a company's actual usage are quoted directly to the customer. Similarly, electric rates are determined on usage and customer-by-customer basis.
Water, Wastewater and Garbage
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