Utilities

Yankton provides reliable, efficient and cost effective utility services for your electric, water, sewer, natural gas and telecommunication needs.

Electricity

NorthWestern Energy

• Location:Yankton, SD
• Ownership Type: Investor Owned
• Avg. $/kWh (Large Office): $0.09
• Avg. $/kWh (Large Industrial): $0.05
• Peak Demand (mW): 341
• Generation Capacity (mW): 360
• SD Counties Served: 25
• SD Population  Served: 226,200
• Total Customers Served: 403,600*
• Phone:(605) 665-7458 or (800) 245-6977

Source: Northwestern Energy, 2013.  www.northwesternenergy.com

*The provider of electric service to the City of Yankton and portions of Yankton County is Northwestern Energy, an investor owned, regulated public utility. NWE serves electric customers in South Dakota and Montana.

Natural Gas

MidAmerican Energy

• Location: Yankton, SD
• Ownership Type: Private
• *Price: $0.31249/therm
• Gas Transportation Available: Yes
• Pipeline Source: Private
• Customers Served (Local): 6,011
• Customers Served (State): 87,925
• Customers Served (System): 719,113
• Phone: (888) 427-5632

*Price is reflective of MidAmerican Energy’s price plus PGA for a commercial customer using 3,000 therms a month.

Sewer

City of Yankton

• Location: Yankton, SD
• Ownership Type: Municipal
• Avg. Cost/1000 Gal.: $7.08
• Rated Capacity (mgd): 2.62
• Average Daily Demand (mgd): 1.7
• Peak Demand (mgd): 1.897
• Connection Fee: Varies
• Phone:(605) 668-5241

Source: City of Yankton, 2016

Comments: Yankton’s sewer treatment plant has plenty of capacity to meet the future needs of industries!

Water

City of Yankton

• Location: Yankton, SD
• Ownership Type: Municipal
• Avg. Cost/1000 Gal.: $8.41
• Rated Capacity (mgd): 8
• Avg. Capacity (mgd): 3.2
• Peak Demand (mgd): 6.8
• Well Avg. Depth (ft.): 0
• Treated: Yes
• Temp Range (F): 35-75
• Storage Capacity (gal.): 4,000,000
• Major Source: Missouri River and supplemental wells
• Hardness (ppm): 140
• Connection Fee:V aries
• Phone:(605) 668-5241

Source: City of Yankton, 2016

Telecommunications

Vast

• Location: Yankton, SD
• Service Type: Phone (local & long distance), Internet, Cable TV
• Fiber Optics: Yes
• Pop Location: Yankton
• DSL: Yes
• Switch Services: Yes
• Phone: (605) 965-9393

Midcontinent Communications

• Location: Yankton, SD
• Service Type: Phone (l0cal & long distance, Internet, Wireless, Cable TV
• Fiber Optics: Yes
• Pop Location: Yankton
• DSL: Yes
• Switch Services: Yes
• Phone: (800) 888-1300

CenturyLink Communitcations

• Location: Yankton, SD
• Service Type: Phone (local & long distance), Internet, Wireless
• Fiber Optics: Yes
• POP Location: Yankton
• DSL: Yes
• Switch Services: Yes
• Phone: (877) 720-3428

Comments: Vast, Midcontinent Communications and CenturyLink Communications provide telecommunications services for the Yankton area and work closely with businesses to see that their telecommunication needs are met. Yankton offers multiple options for ATM circuit redundancy. In addition, IP Networks, T1 and frame relay are available.