Communications & Utilities

Communications

U.S. Post Office
Six locations

Newspaper
Polk County News, weekly
Cleveland Daily Banner, Daily except Saturday, Circulation—16,277
Chattanooga Times Free Press

Radio Stations
2

Television Networks
ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, FOX, WTCI, WTNB, WFLI, WDSI

Cable Companies
Charter Communications

Telephone Companies
AT&T and Charter Communications

Utilities

Power

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is the supplier of electricity to the local power distributors. TVA has 99.999% electric power reliability, and industrial and commercial rates below the national average. Utility providers in Polk County offer affordable and reliable utilities to customers. The main distributors of utilities in Polk County are Tri-State Electric Membership Corporation and Volunteer Energy Cooperative.

If you are considering an industrial location in Polk County, utility distributors can provide a cost estimate for utilities given estimated usage and demands.

Volunteer Energy Cooperative and Tri-State Electric Membership Corporation are the distributors of electricity to properties throughout Polk County.

If you are considering an industrial location in Polk County, utility distributors can provide a cost estimate for utilities given estimated usage and demands.

NATURAL GAS

Volunteer Energy Cooperative is offering natural gas service in selected areas of Polk County.

WATER

Ocoee Utility District operates a 6.3 million gallon per day treatment facility with excess capacity of 2.9 million gallons per day. The source of their water supply is a combination of ground and surface water.

Benton Utilities operates a 429,000 gallon per day treatment facility with excess capacity of 500,000 gallons per day. The source of their water supply is a combination of ground and surface water.

Phone: 423.338.5733

WASTEWATER

Benton Water Works operates a wastewater treatment plants

Ocoee Utilities Board operates a 1.4 million gallon per day treatment facility with excess capacity of 700,000 gallons per day.

TELECOM

Telecommunication services are provided by:

AT&T Enterprise Business
AT&T Enterprise Business provides networking, mobility, cloud, security, hosting, application management, unified communications, VPN, VoIP, and conferencing solutions for medium to large businesses.

Comcast Business
Comcast Business boasts about a powerful network of 600,000 miles of fiber optic and HFC cable network, the fastest business Internet  provider in the nation, 5x the speed of existing internet providers, custom speeds for exact needs, WiFi hotspot, no limits on data, and Microsoft productivity tools.  They claim Ethernet speeds up to 10Gps, secure and reliable network with flexibility based on customer needs, point-to-point connection to multiple locations, and more.

ETC
ETC provides data networking solutions, IT outsourcing, mobility, cloud storage, business security systems, VoIP, digital voice solutions and more for any size business.