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Infrastructure is in place at many industrial zoned areas; although other sites lack the infrastructure all together. The Wyoming Business Council has offered a Community Development Block Grant for Infrastructure. Local governments may apply on behalf of business. Talk to SWEDA’s Director, Patricia Robbins, for information and assistance concerning this grant (800-803-6362 or 307-352-6874).

COMMUNICATIONS

Media:  Newspapers:  Rocket Miner (Daily and Green River Star (Weekly
Radio Stations: AM:   FM:  
KRKK, KUGR KSIT, KYCS, KQSW & KMKX
Cable Television: Yes Digital TV:  Yes
Telephone Companies: Qwest, Union Telephone, AT&T, CommNet 2000, MCI Sales, McLeod USA
Digital Switches: Yes
Fiber Optic Available: Yes
Postal: 2 first class post offices
Overnight Mail Service: Yes
Internet: Local Access

UTILITIES 

Electricity Supplier: Rocky Mountain Power 
Tel. # (800)-221-7070 (24 hours/day)

Rocky Mountain Power, formerly Pacific Power in Utah, Idaho and Wyoming, is one of the US's lowest-cost electricity producers. Pacificorp has more than l.6 million customers in six western states, 8,470 MW of generation capacity, 15,580 miles of transmission lines, 59,510 miles of distribution lines, 908 substations, 68 generating plants and approximately 6,750 employees. Pacificorp has two other divisions besides Rocky Mountain Power. The Pacificorp Energy group includes the generation/mining divisions of the company. The other division is Pacific Power which serves the states of Washington, Oregon and Northern California. 

For Wyoming rate information go to Rocky Mountain Power website at: http://www.rockymtnpower.net or telephone their 24 hour business center at (800)-221-7070

Natural Gas Supplier: Questar Gas 
Tel. # (800) 231-8874 or 307-352-7701 

For current rates and tariff information go to http://www.questargas.com 

Rates effective 1/1/2001: 
All rates are per heating value in Decatherms(dth) (1 decatherm=10 terms or 1 million Btus

Water Supplier: Municipal 
Tel. # (307)352-1405 or 875-4317

Capacity of water plant (gpd) 32 million gallons 

Looped System: Yes

Residual pressure at industrial sites 20 psi is 2,200 gallons a minute

Wastewater: Municipal : Treatment Types: Activated Sludge Process

Design Hydraulic Capacity, mg: 4.0 

Rates: Determined by water use

Solid Wage Disposal Available: Yes

Sweetwater Economic Development Association        (800) 803 6362
1400 Dewar Drive, Ste 205A        Rock Springs, WY   82901