Electricity
The state’s electrical suppliers offer high reliability service using redundant transmission, substations and/or feeder circuits.  A 500 kV, 230kV, and 115 kV transmission grid covering the state is powered by generating plants which are primarily supplied by coal.  New businesses locating in Georgia with connected loads of at least 900 kW may choose among competing power suppliers.  The Integration Transmission System(ITS), which allows the electric utilities companies to use each other’s transmission lines, eliminates costly duplication and guarantees each power supplier the same ability to serve “customer choice” facilities.

In Floyd County, a peak load plant is operated by Oglethorpe Power and Georgia Power at Rocky Mountain Hydroelectric Plant .  Georgia Power also owns and operates Plant Hammond, a coal-fired generation facility in western Floyd County.

Local Telecommunications Services
Local telecommunications services in Rome, Georgia and the surrounding area are provided by BellSouth Telecommunications.

State-of-the-art DMS100 digital switching system came on line September 2, 2000.

Both systems are capable of providing a full range of Central Office based custom calling services.

Telecommunication facilities are provided to our business customers by a combination of T-1 carrier and fiber optic cable. Integrated Service Digital Network (ISDN), T-1 service, Frame Relay and OS-3 are some of the other data services offered in the Rome wirecenter. Fast speed ADSL service is now being offered to both residential and business customers. Please note that Fast Access is also available through Comcast, Rome's local cable provider.

BellSouth's central offices are 100% electronic stored and provide trunking to other exchanges over a digital SONET fiber ring configuration insuring redundancy in the network.

Natural Gas
Deregulated. Available in industrial quantities on an interruptible and uninterruptible basis.

Water                                                     
Provided by the City of Rome or Floyd County, depending upon area..