Utilities & Infrastructure
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Electricity
Consumers Energy – Electric Provider
As the Battle Creek area’s electricity provider and Michigan’s largest utility, Consumers Energy offers resources beyond reliable energy to help new and expanding businesses ensure a solid start, a successful future, and a great customer experience.
Offerings include:
- Competitive electric rate options
- Energy efficiency rebates
- Renewable energy programs
- New construction incentives to reduce upfront energy infrastructure costs
Fort Custer Industrial Park is powered by 46-kilovolt (kV) electric lines and a 138-kV-to-14.4-kV/24.9-kV substation. The substation features two transformers and four regulated circuits, ensuring abundant reliable power for Fort Custer Industrial Park businesses.
For more, visit Consumers Energy.
Natural Gas
Natural gas in the Battle Creek area is provided by Semco Energy. Since several factors can influence your business’s monthly gas use, please contact us to get detailed information and specific rates for your business.
Water
- Capacity of our water system is 30 million gallons per day (MGD)
- Average daily usage is around 10 million gallons per day.
Sewer
- Capacity of our sewer system is 30 million gallons per day (MGD)
- Average daily usage is around 10 million gallons per day.
Telecommunications and Fiber Optic/Broadband
Phone and telecommunications service is available to all sites located within Fort Custer Industrial Park by multiple service providers – including AT&T and Metronet.
Both providers have extensive fiber optic systems in Fort Custer Industrial Park with high-speed, broadband, and digital service. Battle Creek thrives in the IT world with a community-wide fiber network delivering up to 10 Gigabytes through existing infrastructure, about 10 times the national norm. With 300 local miles of a 1,000 mile Southwest Michigan network, the fiber infrastructure continues to expand. At the Battle Creek Executive Airport, residents and tenants are literally surrounded by fiber.