Utilities
New Hampton Economic Development works in partnership with its utility service providers to meet the needs of business and industry. Our partners provide site location and expansion assistance, financial incentive packaging, competitive rate offerings, location/infrastructure analysis and other important services to help your business expand your horizons in New Hampton.
Electric
The City of New Hampton owns and operates an electric generation, transmission and distribution system. Businesses located in our community benefit from the City's highly competitive commercial and industrial rates.
The community is also served by two Rural Electric Cooperatives (REC)--Butler County REC and MiEnergy Cooperative. The RECs provide an impressive array of business development and energy-related services to meet the unique needs of businesses they serve including low-interest loans to qualified applicants, distribution and transmission reliability, energy efficiency audits, back-up generation, and engineering/site location assistance. Visit their economic development websites for more information on services available to new and expanding businesses.
The New Hampton Municipal Utility as well as the RECs are members of Iowa Area Development Group, the marketing and economic development agency for over 80 member-owned electric cooperatives and utilities throughout the state. IADG's team of economic development professionals work with the local REC and communities they serve to provide valuable resources and assistance on issues related to business expansion and location. Visit IADG's website for more information on their programs and services.
Natural Gas
Black Hills Energy provides natural gas service to our community. Black Hills Energy's company-wide economic development team helps us organize, plan and implement local community programs that support business development and expansion.
Water/Sewer
New Hampton has a municipally-owned water system. Waste water plant capacity is 2.3 million gallons per day. Water tower storage capacity is 800,000 gallons.
To better serve its customers, the City completed a major expansion of its wastewater treatment facility. The project expanded the capacity of the treatment system by approximately 50 percent, as well as greatly enhancing the efficiency of the treatment process. The wastewater treatment plant's daily flow is 600,000 to 700,000 gallons per day and the design flow is 2.3 million gallons per day.
Telecommunications
New Hampton Municipal Utilities
New Hampton Municipal Utilities is now offering fiber optic communications, including internet, TV and phone services.
Windstream
We recognize access to advanced telecommunications services is important for your business to stay competitive. Working with our local telecommunications utility company, we strive to provide our industries with telecommunications solutions for their business needs. Windstream offers a comprehensive line of products and services including local telephone service,long distance plans, Internet service (including DSL high-speed Internet),telephone equipment and other services. Headquartered in Newton, Iowa,the company maintains a regional office and warehouse in New Hampton. Our businesses appreciate the local, personal touch in services they receive from Windstream.
Mediacom
Mediacom Communications is the nation’s fifth largest cable television company based on the number of video customers, and among the leading cable operators focused on serving the smaller cities and towns in the United States. Our service areas have a significant concentration in the Midwest and Southern regions, and we are the leading provider of broadband services in Iowa and the second largest in Illinois.
Through our interactive broadband network, we provide our customers with a wide variety of advanced products and services, including video services, such as video-on-demand, high-definition television and digital video recorders, high-speed data and phone service. We offer the triple-play bundle of video, HSD and phone over a single communications platform, a significant advantage over most competitors in our service areas.
Our objective is to be the preferred multi-platform provider of entertainment, information and telecommunications services, as well as the recognized leader in providing superior customer service and support in the markets we serve.