Serving Our Community
Every Day.
Over 70 Years of Efficient Service
On December 19, 1939 the electric system was purchased from Mississippi Power Company by way of an election that approved a bond issue for the purchase. That election created a non-profit public utility with the goal of providing the best possible service to its customers. Philadelphia Utilities assumed operation of the water system in 1944 and the sewer system in 1957.
Over the years, the city of Philadelphia has grown with increased industrialization, new subdivisions, and extensions to the city limits requiring a larger electrical distribution system, more water lines for fire protection, and expansion of the sewer system.
Philadelphia continually strives to improve its service to its customers, ever mindful of the trust placed in us by the people of Philadelphia with that first vote 70 years ago.
Up in the Sky
We continually invest in new overhead and underground electrical distribution lines and substation facilities to ensure that we can deliver reliable power where and when it is needed, regardless of fluctuations in demand or weather.
To provide reliable power to home and businesses in our city, we spend considerable effort keeping electrical distribution rights of way clean of trees and plants that could contribute to power outages, fines, or impede necessary repairs after storms or tornadoes.
Philadelphia Utilities strives to provide safe and reliable power. It keeps our homes comfortable, our businesses prospering, our schools open, and our hospitals open and operating smoothly.
We continually invest in our transmission lines and facilities to ensure we can deliver power reliably where and when it is needed.
Under the Ground
Philadelphia Utilities is committed to providing safe, clean drinking water to its customers.
We pump water from the Lower Wilcox Aquifer using the following five deep wells to provide our city quality drinking water:
- Myrtle Street Well, drilled in 1948 and is currently producing 513 gallons per minute
- Oak Street Well, drilled in 1965 and is producing 767 gallons per minute
- Range Avenue Well, drilled in 1996 and is producing 709 gallons per minute
- Beech Street Well, drilled in 2017 and is producing 845 gallons per minute
- Railroad Avenue Well, drilled in 2017 and is producing 613 gallons per minute
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