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Utilities

The City owns and operates Sikeston's 235 MW electric generation power plant, providing low-cost, dependable power to our industrial customers. We also own and operate our municipal water works and waste water treatment services, which removes many of the headaches for our business community, and allows up to be locally proactive in meeting their utility requirements.

Electricity
The Sikeston Power Plant is a 235 megawatt coal-fired generating
plant. A standby generation agreement is already in place to meet the needs of any individual consusumer of electricty in our system.
Board of Municipal Utilities
Sikeston has the lowest utility rates in the state of Missouri.

Water
Eight deep wells to supply Sikeston with potable water.

Waste Water Treatment
The system utilizes twelve lift stations with a design capacity of
4.4 milion gallons per day.

Phone & Fiber Optics
Area communications are supplied by AT&T and
Big River Telephone Company, both who offer
Fiber Optic Loop / DSL.

Natural Gas
Natural gas service is provided to the City by
Atmos Energy Corporation

For information on Economic Development Incentive Rates Call 800-494-6476