Utilities and Water Service

The Iowa City Area Development Group works aggressively with our utility and community partners to offer a variety of broadband/internet, utility, water and sewer options for businesses seeking to expand or locate in our region.

Some service territories overlap, so please contact our office during your data search for accurate information.


MidAmerican Energy

MidAmerican Energy Company, Iowa’s largest energy company, is strategically located in the middle of several major markets in the Midwest. Headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, it provides service to customers in a 10,600-square-mile area in Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska and South Dakota. MidAmerican Energy Company is a subsidiary of MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company.

Alliant Energy

Alliant Energy Corporation is a public utility holding company serving approximately 1 million electric and more than 400,000 natural gas customers in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin.  The company is a leader in economic and community development and partners with the communities it serves to help them reach economic potential.

Central Iowa Power Cooperative (CIPCO)

CIPCO offers programs and policies to support economic growth within the state of Iowa, including the Community and Economic Development Revolving Loan Fund (RLF).  The RLP improves the quality of life in member cooperative rural areas by contributing to long-term improvement in the local economy. The RLF is a local funding source with a goal of providing low interest loans to assist with local economic and community development projects.

Linn County REC

Linn County Rural Electric Cooperative (REC) is a not-for-profit, member-owned electric distribution cooperative serving more than 22,000 members in six counties in eastern Iowa. Membership includes residential and commercial customers in Linn and Johnson counties and line extensions into Jones, Cedar, Iowa and Benton counties. The company, headquartered in Marion, Iowa, is committed to provide a wide variety of member products and services.