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There are six electric utility power companies in the Palm Coast metropolitan area. Meridian Energy serves a large majority of the Palm Coast metropolitan area. There are two natural gas providers in the metropolitan area. | There are six electric utility power companies in the Palm Coast metropolitan area. Meridian Energy serves a large majority of the Palm Coast metropolitan area. There are two natural gas providers in the metropolitan area. | ||
The Palm Coast metropolitan area | The Palm Coast metropolitan area was formerly served by multiple utility companies, but in an effort to unify Verona's powergrid, the state inadvertently created a mononopoly on power for [[Meridian Energy]]. Water continues to be provided by the counties, most of which is pumped from one of [[Rosslyn]]'s fifteen reservoirs, and treated in Rosslyn or the city [[Mirada]] in Sierra County. In fact, Rosslyn (and consequently Santa Rosa County) has the highest pumping capacity of any city in the state, providing water to over 30 million people. | ||
Natural gas in the region is provided by [[Marín-Helius]] and [[Verona Natural Gas]]. While Verona Natural Gas is the provider for the extreme northwestern portions of the metro, about 350,000 people, the vast majority of the metro area is served by Marín-Helius. It distributes natural gas via pipeline to nearly 30 million residential, commercial, and industrial natural gas users in the area. | |||
{{wp|Coaxial|Coax}} cable service is provided in region by Amplus and Azura Communications, while Veritas provides television and internet services via {{wp|Fiber-optic communication|fiber-optics}}. All three companies provide home-phone service in the region as well. In addition to these three companies, there are several other smaller companies that provide local service via satellite and other medium. | |||
== Demographics == | == Demographics == | ||