Photo: US Fish and Wildlife Service · Public domainLiving in Cold Bay, AK: what to set up and who to call
Power in Cold Bay comes from Nelson Lagoon Elec Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. Public schools here are run by Aleutians East Borough School District.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Cold Bay, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Cold Bay.
Power comes from Nelson Lagoon Elec Coop
Nelson Lagoon Elec Coop (Nelson Lagoon Elec Coop Inc), a cooperative utility, serves 64.0% of Cold Bay residents.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Cold Bay water system
The Cold Bay water system supplies Cold Bay: about 60% of residents live in its service area. About 40% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 182 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2026–Dec 2028, was 3.5 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 85% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. AK2260414.
Which providers serve Cold Bay
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Cold Bay, the share of addresses that can get 100/20 Mbps and the share with fiber, with the map’s “as of” date.
Source to come: FCC Broadband Data Collection.
We don’t have Cold Bay’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Cold Bay.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Cold Bay is in Aleutians East Borough School District.
Test scores and every school: see Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Cold Bay is in ZIP code 99571
ZIP codes where Cold Bay residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Cold Bay | ZIP’s residents in Cold Bay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99571 | Cold Bay, AK | 100% | 55% |
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Cold Bay
Who supplies Cold Bay’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Cold Bay water system (EPA ID AK2260414). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 3.5 ppb (Jan 2026–Dec 2028), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Cold Bay?
Nelson Lagoon Elec Coop (Nelson Lagoon Elec Coop Inc), a cooperative utility.
What ZIP codes are in Cold Bay?
99571. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Cold Bay in?
Aleutians East Borough School District.
How do I register to vote in Cold Bay?
In Alaska you can register online until 30 days before Election Day, in person until 30 days before Election Day, or by mail (received 30 days before). Elections here are run by the Absentee and Petition Office. Check your registration at myvoterportal.alaska.gov.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet (FCC): pending.