Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author or not provided · Public domainLiving in Point Lay, AK: what to set up and who to call
Point Lay has no town government of its own, so North Slope Borough runs its elections and most services, and its children attend North Slope Borough School District. Power in Point Lay comes from Barrow Utils & Elec Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Point Lay, 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 Point Lay.
Power comes from Barrow Utils & Elec Coop
Barrow Utils & Elec Coop (Barrow Utils & Elec Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Point Lay.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Nsbu - Point Lay water system
The Nsbu - Point Lay water system supplies Point Lay: about 70% of residents live in its service area. About 30% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water and serves 237 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 2023–Dec 2025, was 1.4 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 2.5 ppb. That’s higher than 63% 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. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. AK2320256.
Which providers serve Point Lay
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Point Lay, 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 Point Lay’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Point Lay.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Point Lay is in North Slope 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.
No town hall: the county runs things
Point Lay is unincorporated, so North Slope Borough is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Point Lay is in ZIP code 99759
ZIP codes where Point Lay residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Point Lay | ZIP’s residents in Point Lay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99759 | Point Lay, AK | 100% | 100% |
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 Point Lay
Who supplies Point Lay’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Nsbu - Point Lay water system (EPA ID AK2320256). 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 1.4 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Point Lay?
Barrow Utils & Elec Coop (Barrow Utils & Elec Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility.
What ZIP codes are in Point Lay?
99759. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Point Lay in?
North Slope Borough School District.
How do I register to vote in Point Lay?
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.