Photo: Frank Schulenburg · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Palermo, CA: what to set up and who to call
Palermo has no town government of its own, so Butte County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Oroville Union High School District. For a library card, the closest branch is Butte County Public Law Library, 6.0 miles out.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Palermo, 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 Palermo.
Power comes from PG&E
PG&E (Pacific Gas & Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Palermo. Its homes paid an average of 37.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $174 a month (its average across California, for customers on its standard service). California lets you buy power from another supplier; 66% of PG&E’s home customers do, and PG&E still delivers it.
Start or move service: pgecorp.com
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from South Feather W&p - Miners Ranch water system
The South Feather W&p - Miners Ranch water system supplies Palermo: about 54% of residents live in its service area. About 46% 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 22,664 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2024–Dec 2026, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 5.2 ppb. Results below detection are reported as 0, so 0 doesn’t mean no lead at any tap.
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. CA0410006.
Which providers serve Palermo
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Palermo, 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 Palermo’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Palermo.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Palermo is in two districts that split the grades: Oroville Union High School District and Palermo Union Elementary School District.
C−School gradeSee 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
Palermo is unincorporated, so Butte County is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Aug 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Palermo spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Palermo residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Palermo | ZIP’s residents in Palermo |
|---|---|---|---|
| 95966 | Oroville, CA | 63% | 11% |
| 95968 | Palermo, CA | 27% | 100% |
| 95965 | Oroville, CA | 10% | 2% |
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.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Palermo
Who supplies Palermo’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The South Feather W&p - Miners Ranch water system (EPA ID CA0410006). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.0 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Palermo?
PG&E (Pacific Gas & Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 37.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Palermo?
95966 (63%), 95968 (27%), 95965 (10%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Palermo in?
Oroville Union High School District and Palermo Union Elementary School District. Parts of the city are in Oroville City Elementary School District.
How do I register to vote in Palermo?
In California you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before). Elections here are run by the Butte County Elections. Check your registration at voterstatus.sos.ca.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 Nov 18, 2024 (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.