Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Living in Chicopee, MA: what to set up and who to call
Chicopee runs its own electric utility, City of Chicopee; its homes paid 16.2¢ per kWh in 2025. Elections in Chicopee are run by Chicopee itself; register with the Chicopee Election Commission.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Chicopee, 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 Chicopee.
Power comes from City of Chicopee
City of Chicopee (City of Chicopee - (MA)), a municipal utility, serves all of Chicopee. Its homes paid an average of 16.2¢ per kWh in 2025, about $118 a month (its average across Massachusetts).
Start or move service: celd.com · (413) 594-7581
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Chicopee Water Dept (Mwra)
Chicopee Water Dept (Mwra) supplies almost all of Chicopee. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Mwra as seller) and serves 55,560 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 90% of the 597 systems serving 50,001–100,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2024, was 1.5 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 58% 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. MA1061000.
5 home internet providers serve Chicopee
98% of 16,400 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 83% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 98% | 1,000/35 |
| Crossroads Fiber | Fiber | 88% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 57% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 51% | 25/3 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 17% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Chicopee depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Chicopee, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s dayFind your street’s day on chicopeema.gov →
- RecyclingEvery other weekCheck which week on chicopeema.gov →
When a holiday falls on a weekday, pickup slides one day later for the rest of that week.
K & W Materials & Recycling
138 Palmer Ave., West Springfield
From chicopeema.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Chicopee is in Chicopee 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.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jun 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Chicopee spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Chicopee residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Chicopee | ZIP’s residents in Chicopee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01020 | Chicopee, MA | 54% | 100% |
| 01013 | Chicopee, MA | 43% | 100% |
| 01022 | Chicopee, MA | 4% | 100% |
01014, 01021 are P.O. box or single-organization ZIPs with no homes.
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 Chicopee
Who supplies Chicopee’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Chicopee Water Dept (Mwra) (EPA ID MA1061000). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 90% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.5 ppb (Jun–Sep 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Chicopee?
City of Chicopee (City of Chicopee - (MA)), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 16.2¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Chicopee?
Spectrum, Crossroads Fiber, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Chicopee?
01020 (54%), 01013 (43%), 01022 (4%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Chicopee in?
Chicopee School District.
How do I register to vote in Chicopee?
In Massachusetts you can register online until 10 days before Election Day, in person until 10 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 10 days before). Elections here are run by the Chicopee Election Commission. Check your registration at sec.state.ma.us.
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: Chicopee’s own website (chicopeema.gov), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- 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 National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.