Living in Albee Township, MI: what to set up and who to call
An EPA health-based violation from 2025 is still open for Parkwood, which supplies Albee Township. New voters sign up with the Albee Township Clerk, which runs Albee Township’s elections.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Albee Township, 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 Albee Township.
Power comes from Consumers Energy
Consumers Energy (Consumers Energy Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Albee Township. Its homes paid an average of 20.7¢ per kWh in 2025, about $134 a month (its average across Michigan).
Start or move service: consumersenergy.com · (800) 477-5050
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Parkwood
Parkwood supplies Albee Township: about 2% of residents live in its service area. About 97% 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 58 people in all.
2 health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: radium (combined radium-226 and -228), a groundwater treatment requirement (Groundwater Rule), the latest beginning Jun 2025. 78% of the 11,392 systems serving <=100 people had none. 1 older violation is still open, since 2025: a groundwater treatment requirement (Groundwater Rule), per EPA’s records.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 1.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 55% 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. MI0040441.
5 home internet providers serve Albee Township
67% of 922 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 1% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable | 62% | 1,000/35 |
| Brightspeed | DSL | 9% | 80/10 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 46% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 36% | 100/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 6% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Albee Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Albee Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Albee Township is in Chesaning Union Schools.
B+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 Nov 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Albee Township spans 4 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Albee Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Albee Township | ZIP’s residents in Albee Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48417 | Burt, MI | 54% | 42% |
| 48457 | Montrose, MI | 27% | 7% |
| 48655 | Saint Charles, MI | 12% | 4% |
| 48616 | Chesaning, MI | 7% | 2% |
A few homes fall in 48601.
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 Albee Township
Who supplies Albee Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Parkwood (EPA ID MI0040441). It reported 2 health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026: radium (combined radium-226 and -228), a groundwater treatment requirement (Groundwater Rule). 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.0 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Albee Township?
Consumers Energy (Consumers Energy Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 20.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Albee Township?
Spectrum, Brightspeed, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Albee Township?
48417 (54%), 48457 (27%), 48655 (12%), 48616 (7%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Albee Township in?
Chesaning Union Schools.
How do I register to vote in Albee Township?
In Michigan 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 Albee Township Clerk. Check your registration at mvic.sos.state.mi.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: 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 12, 2025 (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.