Photo: Rklawton · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Negaunee, MI: what to set up and who to call
Negaunee runs its own electric utility, City of Negaunee; its homes paid 20.6¢ per kWh in 2025. Negaunee runs its own elections, so the Negaunee City Clerk, not a county office, keeps the voter rolls.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Negaunee, 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 Negaunee.
Power comes from City of Negaunee
City of Negaunee (City of Negaunee), a municipal utility, serves all of Negaunee. Its homes paid an average of 20.6¢ per kWh in 2025, about $99 a month (its average across Michigan).
Start or move service: www.cityofnegaunee.com · (906) 475-7700
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Negaunee water system
The Negaunee water system supplies Negaunee: about 94% of residents live in its service area. About 6% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated ground water (EPA lists Negaunee/Ishpeming Water Authority as seller) and serves 4,568 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2025, was 1.9 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 5.7 ppb. That’s higher than 66% 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. MI0004650.
5 home internet providers serve Negaunee
94% of 1,866 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 93% | 1,000/35 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fixed wireless | 9% | 25/3 |
| Bug Tussel | Fixed wireless | 98% | 10/1 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 87% | 100/20 |
| Board of Trustees, Northern Michigan University | Fixed wireless | 48% | 25/5 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Negaunee’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Negaunee.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Negaunee is in Negaunee Public Schools.
ASchool 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.
Negaunee is in ZIP code 49866
ZIP codes where Negaunee residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Negaunee | ZIP’s residents in Negaunee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49866 | Negaunee, MI | 100% | 56% |
A few homes fall in 49849.
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 Negaunee
Who supplies Negaunee’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Negaunee water system (EPA ID MI0004650). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.9 ppb (Jan–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Negaunee?
City of Negaunee (City of Negaunee), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 20.6¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Negaunee?
Spectrum, AT&T, Bug Tussel, T-Mobile, Board of Trustees, Northern Michigan University (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Negaunee?
49866. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Negaunee in?
Negaunee Public Schools.
How do I register to vote in Negaunee?
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 Negaunee City 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.