Living in Powers Lake, WI: what to set up and who to call
Powers Lake has no town government of its own, so Kenosha County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Randall Joint No. 1 School District. Spectrum is the only wired internet provider that reaches most of Powers Lake.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Powers Lake, 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 Powers Lake.
Power comes from Wisconsin Power & Light
Wisconsin Power & Light (Wisconsin Power & Light Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Powers Lake. Its homes paid an average of 18.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $128 a month (its average across Wisconsin).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Knolls Water Cooperative
Knolls Water Cooperative supplies Powers Lake: about 8% of residents live in its service area. About 89% 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 400 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 Jun–Sep 2021, was 1.4 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 2021: EPA has no newer result for this system.
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. WI2300145.
7 home internet providers serve Powers Lake
99% of 924 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable | 98% | 1,000/50 |
| TDS Telecom | DSL | 4% | 10/1 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 48% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 37% | 25/3 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 25% | 100/20 |
| Rise Broadband | Fixed wireless | 9% | 25/5 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Powers Lake’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Powers Lake.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Powers Lake is in two districts that split the grades: Randall Joint No. 1 School District and Wilmot Union High 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
Powers Lake is unincorporated, so Kenosha County is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jun 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Powers Lake spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Powers Lake residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Powers Lake | ZIP’s residents in Powers Lake |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53128 | Genoa City, WI | 83% | 13% |
| 53105 | Burlington, WI | 17% | 1% |
53159 is P.O. box or single-organization ZIP 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 Powers Lake
Who supplies Powers Lake’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Knolls Water Cooperative (EPA ID WI2300145). 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 (Jun–Sep 2021), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Powers Lake?
Wisconsin Power & Light (Wisconsin Power & Light Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 18.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Powers Lake?
Spectrum, TDS Telecom, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Rise Broadband (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Powers Lake?
53128 (83%), 53105 (17%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Powers Lake in?
Randall Joint No. 1 School District and Wilmot Union High School District. Parts of the city are in Westosha Central High School District and Wheatland Joint No. 1 School District.
How do I register to vote in Powers Lake?
In Wisconsin you can register online until 20 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 20 days before). Elections here are run by the Town of Randall Clerk. Check your registration at myvote.wi.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 National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.