Water
MidAmerica owns and operates the water treatment and distribution system, making it unique among industrial parks throughout the nation. Our treatment facility not only serves park industries, but three local communities and four rural water districts.

Current rate for metered customers is $0.90 per 1,000 gallons for the first 5 MGM, decreasing to $0.84 per 1,000 gallons thereafter. Small users pay a flat rate. These rates are effective from January 1, 2008 through June 30, 2008; demonstrating a very stable rate structure. Unmetered and small business (5 or less people) rates are also available.

Unlike other areas of the nation that consistently experience water shortages and even severe drought conditions, MidAmerica has vast on-site water storage facilities and a reliable source of water from the Grand Neosho River. Our combined water tank storage capacity is currently 19.5 million gallons. The water treatment plant has design capacity of 50 million gallons per day with a peaking capacity of 62 million gallons.

According to a national study by Raftelis Financial Consulting, Inc, our charges are among the most affordable water rates in the nation.

Wastewater
MidAmerica also owns and operates the wastewater treatment and collection system. Importantly, MidAmerica carries an umbrella NPDES permit for most industries in the park. These two features also make it unique among the industrial parks throughout the nation.

Rates are based on volume and content. Current rate is $1.07625 per 1,000 gallons of metered discharge. These rates are effective from January 1, 2008 through June 30, 2008; demonstrating a very stable rate structure. Rates are available for domestic users only or small users.

Again, a national survey by Raftelis Financial Consulting shows that our charges are among the lowest and most affordable wastewater rates in the nation.

Electric
Electrical service to MidAmerica is provided by the Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA), a cost-of-service provider and public power company.

GRDA's primary power generation facilities are located on-site at MidAmerica. Also, GRDA's Engineering & Transmission Headquarters are located in the park to assure short response times to meet unforeseen problems. Plus, there are two transmission substations and five distribution substations located throughout the park.

GRDA sells electricity at "wholesale rates" to MidAmerica industries. GRDA's total generating capacity is approximately 1,500 megawatts, of which 198 megawatts are owned by KAMO Electric. The fact that GRDA is a public power company and has significant percentage of power generation in hydropower are two main reasons for low cost power. The table below lists the GRDA-owned generating capacities for each of the facilities.

Location	Type	Megawatts
Unit 1 - Chouteau	Thermal	490
Unit 2 - Chouteau	Thermal	322
Pensacola	Hydro	120
Kerr	Hydro	114
Salina Pumped Storage	Hydro	260
Total		1,306
% Hydro		37.8%

Excludes 198 megawatts owned by KAMO

In a survey of utility companies around the nation, the Energy Information Administration reports the average revenue per kWh for GRDA industrial users. The EIA table for 1999, 2005 and 2006 shows that GRDA’s average rate is significantly less (5% to over 70%) than other electric service providers.

Importantly, GRDA generates electricity with coal and hydropower and NOT natural gas. Due to this fact, MidAmerica companies do not experience wildly fluctuating fuel cost adjustments when natural gas prices spiked to high double digit costs per Mcf during the past several years. Natural gas pricing can have a great adverse impact on the fuel cost adjustment that is reflected in electric rates.

Additionally, there is one other source of power at MidAmerica: AECI/KAMO Power with a 530-megawatt capacity. When and if de-regulation occurs, MidAmerica industries will certainly have an advantage.

Natural Gas
Everybody talks about gas deregulation. MidAmerica has it now. Enogex has a 16-inch line and Oklahoma Natural Gas Company has an 18-inch high-pressure line within the Park boundaries. Again, these pipelines ensure truly competitive transport pricing for MidAmerica industries

Due to the commodity-driven nature of the gas industry along with various pricing schedules by both companies, costs for natural gas cannot be quoted on the web site. We would be happy to get rates from both companies upon request. Just send us an Express Request with monthly usage.

Telecommunications
MidAmerica has all the service alternatives available on-site: broadband fiber and high-speed DSL including videoconferencing at OSU-Okmulgee, a branch of Oklahoma State University. For more details on our high-speed voice and data capabilities, click here . RECtec Technology and Communications is deploying fiber in MidAmerica. The build-out is in conjunction with the K-PowerNet backbone.