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===Utilities=== The [[Erie Water Works]], which was incorporated in 1865 as the Erie Water and Gas Company, includes a reservoir, two water-treatment plants, and an elaborate water works and pipe network that provides water for most of the city and suburbs. Penelec, a subsidiary of [[FirstEnergy]], supplies electricity to the region, as well as the [[Touchstone Energy|Northwestern Pennsylvania Rural Electric Cooperative]]. [[National Fuel Gas|National Fuel Gas Company]] provides residents with natural gas. [[Time Warner Cable]] became the region's [[cable television]] provider, after taking over [[Adelphia Communications Corporation|Adelphia]], and also provides digital phone and high-speed internet to the region. Local telephone and high-speed internet service are also provided by [[Verizon]]. Sewage service in Erie is provided by the Erie Sewer Authority, and many outlying townships have partnerships with the Sewer Authority for service. The authority cleans about {{convert|30 to 40|e6USgal|m3}} of wastewater every day.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=The City of Erie |url=http://www.ci.erie.pa.us/Departments/SewerDepartment/tabid/74/Default.aspx |title=Erie Sewer Department |access-date=May 21, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070706212429/http://www.ci.erie.pa.us/Departments/SewerDepartment/tabid/74/Default.aspx |archive-date=July 6, 2007}}</ref> The [[time and temperature]] number in Erie is 452-6311 and was originally discontinued by Verizon in October 2008 before being restarted by a private individual two years later.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Leonardi |first=Ron |date=December 27, 2010 |newspaper=Erie Times-News |title=Q & A with Patrick Jones, who resurrected time and temperature phone line |url=http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2010312279973 |access-date=July 22, 2011 |archive-date=October 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181011053729/http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2010312279973 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The city of Erie and northwest Pennsylvania is located in [[area code 814]]. On December 16, 2010, the [[Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission]] (PUC) voted to split the area code, which was to take effect February 1, 2012.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=PUC: 582 Named as New Area Code for Portions of 814 Changing in 2012 |date=December 21, 2010 |publisher=[[Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission]] |url=http://www.puc.state.pa.us/General/press_releases/Press_Releases.aspx?ShowPR=2685 |access-date=February 1, 2011}}</ref> The [[North American Numbering Plan]] decided that northwest Pennsylvania would receive the new code of [[area code 582|582]]. A local grassroots coalition began organizing an opposition to the plan and generated numerous petitions for reconsideration. The PUC immediately voted to review their decision and ordered additional public-input hearings and technical conferences as a response to the strong public outcry.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=PUC Agrees to Further Review Decision in 814 Area Code Relief Case, Plans Additional Public Hearings, Technical Conferences |date=January 13, 2011 |publisher=Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission |url=http://www.puc.state.pa.us/General/press_releases/Press_Releases.aspx?ShowPR=2696 |access-date=February 1, 2011}}</ref> In January 2011, the PUC announced that it was placing the entire area code split plan on hold as NEUSTAR pushed the projected exhaustion date back two years to 2015.<ref>{{Cite news |title=PUC Puts Hold on 814 Split |url=http://wduqnews.blogspot.com/2011/01/puc-puts-hold-on-814-split.html |work=WDUQNews |first=Mark |last=Nootbaar |date=January 13, 2011}}</ref>
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