Editing Murray, Kentucky (section)

===Utilities===
Electric service in the city of Murray is provided by the Murray Electric System. The electric system is locally owned and governed and gets all of its energy from the [[Tennessee Valley Authority]]. In turn, electric customers in Murray enjoy one of the lowest electric rates in the United States. The cost is around 7.2 cents per [[kilowatt hour]].<ref>[http://www2.murray-ky.net/electric/residential.htm Murray Electric Residential Rates] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929002528/http://www2.murray-ky.net/electric/residential.htm |date=2007-09-29 }}</ref> In recent years, MES has branched out into telecommunications. It offers internet service with speeds of up to 12 [[Mbit/s]], home telephone service, and [[digital cable]] television service.

Natural gas and water service falls under the city of Murray's [[Public Works]] department. The natural gas service has roughly 5,500 customers, in which {{convert|1300000|cuft|m3}} is used per year.<ref>[http://www.murrayky.gov/publicworks/naturalgas/index.htm Murray Natural Gas Facts]</ref> The water system treats 1.3 [[1,000,000,000 (number)|billion]] gallons of water per year going through {{convert|105|mi|km|0}} of [[water main]] piping. The current [[Sewage treatment|treatment plant]] was built in 1992 with a capacity of 7 million gallons per day. At current, the plant treats 3.6 million gallons per day. The Murray sewer treatment plant treats 4 million gallons of sewage per day and is connected with {{convert|122|mi|km|0}} of [[sanitary sewer]] piping.<ref>[http://www.murrayky.gov/publicworks/water/index.htm Murray Water Quick Facts]</ref><ref>[http://www.murrayky.gov/publicworks/sewer/index.htm Murray Sanitary Sewer System]</ref>