to operate both systems, out of 89,000 local governments. Chambersburg is one of around 2,000 communities to have its own electric system and one of 1,000 communities to run a natural gas system, but one of only aboutĦ0 in the U.S. Which does not operate an electric utility. Chambersburg is one of two municipalities in Pennsylvania to own and operate a public gas utility. Chambersburg is the largest municipal electric utility in the State, twice as large as the second largest,Įphrata, Lancaster County and, the only one to operate multiple generation stations. Typical town functions include:Ī highway department (over 58 miles of local streets)Ī land use & community development department (including planning, zoning, property maintenance code enforcement, residential rental inspections, and economic development)Ī combination paid & volunteer Emergency Service Department (including fire fighting, basic life saving EMS service and commercial fire code inspections)Ī Recreation Department (including acres of parkland, a downtown Recreation Center, and the development of a new regional family aquatics center)Ī municipal parking, traffic, and street lights utilityĪ residential and commercial trash utilityĪ Main Street downtown revitalization effort, andĪn Elm Street neighborhood preservation programĬhambersburg’s theme is “a clean, green, safe, and healthy community.”Ĭhambersburg is one of 35 Boroughs in Pennsylvania to own and operate an electric utility. As a full service municipality, Chambersburg supplies a wide variety of services to its citizens and businesses more services than any other municipality in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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