EnergyNet, a local company created by Hopkinsville Electric System, has installed a fiber optic communications system in order to serve its customers better. This communications system will improve the efficiency of the electric system through faster outage detection and repair, substation monitoring, and remote switching. Eventually, the fiber network will allow automated connects/disconnects, meter reading, real-time pricing, and energy-use management by the consumers of HES. Additional bandwidth capacity on the system will be used to improve the communications infrastructure of Hopkinsville by providing wide-bandwidth, digital connections that are currently not available in Hopkinsville except, on a very limited basis.

Currently, EnergyNet offers internet access and point to point voice/data communications. As demand grows, we will provide other services to the business and consumer markets such as residential internet access, energy management and access to long distance carriers like MCI, Sprint, AT&T and Qwest.