Reedy Creek Energy Services (RCES) is a wholly owned

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. It operates the

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and other utility transmission and distribution systems of the

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(RCID) on behalf of the district which specifically covers

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outside

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. Some power is produced by the district-owned power plant north of the

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with the remainder purchased from the public

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. Officially the utility systems are owned by the district entity itself and the district "contracts" with RCES to operate the systems. In addition to electric power, RCES handles all public services and public works for the RCID including water, natural gas, roadway maintenance, waste and recycling, sewage and wastewater treatment. RCES is currently Disney's only non-entertainment-related subsidiary. Until 2001, Disney and

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owned

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, a telephone company that served the RCID. That company has since been sold to Smart City Telecom.

Images

Image:Reedy_Creek_Energy_Services_Building.jpg, Reedy Creek Energy Services power plant located north of the Magic Kingdom File:Mickey (3153436441).jpg, Mickey pylon, used to transmit RCES's subcontracted power from

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into the RCID.

References

External links

Reedy Creek Improvement District- Utilities
{{Disney Companies based in Orange County, Florida Natural gas companies of the United States Electric power companies of the United States The Walt Disney Company subsidiaries Reedy Creek Improvement District