In Sacramento, Sacramento Municipal Utility District provides electricity for most Sacramento homes; Pacific Gas & Electric Co. is Sacramento's natural-gas utility; City of Sacramento handles Sacramento's water and sewer. The exact lineup depends on your Sacramento address — even nearby Stockton and Oakland answer differently.
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Sacramento runs on a split most California cities don't have. Your electricity comes from the Sacramento Municipal Utility District, the publicly owned power district that serves addresses across Sacramento — not the investor-owned utility that lights up much of the state. Natural gas, though, still comes from Pacific Gas & Electric. Water and sewer are run by the City of Sacramento itself. California gives you no say in who holds the wires: the address decides, and here that means SMUD for power, PG&E for gas.
The city sits where the Sacramento and American rivers meet, in a Central Valley that turns brutally hot by midsummer — which is why so much of local life leans on air conditioning and the electric load SMUD carries. As the capital region spread outward into new subdivisions and suburbs, SMUD's public-power footprint grew with it across the county, while gas service stayed with PG&E. The territory grew; the division of labor between the two didn't.
| Utility | Provider | Phone | Start service |
|---|---|---|---|
| ⚡ Electricity | Sacramento Municipal Utility District | (888) 742-7683 | Provider site |
| 🔥 Natural gas | Pacific Gas & Electric Co. | (800) 743-5000 | Provider site |
| 💧 Water | City of Sacramento Municipal | (916) 875-4311 | Provider site |
| 🚽 Sewer | City of Sacramento Municipal | (916) 875-4311 | Provider site |
Based on 10 sampled Sacramento addresses spanning ZIP codes 95814, 95815, 95818, 95819, 95820, 95822, 95826, 95831, 95832, 95838 (2026-07-20). Yours may differ — the Sacramento lookup is the tiebreaker.
SMUD covers most of Sacramento County, but its boundary isn't the city line. Cross the river into West Sacramento and electricity comes from PG&E, not SMUD; some neighboring cities run their own electric utilities, and unincorporated county pockets can flip too. The provider follows the address, so confirm yours.
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Moving to Sacramento means lining up three separate providers before your first triple-digit July afternoon — so here's what to sort out address by address:
At every one of the Sacramento addresses we sampled, Sacramento Municipal Utility District was the electric utility. The exact Sacramento provider depends on the address.
Generally no — Sacramento electric territory is fixed by address: the utility holding your Sacramento block is your utility, and at every one of sampled Sacramento addresses that was Sacramento Municipal Utility District — Sacramento is a one-signup town.
At every one of the Sacramento addresses we sampled, City of Sacramento was the water provider — sewer included. Other districts take over around Sacramento's edges, so check your block.
No — at every one of the sampled Sacramento addresses, Pacific Gas & Electric Co. was the gas utility, but plenty of Sacramento homes are all-electric and never open this account.
For addresses across Sacramento, electricity comes from the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), the region's publicly owned power district — not the investor-owned utility that serves much of California. California has no retail electricity choice, so you don't shop for a supplier; the address determines the provider, and inside SMUD's territory that's SMUD for both the power and the wires. Run the lookup to confirm SMUD reaches your exact address.
Natural gas in Sacramento is provided by Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), the regulated gas utility — even though your electricity comes from SMUD. It surprises newcomers, but the two are separate companies handling separate services here: SMUD does not sell gas, and PG&E does not sell electricity inside SMUD's territory. Gas is its own regulated utility statewide, so the split is normal. Use the lookup to verify PG&E covers your address.
Water and sewer service at Sacramento addresses is run by the City of Sacramento, the city-owned utility for both. As for choosing: you can't. California doesn't offer retail electricity choice, and gas, water, and sewer are all regulated monopolies tied to your location. Whoever holds your address is who you get — SMUD, PG&E, and the City here. Your job is simply to start service in each one; the lookup shows exactly which providers apply.
One minute with the Sacramento lookup above returns your Sacramento address's exact providers, phone numbers included.
Moving somewhere just outside Sacramento? Providers likely differ:
Sacramento-level lists can't be precise. Your Sacramento address can.
Find my providersSacramento provider data comes from our address-level utility lookup engine — 10 Sacramento sample addresses spread across ZIPs 95814, 95815, 95818, 95819, 95820, 95822, 95826, 95831, 95832, 95838, refreshed 2026-07-20. Individual Sacramento addresses vary — check yours directly. Here's how we verify Sacramento provider data.