In Fort Lauderdale, FPL provides electricity for most Fort Lauderdale homes; City of Fort Lauderdale handles Fort Lauderdale's water and sewer. The exact lineup depends on your Fort Lauderdale address — even nearby Hollywood and Pembroke Pines answer differently.
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Fort Lauderdale is Broward County's seat and its downtown anchor, but the utility setup is simpler than the skyline suggests. FPL handles electricity — it showed up at every address we sampled — while the City of Fort Lauderdale itself runs both water and sewer, so the same city operation is behind both the taps and the drains. Natural gas is the wildcard: service varies by address, so use the lookup to see exactly what your street gets.
Fort Lauderdale grew up along the New River and spread outward on miles of dredged finger canals — the source of its "Venice of America" nickname. That geography shapes utility life here more than the paperwork does: low-lying neighborhoods, a barrier-island beach, and hurricane season make outage readiness part of moving in. It's worth finding FPL's outage-reporting line before you need it, and knowing that city water crews, not a private company, handle main breaks.
| Utility | Provider | Phone | Start service |
|---|---|---|---|
| ⚡ Electricity | FPL | (800) 226-3545 | Provider site |
| 🔥 Natural gas | Varies by address | — | Look up address |
| 💧 Water | City of Fort Lauderdale Municipal | — | Look up address |
| 🚽 Sewer | City of Fort Lauderdale Municipal | — | Look up address |
Based on 10 sampled Fort Lauderdale addresses spanning ZIP codes 33304, 33305, 33308, 33311, 33312, 33315, 33316 (2026-07-20). Yours may differ — the Fort Lauderdale lookup is the tiebreaker.
A "Fort Lauderdale" mailing address covers far more ground than the city itself — Wilton Manors, Oakland Park, Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, and pockets of unincorporated Broward all use it. Cross a city line and your water and sewer can change even though the ZIP code doesn't.
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At every one of the Fort Lauderdale addresses we sampled, FPL was the electric utility. The exact Fort Lauderdale provider depends on the address.
Generally no — Fort Lauderdale electric territory is fixed by address: the utility holding your Fort Lauderdale block is your utility, and at every one of sampled Fort Lauderdale addresses that was FPL — Fort Lauderdale is a one-signup town.
At every one of the Fort Lauderdale addresses we sampled, City of Fort Lauderdale was the water provider — sewer included. Other districts take over around Fort Lauderdale's edges, so check your block.
No — Florida is a regulated electricity market, so there's no plan shopping like in Texas. At every address we sampled, electric service came from FPL. You set up an account with them, and your rate is the regulated tariff rather than a plan you pick. What you can control is timing: get the account started before move-in day so the power is on when you arrive.
The City of Fort Lauderdale runs both water and sewer — the same municipal provider came back for both at every address we sampled. If you're renting, ask whether the landlord keeps water in their name, which is common in smaller buildings. And confirm your address is actually inside city limits with the lookup, since plenty of "Fort Lauderdale" mail goes to homes in neighboring cities and unincorporated Broward.
It varies by address, so run the lookup rather than assuming. Residential natural gas is uncommon across Florida generally, so a fully electric home — range, dryer, water heater — is nothing unusual. If a listing advertises a gas stove, that's your cue to ask the seller or landlord who currently supplies the gas and whether it's piped in or delivered by tank.
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Find my providersFort Lauderdale provider data comes from our address-level utility lookup engine — 10 Fort Lauderdale sample addresses spread across ZIPs 33304, 33305, 33308, 33311, 33312, 33315, 33316, refreshed 2026-07-20. Individual Fort Lauderdale addresses vary — check yours directly. Here's how we verify Fort Lauderdale provider data.