New York splits cleanly by geography: National Grid NY and the downstate utilities hold New York City and Westchester, while upstate belongs mostly to National Grid — with Rochester running on its own utility entirely. Supply-switching exists on paper here, but state rules have narrowed it so far that for most households the territory utility is simply the answer. Water is municipal nearly everywhere. Which of those worlds you're in comes down to your address.
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Where each electric provider led our address-level sampling. Hover a city for its provider; click through for the full guide. Tap a legend entry to trace one provider across the state.
From our address-level sampling of 12 New York cities (2026-07-20). "Most common in" counts the cities where that provider was the leading answer.
| Utility | Provider | Most common in |
|---|---|---|
| ⚡ Electricity | National Grid NY | Buffalo, Syracuse, Albany, Schenectady, Utica, Troy |
| Con Edison | New York City, Yonkers, New Rochelle, Mount Vernon, White Plains | |
| Rochester Gas & Electric | Rochester | |
| 🔥 Natural gas | National Grid NY | New York City, Syracuse, Albany, Schenectady, Utica, Troy |
| Con Edison | Yonkers, New Rochelle, Mount Vernon, White Plains | |
| National Fuel | Buffalo | |
| 💧 Water | New York City System | New York City |
| Buffalo Water Authority | Buffalo | |
| Rochester City | Rochester |
The state's utility map reads like its geography. Downstate — the five boroughs and Westchester — is Con Edison country for electricity, with natural gas split between Con Edison and National Grid depending on the borough: Manhattan, the Bronx and northern Queens hook up differently than Brooklyn, southern Queens and Staten Island. Upstate, National Grid carries most cities, and Rochester runs on RG&E. Two houses on the same street never differ here the way they do in Texas — but two boroughs do.
New York technically lets households buy their electricity supply from a retail company (an ESCO), but rules adopted in 2019 sharply limit those offers, and most homes simply take supply from the utility. Practically: find your territory utility, set up service with it, and treat anything ESCO-shaped as optional fine print rather than a moving-day requirement.
City-by-city breakdowns of who provides electricity, gas, water and sewer:
Downstate it's almost always Con Edison; upstate it's mostly National Grid, with Rochester on RG&E. The utility is fixed by territory — there's no picking between them — so the whole question is which territory your address sits in. The lookup answers that in one step.
Because the boroughs genuinely split: Con Edison delivers gas in Manhattan, the Bronx and parts of Queens, while National Grid delivers in Brooklyn, Staten Island and the rest of Queens. Same city, different pipes. Your exact address — not your borough's reputation — decides which one you set up with.
Technically yes — New York allows retail supply companies called ESCOs — but state rules since 2019 restrict what they can offer residents, and most households stay with the utility's own supply. Your delivery utility, outage line and hookup process are the same either way.
Use the address lookup on this page. It resolves your exact address against utility territory data and returns your electric, gas, water and sewer providers with contact details — more dependable than any city-level summary, including ours.
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Find my providersProvider data comes from our address-level utility lookup engine, aggregated from geographically spread sample addresses in each New York city. Data refreshed 2026-07-20. Territories vary address by address — always confirm yours with the lookup. Read how we verify provider data.