In Rochester, electric delivery is handled by Rochester Gas & Electric — and since Rochester sits in New York's deregulated market, you pick your own Rochester retail plan; Rochester Gas & Electric is Rochester's natural-gas utility; Rochester City runs Rochester's water service. The exact lineup depends on your Rochester address — even nearby Buffalo and Syracuse answer differently.
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Here's the short version for Rochester: Rochester Gas & Electric is your utility for both electricity and gas at every address we sampled across the city — same company, both meters. Electricity here is a choice market: you can pick a retail supplier for the supply portion of your bill, while RG&E delivers the power and answers outage calls either way. Water is the City of Rochester. Sewer varies by address — use the lookup.
Rochester grew up on the Genesee River, whose falls cut straight through downtown and once powered the flour mills behind the old Flour City nickname. That industrial past is why the region wired up early, and RG&E has been the local name for gas and power for generations. Practically speaking, winters run long and snowy off Lake Ontario, so gas heat matters here — worth making sure service is live before your first cold-snap night in a new place.
| Utility | Provider | Phone | Start service |
|---|---|---|---|
| ⚡ Electricity |
Rochester Gas & Electric
Delivery utility — you choose your plan |
(800) 743-2110 | Provider site |
| 🔥 Natural gas | Rochester Gas & Electric | (800) 743-2110 | Provider site |
| 💧 Water | Rochester City | — | Look up address |
| 🚽 Sewer | Varies by address | — | Look up address |
Based on 11 sampled Rochester addresses spanning ZIP codes 14605, 14606, 14607, 14608, 14609, 14610, 14612, 14613, 14619, 14620, 14621 (2026-07-20). Yours may differ — the Rochester lookup is the tiebreaker.
The facts here hold inside Rochester's city limits. Cross into Irondequoit, Greece, Brighton, or the unincorporated parts of Monroe County and water especially can change hands to a town or county system. Sewer varies address to address regardless — the lookup is the only sure check.
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Rochester Gas & Electric — Rochester's Utility — owns the wires here, and restores Rochester outages ((800) 743-2110) whoever you pay. Your separately chosen Rochester plan (compare at NY Power to Choose) sets the rate on your Rochester bill — full wires-vs-plans explainer here.
Rochester's lake-effect winters don't wait, so run this checklist before move-in and get power, gas, and water squared away early:
Rochester Gas & Electric is the Utility for Rochester — the wires-and-meters utility — at every one of the Rochester addresses we sampled. You pick the retail plan that sets your Rochester rate; Rochester Gas & Electric delivers either way.
At every one of the Rochester addresses we sampled, Rochester City was the water provider. Other districts take over around Rochester's edges, so check your block.
No — at every one of the sampled Rochester addresses, Rochester Gas & Electric was the gas utility, but plenty of Rochester homes are all-electric and never open this account.
For homes across Rochester, it's Rochester Gas & Electric — RG&E handles both your electricity and natural gas at every address we sampled. New York runs electricity as a choice market, so you can sign up a retail supplier for the supply portion while RG&E keeps delivering the power and handling outages. If you do nothing, RG&E's own supply is the default. Confirm your exact address with the lookup.
Yes. Your electricity and gas both come from RG&E, but water is separate — inside the city it's handled by the City of Rochester, not RG&E. So water is its own provider to line up. Sewer is the wild card: it varies by address, so don't assume it matches your neighbor's. The lookup tells you exactly what serves your address before you start making calls.
Don't assume they carry over. Our address data covers Rochester itself, and utilities can change the moment you cross a town line. Water is usually the first thing to shift — outside the city it may run through a town or county system rather than the City of Rochester. Sewer varies by address no matter where you land. The only reliable answer for a specific suburban address is to run it through the lookup.
One minute with the Rochester lookup above returns your Rochester address's exact providers, phone numbers included.
Moving somewhere just outside Rochester? Providers likely differ:
Rochester-level lists can't be precise. Your Rochester address can.
Find my providersRochester provider data comes from our address-level utility lookup engine — 11 Rochester sample addresses spread across ZIPs 14605, 14606, 14607, 14608, 14609, 14610, 14612, 14613, 14619, 14620, 14621, refreshed 2026-07-20. Individual Rochester addresses vary — check yours directly. Here's how we verify Rochester provider data.