Pennsylvania runs on the two-company model twice over: PPL Electric and the other regional utilities own the wires and restore the outages, while you're free to shop for the electricity supply itself — and the same split applies to natural gas, where Philadelphia's city-owned gas works makes the story even more local. Water can be a city department, an authority, or one of the country's oldest private water companies, depending on the block. Your address decides every layer.
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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 Pennsylvania cities (2026-07-20). "Most common in" counts the cities where that provider was the leading answer.
| Utility | Provider | Most common in |
|---|---|---|
| ⚡ Electricity | PPL Electric | Allentown, Scranton, Bethlehem, Lancaster, Harrisburg |
| Pennsylvania Electric Company - PENELEC | Erie, Altoona | |
| Met-Ed | Reading, York | |
| 🔥 Natural gas | UGI | Allentown, Reading, Scranton, Bethlehem, Lancaster, Harrisburg |
| Columbia Gas of PA | Altoona, State College, York | |
| Philadelphia Gas Works | Philadelphia | |
| 💧 Water | City of Philadelphia Water Department | Philadelphia |
| Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority | Pittsburgh | |
| Lehigh Cnty Auth Allentown Div | Allentown |
Pennsylvania deregulated the energy itself but not the delivery. Your electric distribution company — PECO around Philadelphia, Duquesne Light in Pittsburgh, PPL, Met-Ed or Penelec across the rest — is fixed by address: it owns the poles, connects the meter and answers outage calls no matter what. The supplier on your bill is yours to choose or to leave as the utility's default rate; either way the delivery company stays the same.
Natural gas works the same way — a fixed delivery utility plus an optional supplier choice — with one twist worth knowing: in Philadelphia the gas utility is PGW, the largest city-owned gas works in the country. And don't assume water follows the pattern: Pennsylvania mixes city departments, regional authorities and private water companies street by street, which is exactly why the address-level lookup beats any city summary.
City-by-city breakdowns of who provides electricity, gas, water and sewer:
Your delivery utility is fixed by territory — PECO in the Philadelphia area, Duquesne Light in Pittsburgh, and PPL, Met-Ed or Penelec across most other cities. That's who connects service and fixes outages. Whether you also pick a separate supplier is up to you; delivery doesn't change either way. The lookup tells you which company holds your address.
No. Shopping is allowed, not required — if you do nothing, you get your utility's default service rate. If you do shop, only the supply line of your bill changes; your delivery utility, your meter and the number you call in an outage all stay the same.
It genuinely varies: Philadelphia and Pittsburgh run city systems, several cities use regional authorities, and private water companies serve others — York's water company has been at it since 1816. Water is the type most worth checking at the address level here.
Use the address lookup on this page. It checks your exact address against utility territory data and returns your electric, gas, water and sewer providers with contact details — more reliable than any city-level list, including this one.
Enter your Pennsylvania address and get the exact lineup for your home — delivery utilities included.
Find my providersProvider data comes from our address-level utility lookup engine, aggregated from geographically spread sample addresses in each Pennsylvania city. Data refreshed 2026-07-20. Territories vary address by address — always confirm yours with the lookup. Read how we verify provider data.