In State College, your electricity comes from West Penn Power and your natural gas from Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania. Both showed up at every address we sampled across town.
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75 State College addresses · 2 ZIP codes · updated Jul 2026
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How gas works in State College and beyond
Do not stay inside a State College home with a gas odor. Call Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania (the number on Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania's site) from a safe place, then 811 before digging.
How water works in State College and beyond
Cross the borough line into College or Ferguson Township, or head toward Boalsburg, Lemont, or Pine Grove Mills, and water or sewer can shift to a township or private system even when West Penn and Columbia still cover electric and gas. The lookup sorts out your exact block.
Look up your districtSkip guessing from State College ZIP codes. Address-level is the reliable answer.
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How electricity works in State College and beyond
Call West Penn Power at (800) 686-0021 when State College electric service drops.
Moving to Happy Valley or starting a new Penn State lease? Run this checklist before your first night so the lights and heat are already on.
West Penn Power turned up as the electric utility at every State College address we sampled, and it handles the poles, wires, and outage calls. Pennsylvania is a choice state, so you can shop for the company that actually supplies your electricity through PA Power Switch, but West Penn Power still delivers it and is who you call when the power goes out.
In State College, both water and sewer showed up under the State College Borough Water Authority at every address we sampled. The same public authority runs both services. That's different from your electric and gas, which come from West Penn Power and Columbia Gas. For how to start service, contact the Water Authority directly, and use the lookup first to confirm it covers your specific address.
Yes. Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania was the gas utility at every State College address we sampled, and it delivers the gas and responds to leaks and emergencies. Because Pennsylvania allows supplier choice, you can compare and pick a separate natural gas supplier through PA Gas Switch. Whichever supplier you choose, Columbia Gas still runs the pipes to your home and stays your emergency contact.
West Penn Power is State College's electric answer. It led 100% of the State College addresses we checked.
The fastest path: look up the address, then open accounts in the checklist order. Electric first when timing is tight.
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One-minute State College utility lookup
Built from 75 mapped State College addresses and 10 sample points (ZIP aggregation). Updated Jul 2026. Parcel-level lines still win. Use the lookup. · How we verify provider data.
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