In York, Met-Ed provides electricity for most York homes; Columbia Gas of PA is York's natural-gas utility; York Water Company handles York's water and sewer. The exact lineup depends on your York address — even nearby Lancaster and Harrisburg answer differently.
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In the city of York, electricity runs through Met-Ed and natural gas through Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania — that pairing shows up at every York address we sampled. Both are delivery utilities: Met-Ed keeps the lines up and answers outages, Columbia Gas maintains the mains and responds to leaks. Because Pennsylvania lets you shop, you can choose a separate electric or gas supplier through PA Power Switch or PA Gas Switch, or let the utility supply you by default. Water and sewer both come from York Water Company.
York packs a lot into a small footprint: tight blocks of brick row houses fan out from Continental Square, where George and Market Streets cross, down toward Codorus Creek. That older, dense core is why gas mains and water lines here are long-established, and why party-wall row homes often sit inches from a neighbor's meter. Newer subdivisions in the surrounding townships came later, so hookups and access points there can look different — the lookup sorts out which address gets what.
| Utility | Provider | Phone | Start service |
|---|---|---|---|
| ⚡ Electricity | Met-Ed | (888) 544-4877 | Provider site |
| 🔥 Natural gas | Columbia Gas of PA | — | Look up address |
| 💧 Water | York Water Company | — | Look up address |
| 🚽 Sewer | York Water Company | — | Look up address |
Based on 8 sampled York addresses spanning ZIP codes 17401, 17403 (2026-07-20). Yours may differ — the York lookup is the tiebreaker.
Our sampling covers addresses inside York city. Cross into Spring Garden, West Manchester, or Springettsbury Township, or head out to a borough or rural corner of York County, and the electric territory or gas availability can shift — run the exact address through the lookup before you assume.
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At every one of the York addresses we sampled, Met-Ed was the electric utility. The exact York provider depends on the address.
Generally no — York electric territory is fixed by address: the utility holding your York block is your utility, and at every one of sampled York addresses that was Met-Ed — York is a one-signup town.
At every one of the York addresses we sampled, York Water Company was the water provider — sewer included. Other districts take over around York's edges, so check your block.
No — at every one of the sampled York addresses, Columbia Gas of PA was the gas utility, but plenty of York homes are all-electric and never open this account.
In the city of York, Met-Ed is the electric utility at every address we sampled — it maintains the poles and wires, restores power after outages, and reads your meter. Pennsylvania is a choice state, so you can also choose a competing supplier through PA Power Switch to provide the electricity Met-Ed delivers. If you never shop, Met-Ed supplies you by default. Either way, you report outages to Met-Ed.
Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania is the gas utility at every York address we sampled. It maintains the mains and service lines, handles leaks, and delivers the gas no matter who you buy it from. Because Pennsylvania offers gas choice, you can shop competing suppliers through PA Gas Switch, or take Columbia Gas's default supply if you'd rather not. For a gas smell or emergency, you always call Columbia Gas.
At every York address we sampled, York Water Company provides both drinking water and sewer service. Unlike electricity and natural gas, water and sewer aren't open to supplier shopping in Pennsylvania — there's no PA switch site for them, so you don't pick a competing provider. To start, stop, or transfer service, you contact York Water Company directly. Run your address through the lookup first to confirm it's them at your specific street.
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Find my providersYork provider data comes from our address-level utility lookup engine — 8 York sample addresses spread across ZIPs 17401, 17403, refreshed 2026-07-20. Individual York addresses vary — check yours directly. Here's how we verify York provider data.