In Arlington, electric delivery is handled by Oncor — and since Arlington sits in Texas's deregulated market, you pick your own Arlington retail plan; Atmos Energy is Arlington's natural-gas utility; City of Arlington handles Arlington's water and sewer. The exact lineup depends on your Arlington address — even nearby Grand Prairie and Fort Worth answer differently.
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Arlington sits squarely between Dallas and Fort Worth, and utility-wise it behaves like the rest of mid-cities Tarrant County: deregulated electricity delivered over one wires company, gas from the regional utility, and water from the city itself. Its borders with Grand Prairie, Mansfield and Kennedale are where providers flip.
Arlington is famously the biggest U.S. city without mass transit, a place built entirely around driving — and its utility geography matches the subdivisions: consistent across the core, changing only where Arlington meets its neighbors. The entertainment district's stadiums sit on the same standard lineup as the bungalows off Abram Street.
Arlington's moving calendar tilts hard toward late July and August, when UT Arlington's fall semester fills the apartments off Cooper Street — also the stretch when North Texas heat is most punishing and air conditioners never rest. Because electricity here is a choice market, the retail plan you pick before an August move-in carries you through the heaviest-usage weeks of the year, so settle it before the truck is loaded. Gas is the quieter chore: many of Arlington's older ranch houses, built in the boom years after the General Motors plant arrived, still run gas furnaces and water heaters, so an Atmos Energy account belongs on the checklist even when winter feels far off. Water and sewer come straight from the City of Arlington.
| Utility | Provider | Phone | Start service |
|---|---|---|---|
| ⚡ Electricity |
Oncor
Delivery utility — you choose your plan |
(888) 313-6862 | Provider site |
| 🔥 Natural gas | Atmos Energy | (888) 286-6700 | Provider site |
| 💧 Water | City of Arlington Municipal | — | Look up address |
| 🚽 Sewer | City of Arlington Municipal | — | Look up address |
Based on 12 sampled Arlington addresses spanning ZIP codes 76002, 76006, 76010, 76012, 76013, 76014, 76016, 76017, 76018 (2026-07-20). Yours may differ — the Arlington lookup is the tiebreaker.
South Arlington addresses near the Mansfield and Kennedale lines are the ones to double-check — city water departments change at the boundary.
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Oncor — Arlington's TDU — owns the wires here, the same delivery setup as Arlington's neighbors Grand Prairie and Fort Worth, and restores Arlington outages ((888) 313-6862) whoever you pay. Your separately chosen Arlington plan (compare at Power to Choose) sets the rate on your Arlington bill — full wires-vs-plans explainer here.
Arlington follows the standard DFW playbook: pick a power plan, then set up city water.
Oncor is the TDU for Arlington — the wires-and-meters utility — at every one of the Arlington addresses we sampled. You pick the retail plan that sets your Arlington rate; Oncor delivers either way.
At every one of the Arlington addresses we sampled, City of Arlington was the water provider — sewer included. Other districts take over around Arlington's edges, so check your block.
No — at every one of the sampled Arlington addresses, Atmos Energy was the gas utility, but plenty of Arlington homes are all-electric and never open this account.
No — the City of Arlington runs its own water and sewer service, and it covered every Arlington address we sampled. Cross the city line in either direction and you're on a different city's system.
Oncor — the delivery utility at every Arlington address in our sampling, and outage crews are its responsibility regardless of which retail electricity plan you chose.
House rentals usually do, directly with the city. A lot of Arlington apartment communities bill water back through the complex instead — so read the lease before opening an account you may not need.
The providers aren't different — our sampled addresses across Arlington, entertainment district included, returned the same lineup — but the arrangements often are: big rental communities there commonly fold water or trash into the lease while leaving the electricity plan to you. Read the lease first, then set up only what it leaves in your name. The lookup tells you who serves the building either way.
One minute with the Arlington lookup above returns your Arlington address's exact providers, phone numbers included.
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Find my providersArlington provider data comes from our address-level utility lookup engine — 12 Arlington sample addresses spread across ZIPs 76002, 76006, 76010, 76012, 76013, 76014, 76016, 76017, 76018, refreshed 2026-07-20. Individual Arlington addresses vary — check yours directly. Here's how we verify Arlington provider data.