Tacoma is one of the country's public-power towns. Your electricity comes from Tacoma Public Utilities, the city-owned utility, and so does your water and sewer service. Three city departments rather than a private company.
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How gas works in Tacoma and beyond
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Deposit
A deposit may be required to start service. If required, it appears on the next regular bill on an installment plan to be paid in full within 90 days (first half, then quarters). May be waived via AutoPay, letter of credit, or qualified guarantor. Refunded with interest after 12 consecutive months of satisfactory payments (unless three or more past-due notices).
Phone numbers
Leave a Tacoma building if you smell gas, then contact Puget Sound Energy ((888) 225-5773) and 811 before any excavation.
How water works in Tacoma and beyond
Tacoma Public Utilities generally follows city limits, and those limits are jagged. Just outside them, University Place, Fircrest, or unincorporated Pierce County, the provider mix can change, sometimes on a single block. If you're near the edge, confirm with the lookup before assuming.
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How electricity works in Tacoma and beyond
Tacoma restores go through Tacoma Public Utilities at (253) 502-8600.
Moving into a place in the North End, Hilltop, or out toward the Port of Tacoma? Run through this before your first night in the house.
Tacoma Public Utilities, specifically Tacoma Power, is the city-owned electric provider, and it showed up at every Tacoma address we sampled. Washington doesn't have retail energy choice, so there's no separate supplier to pick or switch to; the city utility is your one option for power. To start service, you'll set up an account with Tacoma Public Utilities. Use the lookup to confirm your address before you call.
Yes, gas is a separate account. Natural gas in Tacoma comes from Puget Sound Energy, an investor-owned company that's completely separate from the city's electric, water, and sewer service. Whether a specific home is connected for gas depends on the property, so check the appliances or ask the previous occupant. If the home does use gas, you'll contact Puget Sound Energy directly to start that account.
Both are city services. Tacoma Public Utilities handles your water and your sewer, and it's the same city-owned utility behind your electricity. That combination showed up at every Tacoma address we sampled. So water, sewer, and power all trace back to the city rather than a private company. Gas is the one exception, since that's Puget Sound Energy. Run your address through the lookup to confirm exactly which providers apply to your place.
85% of Tacoma electric checks pointed to Tacoma Public Utilities, making it the clear local answer.
Use the address tool at the top of this page. It names each Tacoma provider for your block and links out to start service.
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