In Vancouver, Clark Public Utilities provides electricity for most Vancouver homes; Northwest Natural Gas is Vancouver's natural-gas utility; City of Vancouver handles Vancouver's water and sewer. The exact lineup depends on your Vancouver address — even nearby Tacoma and Federal Way answer differently.
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There's no shopping around for a power company here — Washington doesn't run its electric market that way. In Vancouver, Clark Public Utilities came up for electricity at every address we sampled, and the City of Vancouver runs both water and sewer as municipal services. Gas is a separate operation: where a home has it, Northwest Natural Gas is the name that turned up. Plenty of houses skip gas altogether and go all-electric, so don't assume you'll need a gas account until you check the lookup.
Vancouver grew up on the north bank of the Columbia, directly across from Portland, and that same river is why power runs cheap out here — the Northwest leans hard on hydro. Inexpensive electricity is a big reason so many houses were built all-electric, with no gas line ever run to them. As people keep crossing the river to settle in Clark County, that all-electric pattern is still what you'll find in a lot of newer neighborhoods.
| Utility | Provider | Phone | Start service |
|---|---|---|---|
| ⚡ Electricity | Clark Public Utilities | (360) 992-3000 | Provider site |
| 🔥 Natural gas | Northwest Natural Gas | — | Look up address |
| 💧 Water | City of Vancouver Municipal | (360) 487-7999 | Provider site |
| 🚽 Sewer | City of Vancouver Municipal | (360) 487-7999 | Provider site |
Based on 11 sampled Vancouver addresses spanning ZIP codes 98660, 98661, 98662, 98663, 98664, 98682, 98683, 98684 (2026-07-20). Yours may differ — the Vancouver lookup is the tiebreaker.
Watch the city limits: plenty of addresses that say "Vancouver" — Hazel Dell, Salmon Creek, Orchards, Felida — actually sit in unincorporated Clark County, where city water and sewer may not reach. Neighboring towns like Camas and Battle Ground run their own systems. The lookup sorts it out.
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Setting up utilities for a move to Vancouver — whether you're crossing the I-5 bridge from Portland or landing near the waterfront — comes down to a short list:
At every one of the Vancouver addresses we sampled, Clark Public Utilities was the electric utility. The exact Vancouver provider depends on the address.
Generally no — Vancouver electric territory is fixed by address: the utility holding your Vancouver block is your utility, and at every one of sampled Vancouver addresses that was Clark Public Utilities — Vancouver is a one-signup town.
At every one of the Vancouver addresses we sampled, City of Vancouver was the water provider — sewer included. Other districts take over around Vancouver's edges, so check your block.
No — at every one of the sampled Vancouver addresses, Northwest Natural Gas was the gas utility, but plenty of Vancouver homes are all-electric and never open this account.
For addresses across Vancouver, Clark Public Utilities came up for electricity at every one we sampled. Washington doesn't have a competitive electric market, so this isn't something you shop for — there's a single provider tied to your location. Because some Vancouver homes are all-electric and others aren't, it's still worth running your exact address through the lookup to confirm both your power and gas setup.
At the Vancouver addresses we sampled, the City of Vancouver handles both water and sewer as municipal services. The catch is city limits: a lot of 'Vancouver' mailing addresses actually sit in unincorporated Clark County, where city service may not extend. Before you assume you're on city water and sewer, run the address through the lookup — that's the only way to be sure what actually serves your specific home.
Yes — gas and electricity come from two separate companies in Vancouver. Where a home has gas service, Northwest Natural Gas is the name that turned up across the addresses we sampled. But many local houses are all-electric and never had a gas line run to them, so don't assume there's a gas account waiting to transfer. The lookup will show whether your specific address has gas service at all.
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Moving somewhere just outside Vancouver? Providers likely differ:
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Find my providersVancouver provider data comes from our address-level utility lookup engine — 11 Vancouver sample addresses spread across ZIPs 98660, 98661, 98662, 98663, 98664, 98682, 98683, 98684, refreshed 2026-07-20. Individual Vancouver addresses vary — check yours directly. Here's how we verify Vancouver provider data.