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Setting up utilities in Colorado Springs

In Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs Utilities delivers electricity, Colorado Springs Utilities delivers gas, and Colorado Springs Utilities runs water and sewer.

Moving to Colorado Springs? Public Grid can set up your electric for you.

Your utilities in Colorado Springs

Who to call for each service in Colorado Springs, and how to start it.

ServiceProviderHow to start

Electric

Colorado Springs Utilities

The electric company for the Colorado Springs area.

To start: Colorado Springs Utilities asks for the name and Social Security number of the main contact on the account when you start service. Its start page doesn’t list another kind of ID you can give instead.

Or let Public Grid set it up →
Start or stop service1 (719) 448-4800Start on csu.org (opens csu.org in a new tab)
Read our Colorado Springs Utilities guide

Gas

Colorado Springs Utilities

It delivers natural gas, water and wastewater to the Pikes Peak region.

To start: Colorado Springs Utilities asks for the main account holder’s name and Social Security number, your new address and your start date.

Customer service1 (719) 448-4800Start on csu.org (opens csu.org in a new tab)

Water & sewer

Colorado Springs Utilities

It delivers natural gas, water and wastewater to the Pikes Peak region.

To start: Colorado Springs Utilities asks for the main account holder’s name and Social Security number, your new address and your start date.

Customer service1 (719) 448-4800Start on csu.org (opens csu.org in a new tab)

Trash & recycling

In Colorado Springs, residents subscribe directly with a private hauler for trash and recycling.

What Colorado Springs homes pay for electricity

This is Colorado Springs Utilities’ average for the homes it serves. Your own bill depends on your home’s size and how you heat it.

$97

Colorado Springs Utilities’ average home bill, per month

15.9¢

Colorado Springs Utilities’ average price per kilowatt-hour (kWh)

FAQ

Questions about moving to Colorado Springs

Private haulers. Colorado Springs uses an open market for trash, so residents and businesses subscribe directly with a hauler for trash and recycling. That goes for houses and apartment communities alike.

If you live west of I-25, you might. Most of the city west of I-25 is a Bear Management Area, where trash stays in a garage, shed or other secure structure except on collection day, or goes in a bear-resistant can. Your trash company can provide one, or you can buy your own.

Sources: Colorado Springs Utilities, EIA.

Public Grid isn’t affiliated with these companies.

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