Miami Valley Utilities by Address: Who Provides Water, Electric, Gas and Trash

Enter an address in the Miami Valley to see who provides its electric, natural gas, water, sewer and trash service, with phone numbers and start-service links. Built for movers, buyers and the agents who help them.

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Utilities by town

Utilities in the Miami Valley: a guide for movers and buyers

Moving to a new address in the Dayton area usually means five calls: electric, natural gas, water, sewer and trash. Who you call depends on where the house is, and the answer can change from one side of a township road to the other. Here is how utilities are organized across Montgomery, Greene, Miami and Warren counties, and what to expect when you start service.

Electricity: one company for most addresses, with co-ops and city utilities at the edges

AES Ohio, the company long known as Dayton Power & Light, delivers electricity to Dayton and most of Montgomery, Greene, Miami, Darke and Preble counties. Duke Energy Ohio serves most of Warren County, including Lebanon, Mason and Springboro, and much of the Cincinnati side of the region. Around Springfield, Ohio Edison, part of FirstEnergy, is the utility.

A handful of cities and villages own their electric systems and sell power directly to residents, among them Piqua, Tipp City, Yellow Springs and Hamilton, and several villages in Darke and Shelby counties such as Versailles. If you live inside one of those towns, the city is your electric company; just outside the city limits, it usually isn’t.

Rural areas add electric cooperatives, which are owned by their members. Pioneer Rural Electric serves farms and small towns in Miami, Shelby and Champaign counties; Darke Rural Electric serves much of Darke County; Butler Rural Electric, South Central Power and Midwest Electric cover other edges of the region. Co-op and company territories sit side by side along rural roads, and maps can’t always say which side of the line a house is on. When our lookup lists two providers for a rural address, call either one with the address and they’ll tell you.

AES Ohio and the other investor-owned utilities take part in Ohio’s energy choice program: the utility always delivers the power, maintains the lines and handles outages, but you can buy the electricity itself, the generation, from a certified supplier. If you don’t choose, you pay the utility’s default rate, called the Price to Compare. AES Ohio’s is 10.86¢ per kilowatt-hour right now, and the cheapest plain 12-month fixed offer on the state’s comparison chart is 10.59¢, about $3 a month less for a home using 1,000 kWh. The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio’s Energy Choice Ohio site lists every offer; look past teaser rates and monthly fees, and check the cancellation terms. Co-ops and city utilities set their own rates and don’t take part.

Some cities and townships also run electric or gas aggregation programs, which buy supply in bulk on behalf of residents. Most are opt-out: households in the community are enrolled automatically unless they decline, and the program mails a notice with the rate and the deadline to opt out. If you move into a town with an aggregation program, the notice will tell you the rate and how to leave it; you can still compare it against the offers on the state’s chart.

AES Ohio asks new customers to call to start service rather than signing up online. Plan the call a week or two before you move in, and have the address, the date you take over and your ID ready; utilities may run a credit check or ask for a deposit.

Natural gas: a new name in Dayton

Most Dayton-area homes with gas heat are served by National Fuel, which completed its purchase of CenterPoint Energy Ohio, the former Vectren, on Oct. 1, 2026. Its Dayton-area customer line, 800-838-0933, is also the 24-hour emergency number. Duke Energy Ohio delivers gas in most of Warren County, Columbia Gas of Ohio serves the Springfield area, and the City of Hamilton runs its own gas utility.

Gas has a choice program too. If you don’t pick a supplier, you pay the Standard Choice Offer, a monthly variable rate tied to the wholesale market; suppliers offer fixed rates for a year or more, and the same Energy Choice Ohio site compares them. Many rural homes beyond the gas mains heat with propane or electricity instead; if our lookup finds no gas utility at an address, that’s usually why.

If you ever smell gas, leave the house first and then call the gas utility’s emergency line or 911 from outside.

Water and sewer: usually the city, sometimes the county

Most cities in the region run their own water and sewer departments and bill both on one utility bill, often with trash and stormwater fees on it as well. Outside city limits, county agencies take over: Montgomery County Environmental Services provides water and sewer to much of unincorporated Montgomery County and several suburbs, Greene County Sanitary Engineering serves Beavercreek and other parts of Greene County, and Warren and Miami counties have their own water and sewer departments for unincorporated areas. Some neighborhoods are served by a neighboring city’s system, so the provider isn’t always the city on the mailing address.

In rural areas, especially away from the county water and sewer districts, homes often have private wells and septic systems. Those aren’t on any utility map: a seller’s disclosure, a well and septic inspection, and the county health department’s records are where to look.

Water accounts sometimes have to be opened by the owner, even for a rental, and some cities require a deposit from renters. Call the water department as soon as you have a closing or lease date.

Trash and recycling: three different setups

Trash service in the Miami Valley comes in three forms, and it’s the one people most often get wrong.

Some cities run their own crews: Dayton, Oakwood, Centerville, West Carrollton and Troy collect trash with city employees, and the city is the only call. Many other cities and townships contract with one hauler, most often Rumpke or Republic Services, and bill trash on the water bill: in Trotwood, Miamisburg, Xenia, Fairborn, Vandalia, Harrison Township and others, you start trash through the city’s or township’s utility billing office, and you call the hauler only about missed pickups, bulk items and recycling. A few places contract one hauler but have residents sign up directly with it; Kettering and Miami Township work that way with Rumpke.

And some communities have no contract at all. In Beavercreek, Washington Township and Sugarcreek Township, among others, residents choose their own hauler and pay it directly, and neighbors on the same street may use different companies. Our town pages say which setup each place uses, with the phone numbers for both the billing office and the hauler where they differ.

A move-in checklist

Two weeks before: call the electric and gas utilities to start service in your name on your move-in date, and ask the seller or landlord to stop theirs the same day. Shop the Energy Choice Ohio offers now if you’d like a fixed rate. One week before: open the water and sewer account with the city or county, and confirm how trash is handled; if it’s on the water bill, it starts with that call. If you choose your own hauler, set up service and find out the pickup day. On moving day: read the electric, gas and water meters and keep the numbers, in case a bill comes in high. Internet and cable aren’t utilities in this sense; check which companies serve the address before you move.

Boundaries, rates and contracts change, and every answer here comes from public sources that can lag. Before you schedule service, confirm with the provider using the exact address. Spot a provider that looks wrong? Use the Report a wrong provider link on any result or town page.

Frequently asked questions

Who provides electricity in Dayton?

AES Ohio, formerly Dayton Power & Light, delivers electricity in Dayton and most of Montgomery, Greene, Miami, Darke and Preble counties. New AES Ohio customers start service by phone at 800-433-8500.

Who provides natural gas in Dayton?

National Fuel, which took over CenterPoint Energy Ohio’s Dayton-area gas business on Oct. 1, 2026. Its customer line is 800-838-0933.

Who provides electricity and gas in Warren County?

Duke Energy Ohio serves most of Warren County, including Lebanon, Mason and Springboro, for both electricity and natural gas.

Can I choose my electric or gas supplier in Ohio?

Yes. In AES Ohio, Duke and the other investor-owned utility areas, you can buy the electricity or gas itself from a certified supplier, while the utility still delivers it and handles outages. The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio compares offers at energychoice.ohio.gov. Co-op and city-owned utilities don’t take part.

How do I start trash service?

It depends on the town. Many cities and townships contract with one hauler and bill trash on the water bill, so you start it with the city’s utility billing office; a few run their own crews; and some, including Beavercreek and Washington Township, let residents choose their own hauler.

How this works

Your address goes to the U.S. Census Bureau’s geocoder to find its location and whether it’s in a city, village or township; nothing is stored. Electric and natural gas providers come from federal service-territory maps (HIFLD); where a co-op’s and a company’s territories overlap in rural areas, both are listed, and the provider can confirm by address. Water, sewer and trash come from each city’s, village’s or township’s own website, checked 2026-11-04, with the U.S. EPA’s community water system boundaries filling in water where a township’s site doesn’t say. Phone numbers and start-service links come from each provider’s site. Boundaries and contracts change: always verify with the provider. Spot something wrong? Report a wrong provider.

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