Which utility companies serve a home in Scottsdale?

Electricity comes from either Salt River Project (SRP) or Arizona Public Service (APS), depending on where the home sits, and water, sewer and trash usually come from the City of Scottsdale. Natural gas, where a home has it, comes from a gas utility, and Southwest Gas is the one that lists Maricopa County among the counties it serves. The City of Scottsdale's own planning map and Maricopa County both tie electric service to the location of the property, so the address is what you check, not a company you shop for.

I'm Jen Keene, a REALTOR® with eXp Luxury in Scottsdale, AZ, and I'm the agent people call at every stage of their life. Before you close you'll want to know which companies bill the home, so here is what the City of Scottsdale, Maricopa County, SRP, APS, Southwest Gas and the Arizona Corporation Commission say, with the source named next to each fact.

This is general information, not legal or utility advice. I read each source on November 7, 2026, and service boundaries and company details change, so confirm everything for the specific address with the company itself.

It's SRP or APS. The City of Scottsdale's General Plan Energy Element includes an electrical services map with areas labeled "Served by APS" and "Served by SRP," and Maricopa County's page on electrical, sewer and water service says electrical service in the county is provided by SRP or APS. The county's page also says to contact either company with the address or location to find out which one serves the area.

SRP's own service area page gives you a faster way. It says SRP's territory is broad and covers much of central Arizona, and it has a tool where you enter an address to see which SRP services are available there. APS has a service area page with downloadable maps for the state and for the Phoenix area, though the page doesn't explain how to match an address to the map, so for a specific house I'd use SRP's address tool first and ask APS directly if the address doesn't come up. I couldn't find a dated version of the city's map, so I'm not describing which parts of town fall on which side. The address check is the answer.

For most homes it's the City of Scottsdale. The city's utilities page lists water, sewer and solid waste among its services, and its Start Service page asks you to enter an address first so it can confirm that the City of Scottsdale provides services for the property. The city's July 2021 Land Use Assumptions report says the city's water service area largely coincides with the city boundary and covers about 185 square miles, and it describes the wastewater service area the same way.

That same report names exceptions. It says EPCOR Water, a private water company, serves a small number of customers in an area west of the Arizona Canal between Jackrabbit Road and Indian Bend Road, and a few more near the boundary with the Town of Fountain Hills. It's a 2021 document from the city, so treat the exceptions as a reason to confirm the address, not as a map. For anything outside the city's system, Maricopa County says to contact the Arizona Corporation Commission Utilities Division, giving the address or the property's legal description, and the Commission publishes a map of Arizona's water and wastewater companies. I've written about where Scottsdale's water comes from and what to check on a home's water provider.

Then the home isn't on a city sewer or water line, and the questions change. Maricopa County's page says that where no water or sewer service exists, the Arizona Department of Water Resources has information on groundwater and well drilling, and Maricopa County Environmental Services handles septic system installation and permits. I'd ask the seller early whether the home is on city sewer, a septic system or a well, because it changes what you inspect and who you call. Your home inspector can tell you what to look at for each.

The City of Scottsdale has a Solid Waste division with residential trash and recycling pages. Its page says to use the My Services tool to find the pickup schedules for trash, recycling and the annual brush and bulk dates for your home, and it has an online form to request new residential containers and a Solid Waste phone line at 480-312-5600. The page asks residents to have the container out by 5 a.m. on collection day or after 6 p.m. the evening before.

The city's pages I read don't say whether every home in every community is on city collection, and they don't explain how that works for a home in an association. This is the one item here that rests on a single source, so if you're buying in an HOA or a condo or townhome community, ask the seller or the association who handles trash at the address, and call Solid Waste if you're unsure.

Southwest Gas says on its own site that it provides natural gas service in Arizona, Nevada and portions of California, and its 2021 annual report filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission lists Maricopa among the Arizona counties it serves. Neither page names Scottsdale streets, so I can't tell you which addresses have a gas line.

Not every home uses gas, so ask the seller whether the home has a gas meter and what runs on it, such as the stove, the water heater or the pool heater. Your inspector can point out the meter and the gas appliances.

Start with the seller. Ask the listing agent which company bills the home for electric, water, sewer, trash and gas, and ask to see a recent bill from each so you can read the company names yourself. Then check the address with the source. Use the City of Scottsdale's Start Service address check for water, sewer and trash, SRP's address tool for electric, with APS as the other electric choice if the address isn't SRP's, and Southwest Gas for gas.

If a bill or a lookup shows a company you didn't expect, such as a private water company, that tells you the home sits in one of the exceptions, and the Arizona Corporation Commission's water and wastewater company map is where to read about it. I can help you ask the right questions on a specific home.

Line up the account for each service that bills the home, so the lights, water and gas are in your name when you get the keys. The City of Scottsdale has a Start Service Request Form. Southwest Gas says you can start service online, through its mobile app or by calling Customer Solutions, and SRP and APS each have their own sign-up on their websites. Ask each company what it needs from you and what date to give it, because I'm not going to quote how long any of them takes.

For the rest of the closing list, here's moving to Scottsdale, here's what owning a home in Scottsdale involves besides the mortgage, and here's my guide to buying a home in Scottsdale.

Here's how buying a home works in Arizona, step by step. If you have an address in mind and want help finding out who serves it, get in touch or call me at (480) 203-6605. For account details and what each company needs from you, the company is the person to ask.