Everything Utilities - Owner
In Washington state, residents can switch power, including electricity and gas, and garbage (except Waste Management in Kirkland/Renton, and City of Seattle Public Utility) to the residents' name. In this case, your resident will call the utility companies to switch the accounts to their name before the lease start date. The service start date should be the first day of the lease.
Here is a list of the most common electricity and gas companies.
- PSE (Puget Sound Energy)
- SCL (Seattle City Light)
- PUD (Snohomish County Public Utility District)
For PSE and PUD you would need to contact the utility company and process an owner allocation. This will ensure a seamless transition of services back to your name following the residents' departure, minimizing any interruption in service.
To initiate the owner allocation process, we recommend calling the utility company for assistance with the next steps:
- Puget Sound Energy (PSE) for Gas and Electricity services - 888-225-5773
- Snohomish PUD (SNOPUD) for Electricity services - 425-783-1012
For water and sewer, and some garbage (Waste Management in Kirkland/Renton, and City of Seattle Public Utility) accounts are mostly always under the owner's name. In this case, the residents will either receive the utility bill directly from the utility companies or receive the bill from our teammates at GPS Renting. In most cases, they will pay the bill directly to the utility company.
We will prorate the move-in and move-out utilities for those that are under your name. If you have received a bill that has a service date that is beyond the lease agreement dates, please email us the bill so that we can help with it.
In any of the situations above, if you have an automatic payment set up for the utility company, please stop the auto payment.
If you have any questions, please email us at care@gpsrenting.com.
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