Who Is My Gas Company in Georgia? Check Your ZIP
Most Georgians who use natural gas can pick the company that sells it to them. Some cannot, and nothing on the meter tells you which group you are in. The answer depends on whose pipes reach your house.
Three kinds of gas system
Georgia’s Public Service Commission describes two gas utilities it regulates. Around them sit dozens of systems run by cities.
Atlanta Gas Light (AGL) owns the pipes across most of the state, including metro Atlanta, Savannah, Augusta, Macon, Rome and Brunswick. Since Georgia opened its gas market in the late 1990s, AGL only delivers the gas. You buy the gas itself from a certificated marketer, and you choose which one. Every rate on this site is a marketer’s price for gas delivered by AGL.
Liberty Utilities is a traditional regulated utility. It owns the pipes and sells the gas, and the PSC approves its rates. There is no marketer to choose, so the rates on this site don’t apply to Liberty customers.
City gas systems belong to local governments. Roughly 80 Georgia cities and towns run their own gas utility, from Albany and LaGrange to Lawrenceville and Buford. A city system sets its own prices, and the PSC does not regulate them. Again, there is no marketer to choose.
Why one ZIP can have two answers
Gas systems follow pipes and city limits. ZIP codes follow mail routes. The two rarely line up.
Many city systems reach past their own city limits into the surrounding county, while Atlanta Gas Light serves the streets in between. So a single ZIP can contain homes on AGL and homes on a city system, sometimes on the same road. Lawrenceville, Buford and Sugar Hill are examples: each runs its own gas system inside ZIPs that Atlanta Gas Light also serves.
That is why the lookup on this page never tells you which company serves your particular house. It tells you which systems serve the ZIP, how sure we are, and how to check.
How to tell from your bill
Your gas bill settles it.
- A bill from a gas marketer that shows an Atlanta Gas Light account number means you are on AGL. You can switch to any marketer that serves your area, and the rates on this site apply to you.
- A bill from Liberty Utilities means you are on Liberty. Its rates are set through the PSC.
- A bill from your city, often combined with water, sewer or electricity, means you are on a city gas system. Ask the city for its rates.
If you have no bill yet, the ZIP check below is a starting point, and the system’s own phone number is the final word.
Where Liberty serves
Liberty’s Georgia service is centred on Columbus and Harris County, including communities such as Cataula, Fortson, Midland and Waverly Hall. It also serves parts of the Gainesville area, including Oakwood. Around Gainesville, Liberty and Atlanta Gas Light both have customers, and the City of Gainesville tells residents they may be on either. In those ZIPs only your bill can say which one you have.
City systems are not PSC territory
Because a city gas system answers to its own council, not to the Commission, the PSC’s complaint process and its monthly marketer price charts don’t cover it. If your bill comes from the city, questions about price, deposits or service go to the city’s utility office. The system’s own website, where it has one, is the best place to find its current rates.
Some rural homes have no gas main at all and run on propane. If our lookup does not recognise your ZIP, that may be why.
Moving in
If you are moving into a Georgia home, find out which system serves it before you try to start service:
- Ask the landlord, the seller or the previous occupant who sent the gas bill.
- Use the ZIP check below. If it names a city system or Liberty, call them to start service.
- If the address is on Atlanta Gas Light, choose a marketer. The marketer sets up your account and AGL turns on the gas. Compare this month’s filed rates first, and check your pool group, since some plans are sold only in metro Atlanta.
Check your ZIP
Enter your ZIP below. The check runs in your browser against a list on this page; your ZIP is not sent anywhere.
Who delivers gas at my ZIP?
Enter a Georgia ZIP code and we will tell you whether Atlanta Gas Light serves it (so you choose a marketer), or Liberty Utilities or a city gas system (so the rates on this site don't apply). For Atlanta Gas Light ZIPs we also show the pool group, and whether the plans marketers restrict to metro Atlanta are open to you.
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Pool groups are compiled by adPharos from Atlanta Gas Light materials. Atlanta Gas Light publishes no current boundary map, so unlike every rate on this site, that mapping is ours rather than a public filing you can check. AGL notes that areas within a ZIP code can vary. Confirm with the marketer before you enrol.
Common questions
- How do I know if I can choose my natural gas company in Georgia?
- You can choose if your home is on Atlanta Gas Light's pipes. Look at your bill: if it comes from a gas marketer and shows an Atlanta Gas Light account number, you are on AGL and can switch marketer. If the bill comes from Liberty Utilities or from your city, you cannot choose; that system is your only supplier.
- Who regulates Liberty Utilities in Georgia?
- The Georgia Public Service Commission. Liberty is a regulated gas utility: the Commission approves its rates, and its customers buy gas from Liberty rather than from a marketer. It serves the Columbus area and Harris County, and parts of the Gainesville area, where Atlanta Gas Light also has customers.
- Does the Georgia PSC regulate city gas systems?
- No. A city or municipal gas system is run by its local government, which sets its own prices. If you have a question or complaint about a city gas bill, take it to the city's utility office or council, not the PSC.
- Why does the ZIP lookup say my ZIP is split?
- Gas systems follow pipes and city limits, not ZIP codes. In some ZIPs one street is on Atlanta Gas Light and the next is on a city system. When that happens we name every system that serves part of the ZIP and tell you how to check which one serves your address.
- I am moving to Georgia. How do I get the gas turned on?
- Find out which system serves the address first: ask the landlord, the seller or the previous occupant which company sent the gas bill, or use the ZIP check on this page. On Atlanta Gas Light you sign up with a marketer of your choice, and the marketer arranges the connection with AGL. On Liberty or a city system you call that system directly.
More guides
- Pool groups and availability: Atlanta Gas Light's system is split into nine geographic pool groups, and marketers restrict some of their best plans to the Atlanta ones. Here is how to tell whether a rate is open to you.
- How to read your bill: Your Georgia gas bill has two halves, one you chose and one you did not. What each charge is, which ones switching can change, and why half the bill is the same for everyone.
- How to switch marketer: What switching gas marketer in Georgia actually involves: the 19th-of-the-month deadline, what it costs to leave a contract early, and what does not change at your house.