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Who Covers Your Address in the Austin Metro

We publish what the rules actually say about electrical work across the Austin metro — sourced, dated, and specific to your permit office and your utility. The work itself is carried out by electricians licensed by the state.

By Charles Kiptoo (Not a licensed electrician)·Written and last checked on 12 August 2026.

Two separate authorities stand behind every electrical job in this metro, and they do not share a map. Your city issues the permit and inspects the work. A different organisation owns the meter and decides when the power goes back on. The table below names both for each of the ten areas we cover, and where a utility boundary runs through an area rather than around it, every possible provider is listed. That is not caution — Austin Energy describes its own territory as covering “all or portions of” ten cities beyond Austin, and one Lakeway boundary is a creek. The only answer specific to your address is printed at the top of your electricity bill. Once you know which two bodies apply, the order is fixed: the permit office decides what your scope of work requires, and the utility decides when the meter can be pulled and re-set.

Every area we cover, and who governs it

The table lists both authorities for each area. Where more than one utility is possible, all of them are named — that is the accurate answer, not a hedge.

Permit authority and electric utility by area, Austin metro
Area	Permits and inspections	Possible electric utility	Sourcing
Austin	City of Austin Development Services	Austin Energy	Read at source
Georgetown	City of Georgetown	Georgetown Utility Systems, Oncor, Pedernales Electric Cooperative	Not yet verified
Round Rock	City of Round Rock	Oncor	Read at source
Cedar Park	City of Cedar Park	Austin Energy, Pedernales Electric Cooperative	Read at source
Pflugerville	City of Pflugerville	Austin Energy, Oncor	Not yet verified
Leander	City of Leander	Pedernales Electric Cooperative	Read at source
Lakeway	City of Lakeway	Austin Energy, Pedernales Electric Cooperative	Read at source
Dripping Springs	City of Dripping Springs	Pedernales Electric Cooperative	Read at source
Kyle & Buda	the City of Kyle or the City of Buda	Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative, Pedernales Electric Cooperative	Not yet verified
San Marcos	City of San Marcos	Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative, Pedernales Electric Cooperative, San Marcos Electric Utility	Read at source

Find your area

Open the one you need. Nothing here is hidden behind a script — if you print this page or read it with assistive technology, every answer is already in it.

Austin

Electricity is delivered by Austin Energy. Permits and inspections are handled by City of Austin Development Services.

Georgetown

Depending on which street you are on, your electricity may come from Georgetown Utility Systems, Oncor and Pedernales Electric Cooperative. Permits and inspections are handled by City of Georgetown either way.

Check the top of your electricity bill before you call anyone about a service change — the utility named there is the one whose process applies to your address.

This area is listed from a provisional reading and has not been confirmed at the city's or the utility's own page. Treat it as a starting point and confirm it yourself.

Round Rock

Electricity is delivered by Oncor. Permits and inspections are handled by City of Round Rock.

Cedar Park

Depending on which street you are on, your electricity may come from Austin Energy and Pedernales Electric Cooperative. Permits and inspections are handled by City of Cedar Park either way.

Check the top of your electricity bill before you call anyone about a service change — the utility named there is the one whose process applies to your address.

Pflugerville

Depending on which street you are on, your electricity may come from Austin Energy and Oncor. Permits and inspections are handled by City of Pflugerville either way.

Check the top of your electricity bill before you call anyone about a service change — the utility named there is the one whose process applies to your address.

This area is listed from a provisional reading and has not been confirmed at the city's or the utility's own page. Treat it as a starting point and confirm it yourself.

Leander

Electricity is delivered by Pedernales Electric Cooperative. Permits and inspections are handled by City of Leander.

Lakeway

Depending on which street you are on, your electricity may come from Austin Energy and Pedernales Electric Cooperative. Permits and inspections are handled by City of Lakeway either way.

Check the top of your electricity bill before you call anyone about a service change — the utility named there is the one whose process applies to your address.

Dripping Springs

Electricity is delivered by Pedernales Electric Cooperative. Permits and inspections are handled by City of Dripping Springs.

Kyle & Buda

Depending on which street you are on, your electricity may come from Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative and Pedernales Electric Cooperative. Permits and inspections are handled by the City of Kyle or the City of Buda either way.

Check the top of your electricity bill before you call anyone about a service change — the utility named there is the one whose process applies to your address.

This area is listed from a provisional reading and has not been confirmed at the city's or the utility's own page. Treat it as a starting point and confirm it yourself.

San Marcos

Depending on which street you are on, your electricity may come from Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative, Pedernales Electric Cooperative and San Marcos Electric Utility. Permits and inspections are handled by City of San Marcos either way.

Check the top of your electricity bill before you call anyone about a service change — the utility named there is the one whose process applies to your address.

City limits and utility territory are different lines drawn by different bodies. Several places in this metro sit across both.

What this tool cannot tell you

It cannot tell you which utility serves your meter in a split area. Only your bill does that, and we would rather say so than guess. It cannot tell you a permit fee — we publish none anywhere, because the figures circulating in this market are undated and unsourced. And it does not cover unincorporated county addresses.

Three areas in the table are marked as not yet verified. Their pages are not published for the same reason: the city sites concerned either block this connection or do not publish an electric provider at all. They are named rather than quietly omitted.

Common questions

Why can't you just tell me my utility from my city?

Because service territory does not follow city limits. Austin Energy's own service-area page describes it as covering “all or portions of” ten cities and communities beyond Austin. In Lakeway the boundary is a creek: the City of Lakeway publishes that residents south and east of Hurst Creek are on Austin Energy and the rest are on Pedernales. No table keyed on a city name can answer that.

My city says one utility and you list two. Which is right?

Possibly both. Cedar Park's own contact list names Pedernales; Austin Energy's service-area page lists Cedar Park among the places it serves part of. Both are primary sources and both are accurate from where they stand. That is exactly why the answer for your address is on your bill and not in a directory.

What is the permit office for an address outside any city limits?

Not answered here. Texas counties have limited building-code authority and it varies, and we have not read the relevant county's rules at source. Guessing from how a neighbouring city works is how wrong information spreads.

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