How to Change Utilities in Longmont

It’s pretty easy to set up or terminate utilities in Longmont. The City provides most utilities, and it’s a simple call to ensure that water, electricity, trash/ recycling/ compost, and sewer are changed into your name.

If you are selling a home in Longmont, one of the last things you’ll do before closing is to ensure that utilities are transferred into the name of the new owners. In fact, water is so important in the state of Colorado that title companies hold back $500-700 from the seller’s proceeds to ensure that the final water bill is paid.

Ending Utilities – For Home Sellers in Longont

1. Please call the City at 303-651-8664 and tell them that you are closing on the sale of your house on X date. They will ensure that utilities are not billed to you from that day forward. You are not responsible for ensuring that the buyers set up the utilities in their name.
2. (Only if you use the City of Longmont’s NextLight internet) Call NextLight to cancel or transfer your service. 303-774-4494
3. Connect with Xcel gas service to do the same. If I am being honest, they are less convenient and easy to work with than the City of Longmont–but that is what it is. You can manage your account or transfer of service at this link.

The City will send your final water bill to the title company, and the title company will pay your final water bill on your behalf. They will send you a check for the difference between the final water bill and the deposit they held back for this purpose.

Starting Utilities – For Home Buyers in Longmont

1. Please call the City at 303-651-8664 and tell them that you are closing on the purchase of your house on X date. They will ensure that utilities are billed to you from that day forward. You are not responsible for ensuring that the sellers cancel their service. NOTE: if this is a new account, and not a transfer from another address, they will run a soft credit check via Experian to ensure they can count on you to pay your bill.
2. (Only if you intend to use the City of Longmont’s NextLight internet) Call NextLight to start or transfer your service. 303-774-4494. If you live in Longmont, I can’t see a reason to use anything other than NextLight, but to each their own.
3. Connect with Xcel gas service to do the same. If I am being honest, they are less convenient and easy to work with than the City of Longmont–but that is what it is. You can manage your account or transfer of service at this link.

Of course, if you prefer, you can always go in to the Longmont utilities office in person–you can walk up to the counter and a kind person will help get you going.

If you neglect to transfer utilities into your name effective the day of closing, the City will send someone to your new house in short order to hang a tag warning you that you are at risk of losing water/ power/ sewer/ etc…and you have about a week to get set up. As you can imagine, if you are a remote buyer and forget to establish utilities, …well, it could be pretty problematic. If you are a client of mine, I’ll help you remember when to initiate the utilities transfer.