Utilities: water, power and gas
Three bills, three providers. Water comes from your city, power from the company whose lines reach your address, and natural gas from Delta Utilities. Start all three a few days before you move in.
Water and sewer in Lake Charles
Water Business Office
Starts, transfers and stops water service inside city limits. To start, fill in the service application and show a photo ID and your Social Security card. Service usually starts within 2 business days. To transfer, call with your account number, both addresses, your move date and your Social Security number.
- Address
- 1155 Ryan St, Lake Charles
- Hours
- Monday to Friday, 8 AM to 4:30 PM
- Phone
- (337) 491-1307
- Deposit
- $50 for a home. Waived with a credit letter from another utility.
- Same day
- $60 extra
- Website
- Water Business Office page
Water problems
Who to call when something goes wrong with your water inside city limits.
- Meters
- (337) 491-1522
- Main breaks
- (337) 491-1487
- Rusty water or odor
- (337) 491-1554
- Water quality
- (337) 491-1598
- After hours
- (337) 491-1483
Electricity
Entergy Louisiana
Serves most of Lake Charles and Sulphur. The home deposit is $150, or up to twice the highest bill at an address with billing history, and it is due by the first bill's due date.
- Start service
- 1-800-368-3749
- Outages
- 1-800-968-8243
- Website
- entergylouisiana.com
Cleco
Serves parts of Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu and Jefferson Davis parishes.
- Phone
- 1-800-622-6537
- Website
- cleco.com
Beauregard Electric Cooperative
A member-owned co-op serving rural parts of the region.
- Phone
- 1-800-367-0275
- Listing
- Open it in our directory
Jeff Davis Electric Cooperative
A member-owned co-op serving rural parts of the region.
- Phone
- 1-800-256-5332
Natural gas
Delta Utilities
The gas company for most of the area. It bought CenterPoint's Louisiana gas business in April 2025, so older bills, websites and landlords may still say CenterPoint.
- Customer service
- 1-800-477-0177
- Hours
- Monday to Friday, 7 AM to 7 PM
- New construction
- 1-833-335-8299
- Website
- deltautilities.com
Other towns
Sulphur, Jennings, DeQuincy, Iowa and Westlake run their own water, and some run gas too. See Sulphur and Jennings and other towns for their offices.
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