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Living in Chase, PA: what to set up and who to call

Chase has no town government of its own, so Luzerne County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Lake-Lehman School District. Plymouth Public Library, 2.6 miles away, is the closest library to Chase.

Chase has no town government. It’s a census-designated place in Luzerne County, so the county and regional agencies provide most services. This page answers what we can; the same answers appear on Chase’s town page under “Getting set up”.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Chase, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Chase.

Electricity

Power comes from UGI Utilities

UGI Utilities (UGI Utilities, Inc), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Chase. Its homes paid an average of 19.8¢ per kWh in 2025, about $169 a month (its average across Pennsylvania, for customers on its standard service). Pennsylvania lets you buy power from another supplier; 1% of UGI Utilities’ home customers do, and UGI Utilities still delivers it.

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Aqua Pa Garbush

Aqua Pa Garbush supplies Chase: about 52% of residents live in its service area. Chase Manor Water Assoc serves another 17%. About 30% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 203 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people.

Lead, 90th percentile5.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 1996, was 5.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 1996: EPA has no newer result for this system.

The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report

EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. PA2400089.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Chase

100% of 414 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 94% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
BreezelineCable99%1,000/50
FrontierFiber, DSL96%7,000/7,000
T-MobileFixed wireless55%100/20
AT&TFixed wireless21%25/3
VerizonFixed wireless6%25/6
SkyPacketFixed wireless4%100/20

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Chase’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Chase.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileChase has no town government of its own, so look for trash and recycling rules on the county’s site.
Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Chase kids go to
K–63 schoolsDepends on your address
7–12Lake-Lehman JSHSin Lehman

Chase is in Lake-Lehman School District.

Test scores and every school: see Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

No town hall: the county runs things

Chase is unincorporated, so Luzerne County is the local government.

Local governmentLuzerne CountyChase is a census-designated place: no town hall of its ownCensus
Who runs elections hereLuzerne County Board of ElectionsElections here are run by Luzerne County (county election office). Its listing was last updated in 2015, so we don’t show its contacts: check pavoterservices.pa.gov.FVAP, Aug 2015
Register to voteOnlineIn Pennsylvania you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person until 15 days before Election Day, or by mail (received 15 days before).vote.govCheck your registration and polling placepavoterservices.pa.govThe state’s voter lookup

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Aug 2015; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Chase is in ZIP code 18708

ZIP codes where Chase residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of ChaseZIP’s residents in Chase
18708Shavertown, PA100%10%

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

Getting around, the ER and the library

One line each; the subject pages have the rest.

ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in Chase

Who supplies Chase’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

Aqua Pa Garbush (EPA ID PA2400089). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 5.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 1996), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Chase?

UGI Utilities (UGI Utilities, Inc), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 19.8¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Chase?

Breezeline, Frontier, T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon, SkyPacket (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Chase?

18708. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Chase in?

Lake-Lehman School District.

How do I register to vote in Chase?

In Pennsylvania you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person until 15 days before Election Day, or by mail (received 15 days before). Elections here are run by the Luzerne County Board of Elections. Check your registration at pavoterservices.pa.gov.

Sources & dates

Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.

  • Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
  • Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
  • Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
  • ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
  • Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
  • Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
  • Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
  • Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.