# Gas Service Line in Denver, CO: Who Pays? | Who Pays the Repair?

> In Denver, Xcel Energy owns the gas line to the meter; the property owner is responsible from the meter outlet to appliances. Cited to Xcel’s customer-owned-gas-lines bill insert.

**Who pays:** owner

Denver: past the gas meter it is yours, Xcel owns the line to the meter, and "you are responsible for maintaining any natural gas lines from the meter outlet" onward.

**Boundary:** The boundary is the meter outlet. Xcel Energy owns and maintains the gas piping from the street to the meter; the property owner is responsible for everything downstream of the meter outlet.

**Property owner:** Xcel Energy: "as the property owner you are responsible for maintaining any natural gas lines from the meter outlet to gas appliances and equipment." Customer responsibility starts at the meter outlet.

**City / agency:** Xcel Energy owns and maintains the natural gas piping from the street to the customer’s gas meter.

## Sources
- [Customer-owned gas lines (MN/ND/MI/WI/CO bill insert)](https://www.xcelenergy.com/staticfiles/xe-responsive/Billing%20&%20Payment/Understanding%20Your%20Bill/Bill%20Inserts%20and%20Onserts/1707ON07_MN_ND_MI_WI_CO_CustomerOwnedGasLines_Res_Biz_FPF_G,E&G.pdf) — "Xcel Energy owns and maintains the natural gas piping from the street to our customers’ gas meters, but as the property owner you are responsible for maintaining any natural gas lines from the meter outlet to gas appliances and equipment." (accessed 2026-09-10)
- [Safety](https://www.xcelenergy.com/safety) (accessed 2026-09-10)

_Last verified 2026-09-10. Source: Who Pays the Repair? — https://whopaystherepair.com/rules/denver-co-gas-service-line/ — every claim checked against a primary source before publication (see /methodology/)._