Company type | Subsidiary of Spire Inc |
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Industry | Utilities |
Founded | 1852 |
Defunct | 2017 |
Fate | Acquisition |
Successor | Spire |
Headquarters | Birmingham, Alabama, United States |
Key people | Ken Smith, president |
Products | Natural gas provider |
Number of employees | 1,130 (2008) |
Website | http://www.alagasco.com/ |
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In 2014, Energen Corporation sold Alagasco to The Laclede Group of St. Louis. After the acquisition of several other energy holdings, the company was rebranded as Spire in 2017. [1]
Within Spire Inc., service territory formerly under Alagasco is now referred to as Spire Alabama Inc.
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