Union Gas

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Union Gas Ltd.
Union Gas
Type Subsidiary
IndustryOil & Gas Pipelines
FoundedDecember 19, 1911 [1]
FateAmalgamated into Enbridge Gas Inc.
Headquarters
50 Keil Drive North,
Chatham, Ontario, Canada N7M 5M1
Key people
Steve Baker, President
Total assets $8.2 billion (2017)
Number of employees
2,300 (2018)
Parent Enbridge
Website www.uniongas.com

Union Gas was a major Canadian natural gas company based in Ontario. Its distribution arm serviced approximately 1.5 million customers in northern, southwestern and eastern Ontario. [1] Union Gas has been a subsidiary of Enbridge since February 2017, when former parent Spectra Energy merged into Enbridge. [2]

Union Gas Limited and Enbridge Gas Distribution merged under the corporate name Enbridge Gas Inc. on January 1, 2019. [3] Enbridge has since begun to gradually phase out the Union Gas name in favour of its corporate brand.

In addition to natural gas service, Union Gas formerly rented gas-powered water heaters to residential customers; this operation was separated into a sister company, Union Energy, in 1999. [4] Union Energy was acquired by outside interests in 2001, [5] and is now known as Reliance Home Comfort. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "History". About Us. Union Gas Limited. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
  2. "Enbridge and Spectra Energy Complete Merger". Media Centre News Releases. Enbridge. February 27, 2017. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
  3. "Articles of amalgamation" (PDF).
  4. "Union Gas". energyrates.ca. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  5. Parkinson, David; Stueck, Wendy (October 23, 2001). "Epcor Utilities snaps up Westcoast Energy units". The Globe and Mail . Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  6. "Water Heaters, Rent or Buy?". Salmon Plumbing. 21 September 2019. Retrieved September 14, 2020.