Union Gas

Union Gas Ltd.
Union Gas
Company typeSubsidiary
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)
ParentEnbridge
Websitewww.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 in 2021 was acquired by CK Asset Holdings (75%) and CK Infrastructure Holdings (25%), which are affiliated with Li Ka-shing,[5][6] and is now known as Reliance Home Comfort.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "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. Archived from the original on August 4, 2024. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
  6. ^ "Reliance to Be Acquired by Cheung Kong Property Holdings Limited". Toronto: Reliance Home Comfort. March 31, 2017. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
  7. ^ "Water Heaters, Rent or Buy?". Salmon Plumbing. 21 September 2019. Retrieved September 14, 2020.


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