What Is a Gas Utility

What is a Gas Utility? Gas utilities are local distribution companies (LDCs). These companies own and operate the systems that deliver natural gas to your home or business. The gas utility owns the infrastructure that delivers natural gas to factories, shops and homes in a given area.

What is gas utility used for?

The commercial sector uses natural gas to heat buildings and water, to operate refrigeration and cooling equipment, to cook, to dry clothes, and to provide outdoor lighting. Some consumers in the commercial sector also use natural gas as a fuel in combined heat and power systems.

Is natural gas a utility?

California’s natural gas utilities provide service to over 11 million gas meters. … The overwhelming majority of natural gas utility customers in California are residential and small commercials customers, referred to as “core” customers.

Robert Thorne

Robert Thorne

Automotive & Future Transportation Editor

Robert Thorne covers electric vehicle innovations, autonomous driving systems, global mobility trends, and automotive engineering developments.

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