"That's a stretch for gas utilities that have to fight with regulatory commissions just to sell power."
Electricity and gas utilities for most household luxuries were cut off from each family's home.
"We already have offices and employees there for our gas utility."
The community took advantage of the natural resource and became the first town or city in western Canada with a gas utility.
Potential customers saw that a gas utility had adopted this new technology, and three large contracts soon followed.
And natural gas utilities see the whole process as an opportunity to expand into electricity.
The company became the first gas utility in the West.
The government owns the major electric and gas utilities, which face huge pension bills.
In 1920, a gas utility came to the Island providing heating, cooking, and lights.
Atmos Energy is known as one of the most efficient natural gas utilities in the industry.