Chattanooga Gas provides retail natural gas sales and transportation services to approximately 66,000 customers in Hamilton and Bradley counties in southeast Tennessee. The Chattanooga Gas service area includes the communities of Chattanooga, Cleveland, Red Bank, East Ridge, Lookout Mountain and Signal Mountain.
- Late 1800s - Chattanoogas first gas company is established shortly after the Civil War to light the streets of the city.
- 1890 - Chattanoogas two competing gas companies merge to form the Mutual Gas Company.
- 1900 - Chattanoogas gas distribution system has grown to 50 miles with a capacity of 700 thousand cubic feet of gas per day, and Mutual Gas transportation system is making the transition from horses and mules to trucks.
- 1907 - Mutual Gas Company is purchased by United Light and Power Company and given its current name -- Chattanooga Gas Company, with offices on East Sixth Street, between Market and Cherry streets, in the basement of the Old James Building, Chattanoogas only public building and home to all local school graduation ceremonies. In the coming years, the company expands its reach to new communities including St. Elmo, Alton Park, Brainerd and North Chattanooga.
- 1915 - The gas company stops manufacturing gas and begins buying byproduct gas.
- Early 1900s Chattanooga Gas Company expanded to reach new communities including St. Elmo, Alton Park, Brainerd and North Chattanooga. In addition, Chattanoogas strong industrial growth as the appliance manufacturing center for the region helped the company to grow.
- 1940 - The United Light and Power Company sells Chattanooga Gas Company to Federal Water and Gas Services. Three months later, Chattanooga Gas Company is sold again to Southern Natural Gas Company.
- 1950 - The Equitable Securities Corporation buys all common stock of the Chattanooga Gas Company and issues the stock for public sale. After the public offering, Chattanooga Gas Company has 3,800 stockholders throughout the country. The same year, underground pipes arrive in Chattanooga, offering residents a cleaner and cheaper alternative to manufactured gas. Natural gas availability sparks a boom for Chattanooga Gas Company and in a single decade, the number of customers doubles and consumption of natural gas increases 2,500 percent.
- 1973 - Chattanooga Gas Company makes a significant investment in a liquefied natural gas plant that would prove to be essential to the company for years to come. Later this decade, Jupiter Industries buys all outstanding shares of Chattanooga Gas Company.
- 1988 - Atlanta Gas Light buys Chattanooga Gas Company and makes major investments to modernize the companys gas distribution system and other facilities. In just a few years, Atlanta Gas Lights investment in Chattanooga quadruples.
- 1996 - Formation of AGL Resources, our parent company.
- July 2016 - AGL Resources becomes Southern Company Gas, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Southern Company.
- Today - As part of the Southern Company Gas family, we continue to deliver safe and reliable natural gas.
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CNG Fueling
At CNG stations, the gas is typically taken from the local gas utilitys line at low pressure, compressed and dispensed into the vehicles storage tanks at high pressure, typically to 3,600 psi. There are two basic types of fueling equipment: fast-fill and time-fill.
- Fast-fill systems combine a compressor and a high-pressure storage system. The storage system, called a cascade, fills the vehicles fuel tank in about the same time it takes to fuel a regular vehicle.
- Time-fill systems do not have a storage system and typically compress the gas directly into the vehicle storage cylinders to refuel vehicles while they are parked overnight.
Fueling Equipment
Commercial CNG compression, storage and other related fueling equipment is available from many manufacturers. The compression equipment is often custom built to site specifications. However, several equipment manufacturers offer standard packages for small to medium size installations.
Gas Operators
With over 150 years of experience managing safe and efficient pipelines, Chattanooga Gas now offers a wide range of services for gas system operators and underground construction.
What Can Chattanooga Gas Offer You?
- One-stop shopping for gas system operations
- Full-scope engineering
- Multidisciplinary capabilities
- Operation and maintenance expertise
- Technical and professional services
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