About Us

Our Role Chattanooga Gas, a subsidiary of AGL Resources, provides retail natural gas sales and transportation services to approximately 60,000 customers in Hamilton and Bradley counties in southeast Tennessee. Our service area includes the communities of Chattanooga, Cleveland, Red Bank, East Ridge, Lookout Mountain and Signal Mountain. Chattanooga Gas, a subsidiary of Atlanta-based AGL Resources, manages a natural gas pipeline system that delivers approximately 20 billion cubic feet of gas per year.

Our History

Late 1800s	Chattanooga's first gas company was established shortly after the Civil War to provide gas to light the streets of the city -- the main use for natural gas in the 19th century.
1890	Two competing gas companies emerged in Chattanooga that were manufacturing and distributing gas for various purposes. These two companies merged to form the Mutual Gas Company. As Chattanooga entered the 20th century, the gas distribution system had grown to 50 miles with a capacity of 700 thousand cubic feet of gas per day. During that same time, the gas company's transportation progressed from Kate, the mule, to Prince, the horse, and later a fleet of seven mules and a push cart. Finally, the mules were traded in for trucks and cars a few years later.
1907	The Mutual Gas Company was purchased by United Light and Power Company and given its current name -- Chattanooga Gas Company. Initially, the gas company offices were located at East Sixth Street, between Market and Cherry Streets, in the basement of the Old James Building, Chattanooga's only public building and home to all local school graduation ceremonies.
1915	The gas company stopped manufacturing gas and began purchasing byproduct gas.
Early 1900s	Chattanooga Gas Company expanded to reach new communities including St. Elmo, Alton Park, Brainerd and North Chattanooga. In addition, Chattanooga's strong industrial growth as the appliance manufacturing center for the region helped the company to grow.
1940	The United Light and Power Company sold Chattanooga Gas Company to Federal Water and Gas Services. Three months later Chattanooga Gas Company was sold again to Southern Natural Gas Company.
1950	The Equitable Securities Corporation purchased all common stock of the Chattanooga Gas Company and issued the stock for public sale. After the public offering, Chattanooga Gas Company had 3,800 stockholders throughout the country. Finally, in 1950, natural gas via underground pipes arrived in Chattanooga, offering residents a cleaner and cheaper alternative to manufactured gas. Natural gas availability sparked a boom for Chattanooga Gas Company and in ten short years, the number of customers doubled and consumption of natural gas increased 2,500 percent.
1973	Chattanooga Gas Company made a significant investment in a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant that would prove to be essential to the company for years to come. During the 1970s, ownership of the company changed when Jupiter Industries purchased all outstanding shares of Chattanooga Gas Company.
1988	Atlanta Gas Light purchased Chattanooga Gas Company. The largest gas distributor in the southeast with more than 1.5 million customers, Atlanta Gas Light made a major investment in Chattanooga Gas Company to modernize the gas distribution system and other facilities. In just a few years, Atlanta Gas Light's investment in Chattanooga quadrupled. Chattanooga Gas also continued to add customers at nearly double the average utility growth rate.
Today	As part of the AGL Resources family, we constantly strive to provide efficient economical and reliable service to our customers.