Connecticut Natural Gas has announced that gas is flowing to approximately 11 miles of newly constructed natural gas main in East Hampton. Next on the its parent company’s target list is Deep River.
CNG in the spring broke ground on a project originally scheduled to open up 9 miles of gas lines. “When we started construction on this expansion project, we heard from a lot of residents and businesses located beyond the original route who were interested in receiving natural gas service. This helped spur our decision to extend the new main beyond the original project scope,” said James P. Torgerson, UIL’s president and CEO. CNG is a subsidiary of UIL.
Now that gas is flowing to the new main, CNG is in the process of installing service lines to nearly 150 customers who have signed up to receive natural gas service. Those include more than 100 homes as well as American Distilling Inc., and nine East Hampton schools and municipal buildings. CNG expects next year to extend gas service nearly a mile farther up Route 66 to serve a housing development that’s under construction there.
East Hampton is the second new natural gas franchise in as many years for a UIL-owned gas company. In 2014, CNG’s sister company, The Southern Connecticut Gas Company, introduced natural gas service in Essex. Looking toward another new franchise later this year, SCG is currently installing natural gas mains in Deep River.
