GAS

About the Gas Department

Hamilton is currently the largest municipal gas distribution operation in Ohio, serving approximately 23,500 customers located in the City and the immediate area through approximately 282 miles of pipe. Our full service system purchases natural gas from a supplier, arranges for its transport to one of our two system interconnections and delivers the gas to customer meters for resale to residential and general service (commercial and industrial) customers. Hamilton’s gas system also provides distribution delivery services to customers who have contracted independently with either the city or natural gas suppliers.

Two Is Better Than One

A little friendly competition not only helps make a game more interesting, but can also help keep prices stable. In Hamilton, our natural gas system can purchase gas through one of our two interstate pipeline connections. On the South side of the city we are supplied with gas from the Gulf of Mexico by a connection to Texas Gas and on the North side Texas Eastern draws gas supplied from both the gulf and northern Appalachian Mountains. This allows Hamilton to pick the best deal available between the networks of the two pipelines when negotiating long term gas contracts while maintaining the other as a backup.