WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. — One of Western New York’s utility companies is making a major financial move into Ohio.
2 On Your Side spoke with a National Fuel Gas executive who says this move is not directly tied to climate action policy here in New York.
National Fuel Gas, which has provided that utility service for heating and energy needs here in Western New York and in Northwestern Pennsylvania for decades is now looking west to Dayton, Ohio. The $2.6 Billion dollar acquisition of the Centerpoint Energy Ohio operation from the Texas – based Centerpoint Energy parent firm means 335,000 new residential, commercial, and industrial customers and a 5,900 mile service and distribution pipeline system…