HISTORY  | When established in 1958, Citizens Gas Utility District was headquartered in a building in downtown Oneida serving a small customer base with only three full time employees. In the 1960's as the utility began to grow, the office was moved to a block building on U.S. Highway 27 about three miles north of the present location in Helenwood. The utility remained there for 20 years before opening our new 2,400 square foot office complex and adjoining 3,200 square foot shop building on U.S. Highway 27 in | Helenwood, Tennessee during September 1987. The coming of the new facilities marked the start of rapid growth by Citizens Gas as the availability of local gas made prospects for expansion into previously unserved areas of Scott and Morgan Counties attractive. At that point (1987) the utility had already experienced what it considered a major growth spurt going from 1,377 customers on 120.5 miles of gas main in December 1980 to 3,600 customers along 274 miles of gas mains in December 1987. But the real growth was yet to come. Citizens Gas Utility District's customer base has grown from 3,600 to 9,600 in the two county service area with a network of gas mains totaling 741 miles. Also, the utility has added 700 new customers as it expanded into the propane business and is now serving residents and businesses in areas not served by natural gas lines. In 1993 Citizens Gas Utility District purchased the Indian Creek natural gas storage field. To insure an adequate supply of natural gas the utility has in recent years reached out to suppliers in Campbell, Anderson, and Fentress Counties and into the gas fields of Southeastern Kentucky as well.
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