UGI Adds Marcellus Gas Service to Town Between Scranton, W-B

It is a story we see happening more and more frequently--local distribution companies (LDCs, your local gas & electric company) are adding new customers in places previously not served by natural gas lines--because of the presence of the abundant, cheap, and clean-burning Marcellus Shale. The latest such story we noticed of this type comes from the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area. If you ever whiz through Scranton, and then Wilkes-Barre, motoring down Interstate 81 (as we've done hundreds of times over the years), one of the townships you pass through without knowing it is Dupont (in Luzerne County)--quite close to the regional airport in Avoca, not far from Montage Mountain ski resort, and a whisker away from Moosic. Utility giant UGI has begun a program to install natural gas pipelines to 123 homes in Dupont, to provide Marcellus Shale gas to those homes...

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