WV’s Hope Gas Growing Again – Deal to Buy Consumers Gas Utility Co.

Hope Gas, a large local utility company, provides gas service to more than 131,000 residential, industrial, and commercial customers in thirty-seven West Virginia counties. The company monitors and maintains over 7,000 miles of pipelines that safely deliver West Virginia natural gas to many homes and commercial and industrial sites. Hope employs over 450 employees, all working in WV. The company has been expanding like crazy, purchasing and integrating five companies over the past year. Yesterday, Hope announced a deal to buy a sixth company --- Consumers Gas Utility Company --- which will add another 8,500 customers to Hope's growing natural gas customer base.

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