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Who We Are

Operating in 43 states and headquartered in Calgary, Canada, Enbridge delivers energy through its wide network of natural gas and oil transmission pipelines, natural gas utilities and renewable power generation operations, including wind and solar.

The company moves about 30% of the crude oil produced in North America and transports nearly 20% of the natural gas consumed in the U.S.

Throughout 2024, Enbridge acquired Dominion Energy Ohio (1.2 million customers), along with Questar Gas (about 1.2 million customers across Utah and parts of southwestern Wyoming and Idaho) and the Public Service Company of North Carolina (more than 650,000 customers across 28 counties).

“We’re both companies focused on safely and reliably serving our customers, so we think this is a great marriage,” says Dan Weekley, vice president and general manager of Enbridge’s gas distribution and storage in Ohio. “We’re learning from them and they’re learning from us, and we’re challenging each other on best practices and how to best serve the customer.”

However, the company’s footprint in Ohio is nothing new. Weekley says Enbridge Gas Ohio (EGO) has been serving citizens in Ohio for more than 125 years, with a service territory of about 35 counties across 1.2 million customer accounts — in other words, around 4.8 million Ohioans.

Enbridge Gas Ohio boasts 22,000 miles of transmission, gathering and distribution pipelines, underground storage and interconnections to multiple interstate pipelines and large natural gas producers. Enbridge Gas Ohio’s service territory expands from Northeast Ohio toward Marietta and even to the Indiana border. The EGO workforce adds about 1,500 employees to the 12,000 workers Enbridge employed pre-acquisition.

“We play such a crucial role in economic development,” Weekley says. “We hear all the time from companies looking to expand into Northeast Ohio that affordable and reliable energy is a crucial factor and community leaders and economic development organizations say they’re happy with our service, happy with the cost of it and happy with how we serve our customers.”

What We Do

The easiest way to think of EGO, Weekley says, is as a transporter of gas. “Most residential customers have the ability to choose where they get their natural gas,” Weekley says. “And we deliver that natural gas to (them).”

The company delivers gas from interstate pipelines, local production wells, shale wells and its underground storage pool through a low-pressure distribution system to fuel customers’ furnaces, gas stoves and water heaters. This mix of natural gas sources keeps prices affordable.

"This infrastructure is really crucial for our customers because it provides them with low-cost natural gas,” Weekley says. “A lot of local natural gas distribution companies across the country do not have this type of sophisticated system. Our employees are adept at managing these operations around the clock.”

How We Work

Enbridge’s projects, operations and interests in Ohio include:

• Fox Squirrel Solar Project: a 400-megawatt solar energy facility in Madison County
• Generation Pipeline: a 25-mile natural gas transmission pipeline that delivers up to 355 million cubic feet per day of gas to Greater Toledo
• NEXUS Gas Transmission Pipeline: a 257-mile natural gas pipeline that travels across Ohio and Michigan and delivers up to 355 million cubic feet of natural gas per day to markets in the Midwest
• Texas Eastern Transmission Natural Gas Pipeline: a pipeline that travels more than 8,500 miles and moves more than 12 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas, crossing Ohio as it connects Texas and the Gulf Coast with markets in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast
• Toledo Pipeline: a pipeline that travels 88 miles from Stockbridge, Mich., to Toledo to deliver oil to the BP-Husky Refinery

These above assets have resulted in well-paying jobs in cities and towns; tax revenue to help build schools, hospitals and roads; procurement spending that stimulates local economies; and grants and volunteer labor for community projects.

Additionally, Enbridge is also dedicated to community engagement and philanthropy, Weekley says.

“Our responsibilities go beyond just the safe delivery of gas to our customers,” Weekley says. “We encourage our employees to be involved in their communities and be the eyes and ears. If it's important to our employees who live and work in those areas, it's important to us.”

In line with that philosophy, Enbridge’s community investments fuel the quality of life in the communities where it operates.

• Enbridge’s Corporate Citizenship includes both corporate giving, and a robust employee volunteering and giving program available to all team members.
• In 2023, Enbridge invested $18 million through donations and sponsorships to eligible charitable and nonprofit causes that align with one or more of its giving focus areas — strengthening the Safety, Vibrancy and Sustainability of its communities.
• Team members can also leverage up to $5,000 in annual rewards to direct to causes that matter the most to them, through any combination of donation and fundraising matching, volunteer grants, community project grants and paid time off for volunteering.