As natural gas local distribution company (LDC) spending on non-fuel costs and infrastructure replacement requirements continues to increase, the need for gas utilities to identify and pursue operational and cost efficiencies persists. Recent increases in natural gas prices are putting significant upward pressure on customer bills, exacerbating this challenge. Utilities with multiple operating companies have a unique opportunity – they can use their own operations to identify and implement best practices. As we will describe below, this can lead to sustained cost reduction.
