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Northern Gas Networks Limited is the British company responsible for distributing gas to homes and businesses across
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, England. Northern Gas Networks Limited is one of eight gas distribution networks in the United Kingdom. The consortium which owns Northern Gas Networks Limited was successful in acquiring the North of England Distribution Network (DN) from National Grid and took over the control of the assets on 1 June 2005. Currently, the company supplies gas to approximately 2.6 million customers through a network of of gas pipeline in Yorkshire, North East England and parts of Cumbria. The company performed the best in terms of total cost efficiency benchmarked by Ofgem, which regulates the company's contracts and charges."Northern Gas Networks' Metering Charges from 1st November 2011"
, Northern Gas Networks Limited. Retrieved 28 November 2011 It was reported in December 2011 that the energy regulator Ofgem was set to fine Northern Gas Networks £900,000 for breaching licence conditions over gas escapes during the 2010/11 winter.


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North Eastern Gas Board The North Eastern Gas Board (NEGB), later North East Gas (NeGas) was a state-owned utility providing gas for light and heat to industries and homes in modern-day West Yorkshire, the East Riding of Yorkshire and parts of North Yorkshire. Histo ...
(the former state-owned utility in the southern half of the NGN region) *
Northern Gas Board The area gas boards were created under the provisions of the Gas Act 1948 enacted by Clement Attlee's post-war Labour government. The Act nationalised the British gas industry and also created the Gas Council. History From the early 19th century ...
(the former state-owned utility in the northern half of the NGN region)


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* {{Energy in the United Kingdom Oil and gas companies of the United Kingdom Companies based in Thorpe Park Leeds