History
Between 1940 and 1965, hundreds of communities began operating a gas utility to serve their citizens and commercial establishments. There are now over 950 total public gas systems serving over 5 million customers. These communities quickly recognized the need to have an organization that represented them at the national level. The American Public Gas Association was formed to satisfy this important advocacy in 1961 by 14 publicly owned gas systems.
Today the membership encompasses most of America's public gas systems, numbering over 687 members in 36 states.
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