type private industry energy founded 2005 headquarters leeds yorkshire united kingdom key people mark horsley chief executive officer products natural gas distribution owner cheung kong infrastructure holdings power assets holdings & sas trustee corporation number of employees 2 658 1 website www.northerngasnetworks.co.uk northern gas networks limited is the british company responsible for distributing gas to homes and businesses across yorkshire the north east and northern cumbria england . 2 northern gas networks limited is one of eight gas distribution networks in the united kingdom . the company s headquarters in leeds . 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 37 000 kilometres 23 000 mi of gas pipeline in yorkshire north east england and parts of cumbria . 3 the company performed the best in terms of total cost efficiency benchmarked by ofgem 4 which regulates the company s contracts and charges . 5 the company ranks 14 out of 12062 in which that is clarification needed in the top 0.12 % of energy companies ranked in the index . which 6 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 . references edit employees northern gas networks web site . retrieved 28 november 2011 dead link welcome to the website of northern gas networks limited northern gas networks web site . retrieved 28 november 2011 northern gas networks limited investing.businessweek.com . retrieved 28 november 2011 http www.northerngasnetworks.co.uk documents ngn business plan.pdf northern gas networks metering charges from 1st november 2011 northern gas networks limited . retrieved 28 november 2011 http 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