public utility industry energy industry founded 1836 headquarters united states philadelphia pennsylvania services natural gas website www.pgworks.com philadelphia gas works pgw is the nation s largest municipally owned natural gas utility . contents 1 history 2 awards 3 notes 4 references 5 external links history edit pgw began providing gas service to the city of philadelphia on february 10 1836 when the city s first 46 gas lights were turned on along second street between vine and south streets . in 1841 pgw came under city ownership and in 1897 ugi corporation then united gas improvement company was contracted by the city to operate and manage pgw . similar contracts were effective until december 1972 at which time the city contracted with philadelphia facilities management corporation to operate and manage pgw . by the 1940s pgw was serving some 500 000 customers in philadelphia providing 99 % of the gas distributed within the city limits . 1 at this time the gas provided was primarily carbureted water gas . 1 in 1947 the city of philadelphia stated that it valued pgw at more than us 100 000 000 . 2 in 2014 the city of philadelphia attempted to sell pgw to uil holdings corporation for us 1 860 000 000 pending approval from the philadelphia city council 3 which was ultimately declined 4 awards edit the american public gas association has awarded pgw its 2010 marketing and sales award . 5 in 2009 pgw had an advertising campaign showing customers and the public about the value of natural gas . notes edit a b castaneda 1993 pg . 105 castaneda 1993 pg . 107 shelly jared march 3 2014 . pgw under agreement for 1.86 billion . philadelphia business journal . archived from the original on march 7 2014 . retrieved march 7 2014 . http www.philly.com philly business 20141205 uil ends its bid for owning pgw.html pgw wins national award . philadelphia public record . james tayoun sr. 2010 09 09 . p. 6 . retrieved 2010 09 10 . the philadelphia gas works has received the american public gas association s prestigious 2010 marketing and sales award after a national competition . jeffery tuttle from cps energy said pgw is the oldest municipal gas system in the us and on the eve of the 50th anniversary of apga it is an honor to recognize pgw with this marketing and sales award . references edit castaneda christopher james 1993 . regulated enterprise natural gas pipelines and northeastern markets 1938 1954 . historical perspectives on business enterprise series . ohio state university press . isbn 9780814205907 . philadelphia portal external links edit official website historic american engineering record haer no . pa 41 philadelphia gas works point breeze meter house coordinates 39 58 45 n 75 08 57 w 39.979232 n 75.149268 w 39.979232 ; 75.149268 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title philadelphia gas works & oldid 743591056 categories buildings and structures in philadelphiahistoric american engineering record in pennsylvaniapublic utilities of the united states1836 establishments in pennsylvaniahidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersofficial website different in wikidata and wikipediacoordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 09 17 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view