verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . november 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message sgn type private industry gas founded 2005 headquarters horley england uk area served scotland and the south of england key people john morea ceo products gas distribution parent the company is owned by three shareholders sse plc 50 % borealis infrastructure europe uk limited 25 % which is indirectly wholly owned by omers administration corporation and otppb investments u.k. limited 25 % which is owned by ontario teachers pension plan board . 1 website www.sgn.co.uk sgn previously known as scotia gas networks is a uk gas distribution company which manages the network that distributes natural and green gas to 5.9 million homes and businesses across scotland and the south of england . 2 as of 2014 15 sgn operates more than 71 000 km of pipes . in the same period sgn spent 500 million on upgrading the network . 3 contents 1 history 2 2014 rebrand 3 funding for innovation 4 corporate social responsibility 5 references 6 external links history edit the company was formed in 2005 as scotia gas networks . in september 2014 they changed their name to sgn . the rebrand was driven by a desire to present with a greater unity between the two distinct geographic areas of its business . 4 those are scotland and the south of england where sgn owns and maintains the gas network . 2014 rebrand edit in 2014 scotia gas networks scotland gas networks and southern gas networks were rebranded to sgn . 5 the company believed the previous names did not represent the business as bright forward thinking experts and that the name sgn would be better for customers to understand what sgn does as a company . the logo was also changed . from 2005 the logo was originally red and blue dots forming a shape of the united kingdom . the red dots covered scotland and the southern area on the scotia gas networks logo just scotland for the scotland gas networks logo and just the southern area for southern gas networks . this was to highlight where works are carried out by the company . the new logo shows a cylinder filled with orange blue and purple dots . funding for innovation edit in 2014 sgn was awarded funding from the industry regulator ofgem to develop two projects . opening up the gas market is an investigation into whether the british gas safety regulations could be changed to accept different types of gas . robotics is a project to develop technology for repairing steel mains without interrupting the gas . 6 corporate social responsibility edit a partnership between girlguiding and sgn is designed to encourage young women into male dominated industries and also spread a message about gas safety and carbon monoxide . 7 sgn also works with royal voluntary service to produce a leaflet for winter safety targeting the elderly . 8 references edit https www.sgn.co.uk publications annual reports sgn about us ofgem riio model performance . 05 10 2015 . retrieved 2015 11 20 . check date values in date help ena gas distribution map . www.energynetworks.org . retrieved 2015 10 22 . energy networks association smarter networks pdf . ofgem gas network innovation competition . sgn scotia gas network . new.girlguiding.org.uk . retrieved 2015 11 20 . royal voluntary service corporate partners sgn . www.royalvoluntaryservice.org.uk . retrieved 2016 02 03 . external links edit sgn homepage v t e united kingdom power companies big six suppliers british gas edf energy e.on uk npower sse scottish power distribution companies northern powergrid sp energy networks electricity north west western power distribution scottish and southern energy power distribution uk power networks transmission companies national grid scottish hydro electric transmission sp transmission sgn other suppliers the co operative energy ecotricity esb international extra energy first utility 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