Gas Distribution

Gas Distribution US crew working on underground pipeline in a residential street

We continue to share best practice ideas between the UK and US to improve our operating model and make it more consistent.

In the UK, we are one year into the new price control period, which will bring considerable challenge and opportunity over the remaining four years as we look to become more efficient and effective.

Once again, we have achieved our objective to replace metallic main with plastic this year, totalling over 1,900 kilometres in the UK, and reduced the amount of cast iron and unprotected steel mains by 398 kilometres in the US, improving the safety and reliability of our networks.

Key Facts

  • Around 190,000 kilometres of gas pipe
  • Delivery of 317 and 205 TWh of gas to over 10.8 and 3.5 million consumers in the UK and US respectively
  • Adjusted operating profit £1,284m 2007/08: £987m
  • Capital investment £1,019m 2007/08: £702m
  • Employees 9,534 2007/08: 9,136
  • Gas delivered 522 TWh 2007/08: 455 TWh

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