PGW Celebrates National Natural Gas Utility Workers’ Day
Posted on: Mar 17, 2022PGW’s employees work 24/7 to deliver safe and reliable natural gas service across Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA (March 17, 2022) – Philadelphia Gas Works (PGW) will celebrate national Natural Gas Utility Workers’ Day on Friday, March 18, 2022. The American Public Gas Association (APGA) established this day of recognition to honor utility employees across the nation who safely deliver natural gas in an environmentally responsible way.
PGW applauds natural gas utility workers and thanks the 1,600 PGW employees who embody safety as a core value when serving Philadelphia’s homes, businesses, and residents. PGW employees work year-round to maintain, improve, and monitor the City’s natural gas distribution system that serves more than 500,000 PGW customers.
Some of the many ways PGW employees deliver safe, reliable natural gas service include:
- Responding to gas odor reports from PGW’s 24/7 emergency hotline (215-235-1212) every day of the year in 60 minutes or less.
- Modernizing 6,000 miles of underground energy infrastructure to reach PGW’s 2050 goal of eliminating methane escape by 80 percent.
- Ensuring underground natural gas lines are accurately marked ahead of construction projects across the City to prevent damage to other utility service lines and keep residents safe.
- Providing customers with interactive real-time views of pipeline improvement upgrades in their neighborhoods.
- Directing PGW’s leak reduction program by tracking, monitoring, repairing, and reducing the number of leaks in the distribution system year over year.
- Helping Philadelphia residents save money, conserve energy, and improve home comfort through weatherization efforts. In just over 10 years, PGW has weatherized more than 25,000 low-income customers’ homes at no cost to the owner.
- Advancing a clean energy future by leading and facilitating programs such as the Energy Innovation Lab.
“PGW salutes our natural gas colleagues across the nation who work day and night, oftentimes in extreme conditions, to ensure customers have natural gas service when they need it,” said Seth Shapiro, President & CEO of PGW. “PGW employees understand that our friends, family, and neighbors across the City depend on us to deliver for them every day, and we take pride in serving the City of Philadelphia.”
PGW appreciates the support of its customers who prefer natural gas — an affordable, clean, and reliable energy source — to warm their homes and buildings, cook fresh meals, heat water, and power energy efficient appliances.
For more information about the benefits of natural gas, please visit www.pgworks.com.
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