![]() The city was without gas service for two days while the company's repair crew worked to get supplies and repair the break in the face of severe weather conditions that had washed out railroad tracks and bridges. The company suffered a temporary setback in 1915, when torrential rainfall wiped out its main pipeline to Calgary. By 1914 Canadian Western's revenues topped $1 million.Īlthough the years immediately following its establishment presented some challenges for the company, Canadian Western continued to gain customers. Over the year, Canadian Western gained a client base of 3,400, whom it served from 20 wells yielding gas in the Bow Island field. Soon the nearby towns of Nanton, Okotoks, and Brooks were linked to the system, and in 1913 Fort Macleod, Granum, and Claresholm also gained the option of gas lighting. Eighty-six days later, the completed pipeline was the third largest gas pipeline in North America and the most northerly gas transmission line in the world.Īlthough the public initially greeted the transition from coal to gas fuel with some skepticism, residents of Lethbridge began using Canadian Western gas for lighting purposes by the fall of 1912, and thereafter the demand for gas increased dramatically. On April 12, 1912, the company began construction of its 170-mile Bow Island pipeline. In addition to planning the construction of the Bow Island pipeline, the company acquired two established Calgary franchises: a coal gas plant consisting of 30 miles of pipe serving 2,200 customers and a pipeline serving about 50 customers, including the Calgary Brewing & Malting Company. ![]() On July 19, 1911, Coste incorporated his company under the name Canadian Western Natural Gas, Light, Heat, and Power Company Limited. He acquired rights to this field, dubbed Bow Island field, from the CPR and then went to England to raise capital, selling $4.5 million worth of stock slated for building a pipeline from the Bow Island site to the cities of Calgary and Lethbridge. brought in the first commercial discovery of natural gas in Ontario in 1889." While employed by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in 1909, Coste discovered a large natural gas reserve on a bank of the South Saskatchewan River in southern Alberta. According to company historian Len Stahl, Coste had become known as "the father of the natural gas industry in Canada, having. The earliest enterprise of Canadian Utilities Limited was Canadian Western Natural Gas Company, Ltd., which was founded in the early 1900s by geological engineer Eugene Coste. ![]() Our continued commitment to excellence in customer service and technology, combined with the dedication of more than 5,000 employees who span the continents, has allowed CU to become an industry leader in Alberta and around the world.ġ911: Canadian Western Natural Gas, Light, Heat, and Power Company Limited is founded by Eugene Coste.ġ925: Canadian Western becomes a sister company to Edmonton-based Northwestern Utilities Limited under International Utilities Corporation, a U.S.-based holding company.ġ930: The network of Canadian Utilities companies is purchased by the Dominion Gas and Electric Company, a subsidiary of the American Commonwealths Power Corporation.ġ944: Dominion Gas and Electric Company merges with the International Utilities Company.ġ961: International Utilities, the corporate owner of the three linked Alberta companies, also purchases Northland Utilities, Limited.ġ980: Majority ownership of Canadian Utilities (CU) is transferred from International Utilities to ATCO Ltd., a Canadian-based conglomerate.ġ999: CU moves to separate its regulated utility businesses from its non-regulated businesses, forming a new subsidiary, known as CU Inc., to acquire all of the common shares and debt of its regulated subsidiaries. Operating businesses in Power Generation, Utilities, Logistics & Energy Services and Technologies have evolved over a long history of service and performance. NAIC: 221122 Electric Power Distribution 486210 Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas 221112 Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation 211112 Natural Gas Liquid ExtractionĬanadian Utilities Limited (CU) is Alberta-based with a worldwide organization of innovative companies all belonging to and contributing significantly to the strength of the ATCO Group. ![]() CPUS Limited is prepared to provide a broad array of services and products on a managed task or staff augmented basis at very competitive rates.Incorporated: 1911 as the Canadian Western Natural Gas, Light, Heat, and Power Company Limited CPUS Limited has the required team of experts to respond to all of their customer's needs. CPUS Limited is a design and project management, procurement, and engineering services consultancy company, formed exclusively to support the power industry in Canada. ![]()
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