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Natural Gas Infrastructure Planning – Vital to Supporting a Clean Energy Future with Reliable and Affordable Energy

For more than 160 years, Nicor Gas has been serving customers by providing the clean, safe, reliable and affordable natural gas they deserve. That’s made possible thanks to our safe, resilient and modernized delivery infrastructure made up of 34,000 miles of underground distribution lines and eight storage facilities. We safely operate the natural gas system which serves 2.3 million residential, agriculture, commercial, and industrial customers across more than 650 communities in Northern Illinois. This strong foundation is critical to ensuring reliable service to our customers, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, even on the coldest days of the year. 

Nicor Gas is committed to a clean energy future – with a goal of sustainable, environmentally friendly energy in Illinois for generations to come.

The company is in the process of developing a 5-year gas investment plan in accordance with the Illinois Commerce Commission’s (ICC) order requiring Illinois natural gas utilities to develop Long-Term Gas Infrastructure Plans (LTGIP). Nicor Gas submitted a workplan for our LTGIP on July 1, 2024. 

The first Nicor Gas LTGIP will be filed July 1, 2025, and will contain a description of our investment planning process, identify our five-year investment plan, and explain how we’ve considered customer benefits and impacts to community costs, low-income customers and other marginalized groups. The company will seek stakeholder feedback throughout the development of the LTGIP which will be updated bi-annually.

This page will provide ongoing updates and information to customers and stakeholders about Nicor Gas’ LTGIP. The plan will be guided by the following principles:

Guiding Principles

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Safety, Reliability and Resilience

Maintaining gas supply and an integrated delivery system that safely delivers energy to our customers 24 hours a day-7 days a week no matter the weather.

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Affordability

Operating as efficiently as possible to keep customer costs low.

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Sustainable Future

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions and leading the path toward a clean energy future.

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Customer Choice and Energy Equity

Meeting our obligation to provide access to natural gas customers who request service.

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Community Growth and Impact

Investing in, assisting, and enriching the communities we serve.

Get Involved

Upcoming Meetings

Each meeting will have an agenda, Powerpoint presentation, Teams recording and one pager afterwards.

September 26, 2024

Overview of Nicor Gas System and the Long-Term Gas Infrastructure Plan

Resources

Nicor System and LTGIP agenda

Term Gas Infrastructure Plan Meeting

Coming Soon! Q3 2024

Overview of Nicor's infrastructure planning process and evaluation of customer benefits and impacts

Q2 2025

Preliminary List of the investments

Q3 2025

Review of the Near Final Plan