Kennewick / Washington / United States
Cascade Natural Gas Corporation is incorporated in the state of Washington as a natural gas distribution company that serves parts of the Washington area, as well as central and eastern Oregon. The area it services has a population of approximately 827,000 people who reside in various communities and work in a wide diversity of industries. The company has a mix of residential, commercial and large industrial customers that total approximately 227,000. Until the early 1950s, Pacific Northwest communities outside the larger metropolitan areas were passed over for natural gas service. In 1953, Pacific Northwest businessmen Lester Pettit, Spencer Clark and Stewart Matthews formed Cascade Natural Gas Corporation to serve these communities with clean, affordable natural gas. Cascade Natural Gas Corporation is located in Seattle, and is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol CGC.
