Wellington Gas Company

Wellington Gas Company Limited, a public listed company, supplied coal gas to Wellington, New Zealand's industrial and domestic consumers from 1869. It was empowered by the Wellington Gas Company Act 1870 to supply coal gas through pipelines and other facilities which might require breaking up Wellington's public streets and opening its drains.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Ownership of a small block of shares entitled a domestic consumer to a substantial discount on their gas bill as well as a dividend. Accordingly the shares were very widely held.

Coal gas was replaced by natural gas first piped from offshore wells at Kapuni, Taranaki in 1970.

Natural gas is currently transmitted from Taranaki by distributor Powerco to Wellington retailer Energy Online.

References
  1. New Zealand Acts As Enacted
  2. The History Of Coal Gas In Wellington. Evening Post 23 April 1898 Page 5
  3. Gas Company. Evening Post 1 April 1919 Page 10
  4. Growth Of The Gas Company. Dominion 18 February 1920 Page 3
  5. Great Gasholder. Evening Post 18 August 1925 Page 4
  6. Noted Engineer Dead. New Zealand Herald 21 June 1935 Page 13
  7. Gas Goes To Work. Evening Post 11 November 1939 Page 7


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