The New England Gas Association (NEGA) and the New York Gas Group (NYGAS) merged last week to become the Northeast Gas Association (NGA), which will represent the local distribution companies, interstate pipeline companies, LNG importers, and associate companies involved in supporting the natural gas industry in the seven-state region of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont.

Craig Frew, NEGA chairman, and Ralph Tedesco, chairman of the NYGAS Executive Committee announced the merger Tedesco, President and COO of New York State Electric and Gas (NYSEG), will be the first chairman of NGA. Dennis E. Welch, President and COO of Yankee Gas Services Company, will be the vice chairman. Thomas M. Kiley, who has served as President of NEGA and Acting Executive Director of NYGAS, will be President of NGA.

NEGA and NYGAS first entered into an alliance in 2001, when they combined several administrative and management functions. The formation of the NGA is consistent with the increasing consolidation of the natural gas industry in the Northeast.

The NGA will be administered at 75 Second Avenue, Suite 510, Needham, MA 02494, telephone: (781) 455-6800. A New York office will be located at 1515 Broadway, 43rd floor, New York, NY 10036, telephone: (212) 354-4790.

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