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.
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.
