Richmond Gas Works
900 E Broad Street , Richmond, Virginia, United States

Comfortable. Affordable. Efficient. Environmentally friendly.  Cozy fireplace with warm beverage.  Experience a warmer home, endless hot water, enjoy perfectly prepared meals, take advantage of your new outdoor natural gas kitchen for celebrations with friends, enjoy the warmth and coziness of a natural gas fireplace, and help the planet, while saving money on your utility bills. It’s a sure fit for business, too. Using natural gas for heat, equipment or power enhances any business’s bottom line by reducing your operating costs.  The cost of natural gas has never been more affordable, the performance and efficiency of natural gas is unsurpassed and it reduces your business’s carbon footprint. Its reliability and efficiency is unsurpassed among other fuel choices. Simply put using natural gas is the smart choice.Nationally, natural gas serves more than 66.7 million homes; 5.4 million businesses like hotels, restaurants, hospitals, schools, and supermarkets; and 192,000 factories. Richmonders have been relying on natural gas since 1851 and reliance on natural gas ensures a cleaner, healthier environment for our future generations.

Natural gas costs less to use than electricity, oil or propane.

 Stacks of coins.  Because the supply of natural gas is so abundant, it will continue to be the most economically smart choice for the future. As a public utility, we don’t mark-up the cost of your natural gas. You get the fuel “at cost”. That means you only pay for the services associated with delivering natural gas to your home or business and the amount of fuel you use.  Households that use natural gas for heating, cooking and clothes drying save an average of $874 per year compared to homes using electricity for those applications.

SERVICE

Richmond Gas Works provides natural gas service to homes and businesses in the City of Richmond, Henrico, and northern Chesterfield.  We’ve been at it since 1851.  In fact, we’re the second oldest public gas utility in the United States.  That means you can count on us every single day of every single week to work smart and work safely with a constant eye on delivering affordable, comfortable, efficient, reliable and environmentally friendly natural gas.

RESIDENTIAL

Experience a warmer home, endless hot water, enjoy perfectly prepared meals, take advantage of your new outdoor natural gas kitchen for celebrations with friends, enjoy the warmth and coziness of a natural gas fireplace, and help the planet, while saving money on your utility bills.

No more waiting, natural gas provides instant heat. 

Beautiful home with gas fireplace.Stop worrying about the chill of Richmond winters if your home or business is heated with an electric heat-pump. Natural gas provides instant heat which warms more quickly, more evenly and more efficiently than electricity.  The air supplied into rooms is about 120°F at the register which is as much as 30° warmer than air circulated by an electric heat pump.  You’ll enjoy similar comfort with gas powered hot water tanks – whether traditional tank-style or tankless.  With natural gas, you’ll get hot water twice as fast as electric powered hot water heaters.  Natural gas is perfect for any kitchen environment, whether you’re a family of four rushing to get a healthy dinner on the table or a couple that wants to spend more time entertaining or a restaurant serving thousands of families. Professional chefs swear by the immediate, even heat, intricate heat controls and faster cook times.  Today’s natural gas appliances are sleek and energy-efficient. It’s the economical choice to save both time and money in the kitchen, allowing you more time with family and friends.  And don’t worry about power outages, winter storms or hurricanes any more.  Natural gas appliances allow you to stay warm, cook, and bathe without interruption from mother nature or the electric grid.  Adding a natural gas stand-by generator gives you peace of mind in knowing the lights stay on when the power’s out. You’ll be comfortable and safe, and your business will be operating, even when storms are raging outside.

BUSINESS

Natural gas is a sure fit for business.  Using natural gas for heat, equipment or power enhances any business’s bottom line by reducing your operating costs.  The cost of natural gas has never been more affordable, the performance and efficiency of natural gas is unsurpassed and it reduces your business’s carbon footprint.  Its reliability and efficiency is unsurpassed among other fuel choices.  Simply put using natural gas is the smart choice for any business.  Nationally, natural gas serves more than 66.7 million homes; 5.4 million businesses like hotels, restaurants, hospitals, schools, and supermarkets; and 192,000 factories.  Richmonders have been relying on natural gas since 1851 and reliance on natural gas ensures a cleaner, healthier environment for our future generations.

30% of the energy used in a home goes toward heating.

Energy-efficient and affordable heating can mean significant savings on your bills over the long term.  Natural gas powered equipment costs half-as much to operate as those fuelded by electricity. Your cash-flow and overall operating costs are lower with natural gas.  Natural gas is delivered direct to your home or business through underground pipelines and converted to energy when you use it. That makes it especially efficient. From the place where is is extracted from the ground to the appliances in your home or business, natural gas has very little energy loss with a 92% energy efficiency.  Not so with electricity. Electricity is generated at a power plant. On the journey from production to the customer, electricity loses more than 66% of its usable energy before you even turn on an appliance.  When you factor in energy use and emissions along the way, households with natural gas vs electric appliances produce 37% lower greenhouse gas emissions.  Natural gas equipment has a higher annual fuel utilization efficiency (AFUE) rating and that means greater savings than equipment powered.

Comparing Residential Water Heater Efficiency & Environmental Impacts 

Natural gas continues to be the energy of choice for responsible consumers helping to reduce the nation’s carbon footprint. Greater direct use of natural gas for heating and cooling, water heating, cooking and clothes drying can cut carbon emissions nearly in half.  Natural gas is the cleanest burning fuel. In fact, it is far less harmful to the environment than oil, or electricity generated from fossil fuels. Natural gas produces about 30 percent less carbon dioxide than oil and about half that of coal or wood. When properly burned, natural gas produces heat, carbon dioxide, and water vapor. It produces almost no sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, dissolved solids, or particulate matter.