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natural gas is established in Great Britain • 1966 – rolled out using ‘towns’ gas network

natural gas is ‘new’ to Northern Ireland • 1996 – greater Belfast and Larne • 2005 – Ten Towns

The natural gas industry in Northern Ireland is new for most consumers and strictly regulated .

Natural gas prices and practices are stringently monitored by the Utility Regulator.

2011 2014 25% 91%

NIAUR Transparency Report Aug 2014 NISRA NI Housing Statistics October 2014

• Cleaner - When burned to heat homes or for industrial uses, natural gas

releases almost 30% less Carbon Dioxide (CO 2) than oil and just under 45% less CO 2 than coal

• Tackling Fuel Poverty - There is a strong correlation between the number of homes using natural gas and the reduced incidence of fuel poverty. Northern Ireland has the highest proportion of fuel poverty in the UK at 44% (302,300 households) compared with 33% in Scotland, 26% in Wales and 21% in England

• Secure and abundant - Global gas reserves have more than doubled since 1980, reaching 190 trillion cubic metres at the beginning of 2010

1. Derry / Londonderry firmus energy 2. Limavady network 3. Coleraine 4. Portstewert 5. Bushmills 6. Ballymoney 7. Cullybackey 8. Ahoghill 9. Ballymena 10. Broughshane 11.Doagh Greater 12.Ballyclare Belfast Gas To The West 13.Antrim 14.Templepatrick 15.Moira 16.Lurgan 17.Criagavon 18.Portadown 19.Armagh 20.Richhill 21.Tandragee 22.Banbridge 23.Bessbrook 24.Newry 25.Warrenpoint

Domestic Natural Gas Market Suppliers

greater Belfast and Larne

Ten Towns

Business Natural Gas Market Suppliers

Large I&C Customers

SME Business

• Est. 2005

• Local company based in Antrim

• c.100 employees

• c.300 indirect employees

clarity empathy

our company values

integrity teamwork

• Builds a natural gas network in Ten Towns

• Supplies natural gas in Ten Towns and greater Belfast and Larne

• Over 75,000 customers in NI

Network size Over 900 km

Investment to date c.£100 m

Network connections c.25,000 Ten Towns

Customers including c.75,000 Belfast

c.50% of NI Supply Gas Volumes (exc. power stations)

work infill new existing existing network asset areas areas

197.5km of gas mains laid £21.7m infrastructure investment 20,830 properties connectible 7,925 customers

100,000

tonnes of CO2 removed 12,600 less passenger vehicles

13.9km of gas mains to be laid

£1m infrastructure investment 2,800 properties to be made connectable

180.4km of gas mains to be laid

£9.8m infrastructure investment 17,364 properties to be made connectable