Connecticut Natural Gas

{{Short description|US natural gas distribution company}}

{{More citations needed|date=June 2019}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Connecticut Natural Gas Corporation

| type = Subsidiary of Avangrid

| location = East Hartford, Connecticut, United States

| key_people = James P. Torgerson, President & CEO of UIL Holdings Corporation

| area_served = Greater Hartford and Greater Greenwich, Connecticut

| industry = Natural Gas

| predecessor = Hartford City Light

}}

Connecticut Natural Gas (CNG) is a natural gas distribution company that delivers natural gas and energy services to residential, commercial, and industrial customers in the Greater Hartford area and Greenwich, Connecticut areas. CNG is a subsidiary of UIL Holdings Corporation, headquartered in New Haven, Connecticut.{{cite news |last1=Varnon |first1=Rob |title=UI parent buys local gas companies in $1.29B deal |url=https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/business/article/UI-parent-buys-local-gas-companies-in-1-29B-deal-499913.php |access-date=16 May 2020 |work=Stamford Advocate |date=26 May 2010 |language=en-US}}

CNG's service territory in Connecticut includes the cities of Hartford and New Britain, Connecticut, as well as the communities of Avon, Berlin, Bloomfield, Canton, East Hartford, Farmington, Glastonbury, Manchester, Newington, Rocky Hill, Simsbury, Unionville, West Hartford, Wethersfield and Windsor in Hartford County; Hebron and Mansfield in Tolland County; Portland in Middlesex County and Greenwich in lower Fairfield County.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

The relocation of CNG's headquarters from Adrien's Landing to East Hartford cost $37 million which was paid for by the state.{{cite news |title=FBI probe focuses on CNG relocation in Adriaen's Landing project |url=http://connecticut.news12.com/story/34861651/fbi-probe-focuses-on-cng-relocation-in-adriaens-landing-project |work=News 12 Connecticut |access-date=22 May 2019 |language=en |archive-date=1 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001140713/http://connecticut.news12.com/story/34861651/fbi-probe-focuses-on-cng-relocation-in-adriaens-landing-project |url-status=dead }} The move was controversial because the contractor chosen to do the job (Tomasso Group) had a corrupt relationship with then Governor John G. Rowland, who was overseeing the development of Adrien's Landing, that eventually cost him his job.{{cite news |last1=Leigh Cowan |first1=Alison |title=Connecticut Official and State Contractor Are Each Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/26/nyregion/connecticut-official-and-state-contractor-are-each-sentenced-to-30.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=22 May 2019 |language=en}} Tomasso Group principal Angelo Tomasso Jr. also served on the CNG board at the time.{{cite web |last1=WHIPPLE |first1=SCOTT |title=Construction icon leaving world of concrete |url=https://www.middletownpress.com/news/article/Construction-icon-leaving-world-of-concrete-11939931.php |website=Middletown Press |publisher=Hearst Connecticut Media |access-date=3 June 2019 |language=en}}