Our History
Alberta’s Natural Gas Provider for Over 70 Years
Our corporate history dates back to the early 1950’s when a number of Alberta utilities were incorporated. Over the 70 year period that followed, utility acquisitions, divestitures, and name changes would eventually lead to the establishment of Apex Utilities Inc.
1951
Alberta Consolidated Gas Ltd. is incorporated and acquires all shares of eight utilities, including our current service areas of: Athabasca Utilities Ltd., Calmar Utilities Ltd., Leduc Utilities Ltd., Morinville Utilities Ltd., St. Paul Utilities Ltd., and Westlock Utilities Ltd.
1954
Alberta Consolidated Gas Ltd. is renamed Great Northern Gas Utilities Ltd.
1955
Plains-Western Gas & Electric Co. Ltd. acquires the assets of Great Northern Gas Utilities Ltd.
1979
Plains-Western Gas & Electric Co. Ltd. is renamed Inter-City Gas Utilities (ICG) Ltd.
1980
Plains-Western Gas & Electric Co. Ltd. is acquired by Inter-City Gas Corporation and renamed ICG Utilities (Plains-Western) Ltd.
1985
ICG Utilities (Plains-Western) Ltd. is renamed ICG Utilities (Alberta) Ltd.
1987
ICG Utilities (Alberta) Ltd. acquires the assets of Bonnyville Gas Company Ltd.
1991
ICG Utilities (Alberta) Ltd. is acquired by Westcoast Energy Inc. and renamed Centre Gas Alberta Inc.
1998
Centre Gas Alberta Inc. is acquired by AltaGas Services Inc.
1999
Centre Gas is renamed AltaGas Utilities Inc.
2018-2020
AltaGas Utilities Inc. is acquired by AltaGas Canada Inc. AltaGas Canada is renamed TriSummit Utilities in 2020.
