Citizens Energy Corporation began as an oil company.

The company's earliest business ventures involved the financing, shipping, and selling of refined petroleum products in order to earn profits that were used to reduce the cost of home heating oil for the poor and elderly.

By the early 1980's, Citizens Energy began applying a similar business model to the natural gas industry. Citizens Energy challenged long-standing monopolies over access to the distribution system and won a landmark federal regulatory challenge, which ultimately opened the doors to more competitors in the natural gas market.

Please click on the links above to learn more about Citizens' history of innovation in fossil fuel industries.