ONE Gas, Inc. provides natural gas distribution services.
The company provides natural gas distribution services to approximately 2.3 million customers and are the largest natural gas distributor in Oklahoma and Kansas and the third largest in Texas, in terms of customers. The company primarily serves residential, commercial and transportation customers in all three states. The company's largest natural gas distribution markets in terms of customers are Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma; Kansas...
ONE Gas, Inc. provides natural gas distribution services.
The company provides natural gas distribution services to approximately 2.3 million customers and are the largest natural gas distributor in Oklahoma and Kansas and the third largest in Texas, in terms of customers. The company primarily serves residential, commercial and transportation customers in all three states. The company's largest natural gas distribution markets in terms of customers are Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma; Kansas City, Wichita and Topeka, Kansas; and Austin and El Paso, Texas. The company's three divisions, Oklahoma Natural Gas, Kansas Gas Service and Texas Gas Service, distribute natural gas to approximately 89 percent, 71 percent and 13 percent of the natural gas distribution customers in Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas, respectively.
Strategy
The company is committed, first and foremost, to pursuing a zero-incident safety and 100-percent compliance culture. The company meets growing customer demand, support economic development, and manage its system investments for the long-term. The company focuses on reducing its emissions and supporting its customers' emission reduction efforts. The company provides reliable and affordable energy to its customers by efficiently managing its resources and leveraging technology solutions to enhance operational efficiency.
Supply
The company purchased 160 Bcf of natural gas supply in 2023. The company's natural gas supply portfolio consists of contracts with varying terms from a diverse group of suppliers. The company award these contracts through competitive-bidding processes to ensure reliable and competitively priced natural gas supply. The company acquires its natural gas supply from natural gas processors, marketers and producers.
In each jurisdiction in which the company operates, changes in customer usage are considered in the periodic redesign of its rates.
As of December 31, 2023, the company had 58.1 Bcf of natural gas storage capacity under contract with remaining terms ranging from one to ten years and maximum allowable daily withdrawal capacity of approximately 1.7 Bcf. This storage capacity allows the company to purchase natural gas during the off-peak season and store it for use in the winter periods. This storage is also needed to support the reliability of gas deliveries during peak demands for natural gas. Approximately 32 percent of the company's winter natural gas supply needs for its sales customers is expected to be supplied from storage.
Seasonality
The impact on the company's natural gas sales resulting from weather temperatures that are above or below normal is offset partially through its WNA (weather normalization adjustment) mechanisms.
Properties
The company leases approximately 300 thousand square feet of office space and other facilities for its operations. In addition, the company has 58.1 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of natural gas storage capacity under contract, with maximum allowable daily withdrawal capacity of approximately 1.7 Bcf.
Regulations
The company is subject to the regulations and oversight of the state and local regulatory authorities of the territories in which it operates. Rates and charges for natural gas distribution services are established by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) for Oklahoma Natural Gas and by the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) for Kansas Gas Service. Rates and charges in the incorporated cities of the company's service areas in Texas are established by those cities, which have primary jurisdiction for their respective service areas. Rates and charges in the unincorporated areas of the company's service territory in Texas are established by the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC). All appellate matters in Texas are subject to regulatory oversight by the RRC.
Oklahoma Natural Gas operates under a PBRC mechanism, which provides for streamlined annual rate reviews between rate cases to adjust rates for incremental capital investment and changes in revenue and allowed expenses. Kansas Gas Service files periodic rate cases with the KCC as needed. Texas Gas Service provides service to customers in various service areas. The company has natural gas financial hedging programs that have been authorized by the OCC, KCC and certain jurisdictions in Texas.
History
ONE Gas, Inc. was founded in 1906. The company was incorporated in 2013.