LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION commemorating the 50th Anniversary of St.
Lawrence Gas on May 10, 2012

WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to recognize those
businesses within the State of New York which contribute to the economic
health and vitality of the communities they serve; and
WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its long-
standing traditions, this Legislative Body is justly proud to commem-
orate the 50th Anniversary of St. Lawrence Gas, to be celebrated on
Thursday, May 10, 2012, at River Road Restaurant at the Massena Country
Club in Massena, New York; and
WHEREAS, St. Lawrence Gas was incorporated in 1957 and served its
first natural gas customer in 1962; and
WHEREAS, The company provides natural gas to approximately 14,000
residential customers, 1,700 commercial customers and 24 industrial
customers; and
WHEREAS, St. Lawrence Gas employs 45 employees at its headquarters in
Massena, New York, and satellite office in Ogdensburg; the work force is
highly trained with over 920 hundred years of collective experience in
the natural gas industry; and
WHEREAS, As a regulated public utility in the business of selling and
transporting natural gas to its customers, the company provides service
to the cities, towns and villages of Beaver Falls, Canton, Croghan,
Gouverneur, Heuvelton, Lisbon, Madrid, Massena, New Bremen, Norfolk,
Norwood, Ogdensburg, Potsdam, Raymondville and Waddington; and
WHEREAS, St. Lawrence Gas has installed more than 572 miles of main
and service lines within a service territory approximately 800 square
miles across Northern New York; and
WHEREAS, Over 90% of the business and residential customers located
within St. Lawrence Gas's service territory have selected natural gas as
their fuel of choice; and
WHEREAS, St. Lawrence Gas is a wholly owned subsidiary of Enbridge Gas
Distribution, Canada's largest gas distribution utility and one of the
fastest growing in North America; and
WHEREAS, Enbridge Gas Distribution and its affiliates serve about 2
million customers in central and eastern Ontario, southwestern Quebec
and parts of northern New York State; and
WHEREAS, Businesses such as St. Lawrence Gas exert a strong, positive
influence on the communities they serve and are a crucial element in the
economy of New York State; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
commemorate the 50th Anniversary of St. Lawrence Gas on May 10, 2012;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to St. Lawrence Gas.