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10/16/18 3:30 pm EDTWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Washington Gas today joined the Junior Achievement (JA) of Greater Washington for the grand opening of JA Finance Park® in Montgomery County, Maryland. Together with local elected officials, corporate sponsors, students and faculty, the event celebrated the ongoing success of JA Finance Park® to provide an innovative and interactive environment for middle-school students to learn personal finance literacy skills and the economics of life for themore
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8/7/18 8:30 am EDTWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--To commemorate National 811 Day in the nation’s capital, Washington Gas is showcasing major progress made across all three of its service territories in Maryland, Washington, D.C. and Virginia to significantly reduce damage to natural gas lines caused by unsafe digging. In the United States, every nine minutes an underground utility line is damaged because of digging by individuals who do not call 811 beforehand. One of the leadingmore
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6/15/18 4:15 pm EDTWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Washington Gas, a WGL Company (NYSE: WGL), today filed a 5-year plan with the Maryland Public Service Commission to continue progress in the Company’s Strategic Infrastructure Development and Enhancement (STRIDE) initiative to replace aging pipelines in its natural gas system throughout the state. STRIDE allows Washington Gas to recover its costs as investments are made, enabling the acceleration of natural gas infrastructuremore
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4/18/18 8:30 am EDTWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Washington Gas Light Company, a WGL Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: WGL) company, has been named a Top Utility Environmental Champion of 2018, according to a new Cogent Reports survey of utility customers nationwide conducted by Market Strategies International. The results designate the top 43 utilities throughout the country that have shown dedication to environmental stewardship and are published in a report called Utility Trusted Brand & Customermore
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4/2/18 4:15 pm EDTWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Washington Gas is proud to announce that it has received the 2018 ENERGY STAR® Award for Excellence for its outstanding efforts in ENERGY STAR Promotion. Washington Gas’ accomplishments will be recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. on April 20, 2018. Washington Gas, an ENERGY STAR partner since 2015, will be honored as a distinguished leader inmore
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1/11/18 4:15 pm ESTWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Washington Gas, a WGL Holdings, Inc. company (NYSE: WGL), is joining The Salvation Army, Washington Capitals, Washington Wizards, Washington Mystics, AltaGas, NBC4, WTOP, The Washington Post and numerous other partners to promote the critical need for winter heating assistance. The organizations are supporting the first-ever Ice House fundraiser to benefit the Washington Area Fuel Fund (WAFF), which serves thousands of families in themore
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11/28/17 8:30 am ESTWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WGL Holdings, Inc. (WGL) recently earned the Parity Award, special recognition from the Women’s Forum of New York, for accelerating gender parity in the boardroom with 44 percent of its Board of Director seats held by women. During the Breakfast of Corporate Champions, a biennial program, WGL accepted the honor for demonstrating gender balance in the boardroom as a strategic business imperative and for serving as an inspiration for othermore
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11/4/17 1:00 pm EDTWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WGL Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: WGL) today held its fifth annual “Day of Weatherization,” a community initiative helping hundreds of local residents in need across the region to stay warm and lower heating bills when temperatures drop this winter. More than 225 WGL volunteers worked in neighborhoods in Maryland, Virginia, the District of Columbia and West Virginia on a range of efforts from weatherizing houses to installing solar arraysmore
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10/23/17 8:30 am EDTWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Washington Gas announced today that customers may experience an increase of up to 18 percent in heating bills compared to last winter because of the mild weather last year. Natural gas prices may vary if temperatures are colder than projected and create an increased demand for natural gas. With a return to normal weather anticipated this winter, which could result in increased usage, Washington Gas encourages customers to prepare themselves formore
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8/7/17 4:05 pm EDTWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WGL Holdings, Inc. announced that Corporate Responsibility (CR) Magazine, the leading voice for the corporate responsibility profession, recently named Terry D. McCallister, Chairman and CEO at WGL Holdings, Inc. and Washington Gas, a finalist for the 10th annual Responsible CEO Awards. The recognition identifies corporate leaders who are committed to a progressive environmental, social and governance agenda, and demonstrate a personalmore