Natural Gas Utility

Natural gas is the most comfortable heat source; it is low-cost and affordable, energy-efficient and environmentally friendly. Natural gas appliances and equipment are proven contributors to reducing greenhouse carbon emissions, which will save you money and help the planet. Richmond Gas Works provides natural gas to the city of Richmond and portions of Henrico and Chesterfield Counties. For natural gas safety, click here. 

Richmond Gas Works 

Natural gas is the most comfortable heat source; it is low-cost and affordable, energy-efficient and environmentally friendly. Experience a warmer home, endless hot water, enjoy perfectly prepared meals, take advantage of your new outdoor natural gas kitchen for celebrations with friends, enjoy the warmth and coziness of a natural gas fireplace, and help the planet, while saving money on your utility bills.

It’s a sure fit for business, too. Using natural gas for heat, equipment or power enhances any business’s bottom line by reducing your operating costs. The cost of natural gas has never been more affordable, the performance and efficiency of natural gas is unsurpassed and it reduces your business’s carbon footprint. Its reliability and efficiency is unsurpassed among other fuel choices. Simply put using natural gas is the smart choice.

Richmond Gas Works provides natural gas to the city of Richmond and portions of Henrico and Chesterfield Counties.

Richmond Gas Works is the provider of our natural gas. For information on natural gas, including its availability in your area and permit information, visit Richmond Gas Works.

Fulton Gas Works 

Things are about to get busy at the site of the old Fulton Gas Works! For years, the City of Richmond's Department of Public Utilities has been engaged in a project to remediate the former industrial property that began producing natural gas for city streetlights over 150 years ago. The project site, located in the east end of Richmond sandwiched between Main St./Rte. 5 and Williamsburg Ave., harkens back to the industrial past of Richmond's riverfront.

Beginning in 2016 with an analysis of the site's soil and groundwater the City has been preparing to undertake an extensive remediation of the property, whose legacy of coal gasification and extensive exposure to rail operations in the days of steam locomotives has left its mark in the subsurface. The first phase of remediation, which included the dismantling of the gasometer, preservation of the emblems from the broiler building and demolition of all above-ground structures, was begun in 2021 and is now complete. The second phase of remediation will include the demolition of the buildings' foundations, removal of subsurface piping and conduit, excavation of soil deemed contaminated and replacement thereof with imported clean soil. Work will begin in January 2025 and is expected to take several months

Phase 1 Status

Phase 2 Status

Historical Details
Asbestos Reports
Cultural Resource and Current Condition Assessment
Environmental Assessment Phase I
Environmental Assessment Phase II
Environmental Assessment - Additional Properties 
Gasometer Dismantling Plan
Lead Paint Reports
Site Characterization Report
Site Characterization Report (Main St. Parcels)
Soil Gas Report
Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure Reports