Calgary-based pipeline and energy giant Enbridge Inc (TSX:ENB) has announced a trio of acquisition deals with Dominion Energy that would make it the largest gas company by volume in North America.
Enbridge agreed to purchase East Ohio Gas Co, Questar Gas and Public Service Company of North Carolina for a combined price of $14 billion.
All told, Enbridge says the new additions would bring the companies’s total delivery to 9.3 billion cubic feet per day of gas to customers in the US and Canada.
“Adding natural gas utilities of this scale and quality, at a historically attractive multiple, is a once-in-a-generation opportunity. The transaction also reinforces our position as the first-choice energy delivery company in North America,” CEO Greg Ebel said in a statement.
Shares of Enbridge fell more than 6% in extended trading following the news. Dominion Energy stock slid nearly 2%.
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