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Northwest Natural Gas Company (NWN)At 4:03PM ET: 45.25  Up 0.45 (1.00%)  
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Northwest Natural Gas Company
220 NW Second Avenue
Portland, OR 97209
United States - Map
Phone: 503-226-4211
Fax: 503-273-4824
Web Site: http://www.nwnatural.com

DETAILS 
Index Membership:S&P 600 SmallCap
S&P 1500 Super Comp
Sector:Utilities
Industry:Gas Utilities
Full Time Employees:1,117

BUSINESS SUMMARY 
Northwest Natural Gas Company, doing business as NW Natural, engages in the storage and distribution of natural gas in Oregon, Washington and California. The company operates in two segments, Local Gas Distribution and Gas Storage. The Local Gas Distribution segment distributes natural gas in Oregon and southwest Washington. This segment engages in building and maintaining pipeline distribution system, purchasing gas from producers and marketers, contracting for the transportation of gas over pipelines from the supply basins to service territory, and reselling the gas to customers. It also transports gas owned by customers from the interstate pipeline connection, or city gate, to the customersÂ’ facilities. This segment serves various industries, including pulp, paper, and other forest products; companies manufacturing electronic, electrochemical, and electrometallurgical products; companies engaged in processing of farm and food products; metal fabrication and casting companies; organizations that produce various mineral products, machine tools, machinery, and textiles; companies that manufacture asphalt, concrete, and rubber; printing and publishing companies; nurseries; government and educational institutions; and electric generation companies. As of December 31, 2008, it served approximately 590,000 residential customers, 62,000 commercial customers, and 1,000 industrial sales and transportation customers in 124 cities and neighboring communities in 15 Oregon counties, as well as in 14 cities and neighboring communities in 3 Washington counties. The Gas Storage segment provides underground natural gas storage services to interstate and intrastate customers in the Pacific Northwest. This segment serves primarily natural gas distribution, electric generation, and energy marketing companies. The company was founded in 1910 and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon.
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    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 
    Northwest Natural Gas Company's Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ®) as of 1-Dec-09 is better than 89% of S&P 600 companies and 69.4% of Utilities companies.
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    KEY EXECUTIVES 
     PayExercised
    Mr. Gregg S. Kantor , 51
    Chief Exec. Officer, Pres
    $ 601.00K $ 0
    Mr. David H. Anderson , 47
    Chief Financial Officer and Sr. VP
    $ 535.00K $ 0
    Ms. Lea Anne Doolittle , 53
    Sr. VP
    $ 343.00K $ 0
    Ms. Margaret D. Kirkpatrick , 54
    VP and Gen. Counsel
    $ 373.00K $ 0
    Mr. David A. Weber ,
    Chief Information Officer of Information Services
    N/A N/A
    Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-08 and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc. "Exercised" is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year.
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