Columbia Gas of Massachusetts News

Struggle Continues Months After Massachusetts Gas Blasts

Some Massachusetts homeowners and small businesses are still struggling to return to normalcy after September’s dramatic gas pipeline explosions, even as the utility responsible says the vast majority of customers have heat and hot water again. Columbia Gas said this …

State Senators Say Utility Was ‘Woefully’ Unprepared for Gas Explosions

The natural gas company at the center of the explosions north of Boston, Mass., last month was “woefully unprepared” to prevent or respond to the unfolding disaster, Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey said Friday after a review of internal …

Massachusetts Program Aims to Curb Arsons Committed by Youth

Columbia Gas of Massachusetts has donated $5,000 to an organization that offers education and intervention to children who set fires. NoFIRES, a nonprofit, was developed in 2012 by the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office, fire and law enforcement officials, mental health …