Citizens Gas & Coke Utility Changing its Name to Citizens Energy Group
 INDIANAPOLIS -- Citizens Gas & Coke Utility announced today it is changing its name to Citizens Energy Group. The new name and logo mark reflect recent changes in company strategy including a renewed emphasis on helping customers conserve energy.
Citizens Energy Group will continue to operate under the not-for-profit public charitable trust created in 1887 and owned by the City of Indianapolis since 1906. This marks only the third name change in the utility's 121-year history. Originally Consumers Gas Trust, the utility became Citizens Gas Company in 1906 and Citizens Gas & Coke Utility in 1935.
"We began discussing a name change for the utility last year when we made the difficult decision to close our coke manufacturing plant after 98 years of operation," said Carey Lykins, President and CEO of Citizens Energy Group. "The new Citizens Energy Group name and logo mark honor our heritage while symbolizing the utility's new strategic emphasis on helping customers conserve energy to reduce their bills and benefit the environment. The new name also reflects the utility’s recent expansion into other energy businesses besides natural gas, including our growing steam, chilled water and facilities management businesses.”
Citizens Energy Group will continue to operate three divisions -- Citizens Gas, Citizens Thermal, and the newly renamed Citizens Resources, formerly Citizens By-Products. The company also will continue operating Citizens Mechanical, a professionally licensed mechanical service provider. Energy customers will continue to see the familiar Citizens Gas, Citizens Thermal, and Citizens Mechanical names in various applications such as billing, company vehicles and uniforms, but they will notice a renewed emphasis on the word "citizens.”
"The emphasis on the word "citizens" in our new brand reaffirms the commitment to service that company founders such as Colonel Eli Lilly made when they chartered the public charitable trust to operate only for the benefit of customers and the community. Our new brand reflects the utility’s recently updated vision to fulfill the promise of the Trust to serve our customers and communities with unparalleled excellence and integrity," commented Lykins.
About Citizens Energy Group
Citizens Energy Group is a Public Charitable Trust providing safe and reliable energy services to about 266,000 customers in and around Marion County. The Public Charitable Trust means the utility is managed only for the benefit of customers and the community.
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