Over the last decade, excessive, wasteful gas-pipeline spending has been business-as-usual for major Illinois utilities like Peoples Gas, Ameren Illinois and Nicor.

Nicor Gas delivers natural gas to residential and business customers in northern Illinois. Operating since 1954, its services encompass gas supply, pipeline maintenance and energy efficiency programs.

Residents of a Drake Avenue block in Lincolnwood were evacuated from their homes for hours earlier this month, after a subcontractor hit a natural gas line while digging and caused a gas leak, acco… ...

Nicor Gas has completed underground repairs and surface restoration work to West Washington Street allowing it to be reopened for vehicular traffic.

U.S. energy firms this week cut the number of oil and natural gas rigs operating for an 11th week in a row for the first time ...

The chief said as crews waited for Nicor Gas workers to arrive, police and the Pontiac Department of Streets, Alleys and Sidewalks shut down Howard Street and assisted with traffic control.

CHICAGO -- A utility watchdog group asked state regulators Wednesday to fine Nicor Gas $27 million, alleging the company lied about a natural gas pricing plan that cost customers millions of dollars.

Nicor Energy was a joint venture of Naperville-based Nicor Inc. and Houston-based Dynegy Inc., both publicly traded companies, to buy and sell natural gas and electricity.