Nicor Gas is an energy company headquartered in Naperville, Illinois with its primary subsidiary being a natural gas distribution utility serving northern Illinois excluding Chicago.
Under Illinois’ deregulated energy market, customers have the freedom to select their natural gas suppliers independently. Learn more at Choose Energy.
Safety
Nicor login is committed to providing its customers with safe and efficient natural gas service, offering numerous programs designed to save both money and energy consumption, and informing them what steps should be taken if there is an unexpected leak or other emergency situation.
Nicor’s utility’s meter upgrade program has installed small two-way communication devices into all 2.2 million meters across its service territory, enabling Nicor to collect detailed consumption data – eliminating estimated meter reads and guaranteeing customers only pay for what they use.
Nicor is actively engaged in community initiatives designed to enhance its customers’ lives, such as bill payment assistance programs, food insecurity support initiatives and financial literacy training courses. Furthermore, the company sponsors local fire department open houses which serve as educational platforms regarding natural gas safety issues.
Reliability
Nicor Natural Gas provides clean, safe and cost-effective natural gas energy solutions for homes and businesses across New Mexico. We pride ourselves on offering reliable service while investing in innovations to meet future energy demands.
Through their partnership with Habitat for Humanity, the company is developing the first Smart Neighborhood in Northern Illinois as a showcase of dual energy solutions. The community will feature both an efficient building envelope design and green gas meter installation to demonstrate that sustainable living can be affordable.
Energy deregulation allows customers in Nicor’s service area to select their gas supplier of choice for gas supply, taking advantage of energy deregulation. Many alternative suppliers provide natural gas plans at prices lower than utility rates; many door-to-door sellers sell offers door-to-door or online; consumer group CUB has received reports of misleading marketing and bad deals, so we advise our members to shop around.
Nicor Gas offers low-cost payment plans and provides eligible households with monthly bill credits through its PIPP program, while operating its Shield of Caring program to assist people with past-due balances. Furthermore, Nicor has invested in modernizing meters using Sensus from Xylem as part of a Sensus Meter Modernization Project.
Energy Efficiency
Nicor Gas customers can take advantage of a free virtual home energy assessment and energy kit consisting of low-flow showerheads, faucet aerators, pipe insulation material and more to save energy throughout their home.
Nicor Gas is one of the largest natural gas providers in Illinois and strives to ensure a sustainable energy future every day through cutting-edge research and development, quality customer solutions and enriching communities.
Ni-Gas has steadily broadened its services over time. Starting out as local gas distribution and purchasing more pipelines, the company later ventured into contract drilling, barge transport and exploration activities.
Ni-Gas also faced its share of scandal, such as an incident when workers trying to install new mercury-filled natural gas regulators released toxic mercury into thousands of homes during installation, leading the company to pay $130 million for repairs and cleaning costs; as a result, its turbulent start to the new century encouraged it to remain more focused on its core business activities.
Customer Service
Natural gas offers an affordable and sustainable energy solution for homes. Discover its billing/payment options, ways to save, home improvement programs, natural gas vehicles and much more.
Nicor Gas provides comprehensive services to meet the energy needs of its residential, commercial and industrial customers in northern Illinois. Their knowledgeable and dedicated customer representatives are on hand to address inquiries or assist with requests.
NBC 5 Responds recently reported on business practices identified by an insider as predatory at Nicor Home Solutions, its sister company offering home warranty plans. Sales tactics employed at Nicor Home Solutions included misleading mailers featuring Nicor Gas’ name and logo that led customers to contact sales people pressuring them into purchasing unneeded products and services.
Federal Trade Commission estimates utility scams cost Americans an estimated annual total of $2.3 billion, so Nicor Gas joins other U.S. and Canadian energy companies in commemorating November 16 as National Utility Scam Awareness Day to bring attention to this problem.
