Fort Hill Natural Gas Authority was established by an act of the South Carolina Legislature on March 31, 1952 (Act #799). Our name was taken from "Fort Hill," the former home of statesman John C. Calhoun which is located on the campus of Clemson University in upstate South Carolina.

Fort Hill Natural Gas Authority was established by the South Carolina Legislature to serve the municipalities and outlying areas of Oconee, Pickens and portions of Anderson Counties. By statute, Fort Hill is a non-profit, tax-exempt entity and is authorized to issue tax-exempt "municipal" bonds to construct and expand our natural gas distribution network and facilities. There are 4 other Natural Gas Authorities in South Carolina, each of which was established by separate legislation. The others are Chester County Natural Gas Authority, Clinton-Newberry Natural Gas Authority, Lancaster County Natural Gas Authority and York County Natural Gas Authority.

When the Enabling Act was written, there were 6 original member municipalities of the Authority, which were: Central, Clemson, Easley, Liberty, Seneca and Williamston. The municipalities of Norris, Pelzer, Pendleton, Pickens, Six Mile, Walhalla, Westminster, West Pelzer and West Union have become members of the Authority since that time

As also specified in the Enabling Act, the governing body of the Authority is a 6 member Board Of Directors each member of which is appointed by the Governor of South Carolina to serve a term of 6 years.

The corporate offices of Fort Hill are located at 311 S. Pendleton Street in Easley, South Carolina. Two other customer service offices are located at 214 N. Walnut Street in Seneca, South Carolina and at 701 N. Hamilton Street in Williamston, South Carolina. The Authority has an Appliance Sales and Service Center located at 106 E. Second Avenue adjacent to its main office on Pendleton Street in Easley. Management offices, accounting and customer billing, engineering, construction and marketing offices are located in the Easley facilities.

Fort Hill has 78 full time employees, serves approximately 37,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers in a 3 county service area. We maintain approximately 2,413 miles of steel and PE plastic distribution gas mains and service lines of varying diameters between 5/8" and 10".

Fort Hill purchases natural gas for resale to our customers on the open market. The gas is transported from various sources in the gas-producing regions of the United States to Fort Hill primarily via Transcontinental Gas Pipeline (Transco). We have 3 interconnects with Transco in Anderson County, South Carolina.

Under the guidance of our Board of Directors, Fort Hill is a progressive company that continually looks for more efficient and economical ways of serving our customers by using new methods and technology whenever possible. The Board of Directors, management and employees of Fort Hill are dedicated to providing clean and dependable natural gas, quality appliances and dependable, competent service to our customers at the least possible expense.