Phoenix Energy is marking 30 years since it first brought gas to Northern Ireland, highlighting sustained investment that has expanded energy options for households and businesses and created lasting regional value.

Since laying its first mains and connecting its first customer in 1996, the company has built a gas network of more than 4,000km across Greater Belfast, Larne and East Down. Today, around 266,500 homes and businesses are connected, with natural gas available to over 375,000 properties.

-- Advertisement --

The expansion has also underpinned a strong local supply chain. More than 2,500 people are employed across the wider gas sector, including independent installers, retailers, training centres and trade merchants. Phoenix employs 181 people locally, with generations of colleagues helping to build, operate and grow the network over the past three decades.

Looking ahead, Phoenix is supporting the development of renewable gas—such as biomethane—and assessing how its existing infrastructure can continue to serve customers as Northern Ireland transitions to a lower‑carbon energy system.