M&A Deal Summary

Unitil Acquires Maine Natural Gas

On April 1, 2025, Unitil acquired utilities company Maine Natural Gas from Avangrid for 86M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Unitil’s 2nd transaction in the Utilities sector.
  • This is Unitil’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Unitil’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Unitil’s 2nd transaction in Maine.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2025-04-01
Target Maine Natural Gas
Sector Utilities
Buyer(s) Unitil
Sellers(s) Avangrid
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 86M USD

Target

Maine Natural Gas

Brunswick, Maine, United States
Maine Natural Gas is a natural-gas distribution utility that serves residential and commercial customers across central and mid-coast Maine. Maine Natural Gas was founded in 1999 and is based in Brunswick, Maine.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Unitil

Hampton, New Hampshire, United States

Category Company
Founded 1984
Sector Utilities
Employees544
Revenue 495M USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Unitil provides energy for life by safely and reliably delivering natural gas and electricity in New England. Unitil was founded in 1984 and is based in Hampton, New Hampshire.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector: Utilities M&A 2 of 2
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 2
State: Maine M&A 2 of 2
Country: United States M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-07-09 Bangor Natural Gas

Bangor, Maine, United States

Bangor Natural Gas is a natural gas distribution company serving approximately 8,500 customers. Bangor owns and operates approximately 351 miles of distribution pipelines and nine miles of transmission pipelines. Bangor Natural Gas is based in Bangor, Maine.

Buy $71M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Avangrid

Orange, Connecticut, United States

Category Company
Founded 1997
Sector Utilities
Employees8,000
Revenue 8.3B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Avangrid is a diversified energy delivery company. Avangrid was founded in 1997 and is based in Orange, Connecticut.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Utilities M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Maine M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1