MDU Resources Group Inc. is a natural gas utility with smaller electric utility operations. Through WBI, the company transports gas and controls 3,800 miles of pipeline in the Northern Plains and maintains one of the largest underground storage fields in North America. Through its four regulated utilities it provides generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity to 145,000 customers and gas to about 1 million customers. Utility service regions spread across eight states-WY, SD, MN, ND, ID, MT, WA, and OR. Compared with peers, the company has relatively modest generating capacity of about 700 MW. Its 2024 generation fuel mix is about 40% gas, 31% coal, and 29% renewable. Once its 2025 joint venture wind farm becomes fully operational, the fuel mix is projected to be 35% natural gas, 26% coal, and 39% renewables. The company was founded in in 1924 as a small utility until it branched out into the construction industry. It spun off two construction service companies in 2023 and 2024. Restated 2024 operating revenues were $1.8 billion, of which about 70% was from natural gas distribution and 24% was from electricity sales. About half of 2024 electricity sales and about 40% gas sales were to commercial and industrial customers. At the end of 2024, the company's electric rate base is about $1.5 billion and its natural gas distribution rate base is about $1.9 billion. The company is a member of the S&P Small Cap 600 Index. The company's market cap is about $3.4 billion.

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MDU Resources Group has interests in electric and natural gas utilities, as well as natural gas pipelines. Its core utility operation, Montana-Dakota Utilities, distributes natural gas and electricity to more than one million customers in Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Minnesota, Washington, Idaho, and Oregon. MDU is headquartered in Bismarck, North Dakota and has about 9,000 employees. The shares are a component of the S&P 400 Index.