1934

• Arkansas Louisiana Gas was formed from a merger of several small natural gas companies.
• Nationwide natural gas pipeline system expanded to Minnesota, and Minneapolis Gas Light Co. began using natural gas with manufactured gas.

1931

• Galveston Electric Company and electric properties of Galveston-Houston Railroad Company and Hitchcock Ice & Storage Company purchased on August 17.

1930

• Houston's first lighted, nighttime baseball game played July 22.
• Houston Gas & Fuel joined 39 other small independent companies in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi to form United Gas Corporation on June 3.