Kern River Gas Transmission

What Kern River Gas Transmission does

Kern River Gas Transmission Company operates a 1,700-mile interstate natural gas pipeline that transports supply from southwestern Wyoming through Utah and Nevada to delivery points in Bakersfield, California. The system has been in continuous commercial service since February 1992 and is designed to move up to 2.17 Bcf/day, supported by 11 compression stations totaling 383,500 horsepower. It is a privately held subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Energy and sits within the BHE Pipeline Group alongside Northern Natural Gas and BHE GT&S. The company is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is incorporated in Iowa.

The pipeline serves three customer categories: electric generation facilities, local distribution companies, and industrial and enhanced oil recovery (EOR) operators. As a FERC-regulated interstate carrier, Kern River recovers costs and earns returns through tariff-based rates published under its FERC certificate, with additional operating flexibility granted by a PHMSA MAOP special permit. The asset's economic profile is therefore driven by contracted capacity utilization and regulated rate recovery rather than commodity price exposure. The system reports among the lowest methane intensity metrics in the industry, with a BHE Pipeline Group-wide leak rate of 0.027% in 2024, materially below the 1% ONE Future Initiative target.

Operationally, the business is asset-heavy and capital-intensive, with sunk-cost economics from its long-life right-of-way and compression infrastructure. There is no public disclosure of throughput, customer concentration, revenue, headcount, or leadership detail in the available input, which limits granularity on financial trajectory and shipper mix. Strategically, the asset functions as a stable, regulated cash-flow contributor inside Berkshire Hathaway Energy's broader energy infrastructure portfolio.

Name

Kern River Gas Transmission

Legal name

Kern River Gas Transmission Company

Website

https://kernrivergas.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Kern River Gas Transmission is a Berkshire Hathaway Energy subsidiary operating a 1,700-mile FERC-regulated interstate natural gas pipeline from Wyoming to California, serving electric generators, local distribution companies, and industrial/EOR customers with 2.17 Bcf/day of capacity.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Salt Lake City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Others, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Natural Gas Transportation Services: Fee-based natural gas pipeline transportation service providing capacity to move gas from producing basins (Rocky Mountain) to western markets. Revenue derived from capacity reservation and usage charges under regulated tariffs approved by FERC. Long-term transportation contracts with customers including electric generators, local distribution companies, and industrial operations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Kern River Gas Transmission operates a 1,700-mile interstate natural gas pipeline that transports gas from producing fields in southwestern Wyoming through Utah and southern Nevada to the San Joaquin Valley near Bakersfield, California. The pipeline has a design capacity of 2.17 billion cubic feet per day, supported by 11 compression stations with 383,500 total horsepower, and is fully automated and monitored in real time from a gas control center in Salt Lake City.

Product overview

Kern River Gas Transmission operates a single unified core offering: an interstate natural gas pipeline transportation service. The company provides one primary product—their 1,700-mile natural gas pipeline system—which delivers natural gas from Wyoming producing fields to markets in Utah (Salt Lake City), Nevada (Las Vegas), and Southern California (Bakersfield). The service is supported by a customer services portal for account management. The pipeline system includes 11 compression stations with 383,500 total horsepower and operates at a design capacity of approximately 2.17 billion cubic feet per day.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Natural Gas Pipeline Transportation Service Interstate natural gas pipeline transportation service providing capacity to move natural gas from producing basins in southwestern Wyoming to markets in Utah, Nevada, and California. Delivers approximately 2.17 Bcf/day across 1,700 miles of pipeline supported by 11 compression stations. Available to electric generation facilities, local distribution companies, and industrial customers under FERC-regulated long-term transportation agreements.
• Customer Services Portal Online customer portal providing access to transportation services, billing, and account management for electric generation facilities, local distribution companies, and industrial customers. Accessible via services.kernrivergas.com.

Quantifiable outcome

• 2.17 billion cubic feet per day design capacity
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• BHE Pipeline GroupcoreOthersKern River is part of BHE Pipeline Group, which also includes Northern Natural Gas and BHE GT&S. The combined entity tracks methane emissions collectively with a leak rate of 0.027% in 2024, significantly below the ONE Future Initiative goal of 1%. This is an affiliated company relationship under Berkshire Hathaway Energy ownership.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kern-river-gas-transmission

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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