Exhibit 21 PRINCIPAL OPERATING SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES The Houston Exploration Company 1331 Lamar Houston, Texas Gas Energy Inc. Gas Energy Cogeneration Inc. 111 Livingston Street Brooklyn, New York 11201 KeySpan Energy Services Inc. 300 First Stamford Place Stamford, Connecticut 06902 KeySpan Energy Management Inc. 30 Jericho Executive Plaza Center Wing Jericho, New York 11753 KeySpan Energy Canada, Ltd. 4500 Banker's Hall East 655 Second Street, S.W. Calgary, Alberta Canada T2P 4K7 KeySpan Energy Corporation One MetroTech Center Brooklyn, New York 11201-3850 The Brooklyn Union Gas Company d/b/a Brooklyn Union One MetroTech Center Brooklyn, New York 11201 KeySpan Gas East Corporation d/b/a Brooklyn Union of Long Island 175 East Old Country Road Hicksville, New York 11801 KeySpan Energy Development Corporation One MetroTech Center Brooklyn, New York 11201 KeySpan Energy Services Inc. 300 First Stamford Place Stamford, Connecticut 06902 KeySpan Energy Management Inc. 30 Jericho Executive Plaza Center Wing Jericho, New York 11753 KeySpan Energy Solutions LLC 222-40 96th Avenue Queens Village, New York 11429 KeySpan Generation LLC 175 East Old Country Road Hicksville, New York 11801 Keyspan Electric Services LLC 175 East Old Country Road Hicksville, New York 11801 KeySpan Energy Trading Services LLC 100 East Old Country Road Hicksville, New York 11801