Subsidiary | |
Industry | Natural gas |
Headquarters | Atlanta, GA, United States |
Area served
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United States |
Key people
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Andrew W. Evans (President) & (CEO) |
Revenue | US$4.617 Billion (FY 2013) |
US$686 Million (FY 2013) | |
US$313 Million (FY 2013) | |
Total assets | US$14.656 Billion (FY 2013) |
Total equity | US$3.676 Billion (FY 2013) |
Number of employees
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6,094 (Dec 2013) |
Parent | Southern Company |
Website | southerncompanygas.com |
Southern Company Gas, formerly AGL Resources, is an American Fortune 500 energy services holding company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The company’s operations consist of natural gas distribution, wholesale services, retail operations, and midstream operations. Southern Company Gas is one of the largest natural gas distribution companies in the United States. The company serves 4.5 million utility customers through its regulated distribution subsidiaries across seven states. Southern Company Gas made the Fortune 500 list in 2015,Forbes 2000 in 2006, and is a member of the S&P 500 Index. In 2016, Southern Company bought out AGL and renamed it Southern Company Gas.
Southern Company Gas distribution operations features seven utilities that deliver natural gas to approximately 4.5 million customers and is the largest component of the business. As of February 2014, the distribution operations consists of Nicor Gas in Illinois, Atlanta Gas Light in Georgia, Virginia Natural Gas in Virginia, Elizabethtown Gas in New Jersey, Florida City Gas in Florida, Chattanooga Gas in Tennessee and Elkton Gas in Maryland. The utilities construct, manage and maintain intrastate natural gas pipelines, distribution facilities and storage facilities. They also respond to and repair gas leaks and other requests for service and are responsible for meter reading. Most of their customers buy their natural gas directly from the Southern Company Gas utilities. However some customers in Illinois and New Jersey and all of the customers in Georgia buy natural gas from their choice of retail marketers due to deregulation in these states.