Atlanta Gas Light Donates $445,445 To Salvation Army for Heating Assistance for Low-Income Families.ATLANTA -- Atlanta Gas Light Atlanta Gas Light Company (AGLC), commonly known as Atlanta Gas Light, is the largest natural gas wholesaler in the Southeast U.S., and is the AGL in AGL Resources. It was founded in 1856 and is headquartered in Atlanta, as is AGL Resources. Company, a subsidiary of AGL Resources AGL Resources, Inc. is a Fortune 1000, Forbes 2000 energy services holding company. Their principal business is distribution of natural gas in Florida, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, Tennessee and Virginia, providing gas for more than 2.2 million customers. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ATG ATG antithymocyte globulin. lymphocyte immune globulin (antithymocyte globulin equine, ATG, ATG equine, LIG) Atgam Pharmacologic class: Immunoglobulin Therapeutic class: Immunosuppressant ), donated $445,445 to the Salvation Army Salvation Army, Protestant denomination and international nonsectarian Christian organization for evangelical and philanthropic work. Organization and Beliefs The Salvation Army has established branches in 100 countries throughout the world. of Atlanta for heating assistance for low-income families and the elderly in Georgia. Georgia Public Service Commission Chairman Stan Wise attended the presentation, and Major James Seiler, the Salvation Army's Atlanta area commander, accepted the check from Bryan Batson, senior vice president, external affairs, AGL Resources. "We are pleased that these funds are going to low-income families and the elderly," said Batson. "The Salvation Army is uniquely positioned to make sure this money will help those among us who are most in need. The funds will alleviate the stress of not being able to pay their heating bills." The Georgia Public Service Commission voted in July to recommend that Atlanta Gas Light contribute funds from a consumer education fund to the Salvation Army to help low-income families and the elderly pay their heating bills. An estimated 1,300 low-income households who still owe money on this past winter's natural gas heating bills will be eligible for this assistance. About AGL Resources AGL Resources (NYSE: ATG), an Atlanta-based energy services holding company, serves 2.2 million customers in six states through its utility subsidiaries - Atlanta Gas Light, Elizabethtown Gas in New Jersey, Virginia Natural Gas, Florida City Gas, Chattanooga Gas, and Elkton Gas in Maryland. Ranked by Forbes as one of the 10 Best Managed Utilities and No. 250 in the Forbes Platinum 400 as well as No. 647 on the Fortune 1000 and No. 40 in the Fortune gas and electric utilities sector in 2006, AGL Resources reported revenue of $2.7 billion and net income of $193 million in 2005. The company also owns Houston-based Sequent Energy Management, an asset manager serving natural gas wholesale customers throughout the East and Midwest. As a 70 percent owner in the SouthStar partnership, AGL Resources markets natural gas to consumers in Georgia under the Georgia Natural Gas brand. AGL (programming) AGL - (Atelier de Genie Logiciel) French for IPSE. Networks, the company's telecommunications subsidiary, owns and operates fiber optic networks in Atlanta and Phoenix. The company also owns and operates Pivotal Jefferson Island Storage & Hub, a high-deliverability natural gas storage facility near the Henry Hub Henry Hub is the pricing point for natural gas futures contracts traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX). It is a point on the natural gas pipeline system in Erath, Louisiana. It is owned by Sabine Pipe Line LLC. in Louisiana. For more information, visit www.aglresources.com. |
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