Elizabethtown Gas to Donate $150,000 in Energy Assistance Grants to Help Low-Income Elderly Seniors to Receive New or Refurbished Heating Systems

March 1, 2005

WHAT: Elizabethtown Gas, a subsidiary of Atlanta-based AGL Resources (NYSE:ATG), will distribute grants totaling $150,000 to four New Jersey social service organizations on Friday, March 4, 2005 at its first AGL Resources Foundation Energy Assistance Grant Presentation luncheon. The grants are intended to provide energy assistance in the form of new or refurbished heating systems to low-income seniors in the state. The luncheon, at the company’s headquarters in Union, New Jersey, will bring together leaders from the state, local community and the following organizations, which are the 2005 grant recipients:

The New Jersey State Department of Community Affairs

PROCEED Inc. (Union County)

The Puerto Rican Action Board (Middlesex County)

NORWESCAP (Warren, Sussex and Hunterdon County)

WHEN: Friday, March 4, 2005
Noon – 2:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. Photo Opportunity

WHO:

Elizabethtown Gas and AGL Resources:

Hank Linginfelter, president Elizabethtown Gas and senior vice president AGL Resources Mid-Atlantic Region;

Eric Martinez, general manager and vice president Elizabethtown Gas,

Harriette Watkins, vice president community affairs AGL Resources.

Invited Recipients:

Susan Bass Levin, commissioner New Jersey Department of Community Affairs;

Carlos Sanchez, chairman PROCEED Inc

Harry Ayala, chairman of the Board Puerto Rican Action Board,

Terry Newhard, CEO and director NORWESCAP.

Honored Guest:

Seema M. Singh, acting director and ratepayer advocate, State of New Jersey.

WHERE: Elizabethtown Gas Headquarters
One Elizabethtown Plaza
1085 Morris Avenue
Union, NJ 07083

NOTE: Elizabethtown Gas was acquired by AGL Resources on November 30, 2004. AGL Resources fosters a strong commitment to community service through Elizabethtown Gas and its other subsidiaries. In addition to improvements in their natural gas service, Elizabethtown Gas customers should also expect to see more involvement in community activities by the utility and its employees.

CONTACT: TO RSVP OR FOR MORE INFORMATION: Martha Monfried, 908 289 5000 x 5521 (office).