Elizabethtown Gas Honors Contractor of the Year with Golden Meter

February 13, 2006

From left, Ira Pearl, vice president of Engineering, AGL Resources; Frank Evans, co-owner, Skoda Contracting Co.; Derek Menton, director of Operations, Skoda; Donald Carter, vice president of Operations, Elizabethtown Gas; Mark Daly, general manager, Skoda.

UNION, N.J. – Feb. 13, 2006 – Elizabethtown Gas, a subsidiary of Atlanta-based AGL Resources (NYSE: ATG), recently honored Skoda Contracting Co. as the Contractor of the Year for its “culture of excellence” in installing natural gas mains and services, the facilities that deliver the fuel to homes and businesses.

“At a time when the nation’s attention is focused on energy efficiency, we’re pleased to recognize a family-owned utility construction company in Flanders for its outstanding installation of our natural gas infrastructure in New Jersey,” said Don Carter, vice president of Operations at Elizabethtown Gas. “Skoda and its employees have served us well as we upgrade our delivery systems. Skoda, with its outstanding leadership, has embraced our values of quality performance, customer service and safety.”

Frank Evans, co-owner of Skoda, accepted the golden gas meter trophy, which is presented each year to the winner to display for 12 months. Commemorative plaques produced by Gold Cup Trophies, an Elizabethtown Gas customer in Phillipsburg, N.J. , and the golden meter were presented by Carter and other Elizabethtown Gas officials during a dinner honoring Skoda employees at Sheffield's Restaurant in Mountainside, N.J., another Elizabethtown Gas customer. “We are honored to be the first recipient of this award,” Evans said. “We are proud of our excellent record during our association with Elizabethtown Gas. It is deeply satisfying to play a role in making sure that New Jersey residents receive the natural gas they need to heat their homes and businesses.”

Skoda Contracting Co., which was founded as a welding company in the 1950s by the late Jan Skoda, specializes in natural gas pipeline construction. The company expanded into utility construction in the 1960s. Today it remains a family operation, owned and operated by Jan Skoda’s son Marc and son-in-law Frank Evans.

Skoda has worked with Elizabethtown Gas since 1968. Prior to Atlanta-based AGL Resources’ purchase of the New Jersey natural gas company in 2004, Skoda officials visited Georgia to learn about AGL Resources’ highly computerized construction management.

“AGL Resources is on the cutting edge of the utility industry,” Evans said. “The challenge and excitement for Skoda in 2005 was to fully embrace the responsibilities of being ‘empowered’ by AGL Resources, i.e. to design, purchase, build, record and maintain the system while meeting their time constraints for documentation and customer satisfaction and the demands of a safety program second to none. The challenge was met by developing several field-to-base computer systems, adding four of the top gas men in the industry to our staff, and a commitment to excellence by our office staff and field personnel.”

Evans said Skoda has revamped much of its business and expanded its staff in to better coordinate with Elizabethtown Gas. “The AGL Resources construction model has helped us prepare for the future in New Jersey, where other utilities will be sure to adopt many of their best practices,” he added.

About Elizabethtown Gas Elizabethtown Gas, a wholly owned subsidiary of AGL Resources (NYSE: ATG), provides delivery service to more than 265,000 residential, business and industrial natural gas customers in New Jersey. In operation since 1855, the company serves parts of Union, Middlesex, Sussex, Warren, Hunterdon, Morris and Mercer counties. For more information, visit www.elizabethtowngas.com.
 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 in 2006 as well as a Fortune 1000 company in 2005, AGL Resources reported revenue of $2.7 billion and net income of $193 million in 2004. 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 Networks, the company's telecommunications subsidiary, owns and operates fiber optic networks in Atlanta and Phoenix. The company also owns and operates Jefferson Island Storage & Hub, a high-deliverability natural gas storage facility near the Henry Hub in Louisiana. For more information, visit www.aglresources.com.