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Atmos Energy Cuts Ribbon On $1.5 Million Service Center

Company plans for the future

BOYD, Texas -- May 9, 2006 -- Atmos Energy Corporation today celebrated a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new service center in Boyd, Texas and several city leaders and members of chambers of commerce from surrounding towns were present for the celebration.  An open house and reception followed the ribbon-cutting.

“The new service center is strategically centralized within the region which will help us to continue to provide excellent service to customers,” said Scott Powell, Atmos Energy vice president of metro operations for the Mid-Tex Division.  “We continually seek to improve service, response time and convenience to exceed the expectations of our customers.  As the area’s population grew, we saw the need for a new, more centralized location. This new facility was built to streamline operations and improve customer efficiencies.”

L. D. Lopez, City Administrator for the City of Boyd added, “Atmos Energy has invested a total of $1.5 million in the City of Boyd and has 13 employees working at the new facility and contributing to the region’s economy.  We are delighted that Atmos Energy has chosen the City of Boyd to build this facility.”

The new 10,000 square feet building center will house the company’s construction, meter reading, engineering, distribution, service and compressor operations under one roof and is designed for future expansion as the region grows.

Powell said customers can continue to use Atmos Energy’s toll free number 24 hours per day, seven days a week for questions and assistance. The toll free number is 1-800-460-3030.

Atmos Energy Corporation, a FORTUNE 500 company headquartered in Dallas, is the country's largest natural gas-only distributor, serving about 3.2 million gas utility customers. Atmos Energy's utility operations serve more than 1,500 communities in 12 states from the Blue Ridge Mountains in the East to the Rocky Mountains in the West. Atmos Energy's nonutility operations, organized under Atmos Energy Holdings, Inc., operate in 22 states. They provide natural gas marketing and procurement services to industrial, commercial and municipal customers and manage company-owned natural gas storage and pipeline assets, including one of the largest intrastate natural gas pipelines in Texas. For more information, visit www.atmosenergy.com.

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