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Atmos
Energy
Corporation
13
Adding
new
customers
Atmos is adding customers through internal growth and acquisitions. Atmos recently announced
an agreement to acquire distribution assets in Missouri that will increase our customer count by
nearly 5 percent. The Company also has programs to target builders and new construction,
convert customers from other energy sources, and assist commercial customers in implementing
energy-efficient natural gas equipment. In addition to water and space heating, we are promoting
gas logs and gas lights to residential customers. For example, the Company serves a suburban
area of Kansas City, Kansas, one of the Company’s fastest growing service areas, with many
homes built with beautiful and environmentally-friendly gas logs as well as gas space heating,
like the home shown at left.
Atmos has successfully
promoted new gas cooling
technologies for large
customers. A Columbus,
Georgia, hospital recently installed
a natural gas chiller that handles
75
percent of the cooling require-
ments for the facility. The
Company has also helped industrial
customers whose processes are
affected by humidity levels to
install desiccant dehumidification
systems that remove moisture from
the air. The chillers and desiccant
systems operate at full capacity
during the summer months when
gas usage typically declines.