HEAT provides

energy assistance to individuals who qualify for state assistance. For

information phone 678-406-0212. Funds for the 2002 heating season are

available now.

Project SHARE,

a privately funded program of The Salvation Army, provides year-round

emergency assistance to Georgians who need help with basic necessities

housing, food, medical care and utility services. The program assists

the elderly, individuals who are disabled, unemployed, sick and others

who are experiencing financial hardship. For information phone Project

SHARE at 404-873-3101 in metro Atlanta and 1-800-257-4273 outside Atlanta

or visit www.salvationarmy-georgia.org .

Since October

2001, the Georgia Public Service Commission voted to increase low-income

senior citizens assistance by over $10 million in addition to previous

funding of $10.5 million over the past two years. This program provides

a $50 monthly credit through March 2002 for low-income seniors who currently

participate in a program offering a monthly gas bill discount to eligible

senior citizens.

More than 31,000

seniors currently receive this $9.05 monthly discount on their gas bills

provided by the Georgia Public Service Commission.

To qualify

for the discount, applicants must be 65 or older and have a total annual

combined household income not exceeding $12,000.

For information

on the senior citizen discount program, customers should contact their

natural gas marketers.

Harriette Watkins,

vice president of community affairs for AGL Resources, parent company

of Atlanta Gas Light Company, said, "In recent months Americans have

shown tremendous generosity in helping those in need during times of crisis.

We believe this humanitarian spirit will extend to our neighbors seeking

help with their heating bills."

Atlanta Gas

Light Company is the largest natural gas distributor in the Southeast

and provides delivery service to more than 1.5 million customers in Georgia.

It also is

the primary subsidiary of AGL Resources, a regional energy holding company

with operations throughout the Southeast, including Chattanooga, Tenn.

and the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. Although natural gas distribution

is AGL Resources' core business, it also is engaged in other energy-related

businesses, including retail energy marketing.