Atmos Energy Says Assistance is Available to Help Pay Winter Heating Bills
March 25 2009 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Atmos Energy (NYSE: ATO) says funds are available to help the
most vulnerable people in our society, the elderly, the disabled
and low-income families, pay their winter heating bills.
�Some of our customers have never been in this situation before
and don�t know about energy-assistance program funds,� said John
Paris, president of the Atmos Energy Mid-Tex Division.
�The federal government distributed funds to state energy
assistance agencies in February, and those funds will be available
until April 30. Now is the time to apply if you need help with your
heating bills. We want to help qualified customers obtain funds
that are meant to help them, especially in this troubled economy,�
Paris said.
Paris said Atmos Energy offers its customers two ways to learn
if they qualify for energy assistance funds:
- Call Atmos Energy at
1-888-286-6700 to talk with an associate who can put a customer in
touch with a local energy assistance agency.
- Visit www.atmosenergy.com and
click first on Home Service, then on Energy Assistance to find a
local energy assistance agency.
�Although energy assistance funds are a tremendous help, many
people are still doing without,� added Jeff Hardgrave, Atmos Energy
vice president of customer service. �We urge customers having
trouble paying their natural gas bills to call us at 1-888-286-6700
for referral to agencies with funds, for making personal payment
arrangements or for assistance from Atmos Energy�s Sharing the
Warmth program.�
Atmos Energy�s Sharing the Warmth program combines customer
donations with company contributions to help people pay their
natural gas bills. The donations go directly to those in the
community who qualify under the program�s guidelines. Customers can
call Atmos Energy at 1-888-286-6700 or contact their local energy
assistance agency directly. More information is at
www.atmosenergy.com/cs/sharethewarmth.html.
About Atmos Energy
Atmos Energy Corporation, headquartered in Dallas, is the
country�s largest natural gas-only distributor, serving about 3.2
million natural gas distribution customers in more than 1,600
communities in 12 states from the Blue Ridge Mountains in the East
to the Rocky Mountains in the West. Atmos Energy also provides
natural gas marketing and procurement services to industrial,
commercial and municipal customers primarily in the Midwest and
Southeast and manages company-owned natural gas pipeline and
storage assets, including one of the largest intrastate natural gas
pipeline systems in Texas. Atmos Energy is a Fortune 500 company.
For more information, visit www.atmosenergy.com.
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