with agl energy . southern company gas type subsidiary industry natural gas headquarters atlanta ga united states area served united states key people andrew w. evans president & ceo revenue us 4.617 billion fy 2013 1 operating income us 686 million fy 2013 1 net income us 313 million fy 2013 1 total assets us 14.656 billion fy 2013 1 total equity us 3.676 billion fy 2013 1 number of employees 6 094 dec 2013 1 parent southern company website southerncompanygas.com southern company gas formerly agl resources is an american fortune 500 energy services holding company headquartered in atlanta georgia . the company s operations consist of natural gas distribution wholesale services retail operations and midstream operations . agl resources is one of the largest natural gas distribution companies in the united states . the company serves 4.5 million utility customers through its regulated distribution subsidiaries across seven states . 1 agl resources made the fortune 500 list in 2015 2 forbes 2000 in 2006 3 and is a member of the s & p 500 index . 4 in 2016 southern company bought out agl and renamed it southern company gas . contents 1 distribution operations 1.1 atlanta gas light 1.2 chattanooga gas 1.3 elizabethtown gas 1.4 elkton gas 1.5 florida city gas 1.6 nicor gas 1.7 virginia natural gas 2 wholesale services 2.1 sequent energy management 2.2 nicor enerchange 3 energy investments 3.1 jefferson island storage & hub 3.2 liquefied natural gas lng 4 retail services 4.1 nicor advanced energy 4.2 pivotal home solutions 4.3 nicor solutions 4.4 southstar energy services 5 revenue 6 executive team 7 corporate social responsibility 8 references 9 external links distribution operations edit southern company gas distribution operations features seven utilities that deliver natural gas to approximately 4.5 million customers and is the largest component of the business . as of february 2014 the distribution operations consists of nicor gas in illinois atlanta gas light in georgia virginia natural gas in virginia elizabethtown gas in new jersey florida city gas in florida chattanooga gas in tennessee and elkton gas in maryland . 5 the utilities construct manage and maintain intrastate natural gas pipelines distribution facilities and storage facilities . they also respond to and repair gas leaks and other requests for service and are responsible for meter reading . most of their customers buy their natural gas directly from the agl resources utilities . however some customers in illinois and new jersey and all of the customers in georgia buy natural gas from their choice of retail marketers due to deregulation in these states . each subsidiary provides these primary services maintains the gas pipeline infrastructure responds to and repairs gas leaks sells natural gas service to residential commercial and industrial customers ; excluding atlanta gas light offers customer service and bills customers for gas service ; excluding atlanta gas light offers online customer information about natural gas and natural gas fueled products atlanta gas light edit main article atlanta gas light atlanta gas light is the largest natural gas distributor in the southeast and is headquartered in atlanta . it was founded in 1856 to install gas streetlights in atlanta . the company now distributes natural gas to more than 1.6 million residential commercial and industrial customers in 200 communities throughout the state of georgia . additional services include maintenance of the gas system infrastructure including response to gas leaks meter reading chattanooga gas edit chattanooga gas provides retail natural gas sales and transportation services to approximately 62 000 customers in hamilton and bradley counties in tennessee . it was founded in 1890 and is headquartered in chattanooga tennessee . in 1988 atlanta gas light acquired chattanooga gas company and later became agl resources . elizabethtown gas edit elizabethtown gas was founded in 1855 and is headquartered in union new jersey . it delivers service to more than 277 000 residential business and industrial natural gas customers in new jersey . the utility serves union middlesex sussex warren hunterdon morris and mercer counties . in 2004 elizabethtown gas was purchased by agl resources . additional services include maintaining the gas pipeline infrastructure responding to and repairing leaks elkton gas edit elkton gas was founded in 1863 and provides natural gas service to approximately 6 000 residential and commercial customers in the greater elkton area of maryland s eastern shore near the delaware border . the company became part of agl resources in 2004 . additional services include maintenance and repair of heating systems and appliances assistance in converting to natural gas from other fuels florida city gas edit florida city gas was founded in 1946 provides natural gas service to more than 104 000 residential and commercial customers in miami dade brevard st. lucie and indian river counties . florida city gas became part of agl resources in 2004 . additional services include maintaining the gas pipeline infrastructure responding to and repairing leaks nicor gas edit main article nicor nicor gas was founded in 1955 and it is the largest natural gas distributor in northern illinois serving 2.2 million residential commercial and industrial customers in more than 650 communities . 6 nicor gas customers are connected to a 34 000 mile distribution system that is part of a network of eight interstate pipelines . agl resources acquired nicor inc. in merger which was completed in december 2011 . 7 virginia natural gas edit virginia natural gas was founded in 1850 and provides natural gas service to more than 275 000 residential commercial and industrial customers in southeastern virginia . it serves the communities of norfolk virginia beach chesapeake suffolk hampton newport news williamsburg and hanover counties . the company continues to be one of the fastest growing natural gas distribution companies in the country . additional services include operating a 150 mile 240 km high pressure intrastate pipeline originating in quantico and terminating in williamsburg virginia operating two propane storage and vaporization facilities and a liquefied natural gas lng facility located in james city county and chesapeake to supplement natural gas supplies as needed formerly the natural gas operations of dominion virginia power vng was sold to consolidated natural gas in 1990 . 8 when cng was acquired by dominion in 2000 vng was sold to agl . 9 10 wholesale services edit wholesale services engages in natural gas storage gas pipeline arbitrage and provides natural gas asset management and related logistics services for most of our utilities as well as for non affiliated companies . sequent energy management edit sequent energy management is the company s houston based subsidiary primarily involved in asset optimization and energy marketing and trading . it was established in 2001 . sequent energy management provides clients in the eastern and southeastern united states ways to optimize energy programs and increase cost effectiveness from wellhead to burner tip . sequent offers solutions for large energy users looking to outsource their asset management activities . serving the needs of utilities marketers energy poolers municipalities and industrials in the southern and eastern united states from texas to new york sequent focuses primarily on asset management and the wholesale marketing gathering and transporting of natural gas . nicor enerchange edit nicor enerchange is sequent energy management s illinois based brand for providing commercial and industrial customers natural gas procurement services . founded in 1998 nicor enerchange is a wholesale natural gas supplier to the midwest market . energy investments edit jefferson island storage & hub edit jefferson island storage & hub jish is a salt dome natural gas facility and is located near erath louisiana vermillion and iberia parishes . at jish two underground salt caverns are used to store gas before it is put into pipelines and sent to residential and commercial customers . these caverns have a total capacity of 9.4 billion cubic feet and connect to the henry hub via the sabine pipeline . liquefied natural gas lng edit southern company gas owns and operates four lng peak shaving facilities which supply gas at peak use times . the largest the riverdale lng plant in riverdale georgia has storage capacity of 31 080 000 gallons or 2 560 000 million cubic feet mcf of natural gas in its two tanks . located south of atlanta the plant is supplied by two interstate pipelines for supply . it is connected to the atlanta gas light beltline pipeline system for distribution of gas to the atlanta market . the plant is able to deliver 400 000 mcf day of gas during peak send out . the cherokee lng plant located north of atlanta in ball ground georgia has storage capacity of 25 242 957 gallons or 2 020 237 mcf equivalent of natural gas in a single tank . the 934 acre 3.78 km2 site was designed to accommodate a second tank of equal capacity if warranted . this plant receives supply from three pipelines and can deliver an equivalent of 400 000 mcf day of peak send out to agl s atlanta market . southern company gas also owns and operates an lng plant in macon georgia . this plant s single tank storage capacity is 18 900 000 gallons or the equivalent of 1 501 983 mcf . although the plant is capable of delivering up to 150 000 mcf day the pipeline system exiting the plant can accommodate a delivery of less than half that volume of only 70 000 mcf day . in tennessee chattanooga gas another agl resources subsidiary receives peak day supplies from the company s chattanooga plant which holds the equivalent of 1 186 035 mcf . this facility is supplied by two pipelines and can deliver up to 90 000 mcf day to the chattanooga gas market . southern company gas through virginia natural gas vng also owns some storage capacity 752 174 mcf equivalent in the columbia natural gas company operated chesapeake lng facility . this plant is located at the end of the columbia pipeline that supplies vng s south system . to more fully utilize this contracted capacity vng constructed an lng vaporization plant adjacent to its propane plant in 2002 . this system is capable of adding up to 14 400 mcf day into the vng system by trucking lng from the chesapeake plant to the vaporization plant . retail services edit southern company gas retail operations include four companies that provide natural gas and offer natural gas related services with millions of customers in dozens of states across the u.s. nicor advanced energy edit nicor advanced energy was established in 2004 as an unregulated affiliate of nicor gas . it is an alternative natural gas supplier offering energy plans to residential and small business customers in the nicor gas peoples gas and the north shore gas service areas . nicor advanced energy is certified with the illinois commerce commission . pivotal home solutions edit pivotal home solutions offers home repair and maintenance solutions that can be customized for customers in connecticut and massachusetts florida illinois indiana maryland ohio pennsylvania kentucky tennessee and virginia . pivotal home solutions also offers natural gas appliance leasing in florida and massachusetts . nicor solutions edit established in 1991 nicor solutions offers energy related billing services for residential and small business customers . southstar energy services edit southstar is owned by agl resources and piedmont natural gas with agl resources holding an 85 percent ownership stake in the company . southstar provides natural gas supply transportation and other related services serving more than a half a million residential small business large commercial and industrial customers in several states . revenue edit according to cnnmoney in 2013 agl resources reported a 8 million increase in net revenue against the previous year . its 2012 net revenue was 3.9 billion compared to 4.7 billion in 2013 . the company s earnings per share increased 33 cents from 2.31 in 2012 to 2.64 in 2013 . 11 executive team edit the chairman president and