ATMOS Gas hearings scheduled for March

The Missouri Public Service Commission is scheduled to hold hearings in mid-March in a case filed Atmos Energy Corporation (Atmos) and Liberty Energy (Midstates) Corp. (Liberty) which seeks Commission authority for Atmos to sell its natural gas system to Liberty.

Hearings were originally scheduled for mid-February but parties to the case asked that the hearing schedule be modified.

Formal evidentiary hearings are scheduled to begin on March 20, 2012, in Room 310 of the Governor Office Building, 200 Madison Street, Jefferson City. Hearings are scheduled to continue on March 21.

The Governor Office Building meets accessibility standards required by the Americans with Disabilities Act. Any person who needs specific accessibility accommodations may call the Public Service Commission's Hotline at 1-800-392-4211 (voice) or Relay Missouri at 711 prior to the hearings.

Atmos serves approximately 55,000 natural gas customers in the Missouri counties of Adair, Bates, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Cass, Clark, Dunklin, Henry, Iron, Knox, Lewis, Macon, Marion, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Pike, Ralls, Ripley, Schuyler, Scotland, Scott, St. Clair, Stoddard and Wayne.