About Us

Atlanta Gas Light installed the city of Atlanta's first gas streetlights in 1856. Ever since, we’ve been a constant source of reliable, safe and clean energy -- and a constant partner to the 243 communities we serve throughout Georgia. Today, we’re the eighth largest natural gas distribution utility in the United States and the largest in the Southeast.

When Georgia’s natural gas market was deregulated in 1998, our business changed. We no longer sell natural gas directly to customers. Instead, we operate and maintain the gas pipes, read meters, maintain the natural gas infrastructure and distribute gas to certified marketers, who in turn sell gas to customers.

• Distributing natural gas for the marketers
• Maintaining the gas system infrastructure, including responding to gas leaks
• Performing meter reading for the marketers

A Historical Timeline

1856	Atlanta Gas Light Company is founded to install gas streetlights in Atlanta.
1881	City of Atlanta has 426 gas lamps on its city streets.
1889	Atlanta Gas Light introduces automatic gas water heating in Atlanta.
1913	Natural gas service extends outside the city of Atlanta to Decatur, East Point and College Park.
1930	Natural gas arrives in Atlanta, flowing through the Atlanta Gas Light Company system.
1949	The most successful year ever for the sale of gas ranges, refrigerators, water heaters and other gas appliances.
1956	Atlanta Gas Light observes its 100th Anniversary
1961	Announcement of plans to build a pipeline to serve southeast Georgia.
1963	The Shining Light Award is established by WSB Radio and Atlanta Gas Light Company to recognize a Georgian who has inspired the lives of others through service to humanity.
1984	Atlanta Gas Light begins the Adopt-a-School program, donating old equipment and surplus supplies.
1996	Formation of AGL Resources, Atlanta Gas Light Company's parent company.
1997	The Georgia General Assembly passes the Georgia Natural Gas Competition and Deregulation Act.
1998	Deregulation goes into effect, with consumers switching from Atlanta Gas Light to natural gas marketers.
2003	Atlanta Gas Light Company expands its position as the largest natural gas distributor in the Southeast, providing delivery service to more than 1.5 million customers throughout Georgia.
2007	Atlanta Gas Light brings the comfort of natural gas to Hutchinson Island in Savannah
Today	As part of the AGL Resources family, we constantly strive to provide efficient, economical and reliable service to our customers.