Atmos Energy Corporation to Host Fiscal 2006 Second Quarter Earnings Conference Call

Business Wire, April 17, 2006

DALLAS -- Atmos Energy Corporation (NYSE:ATO) will host a conference call on Friday, May 5, 2006, at 8:00 a.m. CDT to review the company's 2006 second quarter financial results. Atmos Energy will release its 2006 second quarter earnings on Thursday, May 4, 2006, following the market close.

To listen to the conference call, dial 800-218-9073. You may also listen to the call on the Atmos Energy web site at www.atmosenergy.com. The Internet broadcast will be archived until August 9, 2006.

Fiscal 2006 Second Quarter Earnings Conference Call

                          Friday, May 5, 2006

     9:00 a.m. EDT / 8:00 a.m. CDT / 7:00 a.m. MDT / 6:00 a.m. PDT

                        Toll-free: 800-218-9073

                            (No pass code)

                Internet web cast: www.atmosenergy.com

Atmos Energy Corporation, headquartered in Dallas, is the country's largest natural gas-only distributor, serving about 3.2 million gas utility customers. Atmos Energy's utility operations serve more than 1,500 communities in 12 states from the Blue Ridge Mountains in the East to the Rocky Mountains in the West. Atmos Energy's nonutility operations, organized under Atmos Energy Holdings, Inc., operate in 22 states. They provide natural gas marketing and procurement services to industrial, commercial and municipal customers and manage company-owned natural gas pipeline and storage assets, including one of the largest intrastate natural gas pipeline systems in Texas. For more information, visit www.atmosenergy.com.