Kentucky Public Service Commission

Order Entered: 1 . Atmos's Petitions for confidential protection for designated material contained in the three additional Service Agreements and the cost analysis associated with each, filed on March 16, 2016, and September 1, 2016, are granted. 2. Atmos's Petitions for confidential protection for designated material contained in its responses to Staff's Second Request, Item 1, filed on March 31, 2016, and April 29, 2016, are granted. 3. Atmos's Petition for confidential protection for designated material contained in its supplemental response to the Commission's April 12, 2016 Order regarding 'Service Agreement 2016-00052-I and Service Agreement 2016-00052-J, filed on September 22, 2016, is granted. 4. Atmos's Petitions for confidential protection for designated material contained in its amendments to Service Agreement 2016-00052-H, filed on September 29, 2016, and October 20, 2016, are granted. 5. The designated material set forth in Service Agreement 2016-00052-H, Service Agreement 2016-00052-I, Service Agreement 2016-00052-J, and the cost analysis associated with each; the designated material in Atmos's response to Staff's Second Request, Item 1; the designated material contained in Atmos's supplemental response to the Commission's April 12, 2016 Order regarding Service Agreements 2016-00052-1 and Service Agreement 2016-00052-J; and the designated material in Atmos's amendments to Service Agreement 2016-00052-H shall not be placed in the public record

Order Entered: 1 . Atmos's Petition for confidential protection for designated material contained in its response to Staff's First Request, Items 1, 2 and 3 of Staff's First Request is granted. 2. The designated material set forth in the Atmos's response to Staff's First Request, Items 1 , 2 and 3 shall not be placed in the public record or made available for public inspection indefinitely, or until further Orders of the Commission. 3. Use of the designated material in any Commission proceeding shall be in compliance with 807 KAR 5:001, Section 13(9). 4. Atmos shall inform the Commission if the material in question becomes publicly available or no longer qualifies for confidential protection. 5. If a non-party to this proceeding requests to inspect material granted confidential protection by this Order and the period during which the material has been granted confidential protection has not expired, then Atmos shall have 20 days from receipt of written notice of the request to demonstrate that the material still falls within the exclusions from disclosure requirements established in KRS 61.878(1)(c). If Atmos is unable to make such demonstration, the requested material shall be made available for inspection. Otherwise, the Commission shall deny the request for inspection.

Order Entered: 1. Atmos's seven Petitions filed on December 16, 2015, January 11, 2016, and January 19, 2016, for confidential protection for designated material contained in seven Service Agreements and the cost analysis related to each of these agreements, are granted. 2. The designated material set forth in the seven Service Agreements and the cost analysis related to each agreement shall not be placed in the public record or made available for public inspection indefinitely, or until further Orders of the Commission. 3. Use of the designated material in any Commission proceeding shall be in compliance with 807 KAR 5:001, Section 13(9). 4. Atmos shall inform the Commission if the material in question becomes publicly available or no longer qualifies for confidential protection.

Order Entered: The Service Agreements identified as 2016-00052-A, 2016-00052-B, 2016-00052-C, 2016-00052-D, and 2016-00052-E, filed on December 16, 2015; the Service Agreement identified as 2016-00052-F, filed on January 11, 2016; the Service Agreement identified as 2016-00052-G, filed on January 19, 2016; and the Service Agreements, herein identified as 2016-00052-1 and 2016-00052-J, filed on September 1, 2016, are approved on and after the date of this Order. 2. The Service Agreement identified as 2016-00052-H, filed on March 16, 2016, is conditionally approved subject to Atmos's filing within 30 days of the date of this Order the contract amendment as described in the findings above.

Atmos Energy Corp. Executed Contract and Petition for Confidential Treatment

Atmos Energy Corp. Executed Contract and Petition for Confidential Treatment

Atmos Energy Corp. Supplemental Responses and Petition for Confidential Treatment

Atmos Energy Corp. Special Contract and Cost Analysis and Petition for Confidentiality

Atmos Energy Corp. Special Contract and Cost Analysis and Petition for Confidentiality

Atmos Energy Corp. Special Contract and Cost Analysis and Petition for Confidentiality

AG Response to Order

Order Entered: 1. The Attorney General's Motion to Intervene is granted. 2. The Attorney General shall be entitled to the full rights of a party and shall be served with the Commission's Orders and with filed testimony, exhibits, pleadings, correspondence, and all other documents submitted by parties after the date of this Order. 3. The Attorney General shall comply with all provisions of the Commission's regulations, 807 KAR 5:001, that apply to this matter. 4. The Attorney General and Atmos shall have seven days from the date of this Order to file written comments or to request an evidentiary hearing. 5. Pursuant to 807 KAR 5:001, Section 8(9), within seven days from the date of this Order, the Attorney General shall file a written statement with the Commission that: a. Certifies that it, or its agent, possesses the facilities to receive electronic transmissions; and b. Sets forth the electronic mail address to which all electronic notices and messages related to this proceeding should be served. 6. All other provisions of the Commission's prior Orders in this case not in conflict with this Order shall remain in full force and effect. 7. Nothing shall prevent the Commission from issuing further orders in this matter.

AG Response to Objection

Atmos Energy Corp. Objection to AG Intervention

AG Motion to Intervene

Atmos Energy Corp. Response to Order

Order Entered: 1. The New Service Agreement attached hereto and incorporated herein as 2016-00052-H is made part of this proceeding in order for the Commission to investigate its reasonableness. 2. The New Service Agreement identified as 2016-00052-H herein, was filed on March 16, 2016, and is suspended for five months from April 15, 2016, up to and including September 14, 2016. 3. Atmos shall respond to all previously issued requests for information in this matter that are pertinent to New Service Agreement 2016-00052-H, within 14 days of the date of this Order. 4. Any additional service agreements renegotiated pursuant to the special contract reformations discussed in pages 14-16 of the Direct Testimony of Gary L. Smith in Case No. 2015-003432 shall be filed for approval into the record of this proceeding along with all information pertaining to such agreements previously required to be submitted in requests for information. 5. All other provisions in this matter not in conflict with this Order shall remain in full force and effect. 6. Nothing shall prevent the Commission from issuing further Orders prior to the end of the suspension period.

Atmos Energy Corp. Response to Second Request for Information

Atmos Energy Corp. Petition for Confidential Treatment

Commission Staff's Second Request for Information to Atmos Energy Corporation

Atmos Energy Corp. Petition for Confidentiality

Atmos Energy Corp. Response to Request for Information

Commission Staff's First Request for Information to Atmos Energy Corporation

Order Entered nunc pro tunc, that: 1. The Opening Order, at page 2, numbered paragraph 2, is amended as follows: The Service Agreements attached hereto and incorporated herein as 2016-00052-A, 2016-00052-B, 2016-00052-C, 2016-00052-D, and 2016-00052-E were all filed on December 16, 2015, and are suspended for five months from January 15, 2016, up to and including June 14, 2016. 2. The Opening Order, at page 2, numbered paragraph 3, is amended as follows: The Service Agreement attached hereto and incorporated herein as 2016-00052-F was filed on January 11 , 2016, and is suspended for five months from February 10, 2016, up to and including July 9, 2016. 3. The Opening Order, at page 2, numbered paragraph 4, is amended as follows: The Service Agreement attached hereto and incorporated herein as 2016-00052-G was filed on January 19, 2016, and is suspended for five months from February 18, 2016, up to and including July 17, 2016. 4. All other provisions of the Opening Order not in conflict with this Order shall remain in full force and effect.

Order Entered: 1 . This proceeding is established to investigate the reasonableness of the seven proposed Service Agreements. 2. The Service Agreements fi led in TFS2015-00781 , TFS2015-00782, TFS2015-00783, TFS2015-00784, and TFS2015-00785, which were all filed on December 16, 2015, are suspended for five months from January 15, 2016, up to and including June 14, 2016. 3. The Service Agreement filed in TFS2016-00012, which was filed on January 11 , 2016, is suspended for five months from February 10, 2016, up to and including July 9, 2016. 4. The Service Agreement filed in TFS2016-00019, which was filed on January 19, 2016, is suspended for five months from February 18, 2016, up to and including July 17, 2016. 5. Nothing shall prevent the Commission from issuing further orders prior to the end of the suspension periods.