Kentucky Public Service Commission

Order Entered: 1. Atmos's Petition for confidential protection for designated material contained in its application, Exhibit D, page 5 of 6, and Exhibit C, page 2 of 2, is granted. 2. The designated material set forth in Atmos's application, Exhibit D, page 5 of 6, and Exhibit C, page 2 of 2, shall not be placed in the public record or made available for public inspection for an indefinite period of time, or until further Orders of this Commission. 3. Use of the material in question in any Commission proceeding shall comply 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 treatment. 5. If a non-party to this proceeding requests to inspect material granted confidential treatment by this Order, and the period during which the material has been granted confidential treatment 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. 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.

Final Order Entered: 1. The rates proposed by Atmos and set forth in the Appendix to this Order are approved for final meter readings on and after August 1, 2016. 2. Within 20 days of the date of this Order, Atmos shall file with this Commission, using the Commission's electronic Tariff Filing System, revised tariff sheets setting out the rates approved herein and reflecting that they were approved pursuant to this Order.

Acknowledge Receipt of Filing

Atmos Energy Corporation Purchased Gas Adjustment Filing and Petition for Confidential Treatment