MEAG Power

AGL Resources, an energy services holding company, serves more than 2 million customers in more than six states through its utility subsidiaries, which include Atlanta Gas Light, Elizabethtown Gas in New Jersey, Virginia Natural Gas, Florida City Gas, Chattanooga Gas and Elkton Gas in Maryland. The company owns Houston-based Sequent Energy Management, an asset manager serving natural gas wholesale customers throughout the East and Midwest. As a 70 percent owner in the SouthStar partnership, it markets natural gas to consumers in Georgia under the Georgia Natural Gas brand. AGL Networks, the company's telecommunications subsidiary, owns and operates fiber optic networks in Atlanta and Phoenix. The company also owns and operates Jefferson Island Storage & Hub, a high-deliverability natural gas storage facility near the Henry Hub in Louisiana. AGL Resources is headquartered in Atlanta.

Oglethorpe Power Corporation, located in Tucker, Ga., is a nonprofit power supply cooperative that serves 39 of Georgia's 42 Electric Membership Corporations. In turn, the EMCs provide retail electric service to millions of residents throughout the state. OPC's primary mission is to provide the power necessary to meet the needs of the 39 co-op member systems. The corporation makes use of a portfolio of power resources, including fossil, nuclear, coal and hydro facilities, as well as long-term and short-term contracts. In 1997, with the potential of electric deregulation in Georgia, OPC divided into three specialized companies, OPC, Georgia System Operations Corporation and Georgia Transmission Corporation. The organization operates primarily as a power generating company. GSOC and GTC are subsidiaries of OPC.