Kentucky Public Service Commission

Order Entered: 1. Atmos's petition for confidential protection is granted. 2. The designated information shall not be placed in the public record or made available for public inspection until November 13, 2019, or until further Order of this Commission. 3. Use of the material in question 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 treatment. 5. If a non-party to this proceeding requests to inspect materials granted confidential treatment by this Order, Atmos shall have 30 days from receipt of written notice of the request to demonstrate that the materials still fall within the exclusions from disclosure requirements established in KRS 61.878. If Atmos is unable to make such demonstration, the requested materials shall be made available for inspection. 6. The Commission shall not make the requested material available for inspection for 30 days following an Order finding that the material no longer qualifies for confidential protection in order to allow Atmos to seek a remedy afforded by law.

Order Entered: 1. Atmos's motion for confidential protection is denied as moot. 2. Within 30 days of the date of this Order, Atmos shall file a revised Report reflecting as unredacted the information that has been denied confidential treatment. 3. The materials for which Atmos's request for confidential treatment has been denied shall not be placed in the public record or made available for inspection for 30 days from the date of this Order in order to allow Atmos to seek a remedy afforded by law.

Final Order Entered: 1. Atmos is authorized to implement a $3,000,000,000 universal shelf registration for equity and debt financing, subject to the provisions and terms contained within its application, superseding the previous universal shelf authority granted in Case No. 2015-00346. 2. The proceeds from the transaction authorized herein shall be used only for the lawful purposes set out in the application. 3. Atmos shall, within ten days after each issuance of the securities referenced herein, file with the Commission a statement setting forth the date or dates of issuance, the price paid, the interest rate if any, the purchasers, and all fees and expenses, including underwriting discounts or commission or other compensation, involved in the issuance. In addition, if debt securities were issued, Atmos shall include an explanation as to how the interest rate alternative chosen represents the most reasonable interest rate available at the time of issuance, as well as copies of any executed interest rate management agreements. 4. Any documents filed pursuant to ordering paragraph 3 of this Order shall reference the number of this case and shall be retained in the post-case correspondence file. 5. The remaining universal shelf registration authority granted to Atmos in Case No. 2015-00346 shall be terminated with the registration of the universal shelf registration that has been approved in this case. 6. This case is closed and removed from the Commission's Docket.

Atmos Energy Corporation Notice of Co-Counsel

No deficiency letter

Acknowledge Receipt of Filing

Atmos Energy Corporation Application for an Order Authorizing the Implementation of $3,000,000,000 Universal Shelf Registration