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Southern Gas Association

NATURAL GAS: CREATING OPPORTUNITIES, DELIVERING THE FUTURE

2015 CHAIRMAN: HANK LINGINFELTER, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, DISTRIBUTION OPERATIONS,

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• Trade association – corporate membership

• 162 member companies

• Gas Supply Marketers

• Transmission /Midstream Pipeline Operators

• Distribution Pipeline Operators

• Over 500 volunteers

• 32 Board Members

• 9 Section Managing Committees

• 48 Interest Groups/Committees

• Conferences & Events

• Approximately 50 live events annually

• Approximately 50 virtual events annually

Who We Are & Who We Serve

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Member Company Service Areas Primary footprint is the lower 17 states, members have assets in 33 states

How Things Get Done Committee Org. Chart

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Committee/Interest Group Organizational Chart

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Staff Assignments

Jane Butler JB Task Force

Natalie Corey NC Management Conference PD

Pat Dow ney PD Executive Conference MG/RR

Fraser Farmer FF Spring Gas Conference & Expo KH

Veronica Garza VG Accelerated Replacement Programs KH

Mike Grubb MG Cross Bore Safety KH

Gary Hines GH NGV Operations RR

Doug Hinkle DH Gas Measurement Training Council MG/GH

Kent Hobart KH Texas Pipeline Aw areness Alliance RR/EY

Randy Randolph RR DOT 192 Program DH

Erica Yingling EY Technology Training DH

Best Practice-Benchmarking Program GH

Enterprise Security GH

SGA Netw ork MG

Codes and Standards VG

Updated: December 2013

comprised of members of the Interest Group.

An Interest Group is a group of gas industry professionals

interested in a particular subject matter. SGA members can be

members of as many Interest Groups as they prefer. The

activities of each Interest Group are directed by a Committee

Member Companies

Board of Directors(MG)

Associate Members Committee(PD/JB)

GMRC Board of Directors

(MG)

Transmission Operations & Engineering Section Managing Committee

(GH/FF)

Distribution Operations & Engineering Section Managing Committee

(RR/KH)

Marketing Section Managing Committee

(VG/KH)

Human Resources Section Managing

Committee(PD/KH)

Corporate Services Section Managing

Committee(PD)

Residential Sales

& Marketing (VG/KH)

Commercial & Industrial Sales

& Marketing (VG/KH)

Compensation Survey Task

Force(JB)

StaffExecutive Council

(MG/RR)

Executive Committee(MG)

Distribution Construction,

O & M(KH)

Gas Supply Marketing & Transportation Services

Section Managing Committee(RR/MG)

Pipeline Construction, O & M

(FF/GH)

Emergency Management

(KH/GH)

Engineering Management

(GH)

Environmental(GH)

LNG(MG)

Operator Qualification

(GH)

Public Awareness-Damage

Prevention(KH/GH)

Safety & Health(KH)

Right of Way(RR)

Transmission Technical Training

(GH)

Midstream(FF/GH)

Offshore Gas Operations

(GH)

Accounting & Finance

(JB)

I .T.(GH)

Supply Chain (PD/JB)

Legislative Affairs(PD/KH)

Distribution Technical Training

(KH)

Distribution Engineering

(KH)

Distribution Integrity

Management(KH)

Distribution Regulatory Compliance

(KH)

Transmission Integrity

Management(FF/GH)

Transmission Measurement

(GH)

Underground Storage(FF/GH)

Gas Forecasters

(PD/KH)

Gas Machinery Conference

(PD/JB)

Engine Analyzer(PD/JB)

Transmission Regulatory Compliance

(GH)

Project Management

(GH)

Project Supervisory(PD/JB)

Customer Experience Section Managing

Committee(RR/KH)

Customer Field Service Delivery

(KH)

Contact Center Operations

(KH)

Communications(KH/RR)

Meter to Cash(KH)

Gas Control(GH)

EngineEmmisions -Stack Testing

(GH)

Rates(PD/KH)

Legal(RR)

Learning & Development Committee

(VG)

Commercial-Industrial Sales & Marketing Roundtable

• August 8-10, 2016; Baltimore • Part of the “Marketing, Customer Experience & Communications Conference”

Dealer Trade Ally The committee is in discussion to strategize an industry partnership with dealers. SGA Commercial Foodservice Workshop

o First conducted in 1998 at Piedmont’s foodservice facility o Advanced Foodservice Workshop included testing for the CFSP credential o Gas Foodservice Equipment Network – founded during these workshops o New technology is highlighted in both o Partnering with ESC in Nov. 4-6, 2015, Southwest Gas’ Kitchen, Phoenix

Residential Sales & Marketing Roundtable

• Part of the “Marketing, Customer Experience & Communications Conference” • August 8-10, 2016; Baltimore

Retailer Task Force The mission of the SGA Retailer Outreach Task Force is to create strong retailer outreach programs in order to retain and grow natural gas burner tips in the residential customer’s home. The SGA Retailer Outreach Task Force will accomplish this by:

• Sharing retailer program best practices, including training, signage and event planning, in order

to launch and/or grow existing retailer programs. • Sharing national retailer corporate contacts in order to strengthen and grow our respective

retailer outreach programs.

• Using our collective industry voice to secure additional retailer gas appliance inventory in major retailers and encourage retailers to provide in-kind gas appliance rebates at in-store or holiday events.

• SGA and APGA partner to deliver to members, free of charge, 1 hour of best practice programs, via webinar

• Programs collected from the SGA Marketing Excellence Awards entries and other programs and

campaigns identified as content of interest, throughout the year

• Annual offering

Marketing Executives Roundtable • April 6-8, 2016; Marriott Rivercenter, San Antonio, TX • Part of the Management Conference

Marketing Excellence Awards The Marketing Excellence Awards are dedicated to identify marketing campaigns that demonstrate success with measurable results in the following: Residential, Commercial/Industrial, Innovative Energy Efficiency Marketing and Advertising.

o 2014 Winner: CenterPoint Energy o 2014 Honorable Mention: ONE Gas o 2015 Oklahoma Natural Gas/One Gas

Section in the process of re-focusing or re-strategizing to boost the committees, events and initiatives

• Held annually, rotating between Columbia, SC and Charlotte, NC

• Target Audience – Supervisors and non-management employees • Roundtable and presentations

• Residential & Commercial Markets

• March 14-16, 2016 - Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center - Columbia, SC

• Communities that allow open forum, sharing of documents and other

resources within the SGA membership • https://connect.southerngas.org

Southern Gas Association Veronica Garza, Director

veronica@southerngas.org 972.620.4018