SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D. C. 20549

                                    FORM 10-Q

               QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                For the Quarterly Period Ended December 31, 1996



Commission      Registrant; State of Incorporation;             I.R.S. Employer
File Number     Address; and Telephone Number            Identification  Number

1-14174         AGL RESOURCES INC.                                   58-2210952
                ( A Georgia Corporation)
                303 PEACHTREE STREET, NE
                ATLANTA, GEORGIA  30308
                404-584-9470



Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the preceding 12 months and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for
the past 90 days. Yes X No


Indicate the number of shares  outstanding  of each of the  issuer's  classes of
common stock, as of December 31, 1996.


Common Stock, $5.00 Par Value
Shares Outstanding at December 31, 1996 .............................55,867,649
















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                               AGL RESOURCES INC.

                          Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
                     For the Quarter Ended December 31, 1996


                                Table of Contents


  Item                                                                   Page
Number                  PART I -- FINANCIAL INFORMATION                  Number

1           Financial Statements (Unaudited)

               Condensed Consolidated Income Statements                     3
               Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets                        4
               Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows              6

                  Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements      7

2           Management's Discussion and Analysis of Results of
                 Operations and Financial Condition                        11

                          PART II -- OTHER INFORMATION

1           Legal Proceedings                                              15

5           Other Information                                              15

6           Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K                               19

                                     SIGNATURES                            20
















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                         PART I -- FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.  Financial Statements




                       AGL RESOURCES INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
              CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
                  FOR THE THREE MONTHS AND TWELVE MONTHS ENDED
                           DECEMBER 31, 1996 AND 1995
                        (MILLIONS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)


                                                    Three Months         Twelve Months
                                                   ---------------     ------------------
                                                    1996     1995       1996       1995
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                         
Operating Revenues ...........................   $  379.6 $  330.7 $  1,277.5 $  1,068.7
Cost of Gas ..................................      231.1    189.7      766.9      575.0
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Operating Margin .............................      148.5    141.0      510.6      493.7
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Other Operating Expenses
  Operating expenses .........................       88.3     81.5      345.2      330.0
  Restructuring costs ........................                                      25.8
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total other operating expenses ...........       88.3     81.5      345.2      355.8
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Operating Income .............................       60.2     59.5      165.4      137.9
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Other Income .................................        2.4      1.2       13.2        1.8
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Income Before Interest and Income Taxes ......       62.6     60.7      178.6      139.7
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Interest Expense and Preferred Stock Dividends
  Interest expense ...........................       13.6     12.8       49.9       47.1
  Dividends on preferred stock of subsidiary .        1.1      1.1        4.4        4.4
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total interest expense and preferred stock
      dividends ..............................       14.7     13.9       54.3       51.5
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Income Before Income Taxes ...................       47.9     46.8      124.3       88.2
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Income Taxes .................................       18.3     17.7       48.2       33.4
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net Income ...................................   $   29.6 $   29.1 $     76.1 $     54.8
=========================================================================================

Earnings Per Share of Common Stock               $   0.53 $   0.53 $     1.37 $     1.03

Cash Dividends Paid Per Share of  Common Stock   $   0.27 $  0.265 $    1.065 $    1.045

Weighted Average Number of Common Shares
  Outstanding                                        55.8     55.1       55.5       53.5











            See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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                       AGL RESOURCES INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED)
                                   (MILLIONS)


                                                                                  September
                                                                   December 31,         30,
                                                           ---------------------------------
ASSETS                                                           1996       1995       1996
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                               
Current Assets
  Cash and cash equivalents ............................   $      1.1 $      5.8 $      8.7
  Receivables (less allowance for uncollectible accounts
    of $3.9 at December 31, 1996, $5.2 at December 31,
    1995, and $2.7 at September 30, 1996) ..............        222.3      198.2       93.6
  Inventories
    Natural gas stored underground .....................        113.1       87.4      144.0
    Liquefied natural gas ..............................         17.4       11.6       16.8
    Materials and supplies .............................          6.5        8.5        8.1
    Other ..............................................          2.8        2.0        3.0
  Deferred purchased gas adjustment ....................         31.4        7.5        4.7
  Other ................................................         10.0        9.2       10.3
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total current assets ...............................        404.6      330.2      289.2
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Property, Plant and Equipment
  Utility plant ........................................      1,982.7    1,943.1    1,969.0
  Less accumulated depreciation ........................        615.8      595.8      607.8
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Utility plant - net ................................      1,366.9    1,347.3    1,361.2
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Nonutility property ..................................         88.0       14.9       80.5
  Less accumulated depreciation ........................         27.0        2.4       26.3
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Nonutility property - net ..........................         61.0       12.5       54.2
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total property, plant and equipment - net ..........      1,427.9    1,359.8    1,415.4
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Deferred Debits and Other Assets
  Unrecovered environmental response costs .............         40.7       34.7       38.0
  Investment in joint ventures .........................         36.4       32.6       35.5
  Unrecovered Integrated Resource Plan costs ...........          9.6        7.5       10.0
  Other ................................................         37.2       32.6       36.6
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total deferred debits and other assets .............        123.9      107.4      120.1
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Assets ...........................................   $  1,956.4 $  1,797.4 $  1,824.7
============================================================================================










            See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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                       AGL RESOURCES INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED)
                                   (MILLIONS)


                                                                                 September
                                                                   December 31,        30,
                                                          ---------------------------------
LIABILITIES AND CAPITALIZATION                                  1996       1995       1996
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                              
Current Liabilities
  Accounts payable-trade ..............................   $    108.7 $     83.1 $     73.7
  Short-term debt .....................................        188.8      156.3      152.0
  Customer deposits ...................................         29.9       29.8       27.8
  Interest ............................................         18.4       17.5       25.7
  Taxes ...............................................         24.2       10.9       16.0
  Other ...............................................         33.0       35.2       27.3
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total current liabilities .........................        403.0      332.8      322.5
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Accumulated Deferred Income Taxes .....................        171.3      141.0      168.5
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Long-Term Liabilities
  Accrued environmental response costs ................         31.3       28.6       30.4
  Accrued pension costs ...............................          6.6        9.8        4.9
  Accrued postretirement benefits costs ...............         34.5       31.4       36.2
  Deferred credits ....................................         60.4       64.5       60.9
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total long-term liabilities .......................        132.8      134.3      132.4
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Capitalization
  Long-term debt ......................................        584.5      554.5      554.5
  Preferred stock of subsidiary, cumulative $100 par or
    stated value, shares issued and outstanding of
    0.6 at December 31, 1996, December 31, 1995, and
    September 30, 1996 ................................         58.5       58.5       58.5
  Common stock, $5 par value, shares issued and
    outstanding of 55.9 at December 31, 1996, 55.2 at .        606.3      576.3      588.3
    December 31, 1995, and 55.7 at September 30, 1996
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total capitalization ..............................      1,249.3    1,189.3    1,201.3
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Liabilities and Capitalization ..................   $  1,956.4 $  1,797.4 $  1,824.7
===========================================================================================












            See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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                      AGL RESOURCES INC. AND SUBISIDIARIES
           CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)
         FOR THE THREE MONTHS AND TWELVE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996
                                   (MILLIONS)


                                                  Three Months        Twelve Months
                                              -----------------  -------------------
                                                 1996      1995      1996      1995
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                    
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
  Net income ..............................   $  29.6  $   29.1  $   76.1  $   54.8
  Adjustments to reconcile net income to
   net cash flow from operating activities
    Depreciation and amortization .........      17.4      16.6      68.3      63.4
    Deferred income taxes .................       2.6       2.3      26.3      19.6
    Non-cash compensation expense .........       0.3       1.8       0.1       5.6
    Noncash restructuring costs ...........                                     8.4
    Other .................................      (0.2)     (0.6)     (0.8)     (2.1)
  Changes in certain assets and liabilities     (82.3)   (114.8)    (54.6)      6.9
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Net cash flow from operating
        activities ........................     (32.6)    (65.6)    115.4     156.6
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
  Sale of common stock, net of expenses ...       1.6       0.3       3.1      50.2
  Short-term borrowings, net ..............      36.8     105.3      32.5       7.7
  Redemptions of long-term debt ...........                                   (15.0)
  Sale of long-term debt ..................      30.0                30.0
  Dividends paid on common stock ..........     (13.9)    (12.2)    (50.8)    (45.7)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Net cash flow from financing
        activities ........................      54.5      93.4      14.8      (2.8)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
  Utility plant expenditures ..............     (29.0)    (27.1)   (134.0)   (122.2)
  Cash received from joint ventures .......       0.1                 2.9
  Investment in joint ventures ............      (1.2)               (2.3)    (32.6)
  Other ...................................       0.6       1.4      (1.5)      2.6
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Net cash flow from investing
        activities ........................     (29.5)    (25.7)   (134.9)   (152.2)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Net increase (decrease) in cash and
        cash equivalents ..................      (7.6)      2.1      (4.7)      1.6
      Cash and cash equivalents
        at beginning of period ............       8.7       3.7       5.8       4.2
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Cash and cash equivalents
        at end of period ..................   $   1.1  $    5.8  $    1.1  $    5.8
====================================================================================
Cash Paid During the Year for
  Interest ................................   $  21.0  $   20.8  $   46.4  $   48.4
  Income taxes ............................   $   0.2            $   19.5  $   20.3



            See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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                               AGL RESOURCES INC.
        NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)


1.   Implementation of Holding Company Reorganization
           On March 6,  1996,  following  shareholder  approval  of a  corporate
     restructuring, AGL Resources Inc. (AGL Resources) became the parent company
     of Atlanta Gas Light Company (AGLC) and its subsidiaries.  The consolidated
     financial  statements of AGL Resources include the financial  statements of
     AGLC, Chattanooga Gas Company (Chattanooga) and AGL Resources' nonregulated
     subsidiaries  as though AGL  Resources had existed in all periods shown and
     had owned all of AGLC's outstanding common stock prior to March 6, 1996.

           As a result of the  restructuring,  AGL Resources  engages in utility
     activities  through  AGLC and its  wholly  owned  subsidiary,  Chattanooga.
     Unless noted specifically or otherwise required by the context,  references
     to AGLC or the utility  include the  operations  and activities of AGLC and
     Chattanooga.  AGL Resources  engages in  nonregulated  business  activities
     through  AGL Energy  Services,  Inc.  (AGL Energy  Services),  a gas supply
     services company;  AGL Investments,  Inc. (AGL  Investments),  a subsidiary
     established   to  develop   and  manage   certain   nonregulated   business
     opportunities;  The Energy Spring,  Inc. (Energy  Spring),  a retail energy
     marketing company;  and their  subsidiaries.  AGL Resources Service Company
     (Service Company), provides corporate support services to AGL Resources and
     its subsidiaries.

           Ownership  of  AGLC's  nonregulated  business,  Georgia  Gas  Company
     (natural gas  production  activities),  has been  transferred to AGL Energy
     Services. Ownership of AGLC's other nonregulated businesses, Georgia Energy
     Company  (natural  gas vehicle  conversions),  Georgia Gas Service  Company
     (propane sales) and Trustees Investments,  Inc. (real estate holdings), has
     been  transferred to AGL  Investments.  AGLC's  interest in Sonat Marketing
     Company  L.P. has been  transferred  to AGL Gas  Marketing,  Inc., a wholly
     owned  subsidiary of AGL  Investments.  In addition,  AGL  Investments  has
     established two wholly owned subsidiaries:  AGL Power Services, Inc., which
     owns a 35%  interest  in  Sonat  Power  Marketing  L.P.,  and AGL  Consumer
     Services, Inc., an energy-related consumer products and services company.

           Service  Company was formed during  fiscal 1996 to provide  corporate
     support  services to AGL  Resources and its  subsidiaries.  The transfer of
     related assets and accumulated deferred income tax liabilities from AGLC to
     Service Company and other  nonregulated  subsidiaries  was effected through
     noncash dividends of $34.3 million during the fourth quarter of fiscal 1996
     and $4.8 million  during the first  quarter of fiscal 1997.  As a result of
     those  noncash  dividends,   utility  plant-net  decreased  and  nonutility
     property-net increased by approximately $48.4 million.  Expenses of Service
     Company are allocated to AGL Resources and its subsidiaries.

2.   Interim Financial Statements

           In the opinion of management,  the unaudited  condensed  consolidated
     financial  statements included herein reflect all normal recurring accruals
     necessary  for a fair  statement  of the  results  of the  interim  periods
     reflected. Certain information and footnote disclosure normally included in
     financial   statements  prepared  in  accordance  with  generally  accepted
     accounting  principles have been omitted from these condensed  consolidated
     financial  statements  pursuant to applicable  rules and regulations of the
     Securities and Exchange  Commission.  These financial  statements should be
     read in  conjunction  with the financial  statements  and the notes thereto
     included in the annual reports on Form 10-K of AGL Resources for the fiscal
     year ended  September  30,  1996,  and of AGLC for the fiscal  years  ended
     September  30, 1996 and 1995.  Certain 1995 amounts have been  reclassified
     for comparability with 1996 amounts.



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3 .  Earnings

           AGL Resources'  principal business is the distribution of natural gas
     to customers in central, northwest, northeast and southeast Georgia and the
     Chattanooga,   Tennessee   area   through  its  natural  gas   distribution
     subsidiary,  AGLC. Since consumption of natural gas is dependent to a large
     extent on weather, the majority of AGL Resources' income is realized during
     the winter months.  Earnings for a three-month period are not indicative of
     the earnings for a twelve-month period.

           On October 3, 1995,  AGLC  implemented  revised  firm  service  rates
     pursuant to an order on rehearing of the rate design  issues of AGLC's 1993
     rate case that was issued by the Georgia Public Service Commission (Georgia
     Commission) on September 25, 1995.  Although  neutral with respect to total
     annual margins, the new rates shift margins from heating months (November -
     March) into  non-heating  months,  thereby  affecting  the  comparisons  of
     earnings for the twelve-month periods ended December 31, 1996, and 1995.

 4.  Environmental Matters - AGLC

           AGLC has identified nine sites in Georgia where it currently owns all
     or part of a  manufactured  gas plant (MGP)  site.  In  addition,  AGLC has
     identified  three other sites in Georgia  which AGLC does not now own,  but
     which may have been  associated  with the  operation of MGPs by AGLC or its
     predecessors.  There  are also  three  sites in  Florida  which  have  been
     investigated by environmental authorities in connection with which AGLC may
     be contacted as a potentially responsible party.

           AGLC's response to MGP sites in Georgia is proceeding under two state
     regulatory  programs.  First, AGLC has entered into consent orders with the
     Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) with respect to four sites:
     Augusta,  Griffin,  Savannah and Valdosta. Under these consent orders, AGLC
     is obliged to investigate and, if necessary, remediate impacts at the site.
     AGLC developed a proposed Corrective Action Plan (CAP) for the Griffin site
     and has now conducted certain follow-up investigations in response to EPD's
     comments.  Assessment  activities were conducted at Augusta and are planned
     for Savannah  during  January 1997. In addition,  AGLC is in the process of
     planning certain interim  remedial  measures at the Augusta MGP site. Those
     measures are expected to be implemented principally during fiscal 1997.

           Second,  AGLC's  response  to all  Georgia  sites  is  proceeding  in
     substantial  compliance with Georgia's  Hazardous Site Response Act (HSRA).
     AGLC submitted to EPD formal  notifications  pertaining to all of its owned
     MGP sites,  and EPD had listed  seven sites  (Athens,  Augusta,  Brunswick,
     Griffin,  Savannah,  Valdosta and Waycross) on the state's  Hazardous  Site
     Inventory (HSI). EPD has not listed the Macon site on the HSI at this time.
     EPD has also  listed the Rome site,  which AGLC has  acquired,  on the HSI.
     Under the HSRA  regulations,  the four sites subject to consent  orders are
     presumed  to  require   corrective   action;  EPD  will  determine  whether
     corrective  action  is  required  at  the  four  remaining  sites  (Athens,
     Brunswick, Rome and Waycross) in due course. In that respect, however, AGLC
     has submitted  Compliance  Status Reports (CSRs) for the Athens,  Brunswick
     and Rome MGP sites,  and AGLC has  concluded  that these  sites do not meet
     applicable risk reduction standards.  Accordingly,  some degree of response
     action is likely to be required at those sites.

           AGLC has  estimated  that,  under  the most  favorable  circumstances
     reasonably  possible,   the  future  cost  to  AGLC  of  investigating  and
     remediating  the  former  MGP  sites  could  be as  low as  $31.3  million.
     Alternatively,   AGLC  has  estimated  that,  under   reasonably   possible
     unfavorable  circumstances,  the future cost to AGLC of  investigating  and
     remediating the former MGP sites could be as high as $117.3 million.  Those
     estimates  have been  adjusted  from the  September  30, 1996  estimates to
     reflect  settlements  of  property  damage  claims  at  certain  sites.  If
     additional  sites  were  added to those for  which  corrective  action  now
     appears reasonably likely, or if substantially more stringent cleanups were
     required,  or  if  site  conditions  are  markedly  worse  than  those  now
     anticipated,  the costs could be higher.  In  addition,  those costs do not
     include other expenses,  such as property damage claims, for which AGLC may
     ultimately

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     be held liable,  but for which neither the existence nor the amount of such
     liabilities  can be reasonably  forecast.  Within the stated range of $31.3
     million  to $117.3  million,  no amount  within  the range can be  reliably
     identified  as a better  estimate  than any other  estimate.  Therefore,  a
     liability at the low end of this range and a corresponding regulatory asset
     have been recorded in the financial statements.

           AGLC has two means of  recovering  the expenses  associated  with the
     former MGP sites.  First, the Georgia  Commission has approved the recovery
     by AGLC  of  Environmental  Response  Costs,  as  defined,  pursuant  to an
     Environmental  Response Cost Recovery  Rider  (ERCRR).  For purposes of the
     ERCRR,   Environmental  Response  Costs  include  investigation,   testing,
     remediation and litigation costs and expenses or other liabilities relating
     to or arising from MGP sites.  In connection  with the ERCRR,  the staff of
     the Georgia  Commission has  undertaken a financial and management  process
     audit  related  to the MGP  sites,  cleanup  activities  at the  sites  and
     environmental  response  costs that have been  incurred for purposes of the
     ERCRR.  On October  10,  1996,  the Georgia  Commission  issued an order to
     prohibit funds collected  through the ERCRR from being used for the payment
     of any  damage  award,  including  punitive  damages,  as a  result  of any
     litigation  associated with any of the MGP sites in which AGLC is involved.
     AGLC is currently pursuing judicial review of the October 10, 1996 order.

           Second,  AGLC intends to seek recovery of appropriate  costs from its
     insurers and other  potentially  responsible  parties.  With respect to its
     insurers,  in 1991, AGLC filed a declaratory judgement action against 23 of
     its insurance companies.  After the trial court entered a judgement adverse
     to AGLC and AGLC  appealed  that  ruling,  the  Eleventh  Circuit  Court of
     Appeals  held  that the case did not  present  a case or  controversy  when
     filed,  and the case was remanded with  instructions to dismiss.  Since the
     Eleventh  Circuit's  decision,  AGLC  has  settled  with,  or is  close  to
     settlement  with, most of the major insurers.  AGLC has not determined what
     actions it will take with respect to non-settling insurers.

           See  Part I,  Item 2 and  Part  II,  Item  5,  "Other  Information  -
     Environmental  Matters,"  of this  Form  10-Q  for  additional  information
     regarding environmental response activities associated with MGP sites.

 5.  Competition - AGLC
           AGLC competes to supply  natural gas to  interruptible  customers who
     are capable of switching to alternative fuels,  including propane, fuel and
     waste oils,  electricity and, in some cases,  combustible wood by-products.
     AGLC also competes to supply gas to interruptible  customers who might seek
     to bypass its distribution system.

           AGLC can price distribution services to interruptible  customers four
     ways.  First,  multiple rates are  established  under the rate schedules of
     AGLC's tariff  approved by the Georgia  Commission.  If an existing  tariff
     rate  does not  produce  a price  competitive  with a  customer's  relevant
     competitive   alternative,   three  alternate  pricing   mechanisms  exist:
     Negotiated  Contracts,  Interruptible  Transportation and Sales Maintenance
     (ITSM) discounts and Special Contracts.

           On February 17, 1995,  the Georgia  Commission  approved a settlement
     that permits AGLC to negotiate contracts with customers who have the option
     of bypassing AGLC's  facilities  (Bypass  Customers) to receive natural gas
     from other suppliers. The bypass avoidance contracts (Negotiated Contracts)
     can be  renewable,  provided  the initial  term does not exceed five years,
     unless a longer term specifically is authorized by the Georgia  Commission.
     The rate provided by the Negotiated Contract may be lower than AGLC's filed
     rate,  but not less than AGLC's  marginal  cost of service to the potential
     Bypass  Customer.  Service  pursuant to a Negotiated  Contract may commence
     without Georgia  Commission  action,  after a copy of the contract is filed
     with the Georgia  Commission.  Negotiated  Contracts may be rejected by the
     Georgia Commission within 90 days of filing;  absent such action,  however,
     the Negotiated Contracts remain in effect. None of the Negotiated Contracts
     filed to date with the Georgia Commission have been rejected.




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           The settlement also provides for a bypass loss recovery  mechanism to
     operate until the earlier of September  30, 1998, or the effective  date of
     new rates for AGLC resulting  from a general rate case.  Under the recovery
     mechanism,  AGLC is  allowed to recover  from  other  customers  75% of the
     difference  between (a) the nongas cost revenue that was received  from the
     potential  Bypass  Customer  during the most recent 12-month period and (b)
     the nongas cost revenue that is  calculated  to be received  from the lower
     Negotiated  Contract rate applied to the same volumetric level.  Concerning
     the remaining 25% of the difference,  AGLC is allowed to retain a 44% share
     of capacity  release  revenues  in excess of $5 million  until AGLC is made
     whole for  discounts  from  Negotiated  Contracts.  To the extent there are
     additional capacity release revenues, AGLC is allowed to retain 15% of such
     amounts.

           In  addition to  Negotiated  Contracts,  which are  designed to serve
     existing and potential  Bypass  Customers,  AGLC's ITSM Rider  continues to
     permit  discounts for short-term  transactions to compete with  alternative
     fuels. Revenue shortfalls, if any, from interruptible customers as measured
     by  the  test-year   interruptible   revenues  determined  by  the  Georgia
     Commission in AGLC's 1993 rate case will continue to be recovered under the
     ITSM Rider.

           The settlement  approved by the Georgia Commission also provides that
     AGLC may file contracts (Special Contracts) for Georgia Commission approval
     if the service  cannot be provided  through the ITSM Rider,  existing  rate
     schedules,  or Negotiated  Contract  procedures.  A Special  Contract,  for
     example,  could  involve  AGLC  providing a long-term  service  contract to
     compete with  alternative  fuels where physical  bypass is not the relevant
     competition.

           Pursuant to the approved settlement,  AGLC has filed and is providing
     service  pursuant to 46  Negotiated  Contracts.  Additionally,  the Georgia
     Commission   has  approved   Special   Contracts   between  AGLC  and  five
     interruptible customers.

           On July  22,  1996,  Chattanooga  filed  a plan  with  the  Tennessee
     Regulatory  Authority (TRA) that permits Chattanooga to negotiate contracts
     with  customers  in  Tennessee  who  have  long-term  competitive  options,
     including  bypass. On November 27, 1996, the TRA approved a settlement that
     permits  Chattanooga  to  negotiate  contracts  with  large  commercial  or
     industrial   customers   who  are   capable  of   bypassing   Chattanooga's
     distribution   system.   The   settlement   provides  for  approval  on  an
     experimental  basis,  with the TRA to review the measure two years from the
     approval  date.  The pricing  terms  provided in any such  contract  may be
     neither less than  Chattanooga's  marginal  cost of  providing  service nor
     greater than the filed tariff rate  generally  applicable  to such service.
     Chattanooga can recover 50% of the difference between the contract rate and
     the applicable  tariff rate through the balancing  account of the purchased
     gas adjustment provisions of Chattanooga's rate schedules.

6.   Corporate Restructuring - AGLC

           In November  1994 AGL Resources  announced a corporate  restructuring
     plan and began its  implementation  during  fiscal 1995. As a result of the
     restructuring,  AGLC combined  offices,  established  centralized  customer
     service  centers  and  reduced  the  average  number of  employees  through
     voluntary retirement, severance programs and attrition. Restructuring costs
     of $43.1  million and $14.7  million,  after income  taxes,  were  recorded
     during fiscal and calendar year 1995, respectively. The principal financial
     effects of the  restructuring  charges  were to increase  obligations  with
     respect  to  pension  benefits  and  postretirement   benefits  other  than
     pensions.






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Item 2.

                     MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
                  RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

           On March 6, 1996,  AGL  Resources  Inc.  (AGL  Resources)  became the
holding  company for Atlanta Gas Light  Company  (AGLC),  and its  subsidiaries.
During  calendar  1996,   ownership  of  AGLC's   nonregulated   businesses  was
transferred  to AGL  Resources  and  its  various  subsidiaries.  The  following
discussion  and  analysis  reflects  the  results of  operations  and  financial
condition of AGL Resources and factors expected to impact its future operations.
See Note 1 in Notes to Condensed  Consolidated Financial Statements in this Form
10-Q.

Results of Operations

Three-Month Periods Ended December 31, 1996 and 1995

       Explained  below are the major factors that had a  significant  effect on
results of  operations  for the  three-month  period  ended  December  31, 1996,
compared with the same period in 1995.

       Operating  revenues  increased  14.8% for the  three-month  period  ended
December 31, 1996, compared with the same period in 1995 primarily due to (1) an
increase  in the cost of the gas  supply  recovered  from  customers  under  the
purchased gas  provisions of the utility's rate  schedules,  as explained in the
following  paragraph,  and (2) growth in the number of utility customers served.
The increase in operating revenues was offset partly by decreased volumes of gas
sold as a result of weather that was 26% warmer than the same period in 1995.

       The  utility  balances  the  cost of gas  with  revenues  collected  from
customers   under  the   purchased  gas   provisions  of  its  rate   schedules.
Underrecoveries  or  overrecoveries  of gas costs are  deferred  and recorded as
current assets or liabilities,  thereby  eliminating the effect that recovery of
gas costs would  otherwise have on net income.  Cost of gas increased  21.8% for
the three-month period ended December 31, 1996, compared with the same period in
1995.  The increase in the cost of the utility's gas supply was primarily due to
(1) an  increase  in the cost of gas  purchased  for  system  supply  and (2) an
increase in the cost of gas withdrawn from underground  storage. The increase in
cost of gas was offset  partly by  decreased  volumes of gas sold as a result of
weather that was 26% warmer than the same period in 1995.

       Operating margin increased 5.3% for the three-month period ended December
31, 1996,  compared with the same period in 1995  primarily due to growth in the
number of utility  customers  served.  Weather  normalization  adjustment riders
(WNARs)  approved by the Georgia  Commission  and the TRA  stabilized  operating
margin at the level which would  occur with normal  weather for the  three-month
periods  ended  December  31, 1996 and 1995.  As a result of the WNARs,  weather
conditions  experienced do not have a significant impact on the comparability of
operating margin.

       Operating  expenses  increased  8.3%  for the  three-month  period  ended
December 31, 1996,  compared  with the same period in 1995  primarily due to (1)
increased labor and labor-related expenses, (2) increased uncollectible accounts
expense and (3) increased depreciation expense recorded as a result of increased
property subject to depreciation.

       Other  income  increased  $1.2 million for the  three-month  period ended
December 31, 1996,  compared  with the same period in 1995  primarily due to (1)
the recovery from customers of carrying costs not included in base rates related
to storage gas  inventories,  (2) an increase in the recovery of carrying  costs
attributable to AGLC's Integrated Resource Plan and (3) the recovery of carrying
costs  attributable  to an increase in  underrecovered  deferred  purchased  gas
costs.

       Interest expense increased $0.8 million for the three-month  period ended
December  31,  1996,  compared  with the same  period in 1995  primarily  due to
increased amounts of short-term and long-term debt outstanding.


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       Income  taxes  increased  $0.6 million for the  three-month  period ended
December  31,  1996,  compared  with the same  period in 1995  primarily  due to
increased taxable income.

       Net income for the three-month  period ended December 31, 1996, was $29.6
million,  compared with net income of $29.1 million in 1995.  Earnings per share
of common stock were $0.53 for the three-month  periods ended December 31, 1996,
and 1995.  The increase in net income was primarily  due to (1) increased  other
income and (2) increased operating margin. The increase in net income was offset
partly by increased other operating expenses.

Twelve-Month Periods Ended December 31, 1996 and 1995

       Explained  below are the major factors that had a  significant  effect on
results of  operations  for the  twelve-month  period  ended  December 31, 1996,
compared with the same period in 1995.

       Operating  revenues  increased  19.5% for the  twelve-month  period ended
December 31, 1996, compared with the same period in 1995 primarily due to (1) an
increase  in the cost of the gas  supply  recovered  from  customers  under  the
purchased gas  provisions of the utility's rate  schedules,  as explained in the
following paragraph and (2) growth in the number of utility customers served.

       The  utility  balances  the  cost of gas  with  revenues  collected  from
customers   under  the   purchased  gas   provisions  of  its  rate   schedules.
Underrecoveries  or  overrecoveries  of gas costs are  deferred  and recorded as
current assets or liabilities,  thereby  eliminating the effect that recovery of
gas costs would  otherwise have on net income.  Cost of gas increased  33.4% for
the twelve-month  period ended December 31, 1996,  compared with the same period
in 1995.  The increase in the cost of the utility's gas supply was primarily due
to an increase in the cost of gas purchased for system supply.

       Operating  margin  increased  3.4%  for  the  twelve-month  period  ended
December 31, 1996,  compared  with the same period in 1995  primarily due to (1)
revised firm service rates,  effective October 3, 1995, which shift margins from
heating  months  into  non-heating  months  (see  Note 3 to Notes  to  Condensed
Consolidated  Financial  Statements in this Form 10-Q), (2) growth in the number
of  utility  customers  served  and (3) a revenue  increase  granted  by the TRA
effective November 1, 1995. WNARs stabilized operating margin at the level which
would occur with normal weather for the twelve-month  periods ended December 31,
1996 and 1995. As a result of the WNARs,  weather conditions  experienced do not
have a significant impact on the comparability of operating margin.

       Operating  expenses  increased  4.6% for the  twelve-month  period  ended
December 31, 1996,  compared  with the same period in 1995  primarily due to (1)
increased  depreciation  expense  recorded  as a result  of  increased  property
subject to depreciation,  (2) increased  uncollectible  accounts expense and (3)
expenses  associated with the formation of AGL Resources.  Total other operating
expenses  decreased  primarily  due to  restructuring  costs  of  $25.8  million
recorded during the  twelve-month  period ended December 31, 1995. See Note 6 to
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in this Form 10-Q.

       Other income  increased $11.4 million for the  twelve-month  period ended
December 31, 1996,  compared  with the same period in 1995  primarily due to (1)
income from a gas marketing  joint  venture,  (2) the recovery of carrying costs
attributable to an increase in underrecovered  deferred  purchased gas costs and
(3) recoveries of environmental response costs from insurance carriers and third
parties.

       Interest expense increased $2.8 million for the twelve-month period ended
December  31,  1996,  compared  with the same  period in 1995  primarily  due to
increased amounts of short-term and long-term debt outstanding.

       Income taxes  increased $14.8 million for the  twelve-month  period ended
December  31,  1996,  compared  with the same  period in 1995  primarily  due to
increased taxable income.


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       Net income for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 1996, was $76.1
million,  compared with net income of $54.8 million in 1995.  Earnings per share
of common stock were $1.37 for the twelve-month  period ended December 31, 1996,
compared with  earnings per share of $1.03 in 1995.  The increases in net income
and earnings per share were  primarily due to (1)  restructuring  costs of $14.7
million (after income taxes)  recorded in 1995, (2) increased  operating  margin
and (3)  increased  other  income.  The increases in net income and earnings per
share were offset partly by increased other operating expenses.  The increase in
earnings per share was also offset  partly by an increase in the average  number
of common shares outstanding.

                               Financial Condition


       AGL  Resources'  primary  business  is  highly  seasonal  in  nature  and
typically shows a substantial increase in accounts receivable from customers and
accounts  payable to gas suppliers  from September 30 to December 31 as a result
of colder  weather.  The utility also uses gas stored  underground and liquefied
natural  gas to serve its  customers  during  periods  of colder  weather.  As a
result, accounts receivable increased $128.7 million and inventory of gas stored
underground  decreased  $30.9 million during the three months ended December 31,
1996.  As a result of  weather  that was 13.2%  warmer  than  normal  during the
three-month  period  ended  December 31,  1996,  significant  usage of liquefied
natural gas was not necessary to meet system demand.  Accounts payable increased
$35 million during the three months ended December 31, 1996,  primarily due to a
$38.4 million increase in accounts payable to gas suppliers.

       Accounts  receivable  increased  $24.1  million from December 31, 1995 to
December 31, 1996,  primarily due to increased operating revenues.  Inventory of
gas stored  underground  and liquefied  natural gas increased $31.5 million from
December 31, 1995 to December 31, 1996, primarily due to an increase in the cost
of gas injected  into storage.  Accounts  payable  increased  $25.6 million from
December  31,  1995 to  December  31,  1996,  primarily  due to a $14.5  million
increase in accounts payable to gas suppliers.

       The  purchasing  practices  of AGLC are  subject to review by the Georgia
Commission under legislation enacted by the Georgia General Assembly (Gas Supply
Plan Legislation).  The Gas Supply Plan Legislation  establishes  procedures for
review and approval,  in advance,  of gas supply plans for gas utilities and gas
cost adjustment  factors  applicable to firm service customers of gas utilities.
Pursuant to AGLC's  approved  Gas Supply  Plan for fiscal year 1997,  gas supply
purchases are being  recovered under the purchased gas provisions of AGLC's rate
schedules. The plan also allows recovery from the customers of AGLC of Order 636
transition costs that are currently being charged by AGLC's pipeline suppliers.

       AGLC currently  estimates that its portion of transition  costs resulting
from  FERC  Order  636  restructuring  proceedings  from  all  of  its  pipeline
suppliers,  that have been filed to be  recovered  to date,  could be as high as
approximately  $113.6 million.  This estimate assumes both that FERC approval of
Southern  Natural  Gas  Company's  restructuring  settlement  agreement  is  not
overturned  on  judicial  review  and that FERC  does not  alter its Gas  Supply
Realignment  (GSR)  recovery  policies on remand from the United States Court of
Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Such filings currently are pending
final FERC approval,  and the transition  costs are being  collected  subject to
refund.  Approximately $85.2 million of such costs have been incurred by AGLC as
of December  31, 1996,  recovery of which is provided  under the  purchased  gas
provisions of AGLC's rate  schedules.  For further  discussion of the effects of
FERC  Order  636 on AGLC,  see Part II,  Item 5,  "Other  Information  - Federal
Regulatory Matters" of this Form 10-Q.

       As noted above,  AGLC  recovers the cost of gas under the  purchased  gas
provisions of its rate schedules. AGLC was in an underrecovery position of $31.4
million as of December 31, 1996,  $7.5 million as of December 31, 1995, and $4.7
million as of September 30, 1996.  Under the  provisions  of the utility's  rate
schedules,  any  underrecoveries of gas costs are included in current assets and
have no effect on net income.

       Cash and cash equivalents decreased $7.6 million and $4.7 million for the
three-month  and  twelve-month  periods  ended  December 31, 1996,  respectively
primarily to offset other working capital requirements.

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       The  expenditures  for plant and other property totaled $29.3 million and
$135.2 million for the three-month and  twelve-month  periods ended December 31,
1996, respectively.

       Service  Company  was formed  during  fiscal  1996 to  provide  corporate
support services to AGL Resources and its subsidiaries.  The transfer of related
assets and  accumulated  deferred  income tax  liabilities  from AGLC to Service
Company  and  other  nonregulated  subsidiaries  was  effected  through  noncash
dividends  of $34.3  million  during the fourth  quarter of fiscal 1996 and $4.8
million  during the first  quarter of fiscal 1997.  As a result of those noncash
dividends,  utility plant-net decreased and nonutility property-net increased by
approximately  $48.4 million.  Expenses of Service  Company are allocated to AGL
Resources and its subsidiaries.

       AGLC has accrued  liabilities  of $31.3  million as of December 31, 1996,
$28.6  million as of December 31, 1995,  and $30.4  million as of September  30,
1996,  for estimated  future  expenditures  which are expected to be made over a
period of several years in connection with or related to MGP sites.  The Georgia
Commission has approved the recovery by AGLC of Environmental Response Costs, as
defined in Note 4 to Notes to Condensed  Consolidated  Financial  Statements  in
this Form 10-Q,  pursuant to the ERCRR. In connection with the ERCRR,  the staff
of the Georgia  Commission  has  undertaken a financial and  management  process
audit  related  to  the  MGP  sites,   cleanup   activities  at  the  sites  and
environmental  response costs that have been incurred for purposes of the ERCRR.
On October 10, 1996,  the Georgia  Commission  issued an order to prohibit funds
collected through the ERCRR from being used for the payment of any damage award,
including punitive damages, as a result of any litigation associated with any of
the MGP sites in which AGLC is  involved.  AGLC is currently  pursuing  judicial
review of the October 10, 1996, order.

       On June 16, 1995,  approximately  3.0 million shares of common stock were
issued and sold at a price of $16.81 per share,  resulting  in net  proceeds  of
$48.6  million.  Proceeds  from that sale of common  stock  were used to finance
capital expenditures and for other corporate purposes.

       Short-term  debt  increased  $36.8  million  and  $32.5  million  for the
three-month  and  twelve-month  periods ended  December 31, 1996,  respectively,
primarily to meet increased working capital requirements.

       Long-term debt  outstanding  increased $30 million during the three-month
and twelve-month periods ended December 31, 1996, as a result of the issuance by
AGLC of $30  million  in  principal  amount of  Medium-Term  Notes,  Series C in
November 1996. The notes were issued under a registration  statement  filed with
the Securities  and Exchange  Commission in September 1993 covering the periodic
offer and sale of up to $300 million in principal  amount of Medium-Term  Notes,
Series C. As of December 31, 1996,  AGLC had issued $224.5  million in principal
amount of Medium-Term Notes Series C, with maturity dates ranging from ten to 30
years and with interest  rates  ranging from 5.9% to 7.2%.  The notes are issued
under an Indenture dated as of December 1, 1989, as  supplemented  and modified,
and are unsecured and rank on a parity with all other unsecured  indebtedness of
AGLC.  Net  proceeds  from the issuance of  Medium-Term  Notes were used to fund
capital expenditures, to repay short-term debt and for other corporate purposes.

       On February 17, 1995, the Georgia  Commission  approved a settlement that
permits  AGLC to  negotiate  contracts  with  customers  who have the  option of
bypassing AGLC's facilities (Bypass Customers) to receive natural gas from other
suppliers.   The  bypass  avoidance  contracts  (Negotiated  Contracts)  can  be
renewable, provided the initial term does not exceed five years, unless a longer
term specifically is authorized by the Georgia Commission.  The rate provided by
the  Negotiated  Contract may be lower than AGLC's filed rate, but not less than
AGLC's  marginal  cost of  service to the  potential  Bypass  Customer.  Service
pursuant to a  Negotiated  Contract  may  commence  without  Georgia  Commission
action,  after a copy of the  contract  is filed  with the  Georgia  Commission.
Negotiated Contracts may be rejected by the Georgia Commission within 90 days of
filing; absent such action,  however, the Negotiated Contracts remain in effect.
None of the Negotiated  Contracts filed to date with the Georgia Commission have
been rejected.




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       The  settlement  also  provides for a bypass loss  recovery  mechanism to
operate until the earlier of September  30, 1998,  or the effective  date of new
rates  for AGLC  resulting  from a  general  rate  case.  See Note 5 to Notes to
Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in this Form 10-Q.

       On July 22,  1996,  Chattanooga  filed a plan  with the TRA that  permits
Chattanooga  to  negotiate  contracts  with  customers  in  Tennessee  who  have
long-term  competitive options,  including bypass. On November 27, 1996, the TRA
approved a settlement that permits Chattanooga to negotiate contracts with large
commercial  or industrial  customers who are capable of bypassing  Chattanooga's
distribution  system.  The settlement  provides for approval on an  experimental
basis,  with the TRA to review the measure two years from the approval date. The
pricing  terms   provided  in  any  such  contract  may  be  neither  less  than
Chattanooga's  marginal  cost of  providing  service nor greater  than the filed
tariff rate generally applicable to such service. Chattanooga can recover 50% of
the difference  between the contract rate and the applicable tariff rate through
the  balancing   account  of  the  purchased   gas   adjustment   provisions  of
Chattanooga's rate schedules.


                          PART II -- OTHER INFORMATION


     "Part  II -- Other  Information"  is  intended  to  supplement  information
contained in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended  September
30, 1996, and should be read in conjunction therewith.

Item 1.  Legal Proceedings
             See Item 5.

Item 5.  Other Information

                           Federal Regulatory Matters

Order No. 636

       AGLC  currently  estimates  that its portion of  transition  costs (which
include  unrecovered gas costs,  GSR costs and various  stranded costs resulting
from  unbundling of interstate  pipeline sales service) from all of its pipeline
suppliers  filed  with  the  FERC to date to be  recovered  could  be as high as
approximately  $113.6  million.  AGLC's  estimate  is based  on the most  recent
estimates of transition costs filed by its pipeline suppliers with the FERC, and
assumes both that FERC  approval of Southern  Natural Gas  Company's  (Southern)
restructuring settlement agreement is not overturned on judicial review and that
FERC does not alter its GSR recovery  policies on remand from the United  States
Court of Appeals for the  District of  Columbia  Circuit in United  Distribution
Cos. v. FERC, in which the court questioned the FERC's GSR recovery policy. Such
filings  by  AGLC's   pipeline   suppliers  are  pending  final  FERC  approval.
Approximately $85.2 million of transition costs have been incurred by AGLC as of
December 31, 1996, and are being  recovered  from customers  under the purchased
gas provisions of AGLC's rate  schedules.  Details  concerning the status of the
Order No. 636 restructuring  proceedings involving the pipelines that serve AGLC
directly are set forth below.

SOUTHERN GSR Cost Recovery Proceeding.  Southern continues to make quarterly and
monthly  transition cost filings to recover costs from contesting parties to the
settlement,  and the FERC has  ordered  that  such  costs  may be  recovered  by
Southern,  subject to the outcome of a hearing for contesting parties.  However,
since AGLC is a consenting  party, its GSR and other transition cost charges are
in accordance  with  Southern's  restructuring  settlement.  Assuming the FERC's
approval  of the  settlement  is  upheld on  judicial  review,  AGLC's  share of
Southern's  transition costs is estimated to be $88 million. This estimate would
not be affected by the remand of Order No. 636,  unless  FERC's  approval of the
settlement  is not upheld on judicial  review.  As of December 31,  1996,  $74.7
million of such costs have already been incurred by AGLC.


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TENNESSEE  GSR  Cost  Recovery   Proceeding.   Tennessee  Gas  Pipeline  Company
(Tennessee)  has continued to make quarterly GSR cost recovery  filings with the
FERC.  On  December  26,  1996,  Tennessee  filed  with the FERC to  recover  an
additional $33 million in GSR costs.  AGLC  protested this filing,  but the FERC
has not yet acted upon Tennessee's  filing.  AGLC's estimated  liability for GSR
costs as a result of Tennessee's filings is approximately $17.4 million, subject
to possible  reduction  based upon the hearing FERC  established  to investigate
Tennessee's  costs.  AGLC is  actively  participating  in  Tennessee's  GSR cost
recovery  proceeding.  As of December 31, 1996,  $5.7 million of such costs have
already been  incurred by AGLC. In addition,  Tennessee  and its customers  have
reached an agreement in principle which would resolve all outstanding transition
cost issues;  it is not possible,  however,  to say when this  agreement will be
fully  documented  and filed with the FERC as a settlement,  or whether the FERC
would approve such a settlement.

FERC Rate Proceedings

ANR PIPELINE On January 10, 1997, the presiding  administrative  law judge (ALJ)
issued an initial  decision  in ANR's  rate  proceeding.  The ALJ upheld  AGLC's
position that ANR's proposed rate for certain  transportation  services Southern
purchases from ANR, for the benefit of AGLC,  was  excessive.  Under the initial
decision,  Southern would receive  approximately $7 million in refunds from ANR,
which amount would be flowed  through to AGLC.  The initial  decision would also
reduce the rate for future service by approximately $3.5 million annually.  AGLC
had sought a prospective  annual  reduction of up to $4.5  million.  The initial
decision is subject to the possible  filing of exceptions  before the FERC,  and
thus is not yet final.

Arcadian

       On December 30, 1996, AGLC filed a petition in the United States Court of
Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, seeking judicial review of the FERC's November
26, 1996, order rejecting AGLC's request for rehearing of the FERC's approval of
the settlement  between Southern and Arcadian  Corporation.  On January 6, 1997,
AGLC moved to  consolidate  this appeal with its two prior appeals of the FERC's
orders in the  Arcadian  proceeding,  which  appeals  had been held in  abeyance
pending  action by the FERC on AGLC's  rehearing  request  before the FERC.  The
court  has not yet acted on AGLC's  motion,  and  AGLC's  three  appeals  remain
pending before the court.

       AGLC cannot predict the outcome of these federal  proceedings  nor can it
determine the ultimate effect, if any, such proceedings may have on AGLC.

                            State Regulatory Matters

       On February 17, 1995, the Georgia  Commission  approved a settlement that
permits AGLC to negotiate contracts with customers who have the option to bypass
AGLC's  facilities  and  receive  natural  gas from  other  suppliers.  A bypass
avoidance contract (Negotiated Contract) can be renewable,  provided the initial
term does not exceed five years, unless a longer term specifically is authorized
by the Georgia  Commission.  The rate provided by the Negotiated Contract may be
lower than AGLC's filed rate, but not less than AGLC's  marginal cost of service
to the potential  Bypass Customer.  Negotiated  Contracts may be rejected by the
Georgia  Commission within 90 days of filing;  none of the Negotiated  Contracts
filed to date with the Georgia Commission have been rejected.

       On May 21,  1996,  the  Georgia  Commission  adopted  a Policy  Statement
following  its November 20, 1995 Notice of Inquiry  concerning  changes in state
regulatory  guidelines  to respond to trends  toward  increased  competition  in
natural  gas  markets.  Among  other  things,  the  Policy  Statement  sets up a
distinction   between   competitive  and  natural  monopoly   services;   favors
performance-based  regulation in lieu of traditional cost-of-service regulation;
calls for unbundling  interruptible  service;  directs the Georgia  Commission's
staff to  develop  standards  of  conduct  for  utilities  and  their  marketing
affiliates;  and invites pilot programs for  unbundling  services to residential
and small business customers.



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       Consistent  with  specific  goals  in  the  Georgia  Commission's  Policy
Statement,  AGLC  filed on June 10,  1996,  the  Natural  Gas  Service  Provider
Selection  Plan (the  Plan),  a  comprehensive  plan for  serving  interruptible
markets.  The Plan  proposes  further  unbundling  of services to provide  large
customers  more service  options and the ability to purchase only those services
they  require.  Proposed  tariff  changes  would  allow  AGLC to cease its sales
service  function  and the  associated  sales  obligation  for large  customers;
implement  delivery-only service for large customers on a firm and interruptible
basis;  and  provide  pooling  services  to  marketers.  The Plan also  includes
proposed  standards of conduct for utilities and utility  marketing  affiliates.
Hearings on the proposal  are in process  before the Georgia  Commission  with a
decision expected by April 1997.

       Another  regulatory  reform  initiative  is before  the  Georgia  General
Assembly.  The 1996 Georgia General Assembly considered,  but delayed action on,
The Natural Gas Fair Pricing Act,  which would have allowed  local gas companies
to negotiate  contract  prices and terms for gas services with large  commercial
and industrial customers absent Georgia  Commission-mandated  rates. The Georgia
General  Assembly  stated  through  resolutions  a  desire  to  fashion  a  more
comprehensive approach to deregulation and unbundling of natural gas services in
Georgia. Those resolutions,  adopted during the 1996 session, created Senate and
House  committees  to study and  recommend a  comprehensive  course of action by
December 31, 1996, for deregulating natural gas markets in Georgia.

       The separate Senate and House study  committees  conducted joint meetings
during  September,  October  and  November  1996,  with the goal of  crafting  a
comprehensive  deregulation  bill for the 1997  Georgia  General  Assembly.  The
committees  issued a joint report in December 1996,  setting forth the following
findings of fact: (1) unbundling gas services, and providing such services on an
open access,  non-discriminatory  basis,  would foster a more competitive market
for the local distribution of natural gas; (2) performance-based  ratemaking for
regulated,   monopoly   services  could  produce  better  results  than  current
cost-of-service   ratemaking   for  consumers  of  natural  gas  and  for  local
distribution   companies;   (3)  any  company  which   proposes  to  serve  firm
(residential  and small  business)  natural gas  consumers  should be subject to
certification of its financial and technical  expertise;  (4) safeguards must be
in place to ensure pipeline safety and to protect against cross-subsidy,  unfair
and deceptive acts and practices, and unfair competition as competition develops
in the local  distribution  of natural gas; (5) it is appropriate  for a natural
gas local  distribution  company to recover  from its firm  customers  "stranded
costs" that the Georgia Commission determines are prudently incurred;  and (6) a
"one-size-fits-all"  approach to introducing  competition into Georgia's natural
gas markets may not be  appropriate,  due to the  difference in size and markets
served of Georgia's natural gas distribution companies.

       In response to the joint report of the study committees,  Senate Bill 215
was introduced in the 1997 Georgia  General  Assembly.  The Bill  entitled,  the
Natural Gas Competition and Deregulation  Act, would unbundle services to all of
AGLC's natural gas customers, continue AGLC's role as the intrastate transporter
of natural  gas,  allow AGLC to assign firm  delivery  capacity to  certificated
marketers   who  would  sell  the  gas   commodity,   and  create  a   secondary
transportation market for interruptible transportation capacity.

       AGLC supports both the Plan under consideration by the Georgia Commission
and the Bill under consideration by the Georgia General Assembly. AGLC currently
makes no profit on the  purchase  and sale of gas  because  actual gas costs are
passed  through to customers  under the purchased gas  provisions of AGLC's rate
schedules.  Earnings  are provided  through  revenues  received  for  intrastate
transportation of the commodity. Consequently,  allowing AGLC to cease its sales
service  function and the associated sales obligation would not adversely affect
AGLC's  ability  to earn a return  on its  distribution  system  investment.  In
addition,  allowing  gas to be  sold to all  customers  by  numerous  marketers,
including nonregulated subsidiaries of AGL Resources, would provide new business
opportunities.

       On July 22,  1996,  Chattanooga  filed a plan  with the TRA that  permits
Chattanooga  to  negotiate  contracts  with  customers  in  Tennessee  who  have
long-term  competitive options,  including bypass. On November 27, 1996, the TRA
approved a settlement that permits Chattanooga to negotiate contracts with large
commercial  or industrial  customers who are capable of bypassing  Chattanooga's
distribution  system.  The settlement  provides for approval on an  experimental
basis,  with the TRA to review the measure two years from the approval date. The
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may be neither less than  Chattanooga's  marginal cost of providing  service nor
greater  than the  filed  tariff  rate  generally  applicable  to such  service.
Chattanooga can recover 50% of the difference  between the contract rate and the
applicable  tariff  rate  through the  balancing  account of the  purchased  gas
adjustment provisions of Chattanooga's rate schedules.

                              Environmental Matters

       AGLC has identified  nine sites in Georgia where it currently owns all or
part of an MGP site.  In  addition,  AGLC has  identified  three  other sites in
Georgia which AGLC does not now own, but which may have been associated with the
operation  of MGPs by AGLC or its  predecessors.  There are also three  sites in
Florida which have been investigated by environmental  authorities in connection
with which AGLC may be contacted as a potentially responsible party.

       AGLC's  response  to MGP sites in Georgia is  proceeding  under two state
regulatory  programs.  First,  AGLC has entered into consent orders with the EPD
with respect to four sites: Augusta, Griffin, Savannah and Valdosta. Under these
consent  orders,  AGLC is obliged to  investigate  and, if necessary,  remediate
impacts at the site.  AGLC developed a proposed CAP for the Griffin site and has
now conducted  certain  follow-up  investigations in response to EPD's comments.
Assessment  activities  were  conducted  at Augusta and are planned for Savannah
during  January  1997. In addition,  AGLC is in the process of planning  certain
interim  remedial  measures at the Augusta MGP site. Those measures are expected
to be implemented principally during fiscal 1997.

       Second, AGLC's response to all Georgia sites is proceeding in substantial
compliance  with  Georgia's  HSRA.  AGLC  submitted to EPD formal  notifications
pertaining  to all of its  owned  MGP  sites,  and EPD had  listed  seven  sites
(Athens, Augusta,  Brunswick,  Griffin, Savannah,  Valdosta and Waycross) on the
state's HSI. EPD has not listed the Macon site on the HSI at this time.  EPD has
also listed the Rome site,  which AGLC has acquired,  on the HSI. Under the HSRA
regulations,  the four sites  subject to consent  orders are presumed to require
corrective  action;  EPD will determine whether corrective action is required at
the four remaining sites (Athens,  Brunswick,  Rome and Waycross) in due course.
In that respect,  however, AGLC has submitted CSRs for the Athens, Brunswick and
Rome MGP sites,  and AGLC has concluded that these sites do not meet  applicable
risk reduction standards.  Accordingly, some degree of response action is likely
to be required at those sites.

       AGLC  has  estimated  that,   under  the  most  favorable   circumstances
reasonably  possible,  the future cost to AGLC of investigating  and remediating
the former MGP sites could be as low as $31.3 million.  Alternatively,  AGLC has
estimated that, under reasonably possible unfavorable circumstances,  the future
cost to AGLC of  investigating  and remediating the former MGP sites could be as
high as $117.3  million.  Those  estimates have been adjusted from the September
30, 1996 estimates to reflect  settlements of property  damage claims at certain
sites.  If  additional  sites were added to those for which  action now  appears
reasonably likely, or if substantially more stringent cleanups were required, or
if site  conditions  are markedly  worse than those now  anticipated,  the costs
could be higher. In addition, those costs do not include other expenses, such as
property  damage claims,  for which AGLC may ultimately be held liable,  but for
which neither the existence nor the amount of such liabilities can be reasonably
forecast.  Within the stated range of $31.3 million to $117.3 million, no amount
within the range can be reliably  identified as a better estimate than any other
estimate.   Therefore,  a  liability  at  the  low  end  of  this  range  and  a
corresponding regulatory asset have been recorded in the financial statements.

     AGLC has two means of recovering  the expenses  associated  with the former
MGP sites.  First,  the Georgia  Commission has approved the recovery by AGLC of
Environmental Response Costs, as defined, pursuant to AGLC's ERCRR. For purposes
of the ERCRR,  Environmental  Response  Costs  include  investigation,  testing,
remediation and litigation costs and expenses or other  liabilities  relating to
or  arising  from MGP sites.  In  connection  with the  ERCRR,  the staff of the
Georgia  Commission  has  undertaken a financial  and  management  process audit
related  to the MGP sites,  cleanup  activities  at the sites and  environmental
response costs that have been incurred for purposes of the ERCRR. On October 10,
1996, the Georgia Commission issued an order to prohibit funds collected through
the ERCRR  from  being  used for the  payment  of any  damage  award,  including
punitive damages,  as a result of any litigation  associated with any of the MGP
sites in which AGLC is involved.  AGLC is currently  pursuing judicial review of
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     Second,  AGLC  intends  to seek  recovery  of  appropriate  costs  from its
insurers  and  other  potentially  responsible  parties.  See Note 4 to Notes to
Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in this Form 10-Q.

                             Other Legal Proceedings

     With regard to other legal  proceedings,  AGL Resources is a party, as both
plaintiff and defendant, to a number of other suits, claims and counterclaims on
an ongoing  basis.  Management  believes  that the outcome of all  litigation in
which it is involved will not have a material adverse effect on the consolidated
financial statements of AGL Resources.

                New Joint Venture and Propane Company Acquisition

     During December 1996, AGL Resources  signed a letter of intent with Transco
to form a joint venture, which would be known as Cumberland Pipeline Company, to
operate and market interstate  pipeline capacity.  The transaction is subject to
various corporate and regulatory approvals.

     Initially,  the 135-mile Cumberland pipeline will include existing pipeline
infrastructure  owned  by the two  companies.  Projected  to  enter  service  by
November 1, 2000, Cumberland will provide service to AGLC, Chattanooga and other
markets  throughout  the  eastern  Tennessee  Valley and  northwest  Georgia and
northeast Alabama.

     Affiliates  of  Transco  and AGL  Resources  each  will  own 50% of the new
pipeline  company,  and an  affiliate  of Transco  will serve as  operator.  The
project  will be  submitted  to the FERC for  approval in the fourth  quarter of
1997.

     Effective  February  1, 1997,  Georgia  Gas Service  Company  (Georgia  Gas
Service),  a subsidiary of AGL  Investments,  acquired,  through a  wholly-owned
subsidiary,  eight related  companies  (the Jordan Gas Propane  Companies).  The
acquisition  of the Jordan Gas Propane  Companies  is  expected to increase  the
retail sales of Georgia Gas Service's propane  operations from 7 million gallons
annually  to  approximately  20  million  gallons  annually.  As a result of the
acquisition,  Georgia Gas Service will serve  approximately  38,000 customers in
northwest Georgia and northern Alabama.

Item 6.  Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

         (a)  Exhibits

              3.2     -  Bylaws.

              10.1    -  Executive Compensation Plans and Arrangements.

              10.1.a  -  Second Amendment to the AGL Resources Inc. Long-Term 
                         Stock IncentivePlan of 1990.

              10.1.b  -  Fourth Amendment to the AGL Resources Inc. Long-Term 
                         Stock Incentive Plan of 1990.

              10.1.c  -  Fifth Amendment to the AGL Resources Inc. Long-Term 
                         Stock Incentive Plan of 1990.

              10.1.d  -  First Amendment to the AGL Resources Inc. Nonqualified
                         Savings Plan.

              27      -  Financial Data Schedule.

         (b)  Reports on Form 8-K.
              None.


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                                   SIGNATURES


         Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
the  registrant  has duly  caused  this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


                                                     AGL Resources Inc.
                                                       (Registrant)



Date  February 14, 1997                            /s/ David R. Jones
                                                       David R. Jones
                                         President and Chief Executive Officer


Date  February 14, 1997                            /s/ J. Michael Riley
                                                       J. Michael Riley
                                  Vice President  and Chief  Financial Officer
                                  (Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)




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