Atmos Energy Encourages Safety Awareness During National Safe Digging Month

GARLAND, Texas – April 1, 2025 – Did you know more than 50 percent of outside natural gas leaks
are caused by digging or construction that disturbs natural gas pipelines? Even minor damage, such as a
nick, scrape, or dent in a pipeline or its coating, can weaken the pipeline and lead to a future leak. Since
2008, April has been designated National Safe Digging Month, and in an effort to reduce excavation
damage, Atmos Energy joins the Common Ground Alliance (CGA) to encourage homeowners,
contractors, and any professional excavator to keep communities safe by calling 811 before any digging
project.

“With the arrival of spring, warmer temperatures offer ideal conditions to revitalize your home
landscaping or plant your first personal herb garden,” said Lance Ehler, Atmos Energy damage prevention
manager. “If your backyard beautification project requires heavy equipment or power tools, before
grabbing the shovel, make sure all underground utility lines have been located and marked. Digging
without knowing the approximate location of underground utilities can result in disruptions to critical
services, serious injuries, and costly repairs to underground utility lines.”

The ‘Call 811’ national service is free, safe, and required by law. Everyone who contacts 811 a few days
before digging is connected to a local notification center that will take the caller's information and
communicate it to local utility companies. Professional locators will then visit the dig site to mark the
approximate location of underground utility lines with spray paint, flags, or both. Please visit
811beforeyoudig.com for complete information.

“Pipelines carry natural gas around the clock to more than 189 million Americans and 5.8 million
businesses, yet we seldom notice these energy superhighways because they are underground,” said Ehler.
“The partnership between utilities, excavators, and communities is crucial in maintaining safe, reliable
natural gas service.”

Atmos Energy has been and will continue to be a champion for damage prevention. As part of National
Safe Digging Month, Atmos Energy asks everyone to become a safety ambassador by taking the Atmos
Energy Call 811 Pledge at atmosenergy.com/call811pledge. As a safety ambassador, you will pledge to
share about the importance of calling 811 before a digging project, along with educating others about the
value of knowing the location of underground utility lines. Together, we can promote natural gas safety!

About Atmos Energy
Atmos Energy Corporation, a natural gas-only distributor, is an S&P 500 company headquartered in
Dallas. We safely deliver reliable, affordable, efficient and abundant natural gas to more than 3 million
distribution customers in over 1,400 communities across eight states located primarily in the South. As
part of our vision to be the safest provider of natural gas services, we are modernizing our business and
infrastructure while continuing to invest in safety, innovation, environmental sustainability and our 
communities. Atmos Energy manages proprietary pipeline and storage assets, including one of the largest
intrastate natural gas pipeline systems in Texas.