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Wachovia Securities Houston May 16, 2006 www.sug.com Trunkline LNG History 1978 Trunkline LNG terminal construction begins nine miles southwest of Lake Charles, La. 1981 terminal construction completed on 382-acre site 630 MMcf/ d


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Houston May 16, 2006

Wachovia Securities

www.sug.com

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Trunkline LNG History

  • 1978 Trunkline LNG terminal construction begins nine

miles southwest of Lake Charles, La.

  • 1981 terminal construction completed on 382-acre site

–630 MMcf/ d of sendout capacity –6.3 Bcf of storage –3 LNG storage tanks –7 gas-fired water bath vaporizers

  • 528 cargoes delivered

through April 2006

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Trunkline LNG Company

  • Unit of S
  • uthern Union

Company since June 2003

  • One of North America’ s

largest operating facilities

  • Fully contracted with high

credit quality counterparty – BG Group – until 2028

  • A leading player in the

LNG sector

  • Ability to handle high

calorific cargoes

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Trunkline Gas Company

  • S
  • le downstream pipeline from Trunkline LNG
  • Built Loop Line in 2005

– 23 miles of 36” loop to mainline – 2.1 Bcf/ d of capacity – S everal (6+) new or expanded delivery points

LNG Terminal Longville Kaplan Centerville Trunkline Loop

LA

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Phase I Expansion

  • Doubled sendout

capacity to 1.2 Bcf/ d

  • Peaking of 1.5 Bcf/ d
  • Increased storage

capacity to 9 Bcf

  • Added layberth
  • Completed and in

service April 5, 2006

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  • Increase sendout

capacity to 1.8 Bcf/ d

  • Peak sendout of 2.1

Bcf/ d

  • Converting layberth to

unloading dock

  • Construction underway
  • Completion expected

mid-2006

Above: Artist's rendering of expanded facility.

Phase II Expansion

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Trunkline LNG will install new facilities at the Lake Charles terminal to allow for Ambient Air Vaporization of LNG and for Natural Gas Liquids processing.

Trunkline LNG: Infrastructure Enhancement Project (IEP)

  • In-Service

– Mid 2008

  • Facilities

– Ambient Air Vaporization (AAV) capable of providing 2.1 Bcf/ d of sendout – Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) extraction equipment

  • Benefits

– Gas quality control mechanism – Lower fuel consumption – Increased supply to TGC

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LNG Business Strategy

  • Mitigate risk through contracts

– High credit counterparty – BG Group – Long term contract - 2028 – Minimal financial impact related to terminal usage – reservation based

  • Produce stable earnings and cash flow
  • Grow with our customer
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Filed with FERC Mid 2008 $35-$40 $250 Vaporization & NGL extraction Trunkline LNG IEP Under construction Mid 2006 $16 $82 600 MMcf/d Trunkline LNG Phase II Complete April 5, 2006 $28 $137 570 MMcf/d 2.7 Bcf storage Trunkline LNG Phase I Comments Comments In Service In Service

  • Est. EBIT*
  • Est. EBIT*

($MM) ($MM)

  • Est. Cost
  • Est. Cost

($MM) ($MM) Capacity Capacity Project Name Project Name

* Note: EBIT is equivalent to operating income under GAAP.

LNG Project Summary

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Southern Union Today

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2003 2001 2002 2004 2005 2006

GROWING FORWARD

Four Four LDCs LDCs

  • Acquisition of

Acquisition of Panhandle Panhandle

  • Sale of Texas

Sale of Texas Gas Gas Acquisition of Acquisition of CrossCountry CrossCountry

  • Acquisition of

Acquisition of Sid Richardson Sid Richardson

  • Sale of PG

Sale of PG Energy Energy

  • Sale of RI LDC

Sale of RI LDC

The Transforming Years

Southern Union entered the 21 Southern Union entered the 21 st

st

century as the owner of four century as the owner of four regulated gas LDC’s regulated gas LDC’s Five years later, Southern Union is the second Five years later, Southern Union is the second-

  • largest owner and operator of gas pipelines in

largest owner and operator of gas pipelines in the U.S. with an unprecedented number of the U.S. with an unprecedented number of growth opportunities growth opportunities

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Delivering Growth in Value

CAGR = 14.7%

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  • Move to higher returning businesses

– 2003: Panhandle/ Texas Gas – 2004: Investment in Cross Country – 2006: S id Richardson/ PG Energy & Rhode Island

  • Efficiently manage existing assets

– Integration of Panhandle and Cross Country – MGE rate structure – S hared services

  • Use free cash flow to fund growth and optimize capitalization

– Reinvest in growth proj ects – Optimize debt level – maint ain ratings/ maximize return

  • Broaden shareholder appeal

– Change in FY from June to December – Cash dividend – Improved transparency of disclosures

Value Creation Strategy

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Expansive Footprint

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  • Transportation and S

torage

–Panhandle Energy

  • Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line
  • Trunkline Gas Company
  • S

ea Robin Pipeline

  • Trunkline LNG
  • S
  • uthwest Gas S

torage

–CrossCountry Energy (50% equity interest)

  • Transwestern Pipeline (100%

)

  • Florida Gas Transmission (50%

)

Business Segments

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  • Midstream

– S

  • uthern Union Gas S

ervices

  • Distribution

– Missouri Gas Energy – New England Gas Company (RI under contract for sale) – PG Energy (under contract for sale)

Business Segments

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  • Panhandle Eastern Pipe

Line (PEPL)

–6,500 mile 4-line system –2.8 Bcf/ d capacity

  • Trunkline Gas (TGC)

–3,500 mile 2-line system –1.5 Bcf/ d capacity

  • Sea Robin

–450 mile offshore system –1.0 Bcf/ d capacity

  • Transwestern (TW) 50%

–2,400 mile bi-directional flow system –2.1 Bcf/ d capacity (1.2 Bcf/ d west; 800 MMcf/ d east) –1.2 Bcf/ d S an Juan to mainline capacity

  • Florida Gas (FGT) 25%

–5,000 mile system –2.1 Bcf/ d capacity

Pipeline Assets

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Trunkline LNG is a Leading Player in LNG Sector

  • One of North America’ s

largest operating facilities

  • Fully contracted with high

credit quality counterparty— BG Group— until 2028

  • 1.2 Bcf/ d baseload sendout
  • 9.0 Bcf storage
  • S

end out capacity to be expanded to 1.8 Bcf/ d by mid 2006

  • Ambient air vaporization

and NGL extraction to be in service by 2008

Above: Artist's rendering of expanded facility.

Trunkline LNG Company

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  • Headquartered in

Wilkes-Barre, PA

  • S

erves approximately 160,000 customers

  • S

erves 13 counties in northeastern and central PA

  • Regulated by the

Pennsylvania PUC

  • Announced sale of

PA assets to UGI for $580 million

  • Headquartered in

Providence, RI

  • S

erves approximately 300,000 customers

  • S

erves the state of Rhode Island and S E Massachusetts

  • Regulated by the RI PUC

and the Massachusetts DT&E

  • Announced sale of RI

assets to National Grid for $575 million including assumed debt

  • f $77 million

Missouri Gas Energy Missouri Gas Energy PG Energy PG Energy New England Gas Co. New England Gas Co.

  • Headquartered in

Kansas City, MO

  • S

erves approximately 500,000 customers

  • S

erves 34 counties throughout MO

  • Regulated by the

Missouri PS C

Distribution Assets

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Pipelines Total Miles 4,750 Producer Delivery Points 1,754 Current Throughput 596 Bbtu/ d (1) Field Compression HP 104,840 Gas Processing Plants Active Plants (2) 4 Processing Capacity

(3)

470/ 410 MMcfd Processing Throughput 388 MMcf/ d (1) Field Compression HP 127,520 Treating Plants Active Plants 6 Treating Capacity 765/ 590 MMcfd Treating Throughput 426 MMcf/ d (1) Compression HP (4) 7,200

  • 1. As of March 1, 2006.
  • 2. Each of the 4 active processing plants also contain treating plants.
  • 3. Active plants are expandable to 485 MMcf/ d.
  • 4. Represents compression HP at the Grey Ranch and Mi Vida treating plants.

Gathering and Processing

SU Gas Services SU Gas Services – – Area of Operations Area of Operations

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  • S

id Richardson Energy S ervices and related companies acquired by S UG March 1, 2006

  • Renamed S
  • uthern Union Gas S

ervices

  • Purchase price $1.6 billion
  • Funded with interim financing, to be replaced

with proceeds from asset sales and appropriate permanent financing within the calendar year

The Sid Rich Acquisition

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  • Maj or provider of gas gathering and

processing services in the Permian Basin

  • Fully integrated pipeline system
  • Reliable operations
  • Attractive contract structure
  • S

trong producer relationships

SU Gas Services Overview

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  • Inter-connected assets

– High pressure “ backbone” connects local systems – Treatment and blending – Can accept a variety of gas qualities

  • Attractive contract structure

– Fixed recoveries – Ease of administration – Fixed F F & U

  • Operational reliability

– Market responsiveness – Rej ect/ blend modes – Low F F & U

Differentiating Factors

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Differentiating Factors

Inter-Connected Assets Inter Inter-

  • Connected

Connected Assets Assets Attractive Contract Structure Attractive Attractive Contract Structure Contract Structure Operational Reliability Operational Operational Reliability Reliability

Converts NGL spread exposure into more manageable natural gas price exposure

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100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900

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  • 30
  • 20
  • 10

10 20 30 40 Processing Spread (Cents/Gal) SUGS Total & Net Processing Margin (M$/Day) 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900

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10 20 30 40 Processing Spread (Cents/Gal) SUGS Total & Net Processing Margin (M$/Day)

Processing Risk Profile

Data from Nov/ Dec 2005 Daily Processing Model

Gas price averaged for the period

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Hedging Strategy

  • S

UG has put options in place to limit downside and reduce exposure to commodity price risk – $11 floor for 2006 on 85%

  • f volumes

– $10 floor for 2007 on 50%

  • f volumes
  • We will continue to layer in price protection at

appropriate entry points

  • We can hedge effectively on Waha natural gas

due to fixed recovery contract structure; eliminates exposure to NGL’s and to basis risk

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Growth Projects

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Filed with FERC 25% Mid 2007 $6 - $14 $60 - $100 100 – 160 MMcf/ d Florida Gas Phase VII Filed with FERC 100% Mid 2008 $35-$40 $250 Vaporization & NGL extraction Trunkline LNG IEP Under construction 100% Mid 2006 $16 $82 600 MMcf/ d Trunkline LNG Phase II Complete 100% April 5, 2006 $28 $137 570 MMcf/ d 2.7 Bcf storage Trunkline LNG Phase I Comments Comments SUG % SUG % In Service In Service

  • Est. EBIT*
  • Est. EBIT*

($MM) ($MM)

  • Est. Cost
  • Est. Cost

($MM) ($MM) Capacity Capacity Project Project Name Name

* Note: EBIT is equivalent to operating income under GAAP.

Projects in Process

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Under Negotiation Under Negotiation

  • Est. EBIT
  • Est. EBIT

($MM) ($MM) Early 2008 $500 - $600 500 MMcf/ d Phoenix Lateral Late 2007 $90 - $110 600 MMcf/ d Trunkline North Texas In Service In Service

  • Est. Cost
  • Est. Cost

($MM) ($MM) Capacity Capacity Project Name Project Name

Note: All data shown above is subj ect to revision based upon final proj ect specifications.

Projects Under Negotiation

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Financial Information

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$0.00 $0.50 $1.00 $1.50 $2.00 FY 2003 FY 2004 CY 2005 CY 2006E

Diluted EPS $0.66 $1.24 $1.58*

* - 2005 Diluted EPS excludes a non-cash charge of $175 million related to the impairment of goodwill for the distribution properties expected to be sold in 2006. Reported EPS was $.03 per share. Note: Prior period EPS amounts have been adj usted to reflect the 5% stock dividend paid to shareholders on S eptember 1, 2005. Previously issued 2006 GAAP guidance included contributions from S U Gas Services for ten months, closing of the LDC sales prior to the end of the third quarter, and excludes proj ected one-time charges related to the announced LDC sales.

$1.70 - $1.90

EPS Growth Profile

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Strong Cash Generator

$0 $50,000 $100,000 $150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 $400,000

($000) 2003 2004 2005 CFFO

Cash Flow From Operations

(Before Changes in Working Capital)

Note: Data shown represents fiscal year ended June 30, 2003 and calendar years ended December 31, 2004 and 2005.

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$0 $50,000 $100,000 $150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000

($000) 2002 2003 2004 2005 Distribution Transportation

Note: Data shown represents fiscal years ended June 30, 2002 and 2003 and calendar years ended December 31, 2004 and

  • 2005. 2005 data excludes a non-cash charge of $175 million related to the impairment of goodwill for the Company’ s

distribution businesses under contract to be sold in 2006. Reported operating income for the distribution segment was a loss of $42.5 million.

As we have changed our asset focus, we have demonstrated measured growth…

Segment Operating Income

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35% 65% 37% 63% 47% 53%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 2003 2004 2005 Equity Debt

… and improved our balance sheet. We have accomplished this with a combination

  • f prudent financing

and strong internal equity formation.

Note: Debt/ Cap ratio as of December 31 for periods shown; provides 100% equity credit for preferred stock and convertible equity units.

Respect for the Balance Sheet

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1Q 2006 Highlights ($000s)

$213,589 $31,218 $30,865 $151,506 Total EBIT $27,859 $256 $27,603 Corporate & other $37,572 $7,583 $29,989 Distribution $18,065 $5,4002 $5,552 $7,113 Midstream $130,093 $25,8181 $17,474 $86,801 Transportation Adj . EBITDA Adj . EBITDA Adj . Adj . D&A D&A EBIT EBIT S egment S egment

  • 1. Includes S

UG’ s 50%

  • f Transwestern’ s interest and depreciation of

$23 million plus S UG’ s 25%

  • f Citrus’ interest, taxes, and depreciation
  • f $57 million.
  • 2. Includes $6.6 million of cash settlement from March options less $1.2

million non-cash income related to the time value portion of the hedge.

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1Q EBIT Reconciliation ($000s)

$93,606 Net earnings available to common shareholders $4,341 Preferred dividends $24,529 Net earnings from discontinued operations $73,418 Net earnings from continuing operations $35,867 Taxes $42,221 Interest $151,506 Total EBIT