Central Valley Gas Storage L.L.C. Announces California Public Utilities Commission Approval

Today Central Valley Gas Storage, L.L.C. a subsidiary of Nicor Inc.

, announced that the California Public Utilities Commission has approved Central Valley's Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to construct and operate the designed facilities in Colusa County California. The Central Valley natural gas storage project is a high deliverability depleted reservoir that will provide multi-turn services tailored to customers' requirements. The field is strategically situated in northern California and will have an interconnect into Pacific Gas and Electric Company's (PG&E) gas transmission system.