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SGA Awards: Nominations Made Easy!

In the ever-changing landscape of the natural gas industry, recognition is the key to inspiring innovation and celebrating excellence. The nomination period for the 2025 SGA Awards is open through April 4, 2025, and we’re here to guide you through the straightforward process of putting your team in the spotlight....
2022 Executive Conference Recap
Earlier this month, Southern Gas Association held our annual Executive Conference; the industry’s premier education and networking event for C-Suite natural gas leaders. We were excited to connect, collaborate and engage with 150 attendees. Sessions focused on issues key to doing business in the current energy landscape, from the need for bipartisan conversations to opportunities...
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The LINK Q3 2022
Today people are making very different choices about where they work, where they spend their money, and how they spend their time. In every conversation, meeting, or email, we are accumulating or losing emotional capital, building relationships, and making connections. While no single exchange is guaranteed to change a company’s or industry’s trajectory, any single...
Natural Gas Champions Elevator Speech Book
Newly Updated: Natural Gas Champions Elevator Speech Book
In our polarized world, it is easy for conversations to get stuck. It’s important to find communication pathways forward on the big issues of our time including energy – whether at the holiday dinner table, in our organizations, at the soccer game or on the wider political stage. Whatever your job or position, if you...
New Additions to the Associate Members Section Managing Committee include Alisa Lykens, James Cross and John Wilson as Secretary.
Announcing New Additions to the Associate Members Section
We are excited to announce the advancement of John Wilson as Secretary and the addition of Alisa Lykens and James Cross to the committee. The SGA Associate Section provides strategic leadership to guide associate membership over the long term. They shall have authority to consider and deal with all matters pertaining to the promotion of...
Apply for SGA Committee and Task Force Positions for 2022–2023
SGA Committees and Task Forces Southern Gas Association invites members to apply for committee and task force positions for the 2022–2023 year. Members who are actively serving on committees and task forces will be contacted by their SGA Committee Manager via phone or email. You will be contacted confirming your committee rostering between August 16th...
The LINK Q2 2022
We are now halfway through 2022, a year that radiates progress and prosperity in comparison to the previous and can be defined as one of reemergence. The strong foundation of our association, and the commitment of our membership community, has allowed us to reemerge and reengage. As companies grapple with the “great resignation,” Southern Gas...
Committee Pulse Check
Thank you for providing your time and experience to Southern Gas Association’s committees. With one half of the year now complete we are undertaking a review of all of our community committees and would appreciate your feedback. This feedback will assist us to ensure that we provide committees that are structured and run in an...
SGA Announces Winners of the 2022 SGA Awards
Dallas, TX – The Southern Gas Association is honored to announce the winners of the 2022 SGA Awards across seven categories: Atmos Energy, Community Service Boardwalk Pipelines, Corporate Communications Xcel Energy, Emergency Management Duke Energy, Engineering Innovation Southern Company Gas, Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Summit Utilities, Safety & Health Meritorious Action, List of individual...
Suzanne Ogle Beyond Exclamation Cover Story
Suzanne Ogle Named One of the 10 Most Innovative Leaders to Follow in 2022 by Beyond Exclamation Magazine.
“In a fast-moving, dynamic world that necessitates energy for almost every task, natural gas can help us work our way to a net-zero future. Energy provides a better life experience for people everywhere, and the world still needs a lot of oil and gas, more than the average person thinks. Energy growth worldwide is happening,...