Natural gas in North Alabama is made available by the interstate and intrastate pipeline systems of American Midstream and the interstate pipeline systems of Southern Natural Gas Company and East Tennessee Natural Gas Company or through a local distribution company connected to one or more of these pipeline systems. These pipeline systems provide access to natural gas from the off-shore and on-shore producing areas in and around the Gulf of Mexico to the natural gas deposits in shale formations, tight sands and coal-bed methane in the North to Canada.
Having access to multiple pipelines and such a diverse supply of natural gas provides for greater reliability and more flexible and economical purchase and delivery opportunities in North Alabama.