Media Contact:

Rodrigo Sierra, VP Community Relations

(312) xxx-xxxx

For Immediate Release

December 2, 2006

Peoples Energy and Gas Workers Union Local 18007 Team Up with Crime Stoppers to Solve Peoples Gas Worker Shooting

CHICAGO – Peoples Energy, Gas Workers Union Local 18007 and the Chicago Police Department will join forces this Saturday, December 2^nd to try to enlist the community’s help in solving a violent crime against a Peoples Gas employee. Juan Marrero was shot while on the job on October 21, 2005 in an attempted armed robbery.

Volunteers and police officers will hand out flyers in the neighborhood surrounding the crime scene and enlist the aid of the community in solving this horrific crime. A reward of $10,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who shot Marrero.

“We intend to send a clear message that when a utility worker is assaulted, we will use every available resource to apprehend that person and bring the offender to justice,” says Rodrigo Sierra, Vice President of Government and Community Relations with People Energy.

The group will begin canvassing the area at 113^th & Aberdeen in Chicago on Saturday, December 2^nd at 9:30 a.m. They expect to continue through the morning.

People with information about this crime should contact Peoples Energy at 312-446-8803 or the Chicago police.

Peoples Energy, a member of the S&P 500, is a diversified energy company comprised of three primary business segments: Gas Delivery, Oil and Gas Production and Energy Marketing. The Gas Delivery business serves about one million retail customers in Chicago and northeastern Illinois. Visit the Peoples Energy web site at PeoplesEnergy.com.