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ROBERT O. BOND NAMED TO PRESIDENT & COO OF
SOUTHERN UNION’S PIPELINE OPERATIONS

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - April 4, 2005 -Southern Union Company ("Southern Union" or the "Company") (NYSE: SUG) announced today the appointment of Robert O. Bond, 45, to president and chief operating officer of the Panhandle Energy and CrossCountry Energy interstate natural gas pipeline operations. Bond succeeds Stanley C. Horton, who has resigned to pursue another career opportunity.

Southern Union Chairman and CEO George L. Lindemann stated, "Rob’s twenty years of management and leadership experience in the pipeline and LNG industries, along with his long-standing relationships with our customers, make him a perfect fit for the position." He continued, "It has been a pleasure working with Stan Horton and on behalf of all of Southern Union, I wish him our very best."

Since November 2004, Bond has served as senior vice president, chief commercial officer for Panhandle Energy. Panhandle Energy manages the operations and business activities of Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, Trunkline Gas Company, Trunkline LNG Company, Sea Robin Pipeline Company and storage related to those systems.

Bond joined Panhandle Energy as executive director of commercial optimization in February 2000 and was named vice president of marketing in April 2002. He was named to senior vice president of marketing for Panhandle Energy in July 2003. Before joining Panhandle Energy, he was director of business development for Sonat Marketing Company and had been managing director for El Paso Energy and Tenneco Energy from 1984 through 1998.

Bond earned a Bachelor of Science degree in economics from Texas A&M University. He resides in Houston, Texas.

About Southern Union Company

Southern Union Company, headquartered in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., is engaged primarily in the transportation, storage and distribution of natural gas.

Through Panhandle Energy, the Company owns and operates 100% of Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, Trunkline Gas Company, Sea Robin Pipeline Company, Southwest Gas Storage Company and Trunkline LNG Company - one of North America’s largest liquefied natural gas import terminals. Through CCE Holdings, LLC, Southern Union also owns an interest in and operates the CrossCountry Energy pipelines, which include 100% of Transwestern Pipeline Company and 50% of Citrus Corp. Citrus Corp. owns 100% of the Florida Gas Transmission pipeline system. Southern Union’s pipeline interests operate more than 18,000 miles of interstate pipelines that transport natural gas from the San Juan, Anadarko and Permian Basins, the Rockies, the Gulf of Mexico, Mobile Bay, South Texas and the Panhandle regions of Texas and Oklahoma to major markets in the Southeast, West, Midwest and Great Lakes region.

Through its local distribution companies, Missouri Gas Energy, PG Energy and New England Gas Company, Southern Union also serves approximately one million natural gas end-user customers in Missouri, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

For further information, visit www.southernunionco.com

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