**Exhibit      12**

**Consolidated      Natural Gas Company**

**Computation      of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges**

| .                                                                                                              |                                                                                  |                                                              | Years                Ended        |
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|                                                                                                           | Nine                MonthsEnded                September                30, 2006 | TwelveMonthsEnded                September                30,2006 | 2005                              | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 |
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| Earnings,                as defined:                                                                           |                                                                                  |                                                              |                              |   |   |   |   |
| Earnings                before income taxes and minority interests in consolidated                subsidiaries |   $1,233                                                                    |   $1,719                                                |   $872                  |   $1,349 |   $1,022 |   $950 |   $604 |
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| Distributed                income from unconsolidated investees, less equity in                earnings        |   --                                                                        |   (3)                                                   |   (5)                   |   (5) |   (14) |   (16) |   (6) |
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| Fixed                charges included in the determination of net income                                       |      238                                                     |     300                                       |      245 |      190 |      169 |      168 |     170 |
| Total                earnings, as defined                                                                      | $1,471                                                                                | $2,016                                                            | $1,112                            | $1,534 | $1,177 | $1,102 | $768 |
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| Fixed                charges, as defined:                                                                      |                                                                                  |                                                              |                              |   |   |   |   |
| Interest                charges                                                                                | $272                                                                                  | $346                                                              | $285                              | $229 | $223 | $227 | $181 |
| Rental                interest factor                                                                          |     15                                                            |    21                                              |    18              |    17 |     13 |     11 |     11 |
| Total                fixed charges, as defined                                                                 | $287                                                                                  | $367                                                              | $303                              | $246 | $236 | $238 | $192 |
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| **Ratio                of Earnings to Fixed Charges**                                                          | **5.13**                                                                              | **5.49**                                                          | **3.67**                          | **6.24** | **4.99** | **4.63** | **4.00** |
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