**Exhibit      12**

**Consolidated      Natural Gas Company**

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

|                                                                                                           |   |  Years                Ended                            |     |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|-------------------------------------------------------------|----------|
|                                                                                                           |   | Six                Months Ended June                30,2006 |     | TwelveMonths                Ended                June                30,2006 |   | 2005 |   | 2004 |   | 2003 |   | 2002 |   | 2001 |   |
| Earnings,                as defined:                                                                           |   |                                                        |     |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Earnings                before income taxes and minority interests in consolidated                subsidiaries |   | $                                                           | 696      |   | $ | 724 |   | $ | 872 |   | $ | 1,349 |   | $ | 1,022 |   | $ | 950 |   | $ | 604 |   |
| Distributed                income from unconsolidated investees, less equity in earnings                       |   |                                                        | (11      | ) |   | (16 | ) |   | (5 | ) |   | (5 | ) |   | (14 | ) |   | (16 | ) |   | (6 | ) |
| Fixed                charges included in the determination of net income                                       |   |                                                        | 154      |   |   | 283 |   |   | 245 |   |   | 190 |   |   | 169 |   |   | 168 |   |   | 170 |   |
|  Total                earnings, as defined                                                                |   | $                                                           | 839      |   | $ | 991 |   | $ | 1,112 |   | $ | 1,534 |   | $ | 1,177 |   | $ | 1,102 |   | $ | 768 |   |
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| Fixed                charges, as defined:                                                                      |   |                                                        |     |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|  Interest                charges                                                                          |   | $                                                           | 176      |   | $ | 327 |   | $ | 285 |   | $ | 229 |   | $ | 223 |   | $ | 227 |   | $ | 181 |   |
|  Rental                interest factor                                                                    |   |                                                        | 9        |   |   | 19 |   |   | 18 |   |   | 17 |   |   | 13 |   |   | 11 |   |   | 11 |   |
|  Total                fixed charges, as defined                                                           |   | $                                                           | 185      |   | $ | 346 |   | $ | 303 |   | $ | 246 |   | $ | 236 |   | $ | 238 |   | $ | 192 |   |
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| **Ratio                of Earnings to Fixed Charges**                                                          |   |                                                        | **4.54** |   |   | **2.86** |   |   | **3.67** |   |   | **6.24** |   |   | **4.99** |   |   | **4.63** |   |   | **4.00** |   |