| Nicor      Gas Company                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |   |
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| Computation      of Consolidated Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |   |
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |   |   | Year      Ended December 31 |   |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |   |   | 2009 |   |   | 2008 |   |   | 2007 |   |   | 2006 |   |   | 2005 |   |
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| Earnings      available to cover fixed charges:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
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| Net      income                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |   |   | $ | 74,960 |   |   | $ | 59,569 |   |   | $ | 66,277 |   |   | $ | 58,656 |   |   | $ | 53,476 |   |
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|        Add:  Income tax expense                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |        |   |   | 40,316 |   |   |   | 30,991 |   |   |   | 34,197 |   |   |   | 27,814 |   |   |   | 26,128 |   |
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|                   Fixed charges                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |   |   | 34,933 |   |   |   | 38,246 |   |   |   | 41,000 |   |   |   | 45,041 |   |   |   | 43,203 |   |
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|                   Allowance for funds used                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|  during      construction and other                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |   |   | (51 | ) |   |   | (62 | ) |   |   | (182 | ) |   |   | (614 | ) |   |   | (1,038 | ) |
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |   |   | $ | 150,158 |   |   | $ | 128,744 |   |   | $ | 141,292 |   |   | $ | 130,897 |   |   | $ | 121,769 |   |
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| Fixed      charges:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
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|  Interest      on debt                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |   | $ | 32,991 |   |   | $ | 35,204 |   |   | $ | 37,515 |   |   | $ | 37,665 |   |   | $ | 36,487 |   |
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|  Other      interest charges and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|         amortization of debt discount,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|         premium, and expense, net                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |   |   | 1,942 | * |   |   | 3,042 | * |   |   | 3,485 | * |   |   | 7,376 |   |   |   | 6,716 |   |
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |   |   | $ | 34,933 |   |   | $ | 38,246 |   |   | $ | 41,000 |   |   | $ | 45,041 |   |   | $ | 43,203 |   |
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| Ratio      of earnings to fixed charges                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |   |   | 4.30 |   |   |   | 3.37 |   |   |   | 3.45 |   |   |   | 2.91 |   |   |   | 2.82 |   |
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| * The      Company began accruing interest expense for uncertain tax positions on      January 1, 2007. Accordingly, for 2007 and going forward, the      interest included in Fixed charges is only the interest on third party      indebtedness. Any interest expense accrued on uncertain tax positions      is excluded from the calculation of Earnings. Prior years'      calculations were not changed. |   |