SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                                Washington, D.C.

                          Three year period ending 2004

                      FORM U-12(I)-B (THREE-YEAR STATEMENT)

          Statement Pursuant to Section 12(i) of Public Utility Holding
              Company Act of 1935 by a Person Regularly Employed or
            Retained by a Registered Holding Company or a Subsidiary
         Thereof and Whose Employment Contemplates Only Routine Expenses
                           as Specified in Rule 71(b)


         1.       Name and business address of person filing statement.

                  Hugh Bryan Batson
                  1251 Caroline Street, NE
                  Atlanta, GA  30307

         2.  Names  and  business  addresses  of any  persons  through  whom the
undersigned proposes to act in matters included within the exemption provided by
paragraph (b) of Rule U-71.

                  Not applicable.

         3. Registered  holding companies and subsidiary  companies by which the
undersigned is regularly employed or retained.

                  AGL Resources Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries.

         4. Position or  relationship  in which the  undersigned  is employed or
retained  by each of the  companies  named in item 3, and brief  description  of
nature of services to be rendered in each such position or relationship.

                  AGL Services Company

                  Vice President, Regulatory Compliance and Affairs

                  Responsible  for  utility  compliance  with  state  regulatory
                  agencies  as  well as  federal  agencies  such as the  Federal
                  Office of Pipeline Safety and OSHA.







         5. (a)  Compensation  received during the current year and estimated to
be  received  over the next two  calendar  years by the  undersigned  or others,
directly or indirectly,  for services rendered by the undersigned,  from each of
the companies designated in item 3.

                  See  Exhibit A,  submitted  under a request  for  confidential
treatment.

         (b)  Basis for compensation if other than salary.

                  Certain    employees    participate    in    AGL    Resources'
                  performance-based  incentive  compensation  plan.  The plan is
                  described in more detail in AGL  Resources'  Annual  Report on
                  Form 10-K.

         6. Expenses  incurred by the undersigned or any person named in item 2,
above,  during the calendar year in connection with the activities  described in
item 4, above, and the source or sources of reimbursement for same.

         (a)  Total amount of routine expenses charged to client:

                  To be answered only in supplementary statement.

                  (b)  Itemized list of all other expenses:

                  Not applicable.

Date:  December 30, 2002               By: /s/ Hugh Bryan Batson
                                       Hugh Bryan Batson
                                       Vice President, Regulatory Compliance
                                       and Affairs








                                  Exhibit Index

A       Compensation to be Received (submitted under a request for confidential
        treatment).