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Gas Natural Inc. Reports 2011 Second Quarter Results and Monthly Dividend of $0.045 per Share

- Consolidated net income was $360,000 in the second quarter and $4.6 million in the first half of 2011

- Natural Gas Operations segment net income grew 45.2% and 16.1% in the second quarter and year-to-date 2011 period, respectively

- Board of Directors declared a monthly dividend of $0.045 per share to shareholders of record as of August 15, 2011. The dividend will be payable on August 31, 2011.


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GREAT FALLS, Mont., Aug. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Gas Natural Inc. (NYSE Amex: EGAS) (the "Company" or "Gas Natural"), a natural gas utility company serving approximately 63,500 customers in six states, reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2011.

Consolidated net income for the second quarter was $360,000, or $0.04 per diluted share, compared with net income of $466,000, or $0.08 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2010.  An increase in the Natural Gas Operations segment was offset by the decline in the Marketing and Production Operations segment, as well as increased costs from the Corporate and Other segment.  The lower earnings per share also reflect a 2.1 million increase in weighted average outstanding shares as a result of the Company's successful equity raised in the fourth quarter of 2010.

For the six months ended June 30, 2011, consolidated net income increased $500,000, or 12.2%, to $4.6 million compared with $4.1 million during the same period in 2010.  The increase in net income was primarily due to continued customer growth and was augmented by colder weather.  On a per diluted share basis, net income was $0.57 for the first half of 2011 compared with $0.68 in the corresponding period of 2010, a reflection of the previously noted equity raise.

Richard M. Osborne, Gas Natural's chairman and chief executive officer, commented, "We are encouraged with our performance, particularly our continued growth in our customer base.  The year-to-date growth we are experiencing in Maine and the improved performance in Ohio demonstrates our ability to successfully execute our strategy and leverage opportunities, which add to our bottom line."

On April 8, 2011, the Company completed the acquisition of dormant refined products pipeline assets from Marathon Petroleum Company LP for a cash purchase price of $3.3 million.  The purchase included more than 140 miles of pipeline in Ohio and more than 60 miles of right-of-way in Kentucky.  Mr. Osborne noted, "We plan to convert the Ohio pipelines to transport natural gas to new markets where natural gas is currently unavailable, as well as to connect to markets currently served by our utilities in Ohio."

Subsequent to the end of the second quarter, on August 1, 2011 the Company purchased the assets of Independence Oil & LP Gas, Inc. for $1.6 million.  Independence Oil delivered heating oil, liquid propane, and kerosene to approximately 4,500 customers in North Carolina and Virginia.  The Company plans to continue service to the current customers in addition to expanding to other customers in each of the regions.

Natural Gas Operations Segment

Gas Natural Inc. annually distributes over 30 billion cubic feet of natural gas to approximately 63,500 customers through regulated utilities operating in Montana, Wyoming, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maine and North Carolina.  The Company acquired its Ohio and Pennsylvania operations in January 2010 and its Cut Bank, Montana utility in 2009.



Three Months Ended June 30,


Six Months Ended June 30,

($ in thousands)

2011


2010


2011


2010










Natural Gas Operations








Operating revenues

$ 17,095


$ 14,682


$ 55,315


$ 46,188


Gas Purchased

9,576


7,920


34,293


27,540

Gross Margin

7,519


6,762


21,022


18,648


Operating expenses

6,617


6,129


13,233


12,087

Operating income

902


633


7,789


6,561


Other income

132


303


328


476










Income before interest and taxes

1,034


936


8,117


7,037


Interest (expense)

(467)


(509)


(854)


(1,078)










Income before income taxes

567


427


7,263


5,959


Income tax (expense)

(207)


(179)


(2,644)


(1,980)










Net Income

$      360


$      248


$   4,619


$   3,979

Net income from the Natural Gas Operations segment increased $112,000, or 45.1%, to $360,000 in the 2011 second quarter from $248,000 in the prior year period.  The increase was primarily due to customer growth and colder weather in most of the Company's service territories.  For the six months ended June 30, 2011, the Natural Gas Operations segment contributed net income of $4.6 million compared with $4.0 million for the first half of 2010.

Operating income was $902,000, or 12.0% of gross margin, compared with $633,000, or 9.4% of gross margin, in the second quarter of 2010.  Operating income as a percent of gross margin expanded 1.9% to 37.1% in the first six months of 2011 compared with 35.2% in the same period in 2010.

Other income in the second quarter and first half of 2011 were down from the corresponding periods of 2010 primarily to decreased revenue from service sales in the Montana and Ohio markets.

Interest expense during the second quarter and first half of 2011 decreased 8.3% and 20.8%, respectively, due to lower debt levels at the Ohio operations, as some outstanding debt was repaid in November 2010, offset by the financing obtained in May 2011.

Income tax expense increased by $28,000 to $234,000 in the second quarter of 2011 and increased by $664,000 for the first half of 2011.  The first half of 2010 included an income tax benefit of $180,000 due to a change in the effective state tax rate for 2010 related to the acquisition of the Ohio Companies, with the remainder of the increase resulting from the increase in pre-tax income in 2011 compared to 2010.

Total volumes delivered increased 151 MMcf to 6,534 MMcf in the second quarter of 2011 and were up 1,509 MMcf to 17,169 MMcf through the first half of 2011.  Customer growth in all locations and a new transportation agreement with one customer in Ohio drove the increase in both periods.

Marketing and Production Operations Segment

The Marketing and Production segment had net income of $24,000 in the second quarter of 2011 compared with net income of $113,000 for the second quarter of 2010 due to the widening of the unfavorable differential between the AECO and CIG Rockies natural gas indexes and lower production from the Company's natural gas wells.  For the six months ended June 30, 2011, net income for the segment increased 221% to $109,000 from $34,000.  Lower sales and production volumes in 2011 were offset by an expense of $440,000 included in the six months ended June 30, 2010 as a result of the conclusion of litigation relating to a gas supply contract.

Pipeline Operations Segment

The Pipeline Operations segment contributed net income of $28,000 and $65,000 in the second quarter and first six months of 2011, respectively, compared with net income of $24,000 and $61,000 in the second quarter and first half of 2010, respectively.

Balance Sheet and Cash Management

Cash and cash equivalents at June 30, 2011, were $13.1 million, up $106,000 from the end of 2010.  The cash balances include the remainder of proceeds from an underwritten public offering completed in 2010 that raised net proceeds of approximately $19.0 million after deducting underwriting discounts, commissions, and offering expenses.

Cash provided by operating activities was $15.5 million in the first six months of 2011 compared with $9.7 million in the same period of the prior year.  The increase in cash from operations was principally due to improved working capital and timing differences related to taxes and prepayments.

Capital expenditures for the first half of 2011 and 2010 were $10.3 million and $2.2 million, respectively, and were focused on expanding the Company's utility operations. $3.3 million of the 2011 expenditures related to the pipeline asset acquisition from Marathon Petroleum Company LP in April 2011.

The Company maintains a $20.0 million credit facility with $11.8 million in use at the end of the second quarter of 2011.

On May 2, 2011, Gas Natural and its Ohio subsidiaries, Northeast Ohio Natural Gas Corp, Orwell Natural Gas Company and Brainard Gas Corp. issued a $15.334 million 5.38% Senior Secured Guaranteed Fixed Rate Note due June 1, 2017.  Additionally, Great Plains Natural Gas, the intermediate holding company for Northeast Ohio Natural Gas, issued a $3.0 million Senior Secured Guaranteed Floating Rate Note due May 3, 2014.  Both notes were placed with SunLife Assurance Company of Canada.  The use of proceeds for both notes extinguished existing amortizing bank debt and other existing indebtedness, funded $3.4 million for the 2011 capital program for Orwell Natural Gas and Northeast Ohio Natural Gas, established two debt service reserve accounts, replenished the Company's treasuries for the previously announced repayment of maturing bank debt in late 2010, and transaction expenses.  The capital program funds and debt service reserve accounts are in interest bearing accounts.

About Gas Natural Inc.

Gas Natural Inc. distributes and sells natural gas to end-use residential, commercial, and industrial customers. It distributes approximately 30 billion cubic feet of natural gas to approximately 63,500 customers through regulated utilities operating in Montana, Wyoming, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maine and North Carolina. The Company markets approximately 1.3 billion cubic feet of natural gas to commercial and industrial customers in Montana and Wyoming on an unregulated basis. The Company also has ownership interests in 160 natural gas producing wells and gas gathering assets. In addition, the Company owns the Shoshone interstate and the Glacier gathering pipelines located in Montana and Wyoming. The Company's Montana public utility was originally incorporated in 1909 and is headquartered in Great Falls, Montana.

The Company's toll-free number is 800-570-5688. The Company's address is 1 First Avenue South, Great Falls, Montana 59401 and its website is www.ewst.com.

Safe Harbor Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

The Company is including the following cautionary statement in this release to make applicable and to take advantage of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 for any forward-looking statements made by, or on behalf of, Gas Natural Inc. Forward-looking statements are all statements other than statements of historical fact, including, without limitation, those that are identified by the use of the words "anticipates," "estimates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "predicts," "believes" and similar expressions. Such statements are inherently subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed. Factors that may affect forward-looking statements and the Company's business generally include but are not limited to the Company's ability to successfully integrate the operations of the companies it has recently acquired and consummate additional acquisitions, the Company's continued ability to make dividend payments, the Company's ability to implement its business plan, fluctuating energy commodity prices, the possibility that regulators may not permit the Company to pass through all of its increased costs to its customers, changes in the utility regulatory environment, wholesale and retail competition, the Company's ability to satisfy its debt obligations, including compliance with financial covenants, weather conditions, litigation risks, and various other matters, many of which are beyond the Company's control, the risk factors and cautionary statements made in the Company's public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and other factors that the Company is currently unable to identify or quantify, but may exist in the future. Gas Natural Inc. expressly undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement contained herein to reflect any change in Gas Natural Inc.'s expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.

For more information contact:


Bronwyn ("BG") Davis

Kevin J. Degenstein

Phone: (440) 974-3770

Phone:  (406) 791-7500

Email: [email protected]

Email:  [email protected]


FINANCIAL TABLES FOLLOW

Gas Natural Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited)










Three Months Ended


Six Months Ended


June 30,


June 30,


2011


2010


2011


2010

REVENUES








Natural gas operations

$ 17,095,262


$ 14,682,109


$ 55,314,845


$ 46,188,269

Marketing and production

1,475,665


1,868,009


3,301,167


4,986,332

Pipeline operations

102,061


106,355


208,385


214,957

Total revenues

18,672,988


16,656,473


58,824,397


51,389,558









COST OF SALES








Gas purchased

9,575,592


7,919,762


34,292,500


27,540,576

Marketing and production

1,208,379


1,462,808


2,607,786


4,054,219

Total cost of sales

10,783,971


9,382,570


36,900,286


31,594,795









GROSS MARGIN

7,889,017


7,273,903


21,924,111


19,794,763









OPERATING EXPENSES








Distribution, general, and administrative

4,629,976


4,363,496


9,287,296


8,268,405

Maintenance

271,965


245,153


557,192


536,482

Depreciation and amortization

1,068,470


1,015,817


2,103,547


1,965,279

Accretion

34,803


29,745


69,413


58,845

Taxes other than income

892,981


752,952


1,746,946


1,759,235

Total operating expenses

6,898,195


6,407,163


13,764,394


12,588,246









OPERATING INCOME

990,822


866,740


8,159,717


7,206,517









LOSS FROM UNCONSOLIDATED AFFILIATE

(20,194)


(12,108)


(83,151)


(32,122)

OTHER INCOME, net

116,108


360,336


231,788


128,935

INTEREST EXPENSE

(492,674)


(528,972)


(905,853)


(1,121,756)









INCOME FROM OPERATIONS BEFORE








INCOME TAXES

594,062


685,996


7,402,501


6,181,574









INCOME TAX EXPENSE

(233,724)


(220,214)


(2,767,409)


(2,052,850)









NET INCOME

$      360,338


$      465,782


$   4,635,092


$   4,128,724

















EARNINGS PER SHARE - BASIC

$            0.04


$            0.08


$            0.57


$            0.68









EARNINGS PER SHARE - DILUTED

$            0.04


$            0.08


$            0.57


$            0.68









WEIGHTED AVERAGE DIVIDENDS DECLARED








PER COMMON SHARE

$          0.135


$          0.135


$          0.270


$          0.270









WEIGHTED AVERAGE SHARES








OUTSTANDING - BASIC

8,151,359


6,071,538


8,150,802


6,071,538









WEIGHTED AVERAGE SHARES








OUTSTANDING - DILUTED

8,159,825


6,080,617


8,158,955


6,079,527

Gas Natural Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)






June 30,


December 31,


2011


2010

ASSETS




CURRENT ASSETS




Cash and cash equivalents

$   13,132,727


$   13,026,585

Marketable securities

306,238


274,950

Accounts receivable




Trade, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $282,350




and $354,719, respectively

4,539,514


9,593,840

Related parties

485,132


559,384

Unbilled gas

1,322,371


5,724,346

Note receivable - related parties, current portion

9,905


9,565

Inventory




Natural gas and propane

3,834,779


5,876,710

Materials and supplies

2,309,597


1,414,367

Prepaid income taxes

1,646,751


1,601,798

Prepayments and other

399,729


912,959

Recoverable cost of gas purchases

2,264,070


2,628,824

Deferred tax asset

102,695


114,362

Total current assets

30,353,508


41,737,690





PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, net

84,465,865


76,134,401





OTHER ASSETS




Notes receivable - related parties, less current portion

40,626


45,665

Deferred tax assets, less current portion

-


1,804,264

Regulatory assets




Property taxes

731,830


873,197

Income taxes

452,645


452,645

Rate case costs

126,759


64,271

Debt issuance costs

900,067


485,244

Goodwill

14,607,952


14,607,952

Customer relationships

650,750


662,167

Investment in unconsolidated affiliate

860,665


644,358

Restricted cash

4,351,914


-

Other assets

213,043


216,082

Total other assets

22,936,251


19,855,845





TOTAL ASSETS

$ 137,755,624


$ 137,727,936

Gas Natural Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)






June 30,


December 31,


2011


2010

LIABILITIES AND CAPITALIZATION




CURRENT LIABILITIES




Checks in excess of amounts on deposit

$        366,259


$        532,145

Line of credit

11,840,000


18,149,999

Accounts payable




Trade

5,529,372


9,200,297

Related parties

187,987


417,543

Notes payable, current portion

-


910,917

Notes payable - related parties, current portion

-


49,361

Accrued liabilities




Taxes other than income

2,429,805


2,961,853

Vacation

167,518


86,194

Employee benefit plans

216,620


103,257

Interest

91,156


29,810

Deferred payments received from levelized billing

1,307,894


2,916,408

Customer deposits

678,143


679,237

Property tax settlement, current portion

242,120


242,120

Related parties

13,894


413,399

Other current liabilities

283,304


1,020,733

Overrecovered gas purchases

2,865,388


1,203,191

Total current liabilities

26,219,460


38,916,464





LONG-TERM LIABILITIES




Deferred investment tax credits

186,910


197,441

Deferred tax liability

916,795


-

Asset retirement obligation

1,616,280


1,546,867

Customer advances for construction

895,456


949,434

Regulatory liability for income taxes

83,161


83,161

Regulatory liability for gas costs

70,199


131,443

Property tax settlement, less current portion

243,008


243,008

Total long-term liabilities

4,011,809


3,151,354





NOTES PAYABLE, less current portion

31,334,000


21,958,616





COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (see Note 11)








STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY




Preferred stock; $0.15 par value, 1,500,000 shares authorized,




no shares outstanding

-


-

Common stock; $0.15 par value, 15,000,000 shares authorized,




8,152,051 and 8,149,801 shares outstanding, respectively

1,222,808


1,222,470

Capital in excess of par value

41,944,672


41,910,067

Accumulated other comprehensive income

66,211


46,590

Retained earnings

32,956,664


30,522,375

Total stockholders' equity

76,190,355


73,701,502





TOTAL CAPITALIZATION

107,524,355


95,660,118





TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITALIZATION

$ 137,755,624


$ 137,727,936





Gas Natural Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)


Six Months Ended


2011


2010

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES




Net income

$   4,635,092


$  4,128,724

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided




by operating activities




Depreciation and amortization

2,103,547


1,965,279

Accretion

69,413


58,845

Amortization of debt issuance costs

68,667


63,396

Stock based compensation

34,943


45,662

Gain on sale of marketable securities

-


(109,144)

Loss on sale of assets

39,685


-

Loss from unconsolidated affiliate

83,151


32,122

Investment tax credit

(10,531)


(10,531)

Deferred income taxes

2,721,060


492,520

Changes in assets and liabilities




Accounts receivable, including related parties

5,128,578


9,244,965

Unbilled gas

4,401,975


1,686,956

Natural gas and propane inventory

2,041,931


1,893,096

Accounts payable, including related parties

(4,397,430)


(3,297,878)

Recoverable/refundable cost of gas purchases

2,026,951


(2,030,733)

Prepayments and other

513,230


(550,691)

Other assets

(847,241)


(323,130)

Other current liabilities

(3,097,367)


(3,568,424)

Net cash provided by operating activities

15,515,654


9,721,034





CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES




Capital expenditures

(10,279,331)


(2,190,624)

Proceeds from sale of fixed assets

19,900


-

Proceeds from sale of marketable securities

-


2,353,878

Proceeds from related party note receivable

4,699


-

Purchase of Cut Bank shares and Kidron Investment

-


(206,067)

Cash acquired in acquisition

-


144,203

Restricted cash

(3,403,078)


-

Investment in unconsolidated affiliate

(303,600)


(52,500)

Customer advances for construction

72,082


34,196

Contributions in aid of construction

7,735


19,837

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities

(13,881,593)


102,923





CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES




Proceeds from  lines of credit

11,200,000


21,850,000

Repayment on lines of credit

(17,509,999)


(26,552,098)

Proceeds from notes payable

18,334,000


-

Repayments of notes payable

(9,869,533)


(996,796)

Repayments of related party notes payable

(49,361)


-

Debt issuance costs

(483,488)


-

Restricted cash

(948,836)


-

Dividends paid

(2,200,702)


(1,639,066)

Net cash used in financing activities

(1,527,919)


(7,337,960)





NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

106,142


2,485,997





CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF PERIOD

13,026,585


2,752,168





CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF PERIOD

$ 13,132,727


$  5,238,165

Gas Natural Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)






Six Months Ended


2011


2010





SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION




Cash paid for interest

$ 822,174


$ 1,003,733

Cash paid for income taxes

91,303


180,000





SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE OF NONCASH INVESTING AND




FINANCING ACTIVITIES




Shares issued to purchase Ohio Companies

-


17,073,084

Capital expenditures included in accounts payable

496,384


181,430

Capitalized interest

3,444


2,997

Accrued dividends

366,842


273,265

Gas Natural Inc. and Subsidiaries

Segments of Operations

(Unaudited)


Three Months Ended June 30, 2011





Marketing











Natural Gas


and


Pipeline


Corporate and







Operations


Production


Operations


Other


Eliminations


Consolidated














OPERATING REVENUES













Natural gas operations

$      17,176,027


$                -


$                 -


$              816,049


$         (896,814)


$      17,095,262


Marketing and production

-


3,209,966


-


-


(1,734,301)


1,475,665


Pipeline operations

-


-


102,061


-


-


102,061














Total operating revenue

17,176,027


3,209,966


102,061


816,049


(2,631,115)


18,672,988














COST OF SALES













Gas purchased

9,656,357


-


-


816,049


(896,814)


9,575,592


Marketing and production

-


2,942,680


-


-


(1,734,301)


1,208,379

Total  cost of sales

9,656,357


2,942,680


-


816,049


(2,631,115)


10,783,971














GROSS MARGIN

$        7,519,670


$      267,286


$       102,061


$                        -


$                    -


$        7,889,017














OPERATING INCOME (LOSS)

$           902,183


$        79,627


$         48,396


$              (39,384)


$                    -


$           990,822














NET INCOME (LOSS)

$           359,742


$        23,625


$         27,752


$              (50,781)


$                    -


$           360,338














Three Months Ended June 30, 2010





Marketing











Natural Gas


and


Pipeline


Corporate and







Operations


Production


Operations


Other


Eliminations


Consolidated














OPERATING REVENUE













Natural gas operations

$     14,760,696


$               -


$                -


$                      -


$          (78,587)


$     14,682,109


Marketing and production

-


3,704,869


-


-


(1,836,860)


1,868,009


Pipeline operations

-


-


106,355


-


-


106,355














Total operating revenue

14,760,696


3,704,869


106,355


-


(1,915,447)


16,656,473














COST OF SALES













Gas purchased

7,998,349


-


-


-


(78,587)


7,919,762


Marketing and production

-


3,299,668


-


-


(1,836,860)


1,462,808

Total cost of sales

7,998,349


3,299,668


-


-


(1,915,447)


9,382,570














GROSS MARGIN

$       6,762,347


$     405,201


$      106,355


$                      -


$                    -


$       7,273,903














OPERATING INCOME (LOSS)

$          632,599


$     207,305


$        35,679


$               (8,843)


$                    -


$          866,740














NET INCOME

$          247,979


$     113,145


$        24,485


$               80,173


$                    -


$          465,782














Gas Natural Inc. and Subsidiaries

Segments of Operations

(unaudited)


Six Months Ended June 30, 2011





Marketing











Natural Gas


and


Pipeline


Corporate and







Operations


Production


Operations


Other


Eliminations


Consolidated














OPERATING REVENUES













Natural gas operations

$      55,485,920


$                -


$                 -


$              816,049


$         (987,124)


$      55,314,845


Marketing and production

-


7,550,218


-


-


(4,249,051)


3,301,167


Pipeline operations

-


-


208,385


-


-


208,385














Total operating revenue

55,485,920


7,550,218


208,385


816,049


(5,236,175)


58,824,397














COST OF SALES













Gas purchased

34,463,575


-


-


816,049


(987,124)


34,292,500


Marketing and production

-


6,856,837


-


-


(4,249,051)


2,607,786

Total  cost of sales

34,463,575


6,856,837


-


816,049


(5,236,175)


36,900,286














GROSS MARGIN

$      21,022,345


$      693,381


$       208,385


$                        -


$                    -


$      21,924,111














OPERATING INCOME (LOSS)

$        7,789,050


$      306,225


$       112,396


$              (47,954)


$                    -


$        8,159,717














NET INCOME (LOSS)

$        4,618,867


$      109,407


$         64,554


$            (157,736)


$                    -


$        4,635,092














Total assets

118,582,518


3,929,493


636,991


71,829,841


(57,223,219)


137,755,624

Goodwill

14,607,952


-


-


-


-


14,607,952














Six Months Ended June 30, 2010





Marketing











Natural Gas


and


Pipeline


Corporate and







Operations


Production


Operations


Other


Eliminations


Consolidated














OPERATING REVENUES













Natural gas operations

$      46,345,465


$                -


$                -


$                       -


$         (157,196)


$      46,188,269


Marketing and production

-


9,188,180


-


-


(4,201,848)


4,986,332


Pipeline operations

-


-


214,957


-


-


214,957














Total operating revenue

46,345,465


9,188,180


214,957


-


(4,359,044)


51,389,558














COST OF SALES













Gas purchased

27,697,772


-


-


-


(157,196)


27,540,576


Marketing and production

-


8,256,067


-


-


(4,201,848)


4,054,219

Total  cost of sales

27,697,772


8,256,067


-


-


(4,359,044)


31,594,795














GROSS MARGIN

$      18,647,693


$      932,113


$       214,957


$                       -


$                    -


$      19,794,763














OPERATING INCOME (LOSS)

$        6,561,089


$      557,461


$         99,331


$              (11,364)


$                    -


$        7,206,517














NET INCOME

$        3,979,274


$        34,195


$         60,720


$               54,535


$                    -


$        4,128,724














Total assets

106,298,682


4,737,608


755,112


58,037,889


(51,845,781)


117,983,510

Goodwill

13,813,626


-


-


-


-


13,813,626














Gas Natural Inc. and Subsidiaries

Natural Gas Operations
(unaudited)


Utility Throughput























Three Months Ended June 30,


Six Months Ended June 30,


(in million cubic feet (MMcf))

2011


2010


2011


2010













Full Service Distribution










Residential

737


654


2,899


2,492



Commercial

882


667


2,829


2,267



Industrial

44


37


84


82




Total full service

1,663


1,358


5,812


4,841













Transportation

1,883


1,684


4,568


3,730


Bucksport

2,988


3,341


6,789


7,089















Total Volumes

6,534


6,383


17,169


15,660

Degree Days

























Three Months Ended


Percent (Warmer) Colder





June 30,


2011 Compared to



Normal


2011


2010


Normal


2010


Great Falls, MT

1,225


1,498


1,414


22.29%


5.94%


Cody, WY

1,072


1,408


1,269


31.34%


10.95%


Bangor, ME

1,072


1,052


804


(1.87%)


30.85%


Elkin, NC

337


318


163


(5.64%)


95.09%


Youngstown, OH

862


711


503


(17.52%)


41.35%

SOURCE Gas Natural Inc.

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