GREAT FALLS, Mont., Nov. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:EGAS), a natural gas utility and energy marketing company, announced that, at the Company's annual meeting of shareholders held earlier today, shareholders elected all of the Company's nominees to the Board of Directors to hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders. These directors are Ian J. Abrams, W.E. 'Gene' Argo, Gregory J. Osborne, Richard M. Osborne, James R. Smail, Thomas J. Smith, James E. Sprague and Michael T. Victor. In addition, the Company's shareholders voted to approve the issuance of up to 1,998,830 shares of the Company's common stock pursuant to the previously announced merger agreements to acquire Lightning Pipeline Co., Inc., Great Plains Natural Gas Company, Brainard Gas Corp., and Great Plains Land Development Company, LTD. (collectively, the "Acquired Companies"). The Acquired Companies, through their subsidiaries, are natural gas utility companies with approximately 22,581 customers in Northeastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania. In the mergers, the Company will issue up to 1,998,830 shares of the Company's common stock in exchange for all of the capital stock and membership units of the Acquired Companies. The Company has received approvals from all regulatory agencies for the mergers of the Acquired Companies. The Company expects to consummate the mergers in the fourth quarter of 2009. About Energy, Inc. Energy, Inc. is the parent company of Energy West, Incorporated, which distributes and sells natural gas to end-use residential, commercial, and industrial customers. It distributes approximately 26 billion cubic feet of natural gas to approximately 38,500 customers through regulated utilities operating in Montana, Wyoming, North Carolina and Maine. The Company markets approximately 2.3 billion cubic feet of natural gas to commercial and industrial customers in Montana and Wyoming on an unregulated basis. The Company also has a majority ownership interest 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. 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, Energy, 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 continued ability to make dividend payments, the Company's ability to implement its business plan, the Company's ability to consummate its pending acquisitions and to successfully integrate the operations of the Acquired Companies; 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, weather conditions, litigation risks, risks associated with contracts accounted for as derivatives 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. Energy, Inc. expressly undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement contained herein to reflect any change in Energy, Inc.'s expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based. For additional information or clarification regarding Energy, Inc., please contact: Kevin Degenstein, President and Chief Operating Officer. The Company's toll-free number is (800) 570-5688. The Company's web site is http://www.ewst.com/. The Company's address is 1 First Avenue South, Great Falls, Montana 59401. DATASOURCE: Energy, Inc. CONTACT: Kevin Degenstein, President and Chief Operating Officer of Energy, Inc., 1-800-570-5688 Web Site: http://www.energywest.com/ http://www.ewst.com/

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