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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-14-337108
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20140902
ITEM INFORMATION:		Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20140910
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20140909

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LACLEDE GROUP INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001126956
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION [4924]
		IRS NUMBER:				742976504
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MO
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1214

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-16681
		FILM NUMBER:		141094482

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		720 OLIVE ST
		CITY:			ST LOUIS
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			63101
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3143420500

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		720 OLIVE ST
		STREET 2:		RM 1517
		CITY:			ST LOUIS
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			63101

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ALABAMA GAS CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000003146
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION [4924]
		IRS NUMBER:				630022000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			AL
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	002-38960
		FILM NUMBER:		141094483

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		605 RICHARD ARRINGTON JR BLVD NORTH
		CITY:			BIRMINGHAM
		STATE:			AL
		ZIP:			35203
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2053262742

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		605 RICHARD ARRINGTON JR BLVD NORTH
		CITY:			BIRMINGHAM
		STATE:			AL
		ZIP:			35203

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LACLEDE GAS CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000057183
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION [4924]
		IRS NUMBER:				430368139
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MO
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-01822
		FILM NUMBER:		141094484

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		720 OLIVE ST
		CITY:			ST LOUIS
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			63101
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3143420500

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		720 OLIVE ST
		CITY:			ST LOUIS
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			63101
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Securities and Exchange Commission </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Amendment No.&nbsp;1 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:14pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Current
Report </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>September&nbsp;4,&nbsp;2014</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(September&nbsp;2,&nbsp;2014)</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>The Laclede Group, Inc.</B></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" align="left">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">720 Olive Street</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">St. Louis, MO 63101</P>
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<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" align="left">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">720 Olive Street</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Alabama Gas Corporation</B></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" align="left">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">2101 6<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">TH</SUP>
Ave. North</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Birmingham, AL 35203-2707</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Laclede Group, Inc. (&#147;Laclede Group&#148;), Laclede Gas Company (&#147;Laclede Gas&#148;) and Alabama Gas Corporation (&#147;Alagasco&#148;) are
filing this Amendment No.&nbsp;1 on Form 8-K/A (&#147;Amendment No.&nbsp;1&#148;) to amend their Current Report on Form 8-K, originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (&#147;SEC&#148;) on September&nbsp;4, 2014 (the &#147;Original
Filing&#148;), solely to revise the disclosure set forth in Item&nbsp;4.01 under the heading &#147;Change in Registrant&#146;s Certifying Accountant. (Alagasco only)&#148; and to file Exhibit 16.1. For the convenience of the reader, this Amendment
No.&nbsp;1 amends and restates Item&nbsp;4.01 in its entirety. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Except as described above, this Amendment No.&nbsp;1 does not amend, update or change any
other items or disclosures contained in the Original Filing as amended by this Amendment No.&nbsp;1, and this Amendment No.&nbsp;1 does not reflect or purport to reflect any information or events occurring after the original filing date or modify or
update those disclosures affected by subsequent events. Accordingly, this Amendment No.&nbsp;1 should be read in conjunction with the Original Filing and our other filings with the SEC. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Change in Registrant&#146;s Certifying Accountant. (Alagasco only) </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On September&nbsp;2, 2014, the
audit committee of Laclede Group&#146;s board of directors, which functions as the audit committee for Alagasco, dismissed PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (&#147;PwC&#148;) as Alagasco&#146;s independent registered public accounting firm. The reports of
PwC on the financial statements for the fiscal years ended December&nbsp;31, 2013 and 2012 contained no adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principle. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">During Alagasco&#146;s fiscal years ended December&nbsp;31, 2013 and 2012 and in the subsequent period through September&nbsp;2, 2014, there were no
disagreements with PwC on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements if not resolved to the satisfaction of PwC would have caused it to make reference to the
subject matter of the disagreements in connection with its audit report on the financial statements for such year. In addition, there were no &#147;reportable events&#148; as such term is defined in Item&nbsp;304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K,
promulgated under the Exchange Act, except for the material weakness in Alagasco&#146;s internal control over financial reporting disclosed in Item&nbsp;4. Controls and Procedures of Alagasco&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, for the quarter
ended September&nbsp;30, 2013, in which Alagasco identified a material weakness in its internal control over financial reporting related to failure by Alagasco&#146;s principal accounting officer to operate within Alagasco&#146;s code of conduct. A
material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of annual or interim financial statements will not be
prevented or detected on a timely basis. Due to this weakness, certain controls were overridden at Alagasco resulting in an immaterial understatement of expenses for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2013 of approximately $76,000. Because the override
was identified by Alagasco management prior to preparation of financial statements for the quarter ended September&nbsp;30, 2013, it did not result in misstatement for that quarter. Alagasco management, with the participation of its chief executive
officer and chief financial officer, took action to remediate the material weakness described above including the following: the principal accounting officer who overrode the </P>

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control was separated from Alagasco; a qualified successor principal accounting officer was elected by the Alagasco Board of Directors; in addition to an ongoing annual training process, the
importance of adherence to Alagasco&#146;s statement of principles and business conduct guidelines as well as compliance with applicable accounting and reporting principles was reviewed and reinforced with key accounting personnel; and the
importance of timely, complete and accurate recording of expenses was reviewed and reinforced with the Alagasco officers. Alagasco management completed the remediation measures described above and, as of December&nbsp;31, 2013, concluded that the
steps taken have remediated the material weakness. This matter was discussed among Alagasco management, the Audit Committee of Energen, which at the time was the sole shareholder of Alagasco, and PwC. PwC has been authorized to respond fully to the
inquiries of Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche, LLP (&#147;Deloitte&#148;), the successor accountant, concerning this reportable event. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Alagasco provided PwC
with a copy of this disclosure in Item&nbsp;4.01 and requested that PwC furnish a letter addressed to the SEC stating whether or not it agrees with the above statements. A copy of PwC&#146;s letter dated September&nbsp;9, 2014 is filed as Exhibit
16.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K/A. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In connection with the Acquisition, effective September&nbsp;2, 2014, the audit committee of Laclede
Group&#146;s board of directors engaged Deloitte&nbsp;and dismissed PwC as Alagasco&#146;s independent registered accounting firm to audit Alagasco&#146;s consolidated financial statements for the transitional nine-month period ending
September&nbsp;30, 2014. The transitional nine-month period arose from Alagasco&#146;s election on September&nbsp;2, 2014 to change its fiscal year-end from December&nbsp;31 to September&nbsp;30. Deloitte currently serves as the independent
registered public accounting firm for Laclede Group and Laclede Gas and previously audited the financial statements of Laclede Group and Laclede Gas as of and for the fiscal years ended September&nbsp;30, 2013 and 2012. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">During the two most recent fiscal years and through September&nbsp;2, 2014, the date of the engagement of Deloitte, neither Alagasco nor any person on its
behalf has consulted with Deloitte with respect to either (i)&nbsp;the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on Alagasco&#146;s financial
statements, and neither a written report was provided to Alagasco or oral advice was provided that Deloitte concluded was an important factor considered by Alagasco in reaching a decision as to the accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue
or (ii)&nbsp;any matter that was either the subject of a &#147;disagreement&#148; or a &#147;reportable event&#148; as such terms are described in Items 304(a)(1)(iv) and the related instructions to S-K 304 or 304(a)(1)(v), respectively, of
Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Letter, dated September&nbsp;9, 2014, of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Steven P. Rasche</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Steven P. Rasche</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Executive Vice President,
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Steven P. Rasche</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Steven P. Rasche</P></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">September&nbsp;9, 2014 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Securities and Exchange Commission </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">100 F Street, N.E. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Washington, DC 20549 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Commissioners: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have read the statements made by The Laclede Group, Inc., Laclede Gas Company and Alabama Gas Corporation (copy attached), which we understand will be
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to Item&nbsp;4.01 of Form 8-K, as part of the Amendment No 1 to Form 8-K/A of The Laclede Group, Inc., Laclede Gas Company and Alabama Gas Corporation dated September&nbsp;2, 2014. We agree
with the statements concerning our Firm in such Form 8-K/A. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Very truly yours, </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP </P>
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