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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001126956-15-000045
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150622

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:			0930

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2102 6TH AVENUE NORTH
		CITY:			BIRMINGHAM
		STATE:			AL
		ZIP:			35203
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2053262742

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2102 6TH AVENUE 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:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		700 MARKET STREET
		CITY:			ST LOUIS
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			63101
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3143420500

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		700 MARKET STREET
		CITY:			ST LOUIS
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			63101

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:			0930

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		700 MARKET STREET
		CITY:			ST LOUIS
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			63101
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3143420500

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		700 MARKET STREET
		CITY:			ST LOUIS
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			63101
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<a name="s836C1E1EB48845A69D221BF14D56F133"></a><div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td width="50%"></td><td width="50%"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div><img src="lacledelhlogo.jpg" style="height:81px;width:57px;"></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">The Laclede Group, Inc.</font></div><div style="text-align:right;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">700 Market Street </font></div><div style="text-align:right;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">St. Louis, MO 63101</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">Sondra S. Brown</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;">Vice President, Controller</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:9pt;">314-342-0597</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">June 22, 2015</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">Ms. Jennifer Thompson</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">Accounting Branch Chief</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">Division of Corporation Finance</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Re: </font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">The Laclede Group, Inc.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Laclede Gas Company</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2014</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">File Nos. 001-16681 &amp; 001-01822</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Alabama Gas Corporation</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Amendment No. 1 to Form 10-K for the Transition Period From</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">January 1, 2014 to September 30, 2014</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">File No. 002-38960</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Response dated May 27, 2015</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">Dear Ms. Thompson:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">The Laclede Group, Inc. (&#8220;Laclede Group&#8221;) has received your June 15, 2015 letter on behalf of the Securities and Exchange Commission (&#8220;Commission&#8221;) Division of Corporation Finance, regarding comments on our response letter dated May 27, 2015.  We have set forth below your comments along with our responses:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">General</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:24px;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">1)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">The representations provided in your response were only for the Laclede Group, Inc.  Please provide a written statement from Laclede Gas Company and Alabama Gas Corporation acknowledging that:</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:72px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">&#8226;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">the company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filings;</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:72px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:72px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">&#8226;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filings; and</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:72px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:72px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">&#8226;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">the company may not assert staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">Response:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">See the penultimate paragraph of this letter.</font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:98.828125%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td width="100%"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">www.TheLacledeGroup.com</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s836C1E1EB48845A69D221BF14D56F133"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">Ms. Jennifer Thompson</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">June 22, 2015</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">Page </font><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">2</font><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">of </font><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">3</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">The Laclede Group, Inc. Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2014</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Notes to the Financial Statements</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Note 15. Regulatory Matters, page 120</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:24px;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">2)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Refer to comment 9.  You state in your response that the $2.8 million regulatory asset relates to removal costs whether or not a legal obligation exists.  Tell us in detail how you account for actual removal costs incurred.  In this regard, explain to us whether removal costs incurred for which there is an associated legal obligation are offset against asset retirement obligations (&#8220;ARO&#8221;).  If not, then explain to us why the incurred costs would not reduce the ARO liability.  Additionally, of the $2.8 million removal cost regulatory asset, tell us the amount that relates to future removal costs for which you have recorded an ARO and for which you have not recorded an ARO.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">Response [Laclede Group and Alabama Gas Corporation ("Alagasco")]:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">Where asset removal costs are incurred and settle a legal obligation related to an asset, the associated portion of ARO liability is derecognized.  The regulatory asset related to legal obligations is adjusted for changes in ARO (reflecting the impacts of new construction, changes in estimates, and ARO settlements), such that a net increase in ARO would result in a corresponding increase in the regulatory asset.  As authorized by the Alabama Public Service Commission, Alagasco accrues future asset removal costs associated with its property, plant and equipment whether or not a legal obligation exists.  As of September 30, 2014, the balance of Alagasco&#8217;s regulatory liability related to removal costs for which a legal obligation did not exist was immaterial.  The $2.8 million removal cost regulatory asset at September 30, 2014 relates to future removal costs for which we have recorded an ARO.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:98.828125%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td width="100%"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">www.TheLacledeGroup.com</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s836C1E1EB48845A69D221BF14D56F133"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">Ms. Jennifer Thompson</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">June 22, 2015</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">Page </font><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">3</font><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">of </font><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">3</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">Each of Laclede Group, Laclede Gas Company, and Alagasco acknowledges that:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:24px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">&#8226;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">it is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filings;</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:24px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:24px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">&#8226;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filings; and</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:24px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:24px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">&#8226;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">it may not assert staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">We trust the foregoing adequately addresses the comments in your letter, but if any items require further clarifications, please contact me at the phone number listed above.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">Respectfully submitted,</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">/s/ Sondra S. Brown</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">Sondra S. Brown</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:100%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">cc:</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">Mark C. Darrell, The Laclede Group, Inc.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">Steven P. Rasche, The Laclede Group, Inc.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">Jarrett Torno, SEC</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">Robert Babula, SEC</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:98.828125%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td width="100%"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">www.TheLacledeGroup.com</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div></div>	</body>
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