Laclede Group is a public utility holding company. Co. has two business segments: Gas Utility and Gas Marketing. The Gas Utility segment includes the regulated operations of Laclede Gas Company, which is a natural gas distribution utility in Missouri; and Alabama Gas Corporation, which is a public utility in central and north Alabama. The Gas Marketing segment includes Laclede Energy Resources, Inc., which is engaged in the marketing of natural gas and related activities on a non-regulated basis. Co. is also engaged in compression of natural gas, oil production, real estate development, risk management, and financial investments in other enterprises, among other activities.