PEOPLES ENERGY CORP
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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                           WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549

                      ---------------------------------

                                  FORM 11-K


[X]  ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
     EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 [Fee Required]

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995

                                      OR

[  ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE
     SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 [No Fee Required]


                         Commission file number 33-6369

                           PEOPLES ENERGY CORPORATION
                       EMPLOYE CAPITAL ACCUMULATION PLAN
                                      AND
                           PEOPLES ENERGY CORPORATION
                              EMPLOYE THRIFT PLAN


                           (Full title of the plan)



                          Peoples Energy Corporation
                           130 East Randolph Drive
                           Chicago, Illinois 60601


(Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and
the address of its principal executive office)

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                 PEOPLES ENERGY CORPORATION EMPLOYEE CAPITAL

                        ACCUMULATION AND THRIFT TRUST

                           AND PARTICIPATING PLANS



                             REPORT ON AUDITS OF

                             FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

                    YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995 AND 1994


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                              TABLE OF CONTENTS

                                                                           Page
                                                                           ----
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT............................................     1

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

     Statements of Net Assets Held in Trust.............................     3
     Statement of Changes in Net Assets Held in Trust
            for the Peoples Energy Corporation Employee
            Capital Accumulation and Thrift Trust for the
            Year Ended December 31, 1995................................     4
     Statement of Changes in Net Assets Held in Trust
            for the Peoples Energy Corporation Employee
            Capital Accumulation and Thrift Trust for the
            Year Ended December 31, 1994................................     5
     Notes to Financial Statements......................................     6


SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULES

     Schedule of Assets Held for Investment,
      December 31, 1995.................................................    10
     Schedule of Assets Held for Investment,
      December 31, 1994.................................................    11
     Schedule of Reportable Transactions, Year Ended
      December 31, 1995.................................................    12
     Schedule of Reportable Transactions, Year Ended
      December 31, 1994.................................................    13

SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

     Peoples Energy Corporation Employee Capital Accumulation Plan
      Statements of Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits..............    15
     Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for
      Plan Benefits.....................................................    16
     Notes to Financial Statements.......................................    17

     Peoples Energy Corporation Employee Thrift Plan
      Statements of Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits..............    20
      Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Plan
        Benefits........................................................    21
      Notes to Financial Statements.....................................    22


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                                     [LOGO]
                             ODELL HICKS & COMPANY
                          CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


                          INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORTS




Retirement and Benefit
  Plans Committee
PEOPLES ENERGY CORPORATION
Chicago, Illinois


     We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets held in trust 
of the Peoples Energy Corporation Employee Capital Accumulation and Thrift 
Trust and the statements of net assets available for plan benefits of the 
Peoples Energy Corporation Employee Capital Accumulation Plan and the Peoples 
Energy Corporation Employee Thrift Plan, as of December 31, 1995 and 1994, 
and the related statements of changes in net assets held in trust and changes 
in net assets available for plan benefits for the years then ended. These 
financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan's management. Our 
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based 
on our audits.

     We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing 
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to 
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of 
material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence 
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit 
also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant 
estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial 
statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis 
for our opinion.

     In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present 
fairly, in all material respects, the net assets held in trust of the Peoples 
Energy Corporation Employee Capital Accumulation and Thrift Trust and the 
statements of net assets available for plan benefits of the Peoples Energy 
Corporation Employee Capital Accumulation Plan and the Peoples Energy 
Corporation Employee Thrift Plan, as of December 31, 1995 and 1994, and the 
statements of changes in net assets held in trust and changes in net assets 
available for plan benefits for the years then ended, in conformity with 
generally accepted accounting principles.



      180 North Stetson Suite 820 Chicago, Illinois 60601 312-861-0113



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                                     [LOGO]
                             ODELL HICKS & COMPANY




     Our audits were conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the 
basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedules of 
assets held for investments and reportable transactions for the years ended 
December 31, 1995 and 1994 are presented for the purpose of additional 
analysis and are not a required part of the basic financial statements but are 
supplementary information required by the Department of Labor's Rules and 
Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income 
Security Act of 1974. The supplemental schedules have been subjected to the 
auditing procedures applied in the audits of the basic financial statements 
and, in our opinion, are fairly stated in all material respects in relation 
to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.



                                     /s/ Odell Hicks & Company
                                         ODELL HICKS & COMPANY

March 18, 1996





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                               PEOPLES ENERGY CORPORATION

                     EMPLOYEE CAPITAL ACCUMULATION AND THRIFT TRUST

                          STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS HELD IN TRUST

                               DECEMBER 31, 1995 AND 1994


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                           1995           1994
                                                       ------------   ------------
<S>                                                    <C>            <C>
ASSETS

  Cash                                                 $        158   $     42,121
  Accounts Receivable:
    Accrued interest and dividends                        1,254,812      1,370,447
  Investments at quoted market value                    185,186,022    165,258,589
                                                       ------------   ------------
    Total Assets                                       186,440,992    166,671,157
                                                       ------------   ------------


LIABILITIES

  Plan benefits and employee withdrawals
    payable                                            $ 56,196,649   $ 52,949,045
  Forfeitures - Note 2                                        3,328          2,086
  Cash Due to/(From) Brokers                                     --        232,509
                                                       ------------   ------------

     Total Liabilities                                   56,199,977     53,183,640
                                                       ------------   ------------

NET ASSETS HELD IN TRUST                               $130,241,015   $113,487,517
                                                       ------------   ------------
                                                       ------------   ------------

NET ASSETS HELD FOR ACCOUNT OF:

  Peoples Energy Corporation Employee
    Capital Accumulation Plan                          $ 88,264,330   $ 75,291,260

  Peoples Energy Corporation Employee
    Thrift Plan                                          41,976,685     38,196,257
                                                       ------------   ------------
                                                       $130,241,015   $113,487,517
                                                       ------------   ------------
                                                       ------------   ------------
</TABLE>

     The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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                          PEOPLES ENERGY CORPORATION
               EMPLOYEE CAPITAL ACCUMULATION AND THRIFT TRUST
              STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS HELD IN TRUST
                 FOR THE PLAN YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                    PEOPLES                           
                                        SHORT TERM     S&P 500      ENERGY                            
                                           BOND        EQUITY       STOCK        BOND      BALANCED   
                             TOTAL         FUND         FUND         FUND        FUND        FUND     
                         ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ----------  ----------  
<S>                      <C>           <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>         <C>         
ADDITIONS
Contributions:
 Employee Contributions  $  7,034,526  $ 3,343,514  $ 1,822,801  $ 1,269,985  $  362,941  $   33,478  
 Employer Contributions     2,830,513    1,396,300      680,780      533,301     160,445      10,118  
                         ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ----------  ----------  
   Total                    9,865,039    4,739,814    2,503,581    1,803,286     523,386      43,596  
                         ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ----------  ----------  
Income From Investments:
 Dividend Income            2,540,268            -      849,936    1,657,443           -       8,359  
 Interest Income            7,703,970    6,894,151       29,290       20,516     712,973      18,815  
                         ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ----------  ----------  
   Total                   10,244,238    6,894,151      879,226    1,677,959     712,973      27,174  
                         ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ----------  ----------  
Net Gain (Loss):
 Net unrealized
  appreciation
  (Depreciation)           16,319,416    2,327,911    8,330,837    4,327,926   1,042,687      86,606  
 Net Realized Gains         2,004,611      130,543    1,139,657      705,580      21,022       7,809  
                         ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ----------  ----------  
  Total                    18,324,027    2,458,454    9,470,494    5,033,506   1,063,709      94,415  
                         ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ----------  ----------  
   TOTAL ADDITIONS         38,433,304   14,092,419   12,853,301    8,514,751   2,300,068     165,185  
                         ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ----------  ----------  

DEDUCTIONS

Withdrawals                21,679,806   10,489,045    4,156,585    3,378,261   1,458,920     822,601  

Net Increase (Decrease)
  in Assets                16,753,498    3,603,374    8,696,716    5,136,490     841,149    (657,416) 

Net Assets Beginning
 of Year                  113,487,517   65,457,506   22,353,029   18,497,575   7,179,407           -  

Inter-Fund Transfers                -   (9,899,966)  (1,249,221)  (1,853,571)    359,070   3,371,469  
                         ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ----------  ----------  

NET ASSETS -
 END OF YEAR             $130,241,015  $59,160,914  $29,800,524  $21,780,494  $8,379,626  $2,714,053  
                         ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ----------  ----------  
                         ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ----------  ----------  


                                                   S&P 500                S&P 500 
                         SMALL CAP                 GROWTH     FOREIGN     VALUE   
                           EQUITY      MONEY       EQUITY      EQUITY     EQUITY  
                            FUND       MARKET       FUND        FUND       FUND   
                         ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  -------- 
<S>                      <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>      
ADDITIONS                                                                         
Contributions:                                                                    
 Employee Contributions  $   34,801  $  106,851  $   28,091  $   15,206  $ 16,858 
 Employer Contributions      14,136      11,285       5,921      12,857     5,370 
                         ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  -------- 
   Total                     48,937     118,136      34,012      28,063    22,228 
                         ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  -------- 
Income From Investments:                                                          
 Dividend Income              8,922           -       6,984       3,620     5,004 
 Interest Income                800      26,017         645         369       394 
                         ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  -------- 
   Total                      9,722      26,017       7,629       3,989     5,398 
                         ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  -------- 
Net Gain (Loss):                                                                  
 Net unrealized                                                                   
  appreciation                                                                    
  (Depreciation)             50,958           -      72,920      37,473    42,098 
 Net Realized Gains               -           -           -           -         - 
                         ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  -------- 
  Total                      50,958           -      72,920      37,473    42,098 
                         ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  -------- 
   TOTAL ADDITIONS          109,617     144,153     114,561      69,525    69,724 
                         ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  -------- 
                                                                                  
DEDUCTIONS                                                                        
                                                                                  
Withdrawals                 257,660     635,278     209,800     183,644    88,012 
                                                                                  
Net Increase (Decrease)                                                           
  in Assets                (148,043)   (491,125)    (95,239)   (144,119)  (18,289)
                                                                                  
Net Assets Beginning                                                              
 of Year                          -           -          -            -         -
                                                                                  
Inter-Fund Transfers      2,557,998   2,553,966  2,078,512    1,131,133   950,610 
                         ----------  ----------  ---------  -----------  -------- 
                                                                                  
NET ASSETS -                                                                      
 END OF YEAR             $2,409,955  $2,062,841 $1,983,273   $1,017,014  $932,321 
                         ----------  ----------  ---------  -----------  -------- 
                         ----------  ----------  ---------  -----------  -------- 
</TABLE>

  The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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                         PEOPLES ENERGY CORPORATION
               EMPLOYEE CAPITAL ACCUMULATION AND THRIFT TRUST
              STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS HELD IN TRUST
                 FOR THE PLAN YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1994

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                 PEOPLES
                                                   INTEREST                      ENERGY
                                                    INCOME          EQUITY       STOCK          BOND
                                       TOTAL         FUND            FUND         FUND          FUND
                                   ------------   -----------   -----------   -----------   ----------
<S>                                <C>            <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>
ADDITIONS

 Contributions:

  Employee contributions           $  6,988,991   $ 3,526,426   $ 1,728,356   $ 1,367,599   $  366,610
  Employer contributions              2,824,681     1,465,370       634,860       566,125      158,326
                                   ------------   -----------   -----------   -----------   ----------
                                      9,813,672     4,991,796     2,363,216     1,933,724      524,936
                                   ------------   -----------   -----------   -----------   ----------
 Income From Investments:

  Dividend income                     2,362,379             -       759,355     1,603,024            -
  Interest income                     7,920,974     7,208,921        15,003        12,984      684,066
                                   ------------   -----------   -----------   -----------   ----------
                                     10,283,353     7,208,921       774,358     1,616,008      684,066
                                   ------------   -----------   -----------   -----------   ----------
 Net Gain (Loss):

  Net unrealized appreciation
  (depreciation)                     (7,693,711)   (1,603,670)     (424,437)   (4,591,732)  (1,073,872)
  Net realized gain (loss)              592,870      (153,529)       53,161       663,256       29,982
                                   ------------   -----------   -----------   -----------   ----------
                                     (7,100,841)   (1,757,199)     (371,276)   (3,928,476)  (1,043,890)
                                   ------------   -----------   -----------   -----------   ----------
     Total Additions                 12,996,184    10,443,518     2,766,298      (378,744)     165,112
                                   ------------   -----------   -----------   -----------   ----------

DEDUCTIONS

 Withdrawals                         17,618,725    10,931,157     2,375,460     3,814,989      497,119
                                   ------------   -----------   -----------   -----------   ----------
 Net increase (decrease)
  in assets                          (4,622,541)     (487,639)      390,838    (4,193,733)    (332,007)
 Net assets beginning of year       118,110,058    68,302,179    20,490,964    21,240,053    8,076,862
 Interfund transfers                          -    (2,357,033)    1,471,227     1,451,256     (565,450)
                                   ------------   -----------   -----------   -----------   ----------

   Net assets - end of year        $113,487,517   $65,457,507   $22,353,029   $18,497,576   $7,179,405
                                   ------------   -----------   -----------   -----------   ----------
                                   ------------   -----------   -----------   -----------   ----------
</TABLE>




  The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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                PEOPLES ENERGY CORPORATION EMPLOYEE CAPITAL
                     ACCUMULATION AND THRIFT TRUST
                     NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995 AND 1994


NOTE 1 - PLAN INFORMATION

     ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TRUST

          Peoples Energy Corporation, the Peoples Energy Corporation
          Retirement and Benefit Plans Committee, and American National
          Bank and Trust Company of Chicago (the Trustee) entered into an
          agreement as of January 1, 1977, to establish the Peoples Energy
          Corporation Employee Capital Accumulation and Thrift Trust to
          accumulate contributions and income thereon to be used to
          provide benefits under the Peoples Energy Corporation Employee
          Capital Accumulation Plan and the Peoples Energy Corporation
          Employee Thrift Plan (the Plans).  Participating companies are
          Peoples Energy Corporation, The Peoples Gas Light and Coke
          Company and North Shore Gas Company.

     TAX STATUS

          Applications for determination letters were filed with the
          Internal Revenue Service on December 30, 1994 for both Plans. 
          All amendments to the Plans since the determination letter
          received on December 18, 1985 through the amendment approved on
          November 29, 1994 were included in the filing.

          A favorable determination letter with respect to the Capital
          Accumulation Plan was received dated January 8, 1996.  The
          determination letter for the Thrift Plan is pending.

          Notwithstanding the pending determination letter, the Company
          believes that both plans, as currently designed and operated,
          are in compliance with the applicable requirements of the
          Internal Revenue Code and the provisions of the Employee
          Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).  As a result,
          the Plans remain "qualified" and the Trust continues to be
          tax-exempt as of the date of this report.

NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

     A summary of the Trustee's significant accounting policies
     consistently applied in the preparation of the accompanying
     financial statements is as follows:

     BASIS OF ACCOUNTING

          The accompanying statements were prepared on the accrual basis
          of accounting in accordance with generally accepted accounting
          principles.

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               PEOPLES ENERGY CORPORATION EMPLOYEE CAPITAL
                     ACCUMULATION AND THRIFT TRUST
                     NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                 YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995 AND 1994


NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - (Cont'd)

     VALUATION OF INVESTMENTS

          Investments are included in the accompanying statements of net
          assets at fair market value.  Securities traded on security
          exchanges are valued at the last sales price on the day of
          valuation or, in the absence of any sales, at the average of the
          bid and ask prices on the day of valuation, except for such
          securities included in the ANB Investment Management and Trust
          Company Multiple Fund Investment Trust for Employee Benefit
          Plans which are valued at the bid price on the day of valuation.
          Short-term credit investments (corporate notes) are valued at
          cost which approximates market.

     INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS AND INVESTMENT INCOME

          Purchases and sales of securities are accounted for on a
          trade-date basis.  Dividend income is recorded as earned on an
          accrual basis.  At the time the investments are sold, the
          difference between the original cost (computed on an average
          cost basis) and the proceeds received are recorded as a realized
          gain or loss in the financial statements.  The unrealized
          appreciation or depreciation of investments held represents the
          change in the market value of the investments from the beginning
          of the Plan year (or date the investments were purchased, if
          later) to the end of the Plan year.

     FORFEITURE OF EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION

          Upon a participant's termination of service before age 55 for a
          reason other than retirement, death or total disability, a
          portion of the employer contribution account credited to a
          participant will be distributed in an amount equal to their
          vested percentage, based on the participation periods completed.
          The balance will be forfeited and applied against future
          employer contributions.  If the participant is re-employed
          before incurring 5 consecutive one-year breaks in service, and
          elects to again become an active participant, the amount of the
          forfeiture shall be recredited to the employer contribution
          account, provided that within 5 years of reemployment the
          participant restores to his regular contribution account and to
          the employer contribution account the amount of the distribution
          received as a result of the prior termination of service.

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                PEOPLES ENERGY CORPORATION EMPLOYEE CAPITAL
                      ACCUMULATION AND THRIFT TRUST
                      NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
               FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995 AND 1994


NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - (Cont'd)

     INVESTMENTS:

          Investments in securities and the net appreciation
          (depreciation), which includes realized as well as unrealized
          gains or losses at December 31, consisted of the following:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                               1995                           1994
                                                   -----------------------------    ----------------------------
                                                                       NET                               NET
                                                                    CHANGE IN                         CHANGE IN
                                                                   APPRECIATION                      APPRECIATION
                                                       MARKET     (DEPRECIATION)       MARKET       (DEPRECIATION)
                                                   ------------   --------------     ------------   --------------
<S>                                                <C>            <C>               <C>             <C>
ANB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY:

  ANB Multiple Bond Index Fund A                   $ 12,532,047     $ 1,089,721      $  9,228,165     $(1,043,890)
  ANB Multiple S&P 500 Equity Index Fund             36,613,630       9,470,494        27,529,100        (371,276)
  ANB Multiple Short-Term Investment Fund             5,366,200            -            3,535,300           -
  ANB Multiple U.S. MarketCap Equity Index Fund       1,644,542          68,403             -               -
  ANB Multiple Growth-Tilt Equity Index Fund          1,784,404          72,920             -               -
  ANB Multiple Value-Tilt Equity Index Fund             946,093          42,098             -               -
  ANB Multiple SmallCap Equity Index Fund             2,371,029          50,958             -               -
  ANB Multiple InterCap Equity Index Fund             1,088,201          37,473             -               -

PEOPLES ENERGY CORPORATION STOCK*                    28,094,400       5,033,506        24,201,753      (3,928,476)

PROVIDENT NATIONAL ASSURANCE COMPANY
 Group Annuity Contract #027-05042                    4,599,734            -            4,247,604           -

CNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
 Group Annuity Contract #GA-12534                         -                -            8,534,251           -
 Group Annuity Contract #GA-12689                    21,614,338            -           19,900,925           -

HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
 Group Annuity Contract #GA-8938                          -                -           15,023,146           -

DREYFUS MANAGED ASSETS                               68,531,404       2,458,454        53,058,345      (1,757,199)
                                                   ------------   -------------      ------------   --------------
  Total Investments                                $185,186,022     $18,324,027      $165,258,589     $(7,100,841)
                                                   ------------   -------------      ------------   --------------
                                                   ------------   -------------      ------------   --------------
</TABLE>

                        * Party-In-Interest Transactions

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                            SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULES






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                                                                     SCHEDULE I

                 PEOPLES ENERGY CORPORATION EMPLOYEE CAPITAL
                       ACCUMULATION AND THRIFT TRUST
                  SCHEDULE OF ASSETS HELD FOR INVESTMENT
                           DECEMBER 31, 1995

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                            COST/
 QUANTITY/                                                 CARRYING       CURRENT
 FACE VALUE                                                 VALUE          VALUE
- -----------                                              ------------   ------------
<S>                                                      <C>            <C>
               COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT FUNDS

               AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK & TRUST CO OF CHICAGO

      53,662   ANB Multiple Short-Term Investment Fund      $ 5,366,200    $ 5,366,200
     460,566   ANB Multiple Bond Index Fund A                11,570,643     12,532,047
     149,008   ANB Multiple US MarketCap Equity Index Fund    1,579,894      1,644,542
     186,856   ANB Mutliple S&P 500 Index Fund               17,627,705     36,613,630
     123,384   ANB Multiple Growth-Tilt Equity Index Fund     1,711,484      1,784,404
      58,951   ANB Multiple Value-Tilt Equity Index Fund        903,995        946,093
      26,595   ANB Multiple SmallCap Equity Index Fund        2,320,071      2,371,029
      12,322   ANB Multiple InterCap Equity Index Fund        1,050,728      1,088,202

               GUARANTEED INVESTMENT CONTRACTS

               CNA INSURANCE COMPANY

 $21,614,337   Guaranteed Investment Contract #GA-12689      21,614,337     21,614,337

               PROVIDENT NATIONAL ASSURANCE COMPANY

  $4,599,734   Guaranteed Investment Contract #027-5042       4,599,734      4,599,734

               OTHER

 $68,336,023   DREYFUS MANAGED ASSETS     
                 U.S. Government Bonds                       42,865,357     43,220,259
                 Corporate Debt Securities                   24,920,144     25,311,145

               PARTY-IN-INTEREST

     884,863   PEOPLES ENERGY CORPORATION COMMON STOCK       18,883,636     28,094,400
                                                           ------------   ------------
                  TOTAL ASSETS HELD FOR INVESTMENT         $155,013,928   $185,186,022
                                                           ------------   ------------
                                                           ------------   ------------
</TABLE>

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                                                                     SCHEDULE II

                PEOPLES ENERGY CORPORATION EMPLOYEE CAPITAL
                      ACCUMULATION AND THRIFT TRUST
                 SCHEDULE OF ASSETS HELD FOR INVESTMENT
                             DECEMBER 31, 1994

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

 QUANTITY/                                                                     CURRENT
 FACE VALUE                                                      COST           VALUE
- -----------                                                   ------------   ------------
<S>                                                           <C>            <C>
             COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT FUNDS

             AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK & TRUST CO OF CHICAGO

    404,322  Multiple Bond Index Fund                          $ 9,331,406     $9,228,165
    193,078  Multiple Equity Index Fund                         16,874,012     27,529,100
     35,353  Multiple Short-Term Investment Fund                 3,535,300      3,535,300
                                                              ------------    -----------
                                                                29,740,718     40,292,565
                                                              ------------    -----------
             GUARANTEED INVESTMENT CONTRACTS

             CNA INSURANCE COMPANY

$ 8,534,251  Guaranteed Investment Contract #GA-12534            8,534,251      8,534,251
$19,900,925  Guaranteed Investment Contract #GA-12689           19,900,925     19,900,925

             HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

$15,023,146  Guaranteed Investment Contract #GA-8938            15,023,146     15,023,146

             PROVIDENT NATIONAL ASSURANCE COMPANY

$ 4,247,604  Guaranteed Investment Contract #027-05042           4,247,604      4,247,604
                                                              ------------    -----------
                                                                47,705,926     47,705,926
                                                              ------------    -----------
             OTHER

$54,966,142  DREYFUS MANAGED ASSETS                             54,640,352     53,058,345
                                                              ------------    -----------
             PARTY-IN-INTEREST

    926,383  PEOPLES ENERGY CORPORATION COMMON STOCK            19,318,917     24,201,753
                                                              ------------    -----------

                   TOTAL ASSETS HELD FOR INVESTMENT           $151,405,913   $165,258,589
                                                              ------------    -----------
                                                              ------------    -----------
</TABLE>

                                     -11-

<PAGE>

                                                                    SCHEDULE III

                         PEOPLES ENERGY CORPORATION
               EMPLOYEE CAPITAL ACCUMULATION AND THRIFT TRUST
                    SCHEDULE OF REPORTABLE TRANSACTIONS
                 FOR THE PLAN YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                          TOTAL                 TOTAL
                                                            TOTAL        DOLLAR     TOTAL       DOLLAR        NET
IDENTITY OF PARTY INVOLVED/                               NUMBER OF     VALUE OF    NUMBER     VALUE OF    GAIN/(LOSS)
 DESCRIPTION OF SECURITY                                  PURCHASES    PURCHASES   OF SALES     SALES      RECOGNIZED
- ---------------------------                               ---------  ------------  --------  ------------  -----------
<S>                                                       <C>        <C>           <C>       <C>           <C>
ANB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY:
  ANB Multiple Short-Term Investment Fund                    182     $105,621,745      85    $104,228,745   $       -
  ANB Multiple U.S. MarketCap Equity Index Fund                3        1,571,535       -               -           -
  ANB Multiple Bond Index Fund A                              10        2,954,090       7       1,442,254      25,076
  ANB Multiple Growth-Tilt Index Fund                          3        1,704,500       -               -           -
  ANB Multiple Value-Tilt Index Fund                           3          898,991       -               -           -
  ANB Multiple SmallCap Equity Fund                            3        2,311,150       -               -           -
  ANB Multiple InterCap Equity Index Fund                      3        1,047,108       -               -           -
  ANB Multiple S&P 500 Index Fund                              5        1,137,847       7       1,234,090   1,139,656

PROVIDENT NATIONAL ASSURANCE COMPANY
  Group Annuity Contract #027-05042                           12          352,131       -               -           -

HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
  Group Annuity Contract #GA-8938                              6          706,906       1      15,730,052           -

CNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
  Group Annuity Contract #GA-12534                             6          383,678       1       8,917,929           -
  Group Annuity Contract #GA-12689                            12        1,713,413       -               -           -

DREYFUS MANAGED ASSETS
  U.S. Government Bonds                                       23       52,147,636      36      41,610,310      17,734
  Corporate Debt Securities                                   17       30,735,207      52      28,257,927     112,809

PEOPLES ENERGY CORPORATION STOCK*                             10        2,208,622      36       3,349,484     705,580
</TABLE>

                       * Party-In-Interest Transactions

                                     -12-

<PAGE>

                                                                     SCHEDULE IV

                         PEOPLES ENERGY CORPORATION
               EMPLOYEE CAPITAL ACCUMULATION AND THRIFT TRUST
                    SCHEDULE OF REPORTABLE TRANSACTIONS
                 FOR THE PLAN YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1994

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                          TOTAL                 TOTAL
                                                            TOTAL        DOLLAR     TOTAL       DOLLAR        NET
IDENTITY OF PARTY INVOLVED/                               NUMBER OF     VALUE OF    NUMBER     VALUE OF    GAIN/(LOSS)
 DESCRIPTION OF SECURITY                                  PURCHASES    PURCHASES   OF SALES     SALES      RECOGNIZED
- ---------------------------                               ---------  ------------  --------  ------------  -----------
<S>                                                       <C>        <C>           <C>       <C>           <C>
  AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
   OF CHICAGO:
     Multiple Bond Index Fund                                  2     $    93,537       10    $   785,359    $ (46,224)
     Multiple Equity Index Fund                               10       1,779,722        2        122,852          107
     Multiple Short-Term Investment Fund                     154      41,980,300       60     41,064,600           -

  PROVIDENT NATIONAL ASSURANCE COMPANY
     Group Annuity Contract #027-05042                        12         325,532        -          -               - 

  PRINCIPAL MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
     Group Annuity Contract #GA-86926                          6         832,792        3     19,239,602           -

   HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
     Group Annuity Contract #GA-8938                          12       1,323,396        -          -               -

  CNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
     Group Annuity Contracts      
     #GA-12534 & #GA-12689                                    25       2,299,756        -          -               -

  DREYFUS MANAGED ASSETS                                      22      37,154,083       45     22,132,207     (125,340)

  PEOPLES ENERGY CORPORATION STOCK*                           19       3,399,024       43      2,338,366     (248,484)
</TABLE>


                            * Party-In-Interest Transactions

Note:     The net gain (loss) for the Bond Fund, Equity Fund and the PEC 
          Stock Fund for 1994 was computed based on revalued cost to comply with
          reporting requirements of the Department of Labor. However, the net
          gain (loss) in the 1994 financial statements was computed based on
          historical cost, as required by generally accepted accounting
          principles.

                                     -13-

<PAGE>


                      SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS





                                     -14-

<PAGE>
                        PEOPLES ENERGY CORPORATION
                    EMPLOYEE CAPITAL ACCUMULATION PLAN
          STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PLAN BENEFITS
                        DECEMBER 31, 1995 AND 1994

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                               1995          1994
                                                           -----------    -----------
<S>                                                        <C>            <C>
ASSETS

  NET ASSETS HELD IN THE
     Peoples Energy Corporation Employee
      Capital Accumulation and Thrift Trust,
      at Market Value                                      $88,264,330    $75,291,260
                                                           -----------    -----------

  NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PLAN BENEFITS                   $88,264,330    $75,291,260
                                                           -----------    -----------
                                                           -----------    -----------
</TABLE>

  The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

                                     -15-

<PAGE>

                        PEOPLES ENERGY CORPORATION
                    EMPLOYEE CAPITAL ACCUMULATION PLAN
      STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PLAN BENEFITS
              FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995 AND 1994

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                       1995           1994
                                   -----------    -----------
<S>                                <C>            <C>
ADDITIONS
  Contributions received from:
    Employees                      $ 4,297,780    $ 4,269,696
    Employers                        1,660,520      1,657,847
                                   -----------    -----------
                                     5,958,300      5,927,543
                                   -----------    -----------
Net asset change as a result
  of transferred Employees           1,195,313      1,277,606
                                   -----------    -----------
Income from investments:
  Dividends                          1,427,531      1,281,665
  Interest                           5,302,092      5,407,117
                                   -----------    -----------
                                     6,729,623      6,688,782
                                   -----------    -----------
Net gain on investments:
  Net unrealized appreciation
   (depreciation) in value of
   investments held                 10,849,915     (3,883,355)
  Net gain on disposition of
   investments                       1,317,837        275,457
                                   -----------    -----------

                                    12,167,752     (3,607,898)
                                   -----------    -----------

    Total Additions                 26,050,988     10,286,033
                                   -----------    -----------

DEDUCTIONS

  Payments of Plan benefits and
   Employee withdrawals             13,077,918     10,171,548
                                   -----------    -----------

NET INCREASE IN AVAILABLE ASSETS    12,973,070        114,485
                                   -----------    -----------

NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PLAN
 BENEFITS

     Beginning of Year              75,291,260     75,176,775
                                   -----------    -----------
     End of Year                   $88,264,330    $75,291,260
                                   -----------    -----------
                                   -----------    -----------
</TABLE>

  The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

                                     -16-

<PAGE>

       PEOPLES ENERGY CORPORATION EMPLOYEE CAPITAL ACCUMULATION PLAN
                      NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                  YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995 AND 1994


NOTE 1 - DESCRIPTION OF PLAN

     The Peoples Energy Corporation Employee Capital Accumulation Plan 
     (the Plan) is a defined contribution plan and covers those 
     employees of the subsidiaries of Peoples Energy Corporation who are 
     not covered by a collective bargaining agreement. Subsidiary 
     companies include The Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company and North 
     Shore Gas Company.  The effective date of the Plan is January 1, 
     1977.  The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee 
     Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). The Plan was most 
     recently amended on November 29, 1994 to incorporate certain 
     administrative and regulatory changes.

     All employees who have completed one year of service with an 
     employer, as defined in the Plan and who have worked at least 1,000 
     hours during the year, are eligible to participate in the Plan.  
     Participants may elect to make regular contributions of up to 6% of 
     their regular rate of pay and may designate such amounts as tax 
     deferred contributions, after tax contributions or a combination of 
     both.  Prior to October 1, 1995, Participants were able to direct 
     investments of their contributions to any of four investment funds, 
     namely;  a Bond Fund, an Equity Fund, a Company Stock Fund and an 
     Interest Income Fund.  Effective October 1, 1995, contributions may 
     be invested in any of ten funds, namely;  a Money Market Fund, a 
     Short Term Bond Fund, a Bond Fund, a Balanced Fund, an S&P 500 
     Equity Fund, an S&P 500 Growth Fund, an S&P 500 Value Fund, a Small 
     Cap Equity Fund, a Foreign Equity Fund and a Company Stock Fund.  
     The employer contributes an amount equal to 50% of the employee's 
     regular contributions.  The employer matching contributions are 
     invested in the same manner as the employee contributions are 
     invested.  Participants may also elect to make additional 
     contributions (supplemental contributions) of up to 10% of their 
     regular rate of pay; these contributions are not matched by the 
     employer.

     Participants are fully vested in their own contribution account at 
     all times and become fully vested in the employer's contribution 
     account at the earlier of (a) completion of at least 130 
     participation periods, as defined in the Plan, or (b) termination 
     of service after attaining age 55 or by reason of death, retirement 
     or total disability.  Participants with less than 130 participation 
     periods completed are deemed to be 25, 50 or 75 percent vested in 
     the employer's contribution account based on the number of 
     completed participation periods.

NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

     A summary of the Plan's significant accounting policies 
     consistently applied in the preparation of the accompanying 
     financial statements is as follows:

                                     -17-

<PAGE>

              PEOPLES ENERGY CORPORATION EMPLOYEE CAPITAL ACCUMULATION PLAN
                           NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                       YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995 AND 1994


NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont'd)

     BASIS OF ACCOUNTING

          The accounts of the Plan and the related Peoples Energy Corporation 
          Employee Capital Accumulation and Thrift Trust (the Trust) are 
          maintained on the accrual basis of accounting. Reference is made to 
          the separate Statements of Net Assets Held in Trust and 
          accompanying notes for further information on the accounting for 
          Trust investments and Trust income.
          
          Peoples Energy Corporation provides certain administrative and 
          accounting services to the Plan at no cost and also pays the cost 
          of services provided to the Plan and Trust by the Plan's Trustee, 
          money managers, recordkeeper and independent auditors.

     CONTRIBUTIONS

          Employee contributions become payable to the Plan on the pay date 
          on which the contribution is deducted from the employee's pay.

          The employer contribution is required to be paid to the Trust 
          during or as soon as possible after the end of each month as is 
          reasonably practicable.

          INVESTMENT POLICY AND ALLOCATION OF EARNINGS ON INVESTMENTS

          Contributions received by the Plan are held for safekeeping in and 
          invested by the Trust maintained by the American National Bank and 
          Trust Company of Chicago (the Trustee) as directed by the Plan 
          Administrator.  Earnings of the Trust, which also includes the 
          assets of the Peoples Energy Corporation Employee Thrift Plan, are 
          allocated each month between the Plans by the Plan Administrator 
          or, effective October 1, 1995, by Howard Johnson and Company, the 
          recordkeeper, on the basis of the market value of the assets owned 
          by each Plan at the end of the prior month.

     DISTRIBUTIONS

          Each participant whose employment with all employers is terminated 
          is entitled to a distribution of the entire balance in his account 
          and the vested portion of the employer contribution account within 
          90 days after termination unless the employee elects to defer the 
          distribution under the terms of the Plan.  Active participants are 
          permitted to elect in-service and retirement planning withdrawals 
          under the Plan provisions.

                                     -18-

<PAGE>

         PEOPLES ENERGY CORPORATION EMPLOYEE CAPITAL ACCUMULATION PLAN
                       NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                   YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995 AND 1994

NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont'd)

     FORFEITURE OF EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION

          Upon a participant's termination of service before age 55 for a 
          reason other than retirement, death or total disability, a portion 
          of the employer contribution account credited to a participant will 
          be distributed in an amount equal to their vested percentage, based 
          on the participation periods completed. The balance of the account 
          will be forfeited and applied against future employer 
          contributions.  If the participant is re-employed before incurring 
          5 consecutive one-year breaks in service, and elects to again 
          become an active participant, the amount of the forfeiture shall be 
          recredited to the employer contribution account, provided that 
          within 5 years of reemployment the participant restores to his 
          regular contribution account and to the employer contribution 
          account the amount of the distribution received as a result of the 
          prior termination of service.

NOTE 3 - TERMINATION OF PLAN

          The Plan may be terminated at any time by the Company.  In event of 
          such termination, the interest of all participants becomes fully 
          vested and no part of any such participant's accounts shall be 
          thereafter forfeited for any reason whatsoever. Presently, there is 
          no intention on the part of the Company to terminate the Plan or to 
          discontinue contributions to the Plan.

NOTE 4 - TAX STATUS

          The Plan received a favorable determination letter from the 
          Internal Revenue Service dated January 8, 1996 qualifying the Plan 
          for exemption from income taxes under the Internal Revenue Code, as 
          the Plan was then designed.  


                                     -19-

<PAGE>

                         PEOPLES ENERGY CORPORATION
                           EMPLOYEE THRIFT PLAN
            STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PLAN BENEFITS
                         DECEMBER 31, 1995 and 1994

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                            1995           1994
                                                        -----------     -----------
<S>                                                    <C>             <C>
ASSETS

  NET ASSETS HELD IN THE
     Peoples Energy Corporation Employee
      Capital Accumulation and Thrift Trust,
      at Market Value                                   $41,976,685     $38,196,257
                                                        -----------     -----------

  NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PLAN BENEFITS                $41,976,685     $38,196,257
                                                        -----------     -----------
                                                        -----------     -----------
</TABLE>

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements.

                                     -20-

<PAGE>

                          PEOPLES ENERGY CORPORATION
                            EMPLOYEE THRIFT PLAN
      STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PLAN BENEFITS
                FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995 AND 1994

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                            1995           1994
                                                        -----------     -----------
<S>                                                     <C>             <C>
ADDITIONS

  Contributions received from:
     Employees                                          $ 2,736,746     $ 2,719,295
     Employers                                            1,169,993       1,166,834
                                                        -----------     -----------
                                                          3,906,739       3,886,129
                                                        -----------     -----------
Net asset change as a result
  of transferred employees                               (1,195,313)     (1,277,606)
                                                        -----------     -----------

Income from investments:
  Dividends                                               1,112,737       1,080,714
  Interest                                                2,401,878       2,513,857
                                                        -----------     -----------
                                                          3,514,615       3,594,571
                                                        -----------     -----------
Net gain on investments:

     Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
      in value of investments held                        5,469,501      (3,810,356)
     Net gain on disposition of investments                 686,774         317,413
                                                        -----------     -----------
                                                          6,156,275      (3,492,943)
                                                        -----------     -----------

       Total Additions                                   12,382,316       2,710,151
                                                        -----------     -----------

DEDUCTIONS

  Payments of Plan benefits and
     employee withdrawals                                 8,601,888       7,447,177
                                                        -----------     -----------

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN AVAILABLE ASSETS               3,780,428      (4,737,026)
                                                        -----------     -----------
NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PLAN BENEFITS
     Beginning of Year                                   38,196,257      42,933,283
                                                        -----------     -----------

     End of Year                                        $41,976,685     $38,196,257
                                                        -----------     -----------
                                                        -----------     -----------
</TABLE>

  The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


                                     -21-

<PAGE>

                PEOPLES ENERGY CORPORATION EMPLOYEE THRIFT PLAN
                        NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                   YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995 AND 1994


NOTE 1 - DESCRIPTION OF PLAN

     The Peoples Energy Corporation Employee Thrift Plan (the Plan)
     is a defined contribution plan and includes those employees of
     the subsidiaries of Peoples Energy Corporation who are covered
     by a collective bargaining agreement which makes the Plan
     applicable to such employees.  Subsidiary companies include The
     Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company and North Shore Gas Company. 
     The effective date of the Plan is January 1, 1977.  The Plan is
     subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income
     Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).  The Plan was most recently
     amended on November 29, 1994 to incorporate certain
     administrative and regulatory changes.

     All employees who have completed one year of service with an
     employer, as defined in the Plan and who have worked at least
     1,000 hours during the year, are eligible to participate in the
     Plan.  Participants may elect to make regular contributions of
     up to 6% of their regular rate of pay and may designate such
     amounts as tax deferred contributions, after tax contributions
     or a combination of both.  Prior to October 1, 1995,
     Participants were able to direct investments of their
     contributions to any of four investment funds, namely;  a Bond
     Fund, an Equity Fund, a Company Stock Fund and an Interest
     Income Fund.  Effective October 1, 1995, contributions may be
     invested in any of ten funds, namely;  a Money Market Fund, a
     Short Term Bond Fund, a Bond Fund, a Balanced Fund, an S&P 500
     Equity Fund, an S&P 500 Growth Fund, an S&P 500 Value Fund, a
     Small Cap Equity Fund, a Foreign Equity Fund and a Company Stock
     Fund.  The employer contributes an amount equal to 50% of the
     employee's regular contributions.  The employer matching
     contributions are invested in the same manner as the employee
     contributions are invested.  Participants may also elect to make
     additional contributions (supplemental contributions) of up to
     10% of their regular rate of pay; these contributions are not
     matched by the employer.

     Participants are fully vested in their own contribution account
     at all times and generally become vested in the employer's
     contribution account at the earlier of (a) completion of at
     least 130 participation periods, as defined in the Plan, or (b)
     termination of service after attaining age 55 or by reason of
     death, retirement or total disability.  Participants with less
     than 130 participation periods completed are deemed to be 25, 50
     or 75 percent vested in the employer's contribution account
     based on the number of completed participation periods.


NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

     A summary of the Plan's significant accounting policies
     consistently applied in the preparation of the accompanying
     financial statements is as follows:


                                     -22-

<PAGE>


                PEOPLES ENERGY CORPORATION EMPLOYEE THRIFT PLAN
                        NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                    YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995 AND 1994

NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont'd)

     BASIS OF ACCOUNTING

          The accounts of the Plan and the related Peoples Energy
          Corporation Employee Capital Accumulation and Thrift Trust (the
          Trust) are maintained on the accrual basis of accounting. 
          Reference is made to the separate Statements of Net Assets Held
          in Trust and accompanying notes for further information on the
          accounting for Trust investments and Trust income.

          Peoples Energy Corporation provides certain administrative and
          accounting services to the Plan at no cost and also pays the
          cost of services provided to the Plan and Trust by the Plan's
          Trustee, money managers, recordkeeper and independent auditors.

     CONTRIBUTIONS

          Employee contributions become payable to the Plan on the pay
          date on which the contribution is deducted from the employee's
          pay.

          The employer contribution is required to be paid to the Trust
          during or as soon as possible after the end of each month as is
          reasonably practicable.

     INVESTMENT POLICY AND ALLOCATION OF EARNINGS ON INVESTMENTS

          Contributions received by the Plan are held for safekeeping in
          and invested by the Trust maintained by the American National
          Bank and Trust Company of Chicago (the Trustee) as directed by
          the Plan Administrator.  Earnings of the Trust, which also
          includes the assets of the Peoples Energy Corporation Employee
          Capital Accumulation Plan, are allocated each month between the
          Plans by the Plan Administrator or, effective October 1, 1995,
          by Howard Johnson and Company, the recordkeeper, on the basis of
          the market value of the assets owned by each Plan at the end of
          the prior month.

     DISTRIBUTIONS

          Each participant whose employment with all employers is
          terminated is entitled to a distribution of the entire balance
          in his account and the vested portion of the employer
          contribution account within 90 days after termination unless the
          employee elects to defer the distribution under the terms of the
          Plan.  Active participants are permitted to elect in-service and
          retirement planning withdrawals under the Plan provisions.


                                     -23-

<PAGE>


                PEOPLES ENERGY CORPORATION EMPLOYEE THRIFT PLAN
                        NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                   YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995 AND 1994


NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont'd)

     FORFEITURE OF EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION

     Upon a participant's termination of service before age 55 for a
     reason other than retirement, death or total disability, a
     portion of the employer contribution account credited to a
     participant will be distributed in an amount equal to their
     vested percentage, based on the participation periods completed.
      The balance of the account will be forfeited and applied
     against future employer contributions.  If the participant is
     re-employed before incurring 5 consecutive one-year breaks in
     service, and elects to again become an active participant, the
     amount of the forfeiture shall be recredited to the employer
     contribution account, provided that within 5 years of
     reemployment the participant restores to his regular
     contribution account and to the employer contribution account
     the amount of the distribution received as a result of the prior
     termination of service.

NOTE 3 - TERMINATION OF PLAN

     The Plan may be terminated at any time by the Company.  In event
     of such termination, the interest of all participants becomes
     fully vested and no part of any such participant's accounts
     shall be thereafter forfeited for any reason whatsoever. 
     Presently, there is no intention on the part of the Company to
     terminate the Plan or to discontinue contributions to the Plan.

NOTE 4 - TAX STATUS

     The Plan received a favorable determination letter from the
     Internal Revenue Service dated December 18, 1985 qualifying the
     Plan for exemption from income taxes under the Internal Revenue
     Code, as the Plan was then designed.  While the Plan has been
     amended several times since then, most recently November 29,
     1994, the Company believes that the Plan, as currently designed
     and operated, continues to qualify for exemption from income
     taxes.

     An application for a determination letter was filed with the
     Internal Revenue Service on December 30, 1994.  Receipt of a
     favorable determination letter is pending.



                                     -24-

<PAGE>

                                  SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 
Peoples Energy Corporation has duly caused this annual report to be signed on 
its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                       Peoples Energy Corporation
                                       Employe Capital Accumulation Plan
                                       and Peoples Energy Corporation
                                       Employe Thrift Plan
                                       -------------------------------------
                                            (Name of Plan)



                                              /s/ Emmet P. Cassidy
Date: March 29, 1996                   By  -------------------------------
                                                  Emmet P. Cassidy
                                              Secretary and Treasurer
                                            Peoples Energy Corporation


<PAGE>

                                 EXHIBIT INDEX

     The exhibit listed below is filed herewith and made a part hereof.

Exhibit
Number
- --------
   1          Consent of Odell Hicks & Company


<PAGE>
                                                                      EXHIBIT 1

                                 [LOGO]
                         ODELL HICKS & COMPANY
                      CERTIFIED PUBLC ACCOUNTANTS




              CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

     As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation 
by reference of our report, dated March 18, 1996, which appears in the 
Peoples Energy Corporation Employee Capital Accumulation Plan and Peoples 
Energy Corporation Employee Thrift Plan Annual Report on Form 11-K for the 
plan year ended December 31, 1995, into the Company's previously filed 
Registration Statement File No. 33-6369.


                                       /s/ Odell Hicks & Company

                                       ODELL HICKS & COMPANY


Chicago, Illinois
March 25, 1996




       180 North Stetson Suite 820 Chicago, Illinois 60601 312-861-0113



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