EXHIBIT 99

    CERTIFICATION BY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
          RELATING TO A PERIODIC REPORT CONTAINING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

      I, Robert J. Chaney, Chief Executive Officer, and I, John C. Barney, Chief
Financial Officer, of UGI Utilities, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the
"Company"), hereby certify that:

      (1)   The Company's periodic report on Form 10-K for the period ended
            September 30, 2002 (the "Form 10-K") fully complies with the
            requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
            1934, as amended; and

      (2)   The information contained in the Form 10-K fairly presents, in all
            material respects, the financial condition and results of operations
            of the Company.

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CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER                              CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Robert J. Chaney                                     John C. Barney
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Robert J. Chaney                                     John C. Barney

Date:  December 20, 2002                             Date:  December 20, 2002
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