Piedmont Natural Gas Announces Energy Efficiency Programs for Residential and Commercial Customers in South Carolina

Company now offers Energy Efficiency Programs to Customers in NC and SC

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May 21, 2010, 08:32 ET

CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Piedmont Natural Gas (NYSE: PNY) today received approval from the Public Service Commission of South Carolina for three new energy efficiency programs in South Carolina. The programs are designed to encourage energy efficiency for residential and commercial customers. Details, eligibility requirements, contractor listings and rebate forms are available on Piedmont's website, www.piedmontng.com.

The programs include:

Equipment rebates of up to $300 for residential customers per qualifying appliance for the purchase of high-efficiency natural gas equipment
Equipment rebates of up to $250 for commercial customers per qualifying appliance for the purchase of high-efficiency natural gas equipment
Weatherization assistance of up to $3,500 for low-income residential customers of Piedmont Natural Gas

Piedmont plans to engage customers in an education program through online communications, mailings and advertisements that promote energy education and energy efficiency.

Piedmont's Vice President for Business Development & Carbon Management Strategies, Ken Valentine, commented on the new programs, "We've been pleased with the response to our programs in North Carolina, so we're excited to partner with our customers in South Carolina to promote energy efficiency. Through this program, our customers are learning that increasing their energy efficiency can be as simple as changing small behaviors or by taking advantage of a rebate to replace older, less efficient equipment with high-efficiency natural gas equipment."

Annual funding for all programs is limited and the availability of weatherization assistance for qualifying customers is further subject to contractor availability. Customers are encouraged to visit Piedmont's website at www.piedmontng.com or call 1-877-279-3636 for more program information and eligibility requirements.

About Piedmont Natural Gas

Piedmont Natural Gas is an energy services company primarily engaged in the distribution of natural gas to more than one million residential, commercial and industrial utility customers in North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, including 52,000 customers served by municipalities who are wholesale customers. Our subsidiaries are invested in joint venture, energy-related businesses, including unregulated retail natural gas marketing, interstate natural gas storage and intrastate natural gas transportation. More information about Piedmont Natural Gas is available on the Internet at http://www.piedmontng.com.

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