Piedmont Natural Gas Releases Sustainability Report

Company's inaugural report focuses on stewardship to drive sustainability

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Jun 06, 2011, 08:41 ET

CHARLOTTE, N.C., June 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Piedmont Natural Gas (NYSE: PNY) today released its inaugural sustainability report, emphasizing the role that good stewardship plays as a means of building sustainable value in the company for all stakeholders.

Piedmont opens the 24-page report with a definition of sustainability that identifies economic, environmental and social stewardship as key elements of the company's long term strategic goals. The report, which can be accessed by visiting www.piedmontng.com and clicking on "About Piedmont," includes seven sustainability goals covering topics from safety, to customer service and the environment.

Thomas E. Skains, Piedmont Natural Gas chairman, president and chief executive officer said, "This report not only allows us to tell the story of Piedmont's impressive accomplishments to date, but also serves as a catalyst for continuous improvement as we identify and measure our progress towards our goals of creating sustainable value in our company."

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 53,000 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 at http://www.piedmontng.com.

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