News Releases

Piedmont Natural Gas has been designated a 2017 Utility Customer Champion, according to a report based on surveys of more than 50,000 customers of the nation’s 130 largest utilities. Piedmont’s score on the index was high enough to place it fourth among all utilities – natural gas and electric – nationwide.

Piedmont Natural Gas today announced a $100,000 grant to its Share the Warmth program in an effort to help low-income households in North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.

Piedmont Natural Gas will participate in Giving Tuesday Nov. 28 by inviting its customers to support Share the Warmth, a program that helps families in need stay warm when they can’t pay their energy bills.

Nov. 15 marks the second annual Utility Scam Awareness Day, with natural gas and electric utility companies across the United States and Canada joining forces to inform customers and protect them from imposter utility scams.

A dozen cultural and arts nonprofit organizations in North Carolina are receiving $524,500 in grants from the Duke Energy Foundation to support arts appreciation and educational programs that foster community vitality.

Lynn Good, Duke Energy's Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, issued a statement regarding the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's approval today of a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.

Piedmont Natural Gas today announced a $50,000 grant to YWCA Central Carolinas to support its Southside Youth Learning Center, an after-school program serving low-income youth in grades K-5.

Piedmont Natural Gas today announced the activation of its Severe Weather Preparedness Plan in response to Hurricane Irma.

Piedmont Natural Gas announced today that it has added a Hickory location to its network of public compressed natural gas refueling stations, a sign of growing demand as more companies are choosing to convert their commercial fleets to clean, affordable natural gas.

Piedmont Natural Gas announced today that an aggressive program to identify and stop natural gas theft has achieved dramatic results, but the company is asking for the community's help to further curtail the illegal and dangerous practice.