CHARLOTTE, N.C., June 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Piedmont Natural
Gas (NYSE: PNY) today announced the appointment of Mr. Bruce Barkley to the position of Vice President
– Regulatory Affairs, Rates and Gas Cost Accounting. Mr.
Barkley will join the company on August
10, 2015. The Company also announced today that Mr.
David Carpenter, currently Vice
President - Regulatory Affairs, has been named Vice President –
Regulatory Policy until his planned retirement on December 31, 2015.
Prior to his appointment at Piedmont Natural Gas, Mr. Barkley
served as Duke Energy's Manager – Regulatory Affairs, a position he
has held since 2012. In his new role, Mr. Barkley will be
responsible for regulatory relations and rates in Piedmont's three-state service area, and for
the Company's gas cost accounting function. Mr. Barkley
will report to Piedmont Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer, Karl Newlin.
Mr. Newlin commented on the addition of Barkley to the Company's
officer team, "We're very excited and pleased to have Bruce join
our officer team and leadership group at Piedmont. His background and extensive
experience within the regulatory arena, along with his leadership
abilities, are well suited for this area of Piedmont's operations."
Mr. Barkley graduated from the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a degree in Business
Administration and also has an MBA from Wake Forest
University. Mr. Barkley, a native of Northampton County, North Carolina, is a
licensed CPA and currently resides in Holly Springs, North Carolina. Mr.
Barkley and his wife will be relocating to Charlotte.
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, industrial and power generation utility
customers in portions of North
Carolina, South Carolina
and Tennessee, including customers
served by municipalities who are wholesale customers. Our
subsidiaries are invested in joint venture, energy-related
businesses, including unregulated retail natural gas marketing, and
regulated interstate natural gas transportation and storage, and
regulated intrastate natural gas transportation businesses. More
information about Piedmont Natural Gas is available on the Internet
at http://www.piedmontng.com/.
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