CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Piedmont
Natural Gas (NYSE: PNY) today announced its participation in the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Natural Gas STAR
Methane Challenge program as a Founding Partner. The voluntary
program is a collaborative effort between the EPA and the natural
gas industry and is designed to provide a transparent platform for
partners such as Piedmont to make,
track, and promote commitments to voluntarily reduce methane
emissions. Thirty-seven natural gas utilities nationwide are
participating as Founding Partners in the program.
Jane Lewis-Raymond, Piedmont's Senior Vice President and Chief
Legal, Compliance, and External Relations Officer commented on
Piedmont's participation,
"Piedmont's commitment to the
environment and to incorporating sustainability into all of our
business practices extends far beyond a strategic directive for our
company; importantly, it is one of our core values and drives
everything we do. Our participation in this program is another
indication of that commitment and also enables us to build on our
ongoing commitment to public safety."
Piedmont's own focus through
the STAR Methane Challenge will be in the area of reducing methane
emissions that result from third party excavation damages to the
Company's natural gas pipeline delivery system. Piedmont has committed to develop a plan to
reduce such emissions within five years by evaluating its ongoing
damage prevention programs and identifying areas of process
improvement. Piedmont will
submit its five-year plan to the EPA in the coming months.
More information about Piedmont's commitment to the environment and
its sustainability efforts can be found by visiting the Company's
website at www.piedmontng.com.
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 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, regulated interstate
natural gas transportation and storage, and 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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