Piedmont Natural Gas Announces Executive Promotions and Realignment

Organizational moves emphasize Company's commitment to customer service and
process improvement; added focus on business development and strategies for a
low-carbon energy future

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Piedmont Natural Gas (NYSE:
PNY) today announced organizational moves designed to further align the
Company with the needs of its customers and strengthen its focus on continuous
process improvement. The moves will also help position the Company for
additional investment or business opportunities that may occur as a result of
carbon related legislation or regulation. The effective date of the
organizational moves is November 1.

Thomas E. Skains, Piedmont's Chairman, President and CEO commented, "We are
very excited about these organizational moves and believe they will serve to
further emphasize our commitment to customer service and continuous
improvement in the way we conduct our business. With these moves, we will
also be in a better position to evaluate and take advantage of new investment
and business opportunities that may occur as carbon related legislation or
regulation is considered."

Ms. June Moore has been named Vice President - Enterprise Quality Management
for the Company. Ms. Moore has served in a variety of executive positions
since joining the Company in 1986, including her current role as Vice
President - Customer Service and, prior to that, Vice President - Information
Services. The newly formed Enterprise Quality Management team led by Ms.
Moore will represent the needs of Piedmont's customers by working to improve
operational effectiveness through process improvement and enterprise project
management. Ms. Moore will report directly to Piedmont Chairman, President
and CEO, Thomas E. Skains.

Ms. Ranelle Warfield has been named Vice President - Customer Service. Ms.
Warfield previously served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing over the
Company's three-state service area of North Carolina, South Carolina, and
Tennessee and has been with the Company since 1981. As Vice President -
Customer Service, Ms. Warfield will be responsible for all customer service
operations, including the Customer Contact Centers, Customer Service Support,
Credit and Collections, Billing, Meter Reading, and the recently announced
Service Scheduling function. Ms. Warfield will report directly to Mr. Frank
Yoho, Piedmont's Senior Vice President of Commercial Operations.

Mr. Ken Valentine has been promoted to the new position of Vice President -
Business Development and Carbon Management Strategies. Mr. Valentine
previously served as Piedmont's Managing Director - Planning and Project
Management. Since joining Piedmont in 1996, Mr. Valentine has held management
positions in the areas of supply planning, transportation services, and
Federal regulatory activities. In his new position, Mr. Valentine will lead
the Company's effort in evaluating and pursuing new investment and business
opportunities that complement Piedmont's existing regulated and non-regulated
businesses. Mr. Valentine's group will also be responsible for developing
strategies around potential opportunities associated with potential carbon
legislation and regulation. Mr. Valentine will report directly to Piedmont
Chairman, President and CEO, Thomas E. Skains.

Mr. Bill Williams has been promoted to the position of Vice President of Sales
and Delivery Services. Mr. Williams previously served as Piedmont's Managing
Director - Transportation and Major Account Services. Prior to joining
Piedmont in 2006, Mr. Williams had been General Manager of Gas Supply and
Sales with PSNC Energy. In his new role, Mr. Williams will be responsible for
Piedmont's regulated sales and delivery services, all sales and marketing
activities, and upstream transportation and storage. Mr. Williams will report
directly to Mr. Frank Yoho, Piedmont's Senior Vice President of Commercial
Operations.

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 61,000 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.
Additional information about Piedmont is available on the Internet at
http://www.piedmontng.com.

SOURCE Piedmont Natural Gas

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