Piedmont Natural Gas Selects Century City Site For New Nashville Operations Center
October 03 2008 - 5:04PM
PR Newswire (US)
Company to remain in Davidson County with construction of new
LEED-certified facility NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 3
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Charlotte-based Piedmont Natural Gas
(NYSE:PNY) has selected a site in Davidson County for its new
Nashville operations center. Construction on Piedmont's new Century
City facility will begin later this year and should be completed
sometime in the spring or summer of 2010. The Company employs
approximately 210 people locally, and serves more than 170,000
customers in Metro Nashville and several surrounding counties. When
completed, Piedmont will relocate to the Century City facility from
its existing operations center in MetroCenter. Piedmont sold the
MetroCenter property to the state of Tennessee in September.
Piedmont has been evaluating sites both in and out of Davidson
County since it announced in late 2007 that it would be relocating
its operational offices. Commenting on the Company's decision to
remain in Davidson County, Mayor Karl Dean said, "Obviously, we are
very pleased that Piedmont Natural Gas has chosen to build its new
facility here in Nashville, the heart of our thriving Middle
Tennessee region. I am also pleased with their decision to build a
LEED-certified building which demonstrates their commitment to
sustainable development. The Company's Nashville operations have
been associated with our city for a very long time and they
certainly are a valued member of the business community here. We
welcome this announcement." Nashville City Councilman Phil
Claiborne, whose district includes the site on which Piedmont's new
operations center will be built, commented, "We're certainly glad
that Piedmont Natural Gas will be keeping their facilities here in
Davidson County. The site they've chosen in Century City keeps them
close to their Nashville customer base and provides them with
efficiencies in terms of their daily operations." Piedmont Natural
Gas Chairman, President and CEO, Thomas E. Skains said, "We are
very pleased to have located a site for our new Nashville
operations center here in Davidson County. Our new location will
allow us to continue providing efficient customer service to our
growing customer base in Middle Tennessee while also giving our
employees a centralized location from which to work. Nashville's
positive leadership and the vibrant business community that exist
here were also important factors in our decision-making process."
New Facility will be LEED-Certified Piedmont Natural Gas, a member
of the U.S. Green Building Council, is having the new facility
designed as a LEED-(Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)
certified building. To obtain the nonprofit group's LEED
certification, buildings are rated on six major areas including
sustainable sites, water use, energy efficiency, indoor
environmental quality and materials and resources. The rating
system was originally developed for new commercial and
institutional buildings, but versions are in place or under
development for schools, homes, existing buildings, and
neighborhoods. As a member of USGBC, Piedmont is part of a growing,
broad-based coalition of architects, consulting engineers,
developers, contractors, government agencies and others who promote
buildings that are environmentally responsible, profitable and
healthy places to live and work. Commenting further on the new
facility, Mr. Skains said, "Promoting green building practices are
a natural extension of our valued trade ally relationships in the
design and construction industry and a natural extension of our
product -- environmentally friendly and clean-burning natural gas.
We strongly support the use of clean energy and using all energy
wisely in order to promote energy efficiency while addressing
environmental issues." 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 62,000 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/. DATASOURCE: Piedmont Natural Gas
CONTACT: David Trusty of Piedmont Natural Gas, +1-704-731-4391,
+1-704-507-6393, Web site: http://www.piedmontng.com/
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