Piedmont Natural Gas Adds CNG Fueling Station In Spartanburg
April 30 2013 - 10:30AM
Business Wire
Piedmont Natural Gas (NYSE: PNY) today marked the opening of its
ninth Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) fueling station in Piedmont’s
three-state service territory, a sign of growing demand as more
companies convert their fleets of cars and trucks to natural
gas.
U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy, who represents South Carolina’s 4th
Congressional District, corporate fleet owners and others joined
Piedmont Natural Gas executives for a grand opening celebration at
the new station, located at the company’s Spartanburg Resource
Center, 501 West Blackstock Rd.
“Promoting the use of natural gas in vehicles is part of
Piedmont’s commitment to sustainable business practices and
reducing our impact on the environment,” said Karl Newlin, Senior
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Piedmont Natural Gas.
“With clean-burning, affordable natural gas produced right here in
the U.S., corporate fleet owners can cut their costs, reduce their
carbon footprint and increase our nation’s energy security all at
once.”
Corporate fleet owners have reported savings of up to 28 percent
by switching to natural gas from diesel, and natural gas vehicles
emit an average 25 percent less carbon dioxide than traditional
gasoline or diesel, according to trade group America’s Natural Gas
Alliance.
In addition to remarks from Rep. Gowdy and Piedmont Natural Gas
officials, today’s event featured remarks from Jim Evers, regional
director for AT&T, who spoke about how AT&T is
incorporating NGVs into its fleet of service vehicles.
The Spartanburg fueling station is open to commercial fleet
vehicles and the general public.
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 52,400 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 intrastate natural gas
transportation businesses. More information about Piedmont Natural
Gas is available on the Internet at http://www.piedmontng.com/.
[NOTE TO ASSIGNMENT DESKS: The April 30 grand opening event will
take place from 9:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. at the Piedmont Natural Gas
Spartanburg Resource Center, 501 West Blackstock Rd., Spartanburg
SC 29301. Visuals: Natural gas vehicles from Piedmont Natural Gas
and other corporate fleets will be on display; vehicles being
fueled at CNG pumps. U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy, representatives of
Piedmont Natural Gas and AT&T will be available for comment.
On-site contact: David Coburn, Luquire George Andrews (704)
408-4276.]
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