ROCKINGHAM, N.C., July 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Piedmont
Natural Gas (NYSE: PNY) today announced plans to relocate its 36
employees in Rockingham to a newly
renovated, LEED-certified facility in Rockingham West Industrial
Park. The new building will replace the current Rockingham resource center and become
Piedmont's third LEED-certified
facility under the United States Green Building Council's (USGBC)
LEED rating system. Piedmont plans
to begin renovations on the new facility by late July 2013, with plans to have it fully
operational by spring 2014.
"Our new LEED-certified facility in Rockingham will not only help us to become
better stewards of the resources we all share, it also will offer
our local teammates a more effective working environment," said
Kevin O'Hara, senior vice president
for Piedmont Natural Gas. "We are committed to making positive
contributions to the communities we serve and to their local
economies. We are grateful and excited for the opportunity to make
this investment in Rockingham, and
we look forward to growing with this community for many years to
come."
Piedmont's Rockingham facility will bring the Company's
total number of LEED-certified facilities to three, joining
locations in Tarboro, N.C., and
Nashville, Tenn.
The new, 40,000-square-foot building sits on more than 15 acres
of land. The additional space will allow for necessary expansion
and provide Piedmont Natural Gas with much-needed storage space for
new and ongoing projects. Piedmont
employees will work with design and architecture consultants to
design both the interior and exterior of the new facility.
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. 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/.
SOURCE Piedmont Natural Gas