CHARLOTTE, N.C., June 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of
Directors of Piedmont Natural Gas (NYSE: PNY) has elected
Jo Anne Sanford to the Board of the
Company effective July 1, 2014.
Ms. Sanford currently practices law in Sanford Law Office and is a partner in Blount
Street Advisors, a governmental consulting firm where her focus is
on regulatory and governmental policies that support sustainability
in a low-carbon environment, infrastructure investment, water law,
and broadband deployment. Both firms are in Raleigh.
Ms. Sanford previously served in the North Carolina Attorney General's Office for
20 years and led the North Carolina Utilities Commission as Chair
for ten of her eleven and a half year term on the Commission from
1995 – 2006. As a commissioner and as Chair, she earned
national recognition as an expert in regulatory law and policy and
served on the boards of several regulatory organizations including
the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
(NARUC) and the National Regulatory Research Institute.
An active member of the North Carolina State Bar, Ms. Sanford is
a graduate of North Carolina State
University and of the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law. Her
professional and community contributions have been recognized in
awards that include the State Bar Outstanding Government and Public
Sector Attorney designation, the Distinguished Women of North
Carolina Award for Public Service, the YWCA Academy of Women, and
the Order of the Long Leaf Pine.
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/.
SOURCE Piedmont Natural Gas