| Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc., an energy services company, primarily distributes natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. It distributed natural gas to approximately 960,000 customers, as of January 17, 2005. The company also sells residential and commercial gas appliances in Tennessee. In addition, the company, through its subsidiaries, invests in joint venture energy-related businesses, including unregulated retail natural gas marketing, interstate natural gas storage, intrastate natural gas transportation, and regulated natural gas distribution. Piedmont Natural Gas Company was incorporated in 1950 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. |
