Piedmont Natural Gas Announces Quarterly Dividend

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- At its regular quarterly meeting of the Company's Board of Directors, Piedmont Natural Gas (NYSE: PNY) today announced the declaration of a quarterly dividend on Common Stock of 31 cents per share, payable October 15, 2013, to holders of record at the close of business on September 24, 2013.

Conference Call

Piedmont Natural Gas will conduct its 2013 third quarter conference call, broadcast live over the internet on Monday, September 9, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, hosted by Chairman, President and CEO Thomas E. Skains.  Simply log on to the web at www.piedmontng.com and click on 'For Investors'.  The conference call will be archived on the Presentation page of the website within the For Investors section.

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/.

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