Piedmont’s No. 1 priority is the safety of our natural gas pipeline delivery system, our customers, our communities and our employees. We make significant ongoing investments in our pipeline operating system, and regularly participate in safety inspections and upgrades to help ensure safe, reliable natural gas service. 

Piedmont Investments in Safety

  • In 2021: Piedmont’s Integrity expenditures were $286MM
  • In 2020: Piedmont’s Integrity expenditures were $226MM
  • In 2019: Piedmont’s Integrity expenditures were $306MM
  • In 2018: Piedmont’s Integrity expenditures were $262MM

How We Maintain Safety and Reliability 

  • We use industry best practices and continuously improve our processes so that we can bring you the very best in safe, reliable natural gas service.
  • The safety of our pipeline delivery system starts with the design and engineering process before the pipeline construction project ever begins. We design, construct, operate and maintain our pipelines in accordance with local, state and federal regulations and requirements.
  • Piedmont Natural Gas is committed to its pipeline safety management programs, and performs regular inspections and maintenance on our pipelines using a variety of state-of-the-art methods, including in-line inspections, leak detection surveys, corrosion control techniques and 24/7, 365-day monitoring of our natural gas transmission pipeline system.
  • Our ongoing commitment to pipeline safety and reliability continues as long as a pipeline remains in service.

National

  • According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, pipelines are the safest and the most efficient, reliable and environmentally-friendly method of transporting natural gas. Source: AGA
  • There are more than 2.5 million miles of pipeline that transport natural gas to more than 177 million Americans throughout the U.S. Source: AGA
  • Natural gas utilities spend more than $22 billion annually to help enhance the safety of natural gas distribution and transmission systems. Source: AGA
  • In the past decade, natural gas utilities have been dedicated to enhancing their pipeline safety system, leading to an approximately 40 percent decline in serious pipeline incidents throughout the natural gas distribution system. Source: AGA