Webcast Alert: Piedmont Natural Gas Announces First Quarter 2008 Earnings Conference Call

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Feb. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Piedmont Natural Gas announces that it expects to file its first quarter 2008 Form 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or before Tuesday, March 11, 2008. You are invited to listen to the conference call that will be broadcast live over the Internet on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 2:30 p.m. ET:

What: 2008 First Quarter Earnings Conference Call When: March 12, 2008 @ 2:30 p.m. Eastern Where: The Investor Relations section of the Piedmont Natural Gas Website at

http://www.piedmontng.com/eprise/main/piedmontng/investorRelations/investorRelations

(Due to length of URL, please cut and paste into browser) Then click on the featured link in the right hand column to get to Webcast. How: Live over the Internet (audio only) - Simply log on to the web at the address above Contact: John B. Sutphin, 704-731-4314, john.sutphin@piedmontng.com

If you are unable to participate during the live webcast, the call will be archived on the Web site http://www.piedmontng.com/investorRelations/investorRelations .

Forward Looking Statement

This press release contains forward-looking statements. These statements are based on management's current expectations and information currently available and are believed to be reasonable and are made in good faith. However, the forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in the statements. Factors that may make the actual results differ from anticipated results include, but are not limited to, regulatory issues, customer growth, economic and capital market conditions, the cost and availability of natural gas, competition from other energy providers, weather conditions and other uncertainties, all of which are difficult to predict and some of which are beyond our control. For these reasons, you should not rely on these forward-looking statements when making investment decisions. The words "expect," "believe," "project," "anticipate," "intend," "should," "could," "will," "assume," "can," "estimate," "forecast," "future," "indicate," "outlook," "plan," "predict," "seek," "target," "would," and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are only as of the date they are made and we do not undertake any obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statement, either as a result of new information, future events or otherwise except as required by applicable laws and regulations. More information about the risks and uncertainties relating to these forward- looking statements may be found in Piedmont's latest Form 10-Q and its other filings with the SEC, which are available on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov/ .

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 and industrial utility customers in North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, including 62,000 customers served by municipalities who are wholesale customers. Our subsidiaries are invested in joint venture, energy-related businesses, including unregulated retail natural gas marketing, interstate natural gas storage and intrastate natural gas transportation. More information about Piedmont Natural Gas is available on the Internet at http://www.piedmontng.com/.

CONTACT: Media, David L. Trusty 704-731-4391 704-507-6393 david.trusty@piedmontng.com, or Investors, John B. Sutphin 704-731-4314 john.sutphin@piedmontng.com