0001127602-12-019645.txt : 20120608 0001127602-12-019645.hdr.sgml : 20120608 20120608133959 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001127602-12-019645 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120601 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120608 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120608 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WRIGHT PHILLIP D CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001216708 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-06196 FILM NUMBER: 12897291 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PIEDMONT NATURAL GAS CO INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000078460 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION [4924] IRS NUMBER: 560556998 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NC FISCAL YEAR END: 1031 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4720 PIEDMONT ROW DR CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28210 BUSINESS PHONE: 7043643120 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P.O. BOX 33068 CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28233 3 1 form3.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0205 3 2012-06-01 0 0000078460 PIEDMONT NATURAL GAS CO INC PNY 0001216708 WRIGHT PHILLIP D C/O PIEDMONT NATURAL GAS CO. INC. PO BOX 33068 CHARLOTTE NC 28233 1 Common Stock 0 D /s/ Judy Z. Mayo by limited power of attorney for Phillip D. Wright 2012-06-08 EX-24 2 doc1.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY Phillip D. Wright POA

EXHIBIT 24

Piedmont Natural Gas Co Inc

Power of Attorney
for Executing Forms 3, 4 and 5

Know all men by these presents, that the undersigned, director or officer, or both, of Piedmont Natural Gas Co Inc, hereby constitutes and appoints each of Judy Z. Mayo, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Piedmont Natural Gas Co Inc (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;
(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities of Piedmont Natural Gas Co Inc unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of this 7th day of June, 2012
/s/ Phillip D. Wright
Phillip D. Wright