USDOT 196861

Piedmont Natural Gas Company Inc — compliance record

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Vetting summary

Inspections

21 on file

Out-of-service

Within normal range vs national averages

Email identity

Company domain, matches website

Federal identity

Registration snapshot

Legal name

Piedmont Natural Gas Company Inc

DBA

Entity type

Carrier

Physical address

525 South Tyron St, Charlotte, NC 28202

Phone

(980) 373-5132

Power units

518

Drivers

511

First on record

Last MCS-150 filing

Hazmat flag

No

Operating authority

Dockets & filings

No L&I dockets on file for this DOT number.

Out-of-service rates

Driver OOS

4.8%

National average ≈ 5.9% · 21 inspections on record

Vehicle OOS

14.3%

National average ≈ 20.9% · 21 inspections on record

Email & web forensics

On-file email

denise.kennedy@duke-energy.com — company domain

Domain age

duke-energy.com registered 1997-05-14 (29 years)

Mail host

Self-hosted / other

Domain match

Email domain matches the company website

From the FMCSA on-file contact, public domain registration (RDAP), and live DNS.

Crash record — last 24 months

3

Reportable crashes

3

Tow-aways

0

With injuries

0

With fatalities

Most recent: NC 01/2026 · TN 05/2025 · NC 05/2025 — from the federal crash file; recordable crashes regardless of fault.

Safety record

Inspection history

2026: 42025: 82024: 42023: 5
Level II — Walk-around: 10Level III — Driver-only: 7Level I — Full: 4
DateStateLevel
May 11, 2026NCLevel III — Driver-only
Mar 13, 2026NCLevel II — Walk-around
Mar 2, 2026NCLevel II — Walk-around
Feb 15, 2026NCLevel III — Driver-only
Nov 12, 2025NCLevel II — Walk-around
Nov 10, 2025TNLevel I — Full
Oct 8, 2025NCLevel II — Walk-around
Jul 12, 2025NCLevel II — Walk-around
Jun 30, 2025NCLevel II — Walk-around
May 23, 2025TNLevel III — Driver-only
Apr 15, 2025NCLevel II — Walk-around
Apr 9, 2025TNLevel II — Walk-around
Oct 17, 2024NCLevel I — Full
Oct 17, 2024NCLevel II — Walk-around
Aug 27, 2024NCLevel I — Full
Aug 19, 2024NCLevel III — Driver-only
Nov 17, 2023NCLevel III — Driver-only
Oct 10, 2023NCLevel III — Driver-only
Sep 19, 2023TNLevel II — Walk-around
Sep 11, 2023NCLevel III — Driver-only
Aug 11, 2023TNLevel I — Full

Most recent 21 of 21 inspections on file.

Activity log

Record changes

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No changes recorded since TenFourHQ began tracking this company.

In the news

Recent coverage

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