Piedmont Natural Gas sets cold-weather record

Charlotte-based Piedmont Natural Gas delivered a record volume of gas in February, which was the coldest in 37 years in Piedmont’s three-state territory.

The 52.9 million dekatherms of gas delivered was the highest monthly volume for a February in Piedmont’s 65-year history. It was 22 percent higher than the previous February record, set in 2013.

A dekatherm is a unit of energy equal to 1 million British thermal units.

Piedmont set a single-day record on Feb. 19, when it delivered 2.6 million dekatherms. Piedmont serves more than one million customers in the Carolinas and Tennessee.

This story was originally published March 4, 2015 at 11:52 AM with the headline "Piedmont Natural Gas sets cold-weather record."