PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA UTILITIES COMMISSION RALEIGH DOCKET NO. G-9, SUB 1082 BEFORE THE NORTH CAROLINA UTILITIES COMMISSION In the Matter of Application of Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. for Annual Review of Gas Costs NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the North Carolina Utilities Commis- sion has scheduled a hearing for the purpose of receiving public and expert witness testimony on the annual review of the cost of natural gas supply, storage and transportation for Piedmont Natural Gas Com- pany, Inc., (Piedmont). The hearing has been scheduled for Tuesday, October 6, 2026, at 10:00 a.m., in Commission Hearing Room 2115, Dobbs Building, 430 North Salisbury Street, Raleigh, North Carolina. The hearing is being held pursuant to the provisions of North Carolina Gener- al Statutes § 62-133.4(c) and Commission Rule R1-17(k)(6) for the purpose of comparing Piedmont’s prudently incurred gas costs with costs recovered from all the utility’s customers served during the test period. Public witness testimony will be received in accordance with Commission Rule R1-21(g). Piedmont fi led testimony relating to the subject matter of this hear- ing on August 3, 2026. Further information may be obtained from the Offi ce of the Chief Clerk, North Carolina Utilities Commission, Dobbs Building, 2nd Floor, 430 North Salisbury Street, Raleigh, North Car- olina, where a copy of Piedmont’s testimony is available for review by the public, or on the Commission’s website at www.ncuc.gov. Persons desiring to send written statements to inform the Commission of their positions in the matter should address their statements to the North Carolina Utilities Commission, 4325 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4300 and reference Docket No. G-9, Sub 1082. However, such written statements cannot be considered competent evi- dence unless those persons appear at the hearing and testify concern- ing the information contained in their written statements. Customers can also email the Commission a statement about the matter via the Commis- sion’s website at www.ncuc.gov/contactus.html. In either case, consumer statements will be placed in Docket No. G-9, Sub 1082, and may be ac- cessed by searching that docket number via the Commission’s website. Persons having an interest in this proceeding and desiring to in- tervene in the matter as formal parties of record may fi le their peti- tions to intervene not later than September 15, 2026. Such petitions should reference Docket No. G-9, Sub 1082 and should be fi led with the Chief Clerk of the North Carolina Utilities Commission, 4325 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4300. All parties to this proceeding planning to present expert testimony must pre- fi le their testimony and exhibits not later than September 15, 2026. The Public Staff is authorized by statute to represent consumers in proceed- ings before the Commission. Correspondence regarding the annual review proceeding, and the hearing thereon should be directed to the Public Staff and should include any information which the writer wishes to be consid- ered by the Public Staff in its investigation of the matter. Such statements should be addressed to Mr. Christopher J. Ayers, Executive Director, Pub- lic Staff , 4326 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4300. This the 14th day of August, 2026. NORTH CAROLINA UTILITIES COMMISSION Taylor C. Berry, Deputy Clerk