Piedmont Natural Gas technicians wrangle third consecutive title at national rodeo competition

• Piedmont and Duke Energy teams take home several awards from the 2025 National Gas Rodeo

• Rodeo competitors demonstrate the skills they use daily to provide customers with safe, reliable natural gas service

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A four-person team of Piedmont Natural Gas technicians from Greenville, S.C., earned the overall championship at the 2025 National Gas Rodeo. This marks the third consecutive title for the Greenville team and the eighth time Piedmont has won the national championship.

What is the rodeo?

Piedmont and its parent company, Duke Energy, hosted the National Gas Rodeo for the second straight year at Turfway Park in Florence, Ky. The annual competition allows natural gas workers to showcase their skills and to see how they stack up against their industry peers.

The National Gas Rodeo pits two-person and four-person teams against each other in four qualifying events, with the top 10 teams in each division advancing to a final relay event. Qualifying events include the service installation, the meter set, the hand dig and the pipe cut. In the final relay, teams safely race to complete a series of tasks in the fastest time possible.

Our view

"The National Gas Rodeo showcases the value our crews and technicians bring to our customers every day while responding to emergencies and servicing our natural gas infrastructure," said Brian Weisker, president of Piedmont Natural Gas. "Their hard work, skill and commitment to safety and excellence truly represent the best of our industry, and we're incredibly proud to bring home another national championship."

Our winners by the numbers

Piedmont and Duke Energy earned first-, second- and third-place honors out of the 50 two-person and four-person teams representing 20 companies and organizations.

This year's natural gas rodeo overall winners are:

• First place overall in the four-person division: Gas Masters: Jamie Exum, Cameron Smith, Peyton Huff, Chase McCroskey and Cody Adamson (alternate) of Greenville, S.C.
  
• Second place overall in the four-person division: Cutline Cowboys: Franyer Koschnny, Richard Bradley, Tyson Hanline, Malik Adams and Deantre Mitchell (alternate) of Charlotte, N.C.
  
• Third place overall in the four-person division: Packin' Mercaptan: Jacob Bowles, Nick Nordstrom, Cody Laws, Nick Larson and Daniel Bishop (alternate) of Spartanburg, S.C.
  
• Second place overall in the two-person division: The Duke Boys: Trevor Barrons, Hunter Barrons and Ryan Regenstein (alternate) of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Piedmont Natural Gas

Piedmont Natural Gas, a subsidiary of Duke Energy, distributes natural gas to more than 1.2 million residential, commercial, industrial and power generation customers in North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. Piedmont Natural Gas earned the No. 1 spot in customer satisfaction with residential natural gas service in the South among large utilities, according to the J.D. Power 2024 U.S. Gas Utility Residential Customer Satisfaction Study. More information: piedmontng.com. Follow Piedmont Natural Gas: X, Facebook.

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