Hardy Storage Company

Hardy Storage Company is a joint venture between subsidiaries of Columbia Gas Transmission and Piedmont Natural Gas. Columbia Gas Transmission, a unit of NiSource Inc., operates Hardy Storage.

Hardy Storage was placed in service in 2007 with complete development anticipated in 2009. The field will have a working gas storage capacity of 12 billion cubic feet and daily deliveries of 100,000 dekatherms beginning November 2007; 150,000 Dth per day beginning November 2008; and 176,000 Dth per day by November 2009.