Rural Grant Partnerships Piedmont's collaboration with USDA on REDLG demonstrates openness to federal financing for infrastructure upgrades, including emergency services. This creates sales opportunities for grant consulting, project finance planning, and bundled solutions for rural resilience projects (fire departments, EMS, utilities).

Broadband Expansion Past internet pilot with RiverStreet Networks and focus on connecting underserved rural communities indicate potential for fiber and broadband deployments; target offers: network buildouts, managed services, cybersecurity, and end-user services for rural residents.

EV Infrastructure Investments in sustainable infrastructure like EV charging stations point to demand for energy management, charging software, demand response, and integrated solar/storage solutions for utilities that deploy EV charging networks.

Digital Experience Strong customer experience focus evidenced by 2023 Customer Satisfaction Award and outage alert system suggests opportunity to expand digital engagement tools, mobile apps, outage communications, and analytics to improve service levels and retention.

IT Security & Cloud Mid-market utility with sizable revenue and multiple counties – platform modernization opportunities in IT/security, cloud, asset management, and SCADA integration; potential to offer cybersecurity, cloud hosting, data analytics, and field service/workforce management for utilities of similar scale.