Pipeline Hack Puts North Carolina Industry on Guard The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack and resulting gas shortages across North Carolina show the need for more pipelines and gas storage, officials from the energy and petroleum industry told a state Senate committee. May 19, 2021 • Shutterstock (TNS) — The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack and resulting gas shortages across North Carolina have shown the need for more pipelines and gas storage, officials from the energy and petroleum industry told a N.C. Senate committee on Tuesday. "Some additional interstate pipeline supply would be a very good resiliency opportunity," Nelson Peeler, Duke Energy's senior vice president and chief transmission officer, told the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Energy and the Environment.