Dominion News - 2002
Dominion posts news releases online as they are issued to
the news media. All releases posted by the company this year are provided below.
The links on the left categorize the releases. Archived
releases also are available.
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December 11, 2002Dominion Virginia Power
Crews Battle Second Ice Storm
December 10, 2002Dominion Prices $600 Million
Debt Offering
December 6, 2002Dominion Crews Tackle Remaining Outages
December 6, 2002Dominion Sends Crews To Assist North Carolina
December 5, 2002Dominion Restoring Service To Virginia,
North Carolina Customers
December 5, 2002Freezing Rain, Snow Bring Outages To Dominion
Customers
December 4, 2002Dominion Virginia Power Mobilizing Forces
In Anticipation of Ice Storm
November 19, 2002Dominion Virginia Power's Customers Projected
To Save Up To $871 Million During Transition To Customer Choice
November 1, 2002Dominion Applauds FERC Move;
Company Says Commission Recognizes Key Role for Gas in Mid-Atlantic, Southeast
Energy Supply
October 29, 2002Dominion Offers 10 Per Cent
Savings on Electricity in Cincinnati
October 29, 2002Dominion E&P to Operate 800
Alabama Wells
October 21, 2002Dominion E&P Names Marino
Head Of Canadian Operations
October 16, 2002Richmond Surgeon To Join
Dominion Board
October 16, 2002Dominion Supports Red Cross
Disaster Relief With $50,000 Gift
October 15, 2002Dominion Announces Pricing
For Public Offering
October 14, 2002Dominion Announces Third-Quarter
Earnings of $1.54 Per Share
October 14, 2002Dominion Announces Plans
for Public Offering of Common Stock
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October 14, 2002Dominion Resources Announces
Retirements, Additional Senior Management Elections
October 14, 2002$60,000 Will Be Awarded
In Community Impact Awards
October 11, 2002Dominion Declares Quarterly
Dividend of 64.5 Cents Per Share
October 8, 2002Dominion Details Plans
To Strengthen Balance Sheet, Solidify Credit And Financial Outlook
October 8, 2002Dominion Volunteers Pitch
In To Help Environment In Nine States From Texas To Connecticut
October 7, 2002Dominion Energy to Replace
North Anna Reactor Vessel Head This Fall
October 3, 2002$50,000 Up For Grabs In
Community Impact Awards
October 1, 2002Dominion Virginia Power's Energyshare:
20 Years of Fighting the Other Cold War
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September 25, 2002Dominion Volunteers Refurbishing
Greenhouse at Richmond Elementary School
September 16, 2002Dominion Reaffirms 2002
Earnings Target, Announces Revised 2003 Earnings Outlook
September 12, 2002Dominion Energy Signs Contract
to Replace Reactor Heads At Four Nuclear Reactors in Virginia
September 9, 2002Union Ratifies New Five-Year Contract
With Dominion
September 5, 2002Dominion Completes Acquisition
of Cove Point LNG Limited Partnership
September 5, 2002Dominion East Ohio Offers
Payment Programs for Upcoming Winter Heating Assistance
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August 30, 2002Virginia Electric and Power
Company to Redeem Preferred Securities
August 29, 2002Dominion Energy Power Station
Honored As West Virginia Environmental Leader
August 23, 2002Dominion Exploration & Production
Apparent Successful Bidder on 2 Blocks in Western Gulf of Mexico Sale
August 21, 2002Dominion Virginia Power
Customers Can Now View and Pay Their Bill Online
August 15, 2002Dominion, Union Sign Tentative
Agreement; Union Ends Strike
August 14, 2002Dominion Presents Strike
Settlement Proposal To Union With Improved Pension Plan
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August 12, 2002Dominion East Ohio Customers
Can Now View And Pay Gas Bill Online
August 9, 2002Dominion to Review Union
Proposal
August 3, 2002Dominion Reports Smooth
Transition at Facilities
August 1, 2002Dominion Disappointed in Union's Rejection
of Settlement Proposal
August 1, 2002Dominion Adds Gas Pipeline
Links, Storage Capacity with Acquisition of Mid-Atlantic LNG Facility
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July 31, 2002Dominion Files Shelf Registration
July 31, 2002Dominion Virginia Power
Offers Billing Options, Conservation Information
July 30, 2002Dominion Customers Set
Record For All-Time Demand
July 29, 2002Dominion Ready To Meet
Possible Record Demand For Electricity
July 27, 2002Dominion Makes Settlement
Proposal to Union
July 23, 2002Dominion Welcomes PJM Clarification
July 23, 2002Dominion Committed To Negotiating
Labor Contract
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July 18, 2002Dominion Announces Second-Quarter
Earnings of 97 Cents Per Share
July 18, 2002Dominion E&P Announces Successful
Devils Tower Development Drilling Program And Triton Satellite Discovery
July 17, 2002Dominion E&P Successfully
Appraises West Cameron 100 Shelf Discovery
July 15, 2002Matthews Named Senior Vice
President-Nuclear Operations
July 12, 2002Dominion Schedules Second-Quarter
Earnings Conference Call
July 10, 2002Dominion Donates Historical
Market Street Property To Downtown Lima, Inc.
July 9, 2002Dominion Applauds Yucca
Mountain Senate Vote
July 8, 2002$497 Million Pipeline Proposal
Would Link U.S., Canadian Gas Supply to Mid-Atlantic/Southeast
July 5, 2002Dominion Signs 5-Year Contracts
With North Carolina Towns -- Black Creek, Lucama, Stantonsburg and Sharpsburg
July 1, 2002Dominion Virginia Power Proposes Fuel
Rate Reduction
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June 25, 2002Northeast Utilities To
Reimburse Dominion For NRC Fine
June 25, 2002Dominion, PJM Announce
Regional Transmission Agreement
June 24, 2002Dominion Disappointed in
Union’s Rejection of Offer
June 21, 2002New Dominion Facility In
Armstrong County, Pa., Available For Summertime Demand
June 21, 2002New Dominion Facility
In Pleasants County, W.Va., Available For Summertime Demand
June 21, 2002New Dominion Facility
In Troy Township, Ohio, Available For Summertime Demand
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June 21, 2002Dominion Declares Quarterly
Dividend Of 64.5 Cents Per Share
June 4, 2002Allegheny Energy Supply
Closes Sale of Retail Customer Accounts In Pennsylvania, Ohio Deregulated Markets
to Dominion Retail
June 4, 2002Dominion Prepared To Meet
Summer Electricity Demand
June 3, 2002Commonwealth, Dominion Virginia Power
Begin 12th Consecutive Year Of Fan Care For Elderly In Virginia
June 3, 2002Dominion, Mirant Complete
Indiana Power Plant Sale
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May 22, 2002Energy Choice Becomes Way
of Life for Dominion East Ohio Customers
May 21, 2002Dominion Peoples Presents
Over $50,000 For First Annual Community Impact Awards
May 16, 2002Dominion Considers Likelihood
of Debt Ratings Trigger Event "Extremely Remote"
May 15, 2002Prospective Homeowners Get
Additional Support From Dominion Peoples
May 13, 2002Dominion Virginia Power
Urges Caution Near Neighborhood Electrical Lines
May 7, 2002Dominion East Ohio Details
Natural Gas Home Safety Tips
May 2, 2002Study Concludes Southwestern
Virginia Will Benefit From Greenbrier Pipeline
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April 30, 2002Dominion Extends Benefits,
Pay Differential For Employees on Active Military Duty
April 26, 2002Dominion Declares Quarterly
Dividend of 64.5 Cents Per Share
April 23, 2002Dominion Companies To Observe
Take Our Daughters To Work Day
April 22, 2002Dominion Tower To Host Largest
Earth Day Celebration In Downtown Pittsburgh
April 19, 2002Dominion Welcomes D.C.
Appeals Court Ruling on FERC Codes of Conduct
April 19, 2002Dominion Discontinues Plans
For West Virginia Coal-Fired Generation Project
April 18, 2002Dominion Announces First-Quarter
Earnings of $1.20 Per Share
April 17, 2002Dominion Approves Officers
Exercising Up To 20 Percent of Vested Options
April 15, 2002Dominion E&P Honored with
Prestigious Award for Safety and Environmental Practices
April 11, 2002Greenbrier Pipeline Is First
To Use FERC’s Pre-Filing Process
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April 11, 2002Dominion Reaffirms 2002
Earnings Guidance and Announces Preliminary First Quarter Earnings Expectations
April 11, 2002 Dominion
Telecom Closes on Purchase of Long-Haul, Metro Fiber Networks From Telergy
April 10, 2002New Orleans Native Recognized
As Volunteer Of The Year
April 9, 2002LEVCO, Dominion Team Up
To Lower Residential Electricity Bills
April 9, 2002Dominion East Ohio Honors
Cleveland Native As Volunteer Of The Year
April 9, 2002Dominion Honors 'Hometown
Heroes' as Volunteers of the Year
April 3, 2002Dominion Plans Storage Open
Season
April 1, 2002Dominion E&P Makes Significant
Shelf Discovery
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March 28, 2002Dominion Exploration & Production
Apparent High Bidder on 37 Blocks in Central Gulf of Mexico Sale, Including
23 in Deepwater
March 20, 2002Dominion East Ohio Launches
New Authorized Payment Network
March 15, 2002Dominion Energy Puts New
Emission Control Equipment Into Operation At West Virginia Power Station
March 13, 2002Dominion Sells Approximately
$850 Million of Common Equity and Convertible Securities
March 12, 2002Dominion Announces Intent
to Seek License Renewal at Millstone in 2004
March 6, 2002Dominion Discontinues Plans
For Tennessee Power Project
March 5, 2002Dominion Virginia Power
Records Best-Ever Reliability Rate For Fifth Consecutive Year
March 4, 2002 Dominion
Telecom Completes Fiber Network Between Washington, D.C., and Chicago
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February 26, 2002Dominion, Mirant Agree to
Sale of State Line Ventures Inc., Power Station
February 21, 2002Dominion Exits Michigan
Power Project
February 21, 2002Millstone Power Station
Has Record Two-Unit Run
February 15, 2002Dominion Declares Quarterly
Dividend Of 64.5 Cents Per Share
February 15, 2002Dominion Sets Annual Meeting
February 14, 2002Dominion Virginia Power
Is State’s Largest Taxpayer In 2001
February 13, 2002Dominion Virginia Power
Offers Educational Grants To Schools, Organizations
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February 12, 2002Dominion Conducts Open Season
For Salt Storage Service In Southwest Louisiana
February 12, 2002Eligible Customers Should
File Taxes Early For Earned Income Tax Credit
February 5, 2002Dominion Energy Clearinghouse
Named Fuel Manager For FPL Energy’s Doswell Electricity Generation Facilities
February 4, 2002 Presentation:
"Utilities: Successful Competitors in Telecom?" (PDF document,
requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
February 1, 2002Dominion Virginia Power
Statement To Include Customer Choice Information
February 1, 200214th Annual Award Of Achievement
Collegiate Grant Competition Gets Under Way
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January 24, 2002Dominion Announces 2001
Operating Earnings of $4.17 Per Share
January 23, 2002Dominion Honors Nine In
12th Annual Strong Men & Women Educational Series
January 17, 2002Peoples Energy, Dominion
Form Alliance to Serve Chicago Area Residential Energy Market
January 16, 2002Dominion Announces 2001
Earnings Expectations and Earnings Conference Call Details
January 8, 2002Dominion Aligns Nuclear
Operations In Virginia, Connecticut
January 3, 2002Dominion, UI Sign $600 Million
Power Supply Agreement
January 3, 2002Dominion Offers Natural
Gas Storage Service at Salt Cavern Facility in Southwest Louisiana
January 3, 2002Dominion Virginia Power
Worker Dies In Accident
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