Dominion Generation manages the electric
generating plants
of Dominion Virginia Power, Dominion North Carolina Power and Dominion Energy.
These facilities produce more than 26,000 megawatts of electricity production.
About 65 percent supports our Virginia and North Carolina regulated electric
business, while the remaining 35 percent serves nonregulated customers in
the Northeastern and Midwestern United States.
Our nonregulated operations
are concentrated in the Northeast. In New England, our portfolio of generating
stations is the largest, most fuel-diverse and competitive
in the region. These stations include our two nuclear
units at Millstone Power Station in Connecticut, a fleet of coal and oil units
at our Brayton Point and Salem Harbor
power stations in Massachusetts, and gas-fired units at our
Manchester Street Station in Rhode Island.
Our fossil-fuel
and nuclear baseload and peaking facilities operating in the Midwest generate
more than 2,900 megawatts of power,
which is sold under long-term contracts.
Our nuclear operations maintain a long-standing reputation
for superior operating
performance. Platts Nucleonics Week,
a McGraw-Hill publication, named Dominion's North Anna and
Surry nuclear power stations first and third among the
nation’s most-efficient nuclear generating units for the period
from 2003 through 2005. These same units were rated
among the top 10 low-cost producers the previous year. Three of our nuclear stations
achieved "Star" safety
status from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational
Safety & Health Administration, and Kewaunee is
recommended—the first fleet in the country expected to
accomplish this.
Fossil operations include facilities fueled
by coal, natural gas and oil. The fossil group also manages
facilities using hydroelectric power and other sources. In 2006, our large
utility coal units attained production levels
that were the best in six years and the second-best on
record.
Get more details about Dominion Generation in our
Annual Report.
