Dominion News Releases

October 10, 2000

Dominion Employees Volunteer Time, Energy to Environment

RICHMOND, Va. -- More than 400 Dominion employees in five states volunteered Tuesday to help beautify their communities by working at schools and parks to create nature trails, gardens and environmental education centers.

The projects are part of a multi-state volunteer effort, "Dominion Volunteers: Putting Our Energy to Work for the Environment." They represent an ambitious effort by Dominion employees in Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia to improve the communities where they live and work, and to heighten environmental awareness.

"The Dominion family of companies and their employees share a special bond with their communities and a deep commitment to protecting our natural heritage," said Thos. E. Capps, chairman, president and chief executive officer. "Through daily corporate responsibility and volunteer efforts such as 'Putting Our Energy to Work for the Environment,' we continuously breathe fresh air into those commitments.

"The projects completed today will provide greater public access to natural areas, enhance the educational opportunities for children and deepen community pride."

Company employees selected the projects after working with local officials to determine where their efforts could have the most impact. Dominion provided money to pay for materials and loaned tools and equipment.

The projects are: 

• Creating a learning garden as part of the continuing "School Grounds as Community Parks" initiative in Cleveland. 
• Cleaning, planting trees and constructing trails at Lowndes' Hill Park in Clarksburg, W.Va. 
• Trimming overgrown shrubbery and cleaning a brick walkway at historic Schenley Park in Pittsburgh. 
• Building a canoe storage facility at Leesylvania State Park in Woodbridge, Va. 
• Building an outdoor classroom at Munden Point Park in Virginia Beach, Va. 
• Constructing an observation deck at Point of Rocks Park in Chesterfield, Va. 
• Rebuilding two bridges on the Canal Trail in Roanoke Rapids, N.C. 
• Erecting a pavilion at Buckner-Bumpass Park in Louisa County, Va.

A brief video about the projects can be viewed online (requires free Windows Media Player).

Dominion, headquartered in Richmond, Va., is the nation's largest fully integrated electric power and natural gas company. Dominion has a power generation portfolio of more than 19,000 megawatts, which is expected to grow to more than 28,000 megawatts by 2005. Dominion is also one of the largest independent oil and natural gas exploration and production companies in North America, with 2.8 trillion cubic feet of equivalent reserves. The company has 7,600 miles of inter-state natural gas pipeline with more than 650 billion cubic feet of annual natural gas throughput. Dominion also serves 3.8 million retail natural gas and electric customers. For more information about Dominion, visit the company's website at www.dom.com.

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