Dominion Foundation Makes $500,000 Grant to
The Science Museum of Virginia
RICHMOND, Va. – The Dominion Foundation has provided a grant of $500,000 to the Science Museum of Virginia to take lessons about energy and the environment on the road, especially to schools.
The foundation is the philanthropic arm of Dominion, one of the nation's largest energy producers.
"These resources will help the museum educate students about
the links between energy, people and the environment," said William C. Hall
Jr., Dominion vice president-Corporate Communications and Community Affairs
and president of the Dominion Foundation. "It will fund learning activities
about alternative energy."
“As global energy prices continue to increase, energy
and environmental education becomes more important,” says Richard Conti,
director of the Science Museum. “We applaud Dominion’s vision to
help us inspire future scientists in the quest to discover new energy sources.”
The Dominion Foundation awarded approximately $15 million
to 1,081 nonprofit organizations in 25 states and the District of Columbia last
year, primarily to organizations in Virginia, Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania,
North Carolina and other states where Dominion operates power stations, natural
gas and other energy facilities.
Dominion is one of the nation's largest
producers and transporters of energy, with a portfolio of approximately 26,500
megawatts of generation, 14,000 miles of natural gas transmission, gathering
and storage pipeline, 6,000 miles of electric transmission lines and 1 Tcfe
of proved natural gas and oil reserves. Dominion also owns and operates the
nation's largest underground natural gas storage system with over 970 billion
cubic feet of storage capacity and serves retail energy customers in 11 states.
For more information about Dominion, visit the company's Web site at http://www.dom.com.
