Electric News Releases

January 11, 2001

Dominion's Nuclear Units Set New Generation Record in 2000

RICHMOND, Va. – For a fifth consecutive year, Dominion’s nuclear power stations set a new company record for electric generation, producing more than 28.3 million megawatt-hours in 2000.

"Our record performance is the result of continued focus on safe and reliable operation and an excellent team of highly trained and dedicated employees," said Thomas F. Farrell II, chief executive officer of Dominion Energy, a subsidiary of Dominion (NYSE: D), one of the nation's largest energy producers.

North Anna Power Station in Louisa County, Va., has two pressurized water reactors with Unit 1 capable of generating 925 megawatts net and Unit 2 capable of generating 917 megawatts net. Surry Power Station in Surry County, Va., also has two pressurized water reactors with Unit 1 capable of generating 810 megawatts net and Unit 2 capable of generating 815 megawatts net. Despite refueling outages for three of the four units in 2000, the units produced some 19,000 mwh more electricity than in 1999.

Other Dominion Energy nuclear group accomplishments in 2000 included a company record unit run of 522 days by North Anna Unit 1; all four units operating concurrently for 100 days on two consecutive occasions; and all four units available 100 percent of the time during peak winter and summer seasons.

Dominion, headquartered in Richmond, Va., is one of the nation’s largest producers of energy, with a production capability of 2.7 trillion British Thermal Units (Btu) of energy per day. Dominion has the largest Btu production capability among integrated utilities in the northeast quadrant of the United States. The company 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 interstate natural gas pipeline with more than 650 billion cubic feet of annual natural gas throughput and a delivery capability of 6.3 billion cubic feet per day. In addition, the company operates the nation’s largest underground natural gas storage system, with over 950 billion cubic feet of storage capacity. Dominion also serves 3.8 million retail natural gas and electric customers, and owns a telecommunications business that is expanding its fiber-optic network from its current 35,000 miles (3,600 route miles) to more than 700,000 miles (7,100 route miles). For more information about Dominion, visit the company's web site at www.dom.com.

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