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Dominion Energy Announces Nuclear Officer Changes

RICHMOND, Va. -- Dominion Energy, a unit of Dominion (NYSE: D), announced Friday several changes within its nuclear organization in Virginia and Connecticut. All changes are effective June 1.

Raymond P. Necci, 49, vice president-Nuclear Technical Services at Millstone Power Station in Waterford, Conn., will become vice president-Nuclear Operations. Necci was a member of the Millstone leadership team when Dominion purchased the station from Northeast Utilities (NYSE: NU) in March. Necci will be responsible for plant operations and maintenance, training, nuclear documents and procedures, radiological protection, fire protection, site services and plant security.

J. Alan Price, 46, will succeed Necci as vice president-Nuclear Technical Services at Millstone. He will have responsibility for all engineering, procurement, oversight and regulatory interface for the station. Price is presently director-Nuclear Engineering for Dominion Energy's Virginia nuclear power stations, North Anna and Surry. Price joined Dominion in 1979. He was director of Millstone Unit 2 from 1996-99 when Dominion assisted Northeast Utilities with recovery and restart. Price also participated in the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations’ employee loanee program from August 1995 to September 1996.

Necci and Price will report to William R. Matthews, vice president and senior nuclear executive-Millstone.

Eugene S. Grecheck, 48, vice president-Nuclear Operations at Millstone, will become vice president-Nuclear Support Services in Richmond. Grecheck will oversee support services, licensing, emergency preparedness, training, security at the Virginia nuclear power stations and Dominion’s involvement in the nuclear industry’s early site permitting project. Grecheck, who joined Dominion in 1975, has held a number of leadership positions within the company, including site vice president at Surry. Grecheck will report to David A. Christian, senior vice president and chief nuclear officer.

Necci earned his Bachelor of Engineering degree from the State University of New York Maritime College in 1973 and an MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1982. Necci joined Northeast Utilities in 1976 and held a number of key management and leadership positions within that company’s nuclear organization.

Price received his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Old Dominion University in 1979. During his 20 years at Dominion, Price has held several positions, including assistant station manager for Nuclear Safety & Licensing at Surry.

Grecheck received a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics and a Master of Science degree in Nuclear Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1974 and 1975, respectively; an MBA from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1981; and an MBA Upgrade from Syracuse University in 1996. He completed The Executive Program of the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia in 2000.

Dominion Energy is a subsidiary of Dominion, which is one of the nation’s largest producers of energy, with a production capability of 2.7 trillion British Thermal Units of energy per day. The company has a power generation portfolio of more than 21,000 megawatts, which is expected to grow to approximately 28,000 megawatts by 2005. Dominion is 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 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 serves nearly 4 million retail natural gas and electric customers. Dominion also has a managing equity interest in Dominion Fiber Ventures LLC, owner of Dominion Telecom. Dominion Telecom is expanding its fiber-optic network from 35,000 fiber miles (3,600 route miles) to more than 800,000 fiber miles (9,000 route miles). For more information about Dominion, visit the company's Web site at www.dom.com.

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