WATERFORD, Conn. – Millstone Power Station, the Dominion
(NYSE: D) nuclear power station that provides approximately 15 percent of New
England's electricity, completed a station record 283-day consecutive run of
its two units last week.
Since April 2001, the station has run at a 95.7 percent capacity
factor. During the station record run, the two units provided more than 14 million
megawatt-hours of electricity to customers throughout the region.
“The safe and reliable operation of our nuclear units
is our primary focus,” said David Christian, Dominion senior vice president-Nuclear
Operations and Chief Nuclear Officer. “For Dominion, safe operations go hand-in-hand
with efficient, reliable operations. Millstone's employees deserve the credit
for making that happen in New England."
Millstone Unit 3, a 1,150-megawatt pressurized water reactor,
has been operating for 328 consecutive days. Millstone Unit 2, an 870-megawatt
pressurized water reactor, entered a refueling outage on Feb. 16. Dominion also
operates two nuclear stations in Virginia, North Anna and Surry, each with two
pressurized water reactors that produce a total of 3,400 megawatts.
Dominion is one of the nation’s largest producers of energy,
with a production capability of more than 3 trillion British thermal unit of
energy per day. Dominion serves nearly 4 million retail natural gas and electric
customers in five states. For more information about Dominion, visit the company’s
Web site at www.dom.com.
