Dominion News - 2007
Dominion posts news releases online as they are issued to the news media. All releases posted by the company this year are provided below. The links on the left categorize the releases. Archived releases also are available.
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December 21, 2007Dominion To Minimize Thermal Impact On Mt. Hope Bay
From Brayton Point Power Station
December 20, 2007Dominion’s EnergyShare
Program Accepting Applications For Heating Assistance
December 18, 2007Dominion, Federal and
Virginia Officials Agree on Emissions Plan for Southwest Virginia Power Station
December 14, 2007Dominion East Ohio Promotes Bruce Klink to President
December 5, 2007Dominion Agrees To Purchase
Tenaska Power Station Development Project In Buckingham County, Va.
November 29, 2007Dominion Seeks Proposals
For Renewable Energy Projects
November 28, 2007Dominion Files For License
To Build, Operate Third Reactor At North Anna Power Station
November 28, 2007Dominion To Announce
Significant Initiative To Ensure Availability Of Reliable Electricity For Future
Customers
November 27, 2007Dominion East Ohio Secures
Sufficient Winter Fuel Supplies; National Natural Gas Prices Higher Than Last
Year
November 20, 2007Dominion Hails Approval of Early Site Permit for North Anna Power Station
November 16, 2007Dominion Offers Existing
Customers Access to Rocky Mountain Natural Gas Supplies
November 8, 2007Dominion Volunteers Help
To Improve Environment in Eight States
November 7, 2007Accident At Dominion’s
Salem Harbor Station Results In Three Employee Fatalities
November 6, 2007Dominion Investigating
Cause Of Steam Tube Rupture
November 6, 2007Three Employees Injured
At Salem Harbor Power Station
November 5, 2007Dominion Virginia Power's Energy-Saving Light Bulb Program Off To A Bright Start
November 3, 2007Dominion, Virginia Tech
Partner To Address Climate Change Issue For Power Stations
November 1, 2007Dominion E&P Adds 50 Jobs
In Jane Lew
November 1 , 2007Dominion Announces Third Quarter 2007 Earnings
October 29, 2007Dominion Declares 11
Percent Increase In Quarterly Dividend, Announces 2-For-1 Stock Split
October 25, 2007Dominion To Host Coal-To-Natural-Gas
Demonstration Project At Brayton Point Power Station
October 24, 2007Dominion Schedules Third-Quarter Earnings Conference Call
October 24, 2007Dominion Hope Rates Reduced
18 Percent For Winter
October 19, 2007Dominion Announces Plan
To Delist Assumed CNG Debt Securities
October 15, 2007Dominion, Exelon Agree
To Terminate Power Purchase Agreement
October 9, 2007Dominion Recognized by Department of Defense for Support of Employees Called to Military Duty
October 2, 2007Dominion Expands EnergyShare
Into a Year-Round Program
October 1, 2007Dominion Launches Energy-Saving Light Bulb Program
September 20, 2007Dominion Foundation Awards
$290,000 In Educational Grants
September 19, 2007Dominion Completes Sale
Of Partially Completed Ohio Generating Unit
September 18, 2007Dominion Virginia Power Files Application To Create Energy Conservation Pilots
September 17, 2007Dominion Hope Reaches
Settlement In Purchased Gas Adjustment Cases
September 12, 2007Dominion Virginia Power
Supports Virginia Energy Plan
August 31, 2007Dominion Closes On Final
Planned E&P Sale
August 16, 2007Rockies Natural Gas To
Move East On Dominion Pipeline
August 13, 2007Dominion Announces Final
Results Of Equity Tender Offer
August 13 , 2007Dominion Realigns Business
Units To Reflect Strategic Refocusing
August 8 , 2007Dominion Announces Sale
Of Partially Completed Ohio Generating Unit
August 8 , 2007Dominion Declares Quarterly
Dividend Of 71 Cents
August 8 , 2007Dominion Announces Preliminary
Results Of Equity Tender Offer
August 6, 2007Dominion Urges Customers
To Use Caution, Conserve Energy During Prolonged Heat Wave
August 1, 2007Dominion Announces Second Quarter 2007 Earnings
July 31, 2007Dominion Closes on Two Onshore E&P Sales for $6.5 Billion
July 31, 2007Dominion, Shell WindEnergy Inc.'s West Virginia Wind Project to Add Second Phase
July 26, 2007Northern Virginia Business
Leaders Support Transmission Line
July 25, 2007Dominion Schedules Second-Quarter
Earnings Conference Call
July 21, 2007Dominion, Wal-Mart Give
Fans To Seniors In Need
July 20, 2007Dominion East Ohio to Request First Base Rate Increase in 13 Years
July 16, 2007Dominion Seeks Approval for Power Station in Southwest Virginia
July 13, 2007Dominion Virginia Power Announces Energy Conservation Efforts
July 12, 2007Dominion Announces Final Results for its Debt Tender Offer
July 10, 2007Dominion Virginia Power
Urges Caution, Wise Energy Usage During Hot Weather
July 10, 2007Dominion Commences Tender
Offer To Repurchase Shares
July 9, 2007Dominion Announces Consideration
Amounts For Its Debt Tender Offer
July 5, 2007Dominion, Equitable Extend
Sale Agreement For Natural Gas Utilities
July 2, 2007Dominion Closes Sale
of Offshore Gulf of Mexico Operations
July 2, 2007Dominion Completes Merger
of CNG Subsidiary into Holding Company
July 2, 2007Dominion Agrees To Sell
Mid-Continent E&P Operations For $2.05 Billion
June 28, 2007Dominion Announces Share Buyback
June 27, 2007Dominion Announces Results To Early Tender Date Of Its Offer To Purchase Up To $2.5 Billion Of Its Outstanding Debt
June 26, 2007Dominion Closes Sale
of Canadian E&P Operations
June 18, 2007Dominion CNG Capital
Trust I to Redeem Its 7.8 % Trust Preferred Securities
June 13, 2007Dominion Announces Debt Tender Offer
June 12, 2007The Future of Natural Gas Storage is Here, as Dominion Announces Storage Factory Project
June 11, 2007Dominion Offers 10 Percent Off to Nicor Gas Residential Customers
June 7, 2007Dominion to Participate at 2007 Citigroup Utilities Conference
June 5, 2007Dominion Expands EnergyShare Program, Begins 'Cooling for Seniors' Pilot
June 4, 2007Dominion Agrees To Sell Most Of U.S. Onshore E&P Operations For Approximately $6.5 Billion
June 1, 2007Governor Kaine Announces
17th Year Of Fan Care For Virginia Seniors
May 31, 2007Dominion To Streamline
Corporate Structure By Merging CNG Subsidiary Into Holding Company
May 30, 2007Dominion to Present at 2007 Sanford Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference
May 29, 2007Dominion Agrees To Sell
Canadian E&P Operations For U.S. $583 Million
May 21, 2007Dominion Honors 12 as Volunteers
of the Year
May 15, 2007Dominion Restricted Stock Grants Vest As It Achieves Its Three-Year Targets
May 10, 2007Dominion Virginia Power
Prepares For 2007 Hurricane & Summer Thunderstorm Season
May 9, 2007Dominion’s Free Video
Helps Explain Customers’ Natural Gas Supply Option
May 8, 2007Dominion Promotes, Appoints
To Leadership Team In External Affairs & Corporate Communications
May 4, 2007Dominion Virginia Power
Files Application To Build Transmission Lines In Southeastern Virginia
May 2, 2007Dominion Announces First Quarter 2007 Earnings
May 1, 2007Dominion Signs Contract
With GE Energy For Long-Lead Nuclear Components
April 30, 2007Dominion Agrees To Sell
Offshore E&P Operations To Eni For Approximately
April 27, 2007Farrell Elected Chairman
of Dominion
April 27, 2007Dominion Declares Quarterly
Dividend of 71 Cents
April 25, 2007Dominion Schedules First-Quarter
Earnings Conference Call
April 24, 2007Nearly 8,000 School Children
To Plant Trees In Dominion’s “Project Plant It!”
April 19, 2007Dominion Virginia Power
Proposes New Generation, Transmission Line To Meet Fast-Growing Need For Electricity
In Northern Virginia
April 9, 2007Dominion Virginia Power Requests First Fuel Rate Adjustment Since January 2004
March 20, 2007Dominion Accepting Applications
for Educational Grants; Maryland and New England Locations Now Eligible
March 14, 2007Dominion to Present at 2007 Morgan Stanley Global Electricity & Energy Conference
March 14, 2007Dominion Accepting Applications for Scholarships to Lineman College
March 6, 2007Dominion East Ohio Distributes
$100,000 In Community Impact Awards
March 6, 2007Dominion Completes Sale
of Three Facilities in West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio
February 28, 2007Dominion to Present at UBS
2007 Utilities Conference
February 23, 2007Dominion Pledges $250,000
To Maryland Artificial Reef Initiative
February 19, 2007Potential Crisis in Capital
Awaits Power Sector, Dominion CEO Tells Regulators
February 13, 2007Dominion Virginia Power
Prefers Existing Corridor Route For Northern Virginia 500kV Transmission Line
February 12, 2007Capps Will Not Seek Re-Election
as Dominion Chairman, Director
February 9, 2007Dominion Sets Annual Meeting
February 8, 2007Dominion Donates $1 Million To EnergyShare To Help Virginians In Need Stay Warm
February 7, 2007Dominion Meets Record
Winter Peak Demand For Electricity From Customers
February 5, 2007Dominion To Present At
Credit Suisse 2007 Energy Summit
February 1, 2007Dominion Retail Offering
Low-Cost Electricity To Massachusetts Residential Customers
January 31, 2007Dominion Announces 2006 Earnings
January 26, 2007Dominion Increases Quarterly
Dividend By 2 Cents To 71 Cents
January 24, 2007Dominion Schedules Fourth-Quarter Earnings Conference Call
January 23, 2007Dominion Virginia Power
Studying Alternate Routes For Northern Virginia Transmission Line
January 18, 2007Northern Virginia Power Line Critical to Electric Reliability in Virginia
January 18, 2007Dominion To Honor Nine
In 17th Annual Strong Men & Women: Excellence In Leadership Educational
Series
January 16, 2007Dominion Expected To Have
Highest Growth Rate In PJM For Peak Electricity Demand
January 10, 2007Dominion’s EnergyShare
Program Begins Accepting Applications For
January 9, 2007Dominion Resources Services
Co. Promotes Christine M. Schwab To Vice President-Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures
January 4, 2007Dominion Announces Promotions
of Eva Teig Hardy and James F. Stutts
January