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Line crews from our Virginia and North Carolina electric
utility units drove to New Orleans to help Entergy with the
Herculean task of rebuilding the power grid. They worked in
treacherous conditions. Some days they gave their lunches
to hungry residents. At times they slept in their trucks. They
stayed until another storm named Ophelia threatened the
mid-Atlantic and forced them home.
Engineers and construction workers from our natural gas
and oil exploration and production business (E&P) repaired
the minor damage to our offshore drilling platforms—
well before the region’s refineries and processing facilities
returned to service to take and transport our production
for sale.
Following Katrina and then Rita, our employees worked
together as “One Dominion.” They donated almost $150,000
to the Dominion Katrina Relief Fund, an amount matched
by the company to help colleagues who suffered losses.
Dominion donated an additional $250,000 to The Salvation
Army to assist with the larger relief effort.
I focused mainly on the core values that guide us: safety,
ethical behavior, excellence and the unity of purpose we seek
across our multiple businesses. No one knew that in less
than two weeks, Hurricane Katrina would test each value.
Working Together as One Dominion
In the aftermath of Katrina’s devastation, our top priority
was the safety of our Gulf Coast employees and their loved
ones. We mobilized employees in Houston, Oklahoma City
and Richmond. Their immediate mission: Locate our
New Orleans-based exploration and production people using
all available means. Our people spent nine days, working
around the clock, but their hard work and whatever-it-takes
attitude paid off. We found all affected employees. Each
of them was safe.
We assured them that their jobs, paychecks and benefits
would continue. We made it clear that the company would
help them pick up the pieces and start anew. Meanwhile,
employee teams set about making plans for the temporary
relocation of almost all of our 446 affected workers
and their families to Houston. Within three weeks, we had
them settled into furnished apartments and working in
new office space.
In the aftermath of Katrina’s devas-
tation, our top priority was the
safety of our Gulf Coast employees
and their loved ones.
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