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Dominion Generation operates more than 27,500 megawatts
of capacity, with more than 40 percent of last year’s total electric
output being generated by emissions-free nuclear power. This
segment serves retail and wholesale customers through our
electric utility franchise as well as wholesale customers in the
Midwest, mid-Atlantic and Northeast. It is investing $3.7 billion
in environmental upgrades across its fleet.
Behind our constant quest to be a safe, dependable and reliable provider of energy is the urgent need to match
our electric output with demand. 1 Mindful of our environmental responsibility, we have designed the Vir-
ginia City Hybrid Energy Center to utilize clean coal technology; it will burn both coal and renewable wood
biomass. 2 With partner BP Wind Energy, we have brought into operation in Indiana one of the largest wind
farms east of the Mississippi River, Fowler Ridge I Wind Farm. 3 Our fleet of generating stations serving New
England is a major beneficiary of our planned $3.7 billion in environmental spending. 4 We are using natural
gas to fire the 580-megawatt Bear Garden facility under construction in Central Virginia that is expected to
begin operating in 2011.
Generation Mix–Regulated Fleet
2009 Electric Capacity by Fuel
30%
18%
27%
12%
13%
Coal
Nuclear
Natural Gas
Oil
Hydro/Other
Generation Mix–Merchant Fleet
2009 Electric Capacity by Fuel
34%
3%
25%
10%
28%
Coal
Nuclear
Natural Gas
Oil
Wind
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