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Natural gas transmission•
Natural gas distribution•
Natural gas storage•
Gas and oil exploration and production; •
producer services
Placed newly expanded Dominion Cove
•
Point liquefied natural gas facility into
commercial operation
Applied to build Appalachian Gateway •
project, a natural gas pipeline that would
link West Virginia and Pennsylvania pro-
duction with storage fields and pipelines
in Pennsylvania
Continued major investment program to •
expand other components of a
mid-Atlantic natural gas transmission
and storage system
Maintain a superior safety record•
Monetize additional Marcellus Shale •
assets at the company’s Appalachian-
based gas and oil exploration and
production properties
Continue to expand Appalachian •
Basin transmission and gathering
infrastructure
2010 OUTLOOK2009 HIGHLIGHTSBUSINESS LINES
Electric transmission•
Electric distribution•
Energy and related products and •
services in competitive retail markets
Connected more than 31,000 new fran-•
chise customer accounts
Proceeded on schedule to complete •
Meadow Brook-to-Loudoun and
Carson-to-Suffolk transmission lines in
Northern and Southeastern Virginia,
respectively, in 2011
Initiated “Smart Metering” demonstra-•
tion project
Maintain a superior safety record•
Complete pending rate proceeding •
with the Virginia State Corporation
Commission
Continue introductory energy conserva-•
tion programs expected to reduce peak
demand by electric customers in Virginia
by 650 megawatts
Proceeded on schedule to complete •
$1.8 billion, 585-megawatt Virginia
City Hybrid Energy Center in Southwest
Virginia in 2012
Proceeded on schedule to complete •
$619 million, 580-megawatt natural
gas-fired Bear Garden facility in Central
Virginia in 2011
Achieved a 93.1 percent capacity factor •
at nuclear fleet, the highest combined
level since 2005
Maintain a superior safety record•
Continue investing in fleet environmental •
protection upgrades that will total
$3.7 billion by 2015
Continue to develop and build more •
than 4,000 megawatts of new generation
to serve Virginia customers
Utility power production•
Merchant power production•
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