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Dominion Resources 2012 Summary Annual Report2
Northeast
Expansion
NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION
AND COMPRESSOR STATIONS,
DOMINION TRANSMISSION
In service since November 2012, the
$97 million Northeast Expansion gas
transmission project delivers natural gas
produced from prolific Marcellus Shale
wells to a major gas supply hub in Leidy, Pa.
Significant new infrastructure investment
in the region—principally because of shale
plays—has transformed Leidy into a supply
distribution center, with pipelines feeding
markets along the Eastern seaboard. This
project vastly increases volumes being
transported there.
Projects
Online
UPDATEONOURPLAN:
Dominion’s long-term growth plan
remained on track in 2012, as we spent
about $2.5 billion on new and upgraded
infrastructure. These projects serve our
electric utility customers in Virginia and
North Carolina and support new natural gas
drilling, gathering, processing, storage
and transportation in the shale regions of
West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Bear Garden, Central Virginia
Online in May 2011, the $619 million
gas-fired facility produces baseload power
for Dominion Virginia Power customers.
Meadow Brook to Loudoun,
Northern Virginia
Energized in April 2011, the $255 million
transmission line serves high-load centers
in the metro Washington, D.C., region.
Generation Uprates, Virginia
A $762 million project to realize about 570
additional megawatts from Virginia’s existing
generating fleet, including at North Anna
(above), was completed in May 2012.
2012SummaryAnnualReport Dominion Resources 3
Virginia City
Hybrid Energy
Center
ELECTRIC GENERATION FUELED BY
COAL, WASTE COAL AND BIOMASS,
DOMINION VIRGINIA POWER
Located near the coalfields of Southwest
Virginia, the $1.8 billion Virginia City Hybrid
Energy Center began operations in July
2012. The facility, believed to be one of
the nation’s cleanest coal-fired stations,
also burns waste coal and biomass.
It is part of an efficient, environmentally
sound fleet producing safe, reliable
electricity for Dominion Virginia Power’s
2.5 million customer accounts.
Appalachian
Gateway
NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION
AND COMPRESSOR STATIONS,
DOMINION TRANSMISSION
The $575 million Appalachian Gateway
project, a series of gas pipelines and
compressor stations in West Virginia and
Pennsylvania, entered service in September
2012. The gas transmission development
increases transportation capacity in
the area and allows easier access to
a major market hub in Southwestern
Pennsylvania for Appalachian well
producers. New pipelines such as
these help address a gas transportation
infrastructure shortage in the region.