Gas News Release

May 11, 2000

Pleasants Energy Announces Open House

ST. MARYS, WV -- Pleasants Energy, LLC (Pleasants Energy), a subsidiary of Dominion Resources, will hold an informational open house for the Pleasants Energy electric peaking plant on May 22nd beginning at 7 p.m. in the Hamilton Meeting Room of the Pleasants County Library. Representatives from Pleasants Energy will provide information on the proposed state-of-the-art power generating station and be available to answer questions. Pleasants Energy will be located in the Pleasants County Industrial Center adjacent to Route 2 in the Grant District of Pleasants County.

The power plant is designed as a “peaking” facility that will produce electricity when the demand exceeds the capability of conventional electric generation. For example, on hot summer days when there is dramatic increase in the use of air conditioning, the Pleasants Energy facility would be operated to supply the electricity required to meet the increased demand.

The plant will have the capability of generating approximately 300 megawatts of power through the use of two simple cycle General Electric turbines and will tie directly into an on-site electric grid system. The natural gas required to operate the turbines will be supplied by Dominion, and fuel oil will used as a secondary fuel source.

Pleasants Energy has received the majority of the required permits. Construction will begin in the spring of 2001 and the plant will be operational by the summer of 2002. This is one of seven electric generating plants presently being developed by Dominion.

Dominion Resources, the parent company of Pleasants Energy, has extensive experience building and operating this type of facility. Dominion is the nation’s largest fully integrated electric power and natural gas company. It has nearly 4 million gas and electric retail customers in five states, 20,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity and more than 3 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and oil reserves.

Contact: 
Bob Fulton, 304-623-8200