Gas News Release

January 25, 2001

Dominion Peoples Provides Environmental Grant to Armstrong County Conservancy Group

PITTSBURGH – Dominion Peoples has awarded a $25,000 grant to the Armstrong County Conservancy. With the grant, the Conservancy group is developing a river clean-up project, which includes restorations to the Plum Creek Watershed along the riverfront.

The mission of the Armstrong County Conservancy is to preserve and maintain open space and natural areas within Armstrong County and neighboring counties.

A news conference with the Conservancy was held on January 25, 2001 along the Plum Creek riverfront, with a number of local government officials in attendance including the Armstrong County Board of Commissioners, the Board of Directors for Armstrong County Conservancy Trust, and the Armstrong Conservation District Board and staff.

Dominion Peoples is a subsidiary of Dominion, one of the nation’s largest producers of energy. Dominion, headquartered in Richmond, Va., serves 3.8 million retail natural gas and electric customers. Dominion Peoples provides natural gas service to more than 351,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers in southwestern Pennsylvania. For more information about Dominion, visit the company’s web site at www.dom.com.