- Customers have experienced, on average, a 10 percent improvement in reliability of power since 2011 - Since 2000, Dominion has reduced carbon intensity rate by 43 percent companywide - New, highly-efficient power station improves generation fleet performance, lowering costs by $1.5 billion - Forbes magazine named Dominion as one of the "Just 100" best corporate citizens of the United States in 2016 RICHMOND, Va., Jan [...]
SUGAR LAND, TX--(Marketwired - Dec 29, 2016) - Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- Dominion Resources Inc. (NYSE:D) (Richmond, Virginia) last month signed a deal with the web-services unit of Amazon.com Incorporated (NASDAQ:AMZN) (Seattle, Washington) to build five photovoltaic (PV) generation projects in Virginia totaling 180 megawatts (MW), further expanding Dominion's more into [...]
RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Dominion (NYSE: D) has been named by Forbes magazine and partner Just Capital as one of the "Just 100" – the best corporate citizens in the United States in 2016. Thomas F. Farrell II, chairman, president and chief executive officer, said: "Dominion is pleased to be recognized alongside some of the most recognizable – and best – companies in America. We have a [...]
RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 16, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The board of directors of Dominion (NYSE: D) today established a 2017 dividend rate of $3.02 per share of common stock, up from $2.80 per share in 2016, or a 7.9 percent increase. Subject to board declaration in January, the first quarterly dividend of 75.5 cents per share will be payable in March 2017. The expected 2017 dividend increase would mark the 14th consecutive year in [...]
- "Power Engineering" magazine recognizes station at annual energy awards program - Honors mark third and fourth awards the station has received - High-efficiency turbines reduce carbon emissions vs. buying power from grid RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 14, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The accolades for Dominion Virginia Power's Brunswick County Power Station keep rolling in. Tuesday, the station received two top honors: Best Overall [...]
- Grants recognize importance of in-school enrichment and out-of-school educational activities - 11 programs in central Virginia receive funding - Junior Achievement of Central Virginia receives $300,000 to support new JA Finance Park RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Recognizing that education goes beyond time in the classroom, Dominion Resources is providing more than $1 million to support children and youth [...]
CLEVELAND, Dec. 2, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Abundant regional shale natural gas supplies will help Dominion East Ohio customers face an expected return to colder temperatures this upcoming winter, at prices projected to be lower than the average of the past five heating seasons, officials say. Jeff Murphy, Dominion East Ohio vice president and general manager, says a review of current New York Mercantile prices, for January [...]
RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 1, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Dominion Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: DM), today closed on the transaction to acquire Questar Pipeline, LLC, from Dominion Resources Inc. (NYSE: D), for $1.725 billion. As part of the transaction, Dominion Midstream paid $823 million in cash to Dominion, issued $167 million of common units and $300 million of convertible preferred units to Dominion, and has assumed Questar [...]
-Diane Leopold to become president, CEO of Dominion Energy -Robert M. Blue to become president, CEO of Dominion Virginia Power -New roles for two other senior executives also announced RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 21, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Dominion (NYSE: D) is promoting two executives to head its Dominion Energy and Dominion Virginia Power business groups effective Jan. 1, 2017. Diane Leopold, currently president–Dominion [...]
- Dominion plans to construct additional 180 megawatts (AC) of Amazon-enabled solar in Virginia; total of 260 megawatts - After expected 2017 completion, Dominion's operating solar fleet would increase to 1,400 megawatts - Long-term power purchase agreements with affiliate of Amazon Web Services - Largest mid-Atlantic solar facility, located on Virginia's Eastern Shore, entered service in late October RICHMOND, Va., Nov [...]
CLEVELAND, Nov. 15, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Dominion East Ohio is proud to stand with its fellow natural gas distribution companies, as well as utilities in the water and electric sectors, to observe the inaugural Utilities United against Scams Day (UUASD) on Wednesday, November 16, 2016, and raise awareness about utility scams throughout the week. Most utility scams involve criminals posing as natural gas, electric or water [...]
- Customers reported $1.2M in utility scam requests in 2015 - Dominion reminds customers never to respond to threatening requests for payment - Report suspicious activity to local police or call Dominion at 866-DOM-HELP RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 14, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Last year, scammers contacted nearly 2,800 Dominion Virginia Power customers, demanding fraudulent payments totaling more than $1.2 million. Hundreds of [...]