- nice troll attempt on the post!

- here's a bigger problem than SUVs - and if you live in a NE metro area, be advised you will be seeing this with some regularity in winter and summer (p.s.: i hope you're not on medical equipment):

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

July 27, 2005

Company: Dominion

Contacts:
Media: David Botkins, (804)771-6115, david_botkins@dom.com

DOMINION PARTICIPATES IN TEMPORARY VOLTAGE REDUCTION

RICHMOND, Va. – In conjunction with Dominion (NYSE: D), PJM initiated a
5 percent reduced voltage Wednesday afternoon in the Northern Virginia
area to ensure system reliability and help offset extremely heavy
electricity demand in the region.

The voltage reduction, which began at approximately 2 p.m., is not
expected to affect customers and should be terminated later today.

Dominion and PJM jointly are asking customers to take voluntary steps
to conserve energy during the period of unusually high demand. These
include:

• Close curtains and blinds to keep out the sun and retain cooler air
inside.
• Postpone using major electric appliances such as stoves, dishwashers
and clothes dryers until the cooler evening hours.
• If health permits, set your air conditioner thermostat higher than
usual.
• Turn off non-essential electric appliances and equipment.

The voltage reduction was necessary to support the stability of the
electricity infrastructure that serves the Northern Virginia, Washington,
D.C. and Baltimore areas. Those major metropolitan areas are an
extremely dense urban area and comprise one of the largest electricity load
centers on the East Coast.

Dominion’s 2.2 million customers in Virginia and northeast North
Carolina have set electricity demand records for the last two days.
Tuesday’s peak demand reached 18,360 megawatts – a record for the company.
That peak is expected to broken today.

Dominion is one of the nation's largest producers of energy, with an
energy portfolio of about 28,100 megawatts of generation, about 6
trillion cubic feet equivalent of proved natural gas reserves and 7,900 miles
of natural gas transmission pipeline. Dominion also operates the
nation's largest underground natural gas storage system with more than 965
billion cubic feet of storage capacity and serves retail energy
customers in nine states. For more information about Dominion, visit the
company's Web site at www.dom.com.

###