Dominion is on course to add 1,100 MW of natural gas-firedgeneration to its electric portfolio in Pennsylvania by the secondquarter of 2004 to help meet growing energy demand in the region.The merchant power facility will sell competitive energy to buyersin newly opened wholesale markets.

The industrial park site, which is already under development,was purchased from SWEC LLC. of Morrisville, PA, for an undisclosedamount. The plant will occupy a 45-acre site within the 2,000-acreUSX industrial park. The site is being developed about a mile southof Morrisville, PA by USX Reality Development.

“This is a very attractive fit from all points of view,” saidThos. E. Capps, CEO of Dominion. “The facility fits local and stateenergy development objectives and also advances Dominion’s energysupply objectives in the Northeast, Midwest and Mid-Atlanticregions of the U.S., home to 40% of the nation’s demand for energy.

Dominion said it expects construction to begin by the thirdquarter of 2001, with 550 MW coming online during the fourthquarter of 2003, and the second 550 MW beginning commercialoperation sometime during the the second quarter of 2004.

“Technically, the site is ideal because it features qualitysupport infrastructure, such as gas supply and easily accessibleinterconnections to the PJM power pool,” Capps said.

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