Monday, April 22, 2013
Protestors perform the Electric Slide in front of Dominion headquarters in Richmond.
Earlier this month, members of the Mount Vernon group of the Virginia Chapter of the Sierra Club joined hundreds of other Virginians in Richmond to protest the construction of a natural gas plant in Brunswick County. Dominion Virginia Power will seek a permit from the State Corporation Commission in Richmond on Wednesday, April 24, to build the plant. The April 14 demonstration protested Dominion’s plant proposal, which the Sierra Club said demonstrates an investment in unsustainable energy and carbon-polluting fossil fuels. Participants in the demonstration performed the Electric Slide en masse to Marcia Griffiths’ 1976 song “Electric Boogie” to urge Dominion to “slide” toward clean energy. "This Earth Day the best thing we can do for our…
Monday, February 11, 2013
More than 600,000 people across the Northeast were without power following a blizzard that dumped more than three feet of snow in many areas.
Dominion Virginia Power crews went to New Jersey this weekend to help restore power to those who are in the cold and dark following Friday and Saturday’s major Northeast blizzard. Hamden, Conn. had more than 40 inches of snow on the ground as the storm left the area. Snow fell from Philadelphia to Maine, leaving more than 600,000 people without power by the time the last flakes fell. Crews from Virginia left Friday morning in bucket trucks headed for Morristown, N.J. — an area hit hard by Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Morristown was not hit nearly as hard as areas of New England, and New Jersey Power and Light sent the Virginia crews back home late Saturday. Crews were ready to be up there for two weeks. View photos from the call for mutual …
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Punxsutawney Phil and Potomac Phil predicted an early spring, but it's still cold for many struggling to pay for heat in Alexandria.
Punxsutawney Phil (and Potomac Phil) both predicted an early spring, but Alexandria is expecting a dusting of snow both Monday and Tuesday nights. That means temperatures are still wintry and heating bills are still high for residents in the area. Dominion Virginia Power is reminding customers that assistance is available for high heating bills this winter through the utility company’s Energy Share grants. Eligible customers may get a one-time payout of up to $600 to offset heating costs this winter. More than 12,000 customers received assistance in 2012. To quality, customers must live in Dominion’s service area and meeting one of these criteria: Customers can call Dominion's customer service center at 1-866-DOM-HELP (1-866-366-4357) for…
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Dominion Power is urging their customers to be prepared with food and an emergency plan.
With a National Weather Service winter storm watch in place for Thursday morning for Alexandria, officials at Dominion Power, Alexandria City Public Schools and the Virginia Department of Transportation have their eyes glued to the weather forecasts. As of 4 p.m., forecasts varied. The National Weather Service revised its snow accumulation forecast down to 4 inches from an earlier 5 inches across the region. The Capital Weather Gang said "Because it’s not clear exactly how much moisture will make it into the region, snow accumulation is a huge question mark. For most of the D.C. area, we think just some conversational flakes to a couple inches is most likely, with more south and southwest of town and less to the north." Dominion Power …
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Fewer than 2,000 Dominion customers in Northern Virginia remained without power Thursday morning.
Dominion Virginia Power this morning released a list of where crews will be working to restore power Thursday. The list is attached to this article as a pdf (available in the media box to the right). "Lists are based on early morning work plans for crews. However, needs often change during a major restoration and crews stay on the move. They may visit, leave and return to some locations, and may perform work at locations not shown on today's list," according to Dominion. The highest concentration of current outages are inside the Beltway. Dominion reported about 1,700 customers without power in Northern Virginia as of Wednesday night. The utility company is still on track to have everyone's power restored by Thursday night. Stay away from…
Friday, October 19, 2012
Dominion Virginia Power donates $20,000 to Assistance League of Northern Virginia to expand program benefitting students living in poverty.
Dominion Virginia Power presented the Assistance League of Northern Virginia with a check for $20,000 on Thursday to expand its Weekend Food for Kids program to Cora Kelly School. Weekend Food for Kids sends bags of nutritious food home with students living in poverty at four Northern Virginia schools. Cora Kelly School has about 320 students living in poverty, according to Principal Brandon Davis. “Poverty should not be a barrier for these kids,” Davis said on Thursday. Volunteers at Dominion also spent part of Thursday morning at Cora Kelly Recreation Center packing food into bags for the children to take home. Alexandria Mayor Bill Euille thanked the volunteers for their efforts. “The government can’t do everything for everyone, so …
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Monday, July 2, 2012
More than 150,000 remained without power early Monday morning, according to Dominion Virginia Power.
Update - 10:45 a.m.: Dominion Virginia Power has posted today's work crews location list. As of 10:42 a.m., the company reported 170,183 were still without power across the Northern Virginia power region. ------------ Dominion Virginia Power crews continue to make steady progress toward restoring power to those who lost it late Friday night in the derecho. As of 5 a.m. Monday, 185,496 customers remained without power across Dominion’s Northern Virginia service area. More than 320,000 across the state had no service. Among those without power at 5 a.m. according to Dominion’s Interactive Outage Viewer were more than: As a measure of overnight progress, more than 228,600 in Northern Virginia— more than a quarter of Dominion’s 831,000 …
Sunday, July 1, 2012
More than 250,000 customers in Northern Virginia are still without power — and officials estimate next weekend for 100-percent return to service in the third-worst outage in Virginia history.
Update - 5:17 p.m. - Dominion Virginia Power released the following statement late this afternoon: "Dominion Virginia Power expects to restore service by Tuesday night for 80-85 percent of customers whose power was disrupted by two days of severe storms at the end of last week. The company expects to restore service to 90-95 percent of affected customers by Thursday night, and virtually all remaining customers by Saturday night. However, it is expected that in areas of the most-severe damage, service may not be restored fully until next Sunday." Dominion has brought in line crews and other assistance from Texas, Florida, Kansas and 10 other states plus Canada, officials reported in a press release. Updated storm restoration information is …
James Dunning
8:21 pm on Tuesday, April 23, 2013
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