February 16, 2006

RICHMOND, Va. — Dominion has appointed Thomas E. Hamlin vice president-Business Planning & Market Analysis, effective March 1.

Before joining Dominion, Hamlin was a senior analyst in the Equity Research Department at Wachovia Securities, where he was responsible for coverage of electric and gas utilities and merchant power companies. Hamlin joined Wheat First Securities in Richmond in 1991 as director-Fixed Income Research. He moved to the equity side of the business in 1997 when Wheat First was acquired by First Union Corp., the predecessor company to Wachovia.

Prior to 1991, Hamlin spent 10 years with Duff & Phelps Inc., an investment research, credit rating, consulting and money management firm in Chicago, where he was co-head of a 10-member team of analysts covering the utility industry. He was a frequent consultant to company management and provided expert witness testimony on financial matters on behalf of utility companies to numerous state and federal regulatory agencies.

From 1979 to 1981, he worked in the Financial Activities Department of Dayton Power & Light Co.

A graduate of the University of Akron with a bachelor’s degree in finance, Hamlin earned his MBA from the University of Cincinnati.

He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a Registered Supervisory Analyst.

Hamlin is married and has two daughters and lives in Midlothian, Va.

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