RICHMOND, Va., March 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dominion announced today that Diane G. Leopold has been promoted to senior vice president-Business Development & Generation Construction, effective April 1. She is currently vice president-Fossil & Hydro Merchant Operations.

Thomas F. Farrell II, chairman, president and chief executive officer, said:

"In more than a decade with Dominion, Diane has demonstrated an impressive intellectual command of our industry and the complexities of its markets. She combines this with an energetic can-do attitude in operations that uniquely qualifies her for this position. Our company and its stakeholders are fortunate that we can turn to somebody of Diane's capabilities as we continue to expand and modernize our generation infrastructure."

Leopold will manage all new generation and generation-related environmental projects. She also will be responsible for maintaining the projects' safety, timelines and budgets. View Leopold's biography at http://www.dom.com/news/dom2009/pr0302.jsp.

Dominion is one of the nation's largest producers and transporters of energy, with a portfolio of more than 27,000 megawatts of generation, 1.2 trillion cubic feet equivalent of proved natural gas and oil reserves, 14,000 miles of natural gas transmission, gathering and storage pipeline and 6,000 miles of electric transmission lines. Dominion operates the nation's largest natural gas storage facility with 975 billion cubic feet of storage capacity and serves retail energy customers in 12 states. For more information about Dominion, visit the company's Web site at http://www.dom.com.

SOURCE: Dominion

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