April 29, 2004

RICHMOND, Va. - Dominion will honor the spirit of community service and the volunteers who make it work this month by recognizing 13 employees and two retirees as 2003 Volunteers of the Year.

Dominion's award-winning volunteer program celebrates its 20th year in the company's Virginia and North Carolina service areas. Today, given Dominion's growth, the volunteers come from six states and represent Dominion's commitment to the communities in which the volunteers live.

These employees were honored at ceremonies April 26 in Akron, Ohio, and April 29 in Richmond:

• Alan R. Barker, engineer III, Delmont, Pa.
• Rita E. Cain, senior land analyst, Oklahoma City, Okla.
• Edward T. Deale, process assistant IV, Richmond, Va.
• Mary R. Fine, process assistant IV, Pittsburgh, Pa.
• Chip Gilliland, operations specialist, Fairfax, Va.
• Mary L. Greene, coordinator-Forms & Procedures, Richmond, Va.
• Normita I. Herwig, process assistant IV, Mineral, Va.
• Jamie Laine, engineer III, Clover, Va.
• Jesse R. Locklar Jr, station director, Morgantown, W.Va.
• Chuck Mihalko, senior training specialist, Waterford, Conn.
• Margaret E. Moore, retired rates analyst, Clarksburg, W.Va.
• Terry L. Moore, retired manager, Clarksburg, W.Va.
• Glenn Nevels, supervisor, Akron, Ohio
• Bill Ritter, account executive, Youngstown, Ohio
• Bruce W. Wilson, control room operator, Chesterfield, Va.

The aftermath of Hurricane Isabel last fall tested the fortitude of Dominion volunteers in Virginia and North Carolina as they collected 2 ½ tons of canned food for local food banks. They also delivered more than 300 meals for various Meals on Wheels programs. For the company's annual "Putting Our Energy to Work for the Environment" event, volunteers seeded and planted trees at a national park in Cleveland, built gardens at the Pittsburgh Zoo and refurbished a spillway at a nature center in Houston.

Dominion is one of the nation's largest producers of energy with an energy portfolio of more than 24,000 megawatts of generation. Dominion also serves 5.3 million retail energy customers in nine states. For more information about Dominion, visit the company's Web site at www.dom.com.

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