NORWALK, Conn., Jan. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Levco Energy, a major heating oil distributor and electricity marketer in Connecticut, is offering residential customers lower prices for electricity on their monthly bills. The new Dominion Retail prices are the lowest fixed prices offered for calendar year 2010 to Connecticut residential public utility consumers.

CL&P and UI introduced new rates effective January 1, 2010 for both residential and commercial consumers. Dominion Retail pricing provides electric generation rates ranging from 6.8 percent to 12.14 percent lower than CL&P and UI Standard Service rates for residential and commercial customers for 2010.

Dominion Retail's rate for CL&P residential or commercial customers is 10.3 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh) until December 31, 2010.

Dominion Retail's rate for UI residential or commercial customers is 10.5 cents per kWh until December 31, 2010.

Customers can sign up for the lower prices by calling 1-800-400-5574 or going to the Levco website at levcoenergy.com.

Levco is the electricity broker for Dominion Retail, which has 1.9 million energy customers. Dominion was the first residential supplier in the state of Connecticut, beginning service in 2002.

Levco, headquartered in Norwalk, has been a leader in the energy industry in Connecticut for more than 20 years. Dominion, the largest generator of electricity in New England, is one of the nation's largest producers and transporters of energy, with a portfolio of more than 27,500 megawatts of generation. Dominion operates the nation's largest natural gas storage systems and serves retail energy customers in 12 states. For more information about Dominion, visit the company's Web site at www.dom.com.

SOURCE: Dominion

Web site: http://www.dom.com/