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RICHMOND, Va., June 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --
Dominion Virginia Power is preparing for hurricane season and urging its customers to get ready, too.
With meteorologists predicting an active hurricane season, the company is working with state and local authorities and double-checking its inventory of repair materials to make sure it can respond quickly to the extensive damage major storms can cause. Dominion monitors the development and track of hurricanes as far out as possible to make sure it is ready if the storms target the Virginia-North Carolina area.
"We will be ready if it happens," said Rodney Blevins, vice president-Distribution Operations. "We know that when a storm hits, customers count on us to get the power back on safely and as fast as humanly possible – and that's our goal."
To help keep the lights on, Dominion Virginia Power plans to spend more than $1.7 billion over about a two-year period to strengthen its electric grid, support growing demand for electricity and improve service reliability for its 2.4 million customers.
Here are some important steps for customers to remember:
Dominion uses the latest in communications technology to keep its customers informed about storm threats, damage to the electric system and restoration efforts. Warnings will be posted on the main page of the company's website, www.dom.com, when a major storm is imminent. You can also receive warnings, safety tips, and power restoration reports on your mobile device by signing up at http://www.twitter.com/DomVAPower.
Customers can keep up with the weather, real-time electric outage maps and restoration information, safety tips and much more at Dominion's online storm center at http://www.dom.com/storm-center/index.jsp . The site also offers a video on what the company does to prepare for storm season, as well as how it works to restore power once the storm passes.
General hurricane preparedness information is available at the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Ready America website: http://www.fema.gov/areyouready/hurricanes.shtm.
Dominion asks its customers to pay attention to weather reports including those provided by the National Hurricane Center at http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/.
If severe weather is expected, take these common-sense steps to prepare:
Dominion is one of the nation's largest producers and transporters of energy, with a portfolio of approximately 28,200 megawatts of generation. Dominion operates the nation's largest natural gas storage system and serves retail energy customers in 15 states. For more information about Dominion, visit the company's Web site at www.dom.com.
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