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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000715957-98-000055.txt : 19980810
<SEC-HEADER>0000715957-98-000055.hdr.sgml : 19980810
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000715957-98-000055
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	U-57/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		19980807
SROS:			NYSE

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DOMINION RESOURCES INC /VA/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000715957
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911]
		IRS NUMBER:				541229715
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			VA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		U-57/A
		SEC ACT:		
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	073-00101
		FILM NUMBER:		98679195

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		901 E BYRD ST, WEST TOWER
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 26532
		CITY:			RICHMOND
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			23219
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8047755700

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 26532
		STREET 2:		901 EAST BYRD STREET
		CITY:			RICHMOND
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			23261
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<TYPE>U-57/A
<SEQUENCE>1
<TEXT>

               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                
                        WASHINGTON, D.C.
                                
                                
                           FORM U-57/A
         NOTIFICATION OF FOREIGN UTILITY COMPANY STATUS
                                
                                
                Filed under Section 33(a) of the
                                
     Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended
                        (the "1935 Act")
                                
                                
                  EAST MIDLANDS ELECTRICITY plc
                (Name of Foreign Utility Company)


     Pursuant to instruction number four to Form U-57,
Notification of Foreign Utility Company Status, Dominion
Resources, Inc., on behalf of East Midlands Electricity plc, a
United Kingdom company that owns and operates electric utility
facilities in the United Kingdom, hereby notifies the Securities
and Exchange Commission that East Midlands Electricity plc no
longer requires Foreign Utility Company status with respect to
ownership by Dominion Resources, Inc. and its subsidiaries.
Dominion Resources, Inc, DEI U.K., Inc., DR Nottingham
Investments and Dominion U.K. Holding, Inc. sold their direct and
indirect interest in East Midlands Electricity plc on July 27,
1998 to an unaffiliated party.


                            Signature

     The undersigned company has duly caused this statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly
authorized.


                                     By: /s/ EDGAR M. ROACH, JR.
                                             Edgar M. Roach, Jr.
                                             Executive Vice
                                             President and Chief
                                             Financial Officer


Dated:  August 7, 1998

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