Exhibit A

                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                              Washington, D.C.
                                 FORM U-6B-2

                         Certificate of Notification

                                  Filed By

                     Virginia Electric and Power Company

	This certificate is notice that the above named company ("Virginia
Power") has issued, renewed or guaranteed the security or securities
described herein which issue, renewal or guaranty was exempted from the
provisions of Section 6(a) of the Act and was neither the subject of a
declaration or application on Form U-1 nor included within the exemption
provided by Rule U-48.

1. Type of the security or securities:

   Promissory Note ("Note") supporting Solid Waste and Sewage
   Disposal Revenue Bonds ("Bonds").

2. Issue, renewal or guaranty:

   Issue.

3. Principal amount of each security:

   $30,000,000

4. Rate of interest per annum of each security:

   The Note annual interest rate mirrors that of the Bonds.  The
   initial annual interest rate is 4.90% until March 31, 2002.
   Thereafter, the Note (and Bonds) can bear interest at a long-
   term rate for another long-term period, a short-term rate for
   a short-term period (one day, one week, one month, 3 months, 6
   months, 12 months), or at a commercial paper rate (one day to
   270 days), as set at the option of Virginia Power.

5. Date of issue, renewal or guaranty of security:

   September 19, 2000.

6. If renewal of security, give date of original issue:

   Not applicable.




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 7. Date of maturity of each security:

    September 1, 2030

 8. Name of the person to whom each security was issued, renewed
    or guaranteed:

    Industrial Development Authority of The Town of Lousia,
    Virginia, which was the issuer of the Bonds.  Goldman, Sachs &
    Co. was the underwriter of the Bonds, which were sold to the
    public.

 9. Collateral given with each security, if any:

    None.

10. Consideration received for each security:

    $29,850,000.

11. Application of proceeds of each security:

    To reimburse Virginia Power for qualifying expenditures made
    during the construction of its North Anna Nuclear Power Plant.

12. The issue, renewal or guaranty of each security was exempt from
    the provisions of Section 6(a) because of the provisions
    contained in any rule of the Commission other than Rule U-48.

13. If the security or securities were exempt from the provisions
    of Section 6(a) by virtue of the first sentence of Section
    6(b), give the figures which indicate that the security or
    securities aggregate (together with all other then outstanding
    notes and drafts of a maturity of nine months or less,
    exclusive of days of grace, as to which such company is
    primarily or secondarily liable) not more than 5 per centum of
    the principal amount and par value of the other securities of
    such company then outstanding. (Demand notes, regardless of
    how long they may have been outstanding, shall be considered
    as maturing in not more than nine months for purposes of the
    exemption from Section 6(a) of the Act granted by the first
    sentence of Section 6(b)):

    Not applicable.





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14. If the security or securities are exempt from the provisions of
    Section 6(a) because of the fourth sentence of Section 6(b),
    name the security outstanding on January 1, 1935, pursuant to
    the terms of which the security or securities herein described
    have been issued.

    Not applicable.

15. If the security or securities are exempt from the provisions of
    Section 6(a) because of any rule of the Commission other than
    Rule U-48 designate the rule under which exemption is claimed.

    Rule 52.



					Virginia Electric and Power Company

                              By:  N. F. Chandler
					     Its Attorney


Date:	November 29, 2000










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