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0000715957-07-000058.txt : 20070921 0000715957-07-000058.hdr.sgml : 20070921 20070921160709 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000715957-07-000058 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20070919 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20070921 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070921 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: 0620 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-08489 FILM NUMBER: 071129496 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 120 TREDEGAR STREET CITY: RICHMOND STATE: VA ZIP: 23219 BUSINESS PHONE: 8048192000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P. O. BOX 26532 CITY: RICHMOND STATE: VA ZIP: 23261 8-K 1 dresdensale09192007.htm DRESDEN SALE dresdensale09192007.htm

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) September 19, 2007

DOMINION RESOURCES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

VIRGINIA

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

001-08489

(Commission

File Number)

54-1229715

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

120 TREDEGAR STREET

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

23219

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code (804) 819-2000

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On September 19, 2007, Dominion Resources, Inc. announced that it had sold its Dresden Energy electric generation facility (“Dresden”) to AEP Generating Company, a subsidiary of American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP), for approximately $85 million. Dresden is a partially completed 580-megawatt combined-cycle, gas-powered generating unit in Muskingum County, Ohio. A copy of the press release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit
99	Dominion Resources, Inc. press release dated September 19, 2007

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

DOMINION RESOURCES, INC.

Registrant

/s/ Patricia A. Wilkerson

Patricia A. Wilkerson

Vice President and Corporate Secretary

Date: September 21, 2007

EX-99 2 dresdensalepr.htm PRESS RELEASE dresdensalepr.htm

Exhibit 99

[Logo]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

September 19, 2007

Company:

Dominion

Contacts:
Media:	Ryan Frazier, 804-819-2521, C.Ryan.Frazier@dom.com Mark Lazenby, 804-819-2042, Mark.Lazenby@dom.com
Analysts:	Greg Snyder, 804-819-2383, James.Gregory.Snyder@dom.com

DOMINION COMPLETES SALE OF PARTIALLY

COMPLETED OHIO GENERATING UNIT

RICHMOND, Va. – Dominion (NYSE: D) announced today that it has sold its Dresden Energy electric generation facility to AEP Generating Company, a subsidiary of American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP), for approximately $85 million.

Dresden is a partially completed 580-megawatt combined-cycle, gas-powered generating unit in Muskingum County, Ohio.

Dominion is one of the nation's largest producers of energy, with a portfolio of more than 26,500 megawatts of generation and 7,800 miles of natural gas transmission pipeline. Dominion also owns and operates the nation's largest underground natural gas storage system with about 960 billion cubic feet of storage capacity and serves retail energy customers in 11 states. For more information about Dominion, visit the company's Web site at http://www.dom.com.

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