RD363 - Energy Conservation Efforts of Virginia’s Investor-Owned Public Utilities in 2009


Executive Summary:
As outlined in § 67-202.1 of the Code of Virginia, each investor-owned public utility (IOU) that provides electric service in the Commonwealth is required to prepare an annual report delineating its efforts to conserve energy, including but not limited to its implementation of customer demand-side management (DSM) programs and efforts by the utility to improve energy efficiency and conservation within its internal operations, pursuant to § 56-235.1 of the Code. The annual reports are to be submitted by November 1 of each year to the Division of Energy of the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME). The Division is charged with compiling the utilities’ reports and submitting the compilation to the Governor and the General Assembly.

For the year 2009, reports were received from Dominion Virginia Power, Appalachian Power Company (APCo), the Potomac Edison Company (PEC) d/b/a Allegheny Power, and Kentucky Utilities Company d/b/a Old Dominion Power Company. The following is a summary of their energy conservation efforts during the past year. A copy of each utility’s full report is appended to this summary.