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):

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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