RICHMOND — The State Corporation Commission (SCC) has set the schedule for public participation in each of the five cases involving rate changes proposed by Dominion Virginia Power. Each case involves a rate adjustment that has its own impact on the total monthly electric bill. The net result of these requests would be a 6.8 percent increase for a residential customer who uses 1,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity a month. The adjustments would be phased in over the next 14 months.

Persons wishing to comment should carefully review each proposal and address each through written comments, electronically-filed comments, or by testifying at the hearing scheduled for that particular rate adjustment. It is important to reference the case number to ensure that comments are directed to the proper case record.

The first request to be considered by the SCC in case PUE-2009-00018 is a new surcharge to recover $78 million in costs resulting from federally-approved wholesale rates charged to the company by the regional transmission coordinator PJM Interconnection. As proposed, the surcharge will add $1.26 to the monthly bill of a typical residential customer. Comments are due by June 9. The SCC hearing is scheduled for June 16 at 10 a.m.

In case number PUE-2009-00016, the SCC will review a reduction in the company’s fuel rate of $236 million. The fuel rate is the portion of the customer’s bill that pays for the fuel used to generate electricity. As proposed, the reduction will lower the monthly bill of a typical residential customer by $3.64. Comments are due by July 9. The SCC hearing is scheduled for July 16 at 10 a.m.

Another new surcharge is proposed in case PUE-2009-00017 to recover $77 million in costs associated with the construction of a natural-gas fired power plant in Buckingham County known as the Bear Garden Generating Station. As proposed, the surcharge will add $1.40 to the monthly bill of a typical residential customer. Comments are due by August 4. The SCC hearing is August 11 at 10 a.m.

The next case is PUE-2009-00011 which increases the current surcharge that recovers costs associated with the ongoing construction of a coal-fired power plant in Wise County, Virginia. As proposed, the $99 million increase will raise the monthly bill of a typical residential customer by $1.78. Comments are due by August 11. The SCC hearing is scheduled for August 18 at 10 a.m.

In case PUE-2009-00019, the SCC will consider a $289 million increase in the base rate that recovers costs associated with the provision of generation and distribution services. It is the company’s first base rate review in more than a decade.

As proposed in an amended filing, the company seeks an increase that will raise the monthly bill of a typical residential customer by $6.10 per month. Comments are due by January 13, 2010. The SCC hearing is scheduled for January 20, 2010, at 10 a.m.

In its scheduling order, the SCC suspended Dominion’s proposed base rate increase. Dominion may put its proposed increase into effect on September 1, 2009, on an interim basis, subject to refund, should the SCC ultimately approve a lower rate.

Persons wishing to comment at any of these hearings should arrive early and notify the SCC bailiff. Hearings are held in the SCC’s courtroom on the second floor of the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street in downtown Richmond.

The SCC will webcast the audio portion of each hearing via the Internet. Instructions for listening to the proceeding can be found on the SCC website athttp://www.scc.virginia.gov/case.

Written comments on any of these requests may be sent to the Clerk of the State Corporation Commission, Document Control Center, P.O. Box 2118, Richmond, Virginia 23218-2118. Please refer to the proper case number.

Persons desiring to submit comments electronically may do so at the SCC’s website at http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. Click on the PUBLIC COMMENTS/NOTICES link, find the correct case number, and hit the SUBMIT COMMENTS button for that specific case.

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Case PUE-2009-00011 Adjustment to Rider “S” for Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center

Case PUE-2009-00016 Revision to fuel factor

Case PUE-2009-00017 Establish Rider “R” for Bear Garden Generating Station

Case PUE-2009-00018 Establish Rider “T” for regional transmission costs

Case PUE-2009-00019 Revision to base rates (per amended filing on April 6, 2009)