Millstone Power Station

Dominion Millstone Power Station generates more than 2,000 megawatts from its two operational units, which is enough electricity to power nearly 500,000 homes. The company s unit one began commercial operations in December 1970 and ceased operating in July 1998 and has been decommissioned. Unit two began commercial operation in December 1975, followed by unit three in April 1986. Dominion acquired the station in March 2001. Millstone is located in Waterford, Conn. The station was named after the site s historic granite quarry that produced millstones and structural building granite. The company is a branch division of Dominion, one of the United States largest producers of energy. The company s asset portfolio consists of nearly 28,100 megawatts of power generation and nearly 6,000 miles of electric transmission. In addition, it has nearly 6.3 trillion cubic feet equivalent of proven natural gas reserves, 7,800 miles of natural gas pipeline and one of the nation's largest natural gas storage systems, with nearly 950 billion cubic feet of storage capacity.