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21 December 2007 -- A unit of Dominion has agreed to spend $500 million to construct two natural draft cooling towers for all four electricity generating units at its Brayton Point Power Station. The towers will allow the plant to comply with the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit.

The investment by Dominion New England, combined with previously announced air emissions equipment being installed at the station, will bring the company's investments in environmental improvements at Brayton Point to approximately $1.1 billion since the station was acquired in 2005.

Dominion agreed to install a closed-loop system that will reduce the amount of cooling water Brayton Point requires by more than 90 percent. Dominion also dropped its appeal of the EPA permit filed in federal court. Brayton Point now uses about 1 billion gallons of water each day from Mt. Hope Bay.

Brayton Point is New England's largest fossil-fueled power station, with two coal-fired units and one oil-fired unit generating a total net summer capability of 1,568 MW. It is located about 30 miles south of Boston and 13 miles east of Providence, R.I. and is capable of burning coal, natural gas and oil. Brayton Point supplies 16 percent of the electricity used in Massachusetts and 8 percent of New England's needs.

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