Lima-area larger consumers may experience natural gas service interruption because of extreme weatherDominion East Ohio is advising large industrial and commercial customers in its West Ohio territory that they may experience an interruption in their natural gas service because of potentially record-setting low temperatures forecasted for Monday and Tuesday. Dominion's curtailment plan on file with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio calls for Dominion to contact those customers in the event of potential supply curtailment. At this time the company does not anticipate any service impacts its 65,000 Lima-area residential customers.
“We are curtailing service to some larger customers to ensure that our residential and critical service customers receive their natural gas supply. The company wanted to give ample notice to our larger natural gas users so that they can implement their business continuity plans accordingly,” said Scott Miller, vice president and general manager, Dominion East Ohio. “We have also notified Lima city officials so that they are aware of the possibility of these planned service interruptions. As always, we want all of our customers to be safe and careful during this extremely cold weather.”
With extremely cold temperatures, Dominion urges all of it customers to take prudent conservation measures, which could include reducing thermostat or water heating temperature settings. Dominion always recommends that if customers smell gas that they leave the area and call Dominion at 1-800-877-4715. If Lima-area residential customers experience any service interruptions they should notify Dominion as soon as possible at 1-800- 877-4715.
Dominion East Ohio is a unit of Dominion, one of the nation's largest producers and transporters of energy, with a portfolio of approximately 23,500 megawatts of generation, 11,000 miles of natural gas transmission, gathering and storage pipeline and 6,400 miles of electric transmission lines. Dominion operates one of the nation's largest natural gas storage systems, with 947 billion cubic feet of storage capacity, and serves retail energy customers in 15 states. For more information about Dominion, visit the company's website at
www.dom.com.
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