This page states the Terms and Conditions
under which you, the Web Site visitor ("You") may use this Web
Site, which is owned by Dominion Resources, Inc. ("Dominion").
Please read this page carefully. By using this Web Site, You
agree to be bound by all of the Terms and Conditions set forth
below. If You do not accept these Terms and Conditions, please
do not use this Web Site. Dominion may, in its sole
discretion, revise these Terms and Conditions at any time;
therefore, You should visit this page periodically to review
the Terms and Conditions.
"Safe Harbor" Statement Regarding
Forward-looking Information or Statements This Web site
and documents within it contain forward-looking statements
that involve risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those in the
forward-looking statements are detailed from time to time in
reports filed by Dominion with the SEC, including Forms 8K,
10Q and 10K, and may include the following:
Factors affecting operations, such as:
unusual weather conditions, catastrophic weather-related
damage, environmental incidents and unusual maintenance and
repairs;
State and Federal legislative and
regulatory developments;
The effects of present and prospective
competition;
Dominion's pursuit of potential business
strategies, including acquisitions or dispositions of assets
or the development of additional power generation
facilities;
Financial or regulatory accounting
principles and policies imposed by governing bodies;
The effects of geopolitical events,
including the threat of domestic terrorism;
Changing market conditions and other
factors related to physical and financial energy trading
activities, including price, basis, counterparty credit
risk, liquidity, volatility, capacity, transmission,
currency exchange rates, interest rates and warranty risks;
and
Financial market conditions, including
availability and cost of capital, and Dominion's ability to
obtain financing on favorable terms.
Dominion has based its forward-looking
statements on management's beliefs and assumptions using
information available at the time the statements were made.
Dominion cautions the reader not to place undue reliance on
its forward-looking statements because the assumptions,
beliefs, expectations and projections about future events may
and often do materially differ from actual results. Dominion
undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking
statement to reflect developments occurring after the
statement is made.
Use of Site
Material The contents of this Web Site, such as text,
graphics, images and other content (the "Site Material") are
protected by copyright under both United States and foreign
laws. Dominion authorizes You to view and download a single
copy of the Site Material for your personal use. Unauthorized
use of the Site Material violates copyright, trademark, and
other laws. You agree to retain all copyright and other
proprietary notices contained in the original Site Material on
any copy You make of such material. You may not sell or modify
our Site Material or reproduce, display, distribute, or
otherwise use the Site Material in any way for any public or
commercial purpose. Use of the Site Material on any other web
site or in a networked environment is prohibited.
Trademarks The names, marks and
logos appearing included in the Site Material are, unless
otherwise noted, trademarks owned by or licensed to Dominion
or an affiliated company. The use of these marks, except as
provided in these Terms and Conditions, is prohibited. From
time to time, Dominion makes fair use in this Web Site of
trademarks owned and used by third parties. Any such marks are
clearly noted, and Dominion makes no claim to ownership of
those marks.
User
Submissions Dominion welcomes Your comments on our Web
Site, products, and services. However, You acknowledge that if
You send us creative suggestions, ideas, notes, drawings,
concepts, inventions or other information (collectively, the
"Information"), the Information shall be deemed, and shall
remain Dominion's property. By submission of any Information
to us, excluding personal information such as your name,
address, or other information that directly identifies You and
is governed by our privacy policy, You assign to us and we
shall exclusively own all now known or hereafter existing
rights to such Information of every kind and nature throughout
the universe and shall be entitled to unrestricted use of the
Information for any purpose whatsoever, commercial or
otherwise, without compensation to the provider of the
information.
As a user of this Web site, You are
responsible for own Your own communications and are
responsible for the consequences of their posting. Therefore,
do not do any of the following things: transmit to us material
that is copyrighted, unless You are the copyright owner or
have the permission of the copyright owner to post it; send
material that reveals trade secrets, unless You own them or
have the permission of the owner; send material that infringes
on any other intellectual property rights of others or on the
privacy or publicity rights of others; send material that is
obscene, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, hateful,
or embarrassing to another user or any other person or entity;
send sexually-explicit images; send advertisements or
solicitations of business; send chain letters or pyramid
schemes; or impersonate another person.
Dominion reserves the right to expel users
and prevent their further access to this Web Site for
violating these terms or the law and reserves the right to
remove any communications from this Site. The violation of any
of the terms and conditions set forth on this Legal Terms and
Conditions page shall result in the immediate revocation of
your license to use the Site Material and obligates You to
immediately destroy any copies of the Site Material in your
possession.
Limitation
of Liability Although Dominion strives for accuracy in
all elements of the Site Material, it may contain inaccuracies
or typographical errors. Additionally, while users of this
Site are bound by these terms and conditions not to submit
false material, Dominion cannot be responsible for the
violation of these terms by users, or for the reliance by
users upon false or misleading material submitted by other
users. Dominion makes no representations about the accuracy,
reliability, completeness, or timeliness of the material on
this Web Site or about the results to be obtained from using
the Web Site. You use the Web Site and its material at your
own risk.
DOMINION
DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE WEB SITE WILL OPERATE ERROR-FREE OR
THAT THE WEB SITE AND ITS SERVER ARE FREE OF COMPUTER VIRUSES
OR OTHER HARMFUL MATERIAL. IF YOUR USE OF THE WEB SITE OR THE
SITE’S MATERIAL RESULTS IN ANY COSTS OR EXPENSES, INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE NEED FOR SERVICING OR REPLACING
EQUIPMENT OR DATA, DOMINION SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE
COSTS OR EXPENSES.
THIS WEB SITE AND ITS MATERIAL ARE
PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY
KIND. DOMINION, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW,
DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING THE WARRANTY OF
MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTIES RIGHTS, AND
THE WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE. ALTHOUGH
DOMINION STRIVES TO PROVIDE THOROUGH AND ACCURATE MATERIALS ON
ITS SITE, WE MAKE NO WARRANTIES ABOUT THE ACCURACY,
RELIABILITY, COMPLETENESS, OR TIMELINESS OF THE MATERIAL,
SERVICES, SOFTWARE, TEXT, GRAPHICS, AND LINKS.
Disclaimer of
Consequential Damages IN NO EVENT SHALL DOMINION, ITS
AFFILIATES, OR ANY THIRD PARTIES MENTIONED ON THE SITE BE
LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES,
LOST PROFITS, OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOST DATA OR BUSINESS
INTERRUPTION) RESULTING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE
MATERIAL ON THIS WEB SITE OR SITES LINKED TO THIS WEB SITE,
WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL
THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT DOMINION IS ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
Links This Web
Site contains links to web sites owned by third parties. These
links are provided solely as a convenience to You and are not
an endorsement by Dominion of the contents on those other
sites. Dominion is not responsible for the content of any
linked sites and makes no representations regarding the
content or accuracy of materials on such sites. If You decide
to visit any third-party sites using links from this Web Site,
You do so at your own risk.
Indemnity By using this Web Site, You agree to defend, indemnify,
and hold harmless Dominion, its officers, directors, employees
and agents, from and against any and all losses, claims,
damages, costs and expenses (including reasonable legal and
accounting fees) that Dominion may become obligated to pay
arising or resulting from your use of the Site Material or
your breach of these Terms and Conditions. Dominion reserves
the right to assume or participate, at your expense, in the
investigation, settlement and defense of any such action or
claim.
Privacy At
Dominion, your privacy is important to us. Dominion does not
collect personally-identifying information about You (such as
Your name, address, telephone number, or e-mail address)
unless You voluntarily submit that information to us through
one of our Contact pages, or by e-mail or other means.
We treat any personally-identifying information You submit
through this Web Site as confidential and do not sell or
otherwise disclose such information to third parties except
under strict contracts involving customer service or the
enhancement of our customer programs.
When You visit our Web Site, we may
automatically collect certain non-identifying information
about you, such as the type of browser or computer operating
system You use or the domain name of the Web Site from which
You linked to us. In addition, we may store some information
on your computer’s hard drive as a "cookie" or similar type of
file. We use this information internally, to help us enhance
the efficiency and usefulness of the Web Site. If You object
to this, please consult your Browser’s documentation for
information on erasing or blocking cookies.
Any information we gather, whether
voluntarily provided by You or automatically collected, may be
used for our internal business and marketing purposes but will
not be sold or otherwise disclosed to third parties for any
purposes, unless You have expressly requested information
about a specific vendor or service identified on our Web Site.
In the latter case, your request will be passed along to the
vendor or service You have identified. Notwithstanding any
other statements or representations here or elsewhere on our
Web Site, we reserve our right to disclose any information in
our possession if we are required to do so by law, or we
believe, in good faith, that such a disclosure is necessary to
comply with the law, defend our rights or property, or to
respond to an emergency situation.
If You are concerned about the information
You have provided to us, or would like to review, update or
delete that information, please contact us. We
will make reasonable efforts to comply with your wishes.
Dominion employs reasonable security
measures to protect the personal information You submit to us,
once it is received.
Miscellaneous This Web Site
originates from Richmond, Virginia. Dominion does not claim
that the Site Materials on this Web Site are appropriate or
may be used outside of the United States. Access to the Site
Materials may not be legal by certain persons or in certain
countries. If You access the Web Site from outside of the
United States, You do so at your own risk and are responsible
for compliance with the laws of your jurisdiction.
These Terms and Conditions are governed by
the substantive laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, without
respect to its conflict of laws principles. You agree to
submit to the jurisdiction of the courts situated in the
Commonwealth of Virginia with respect to any dispute,
disagreement, or cause of action related to or involving this
Web Site. If any provision is found to be invalid by any court
having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such
provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining
provisions of these Terms and Conditions, which shall remain
in full force and effect. No waiver of any of these Terms and
Conditions shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of
such term or any other term. Except as expressly provided
elsewhere in our Web Site, these Terms and Conditions
constitute the entire agreement between You and Dominion with
respect to your use of this Web Site.
