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Duke Energy Corporate Headquarters in a Charlotte, N.C. Duke Energy Corp. announced Monday, Jan. 10, 2011, that it is buying Progress Energy Inc. for more than $13 billion in stock in a deal that would create one of the nation's largest utilities.(AP Photo/Nell Redmond, File)

Dominion, Duke propose $5B natural gas pipeline

By JONATHAN FAHEY - Associated Press

Dominion to promote tree plantings at Va. schools

Associated Press

An electrical engineer from Pepco electric company attempts to repair and replace downed power lines, in Bethesda, Md., Monday, July 2, 2012. The storm left hundreds of thousands of people without power and caused wide spread property damage. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

Progress being made in power restoration

By Elizabeth Sallie - The Washington Times

A utility worker clears a downed tree in Springfield, Va., Sunday, July 1, 2012. A severe storm late Friday knocked out power to approximately one million residents, traffic signals and businesses in the region. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Fourth day of storm recovery brings more power customers online

By Shannon Odell - The Washington Times

Utility workers secure power lines on a pole as their team repairs lines downed by fallen trees in Springfield. (Associated Press)

Ongoing outages, dark traffic lights complicate D.C.-area commute

By Meredith Somers and Shannon Odell - The Washington Times

Trees and power lines litter roadways on Sunday in Falls Church, Va. Thousand of homes are still without power. (Raymond Thompson/The Washington Times)

Washington-area outages ‘almost unprecedented’

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

Utility workers secure power lines as their team repairs electrical wires downed by fallen trees in Springfield, Va. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Power may be out for a week for some customers

By Matthew Cella and Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

Unions add clout to Va. offshore wind drive

Associated Press

Mary Brogi walks away from her damaged home in Port Republic, Md., after a tree crashed through the roof during Hurricane Irene. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Volume of storm damage astounds governors

By David Sherfinski and David Hill - The Washington Times

Workers with C.W. Wright Construction Company, a subcontractor for Pepco, work to secure a newly installed power line on Woodland Avenue in Takoma Park on Monday, while tree specialists with Arbor Care Inc. remove pieces of a large tree that knocked down the lines on this residential street. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

Washington area continues recovery from quake-storm combo

By David Sherfinski, Tom Howell Jr. and David Hill - The Washington Times

Va. bids to restore power, clear roads after Irene

By Michael Felberbaum - Associated Press

McDonnell: Nearly all power to be restored by Friday

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

McDonnell: ‘The next 12 hours are going to be very, very bad for Virginians’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Powerful partnership: Dominion Power and Ford team up

By Staff - The Washington Times

Virginia utility aims to build plant

Guard helps firefighters gain control of blazes