Project to be largest wind farm in construction in the Midwest U.S. FOWLER, Ind., May 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BP Alternative Energy and Dominion today welcomed Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels at a project recognition and wind turbine blade signing ceremony to commemorate the construction of the Fowler Ridge Wind Farm in Benton County, Indiana. When in full operation, the wind farm will be one of the largest wind-power facilities in the world and will generate enough carbon-free electricity to power more than 200,000 average American homes. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20000724/NYM120LOGO ) Governor Daniels, who was joined by other state and local elected officials, landowners and community leaders said, "Indiana is becoming a leader in clean energy production, including wind, clean coal technology, biofuels and other alternatives. America needs more homegrown energy from every source, and the greener the better." Located about 90 miles northwest of Indianapolis, the project will be built in multiple phases. The first phase will utilize 222 wind turbines -- 182 Vestas V-82 1.65 MW turbines and 40 Clipper C-96 2.5 MW turbines -- producing 400 MW of clean energy and is expected to be operational by the end of 2008. Dominion and BP are partners for 650 MW of the 750 MW site, with BP retaining sole ownership of 100 MW. Phase two is expected to generate an additional 350 MW, bringing the total project output to 750 MW. Construction of a second phase could begin as early as 2009. "The Fowler Ridge Wind Farm is just one example of BP's continuing effort to expand and diversify U.S. energy supply," said Bob Malone, chairman and president of BP America. "This year we will invest more than $6 billion in U.S. energy projects with about 10 percent going to wind and solar power and biofuels research. By year end, we'll have a thousand megawatts of wind power on line with plans to double that in two years." Thomas F. Farrell II, Dominion's chairman, president and chief executive officer, said, "The Fowler Ridge project is a vital part of Dominion's growing portfolio of wind and other renewable generation. It also is an important part of our growing presence in the Midwest, where we have more than 3,500 megawatts of generation capacity in operation or under development." The Fowler Ridge Wind Farm will provide substantial benefits to the community, including new sources of revenue to local landowners, providers of goods and services, and taxing bodies. In addition, the project will create new jobs. Phase one of the Fowler Ridge Wind Farm is expected to employ approximately 350 workers during peak construction and a full-time staff of more than 12 workers who will monitor and maintain the site after phase one has become fully operational. Power from phase one of the development is under three long-term contracts, two each for 100 MW with Indiana Michigan Power and Appalachian Power, both subsidiaries of American Electric Power (AEP), and one contract with Dominion Energy Marketing for 200 MW. By the end of 2008, BP Alternative Energy North America Inc. expects to generate over 1,000 MW of zero-carbon electricity. Note to Editors: * Electronic photos of the Vestas and Clipper turbines available upon request. * Other BP wind projects in the U.S. In operation: Cedar Creek: In January 2008, Babcock & Brown and BP announced full commercial operation of the Cedar Creek wind farm in Weld County, Colorado. The 300.5 MW wind-power facility utilizes 274 wind turbines and was delivered on time, on budget and without a single lost time incident during its construction. Power from the project will be sold under a long-term contract to the Public Service Company of Colorado, a subsidiary of Xcel Energy Inc. Under construction: Silver Star I wind farm is located 80 miles southwest of the Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area. The 60 MW project is owned 85% by BP Alternative Energy and 15% by Clipper Windpower. Silver Star I will utilize 24 Clipper 2.5 MW wind turbine generators and is expected to be commercially operational in the second half of 2008. Sherbino I wind farm is located 40 miles east of Fort Stockton in Pecos County, Texas and is a joint venture between BP and NRG Energy. Phase one of the wind farm will be a 150 MW project and will utilize 50 Vestas V-90 3 MW turbines. Commercial operation of phase one is expected to come on line in the second half of 2008. Edom Hills wind project in California is the re-powering of an existing 11 MW wind energy facility in the San Gorgonio Pass which will see 139 windmatics replaced with 8 Clipper Liberty 2.5 MW turbines increasing the power to 20 MW. There is an existing power purchase agreement with Southern California Edison. Flat Ridge I wind farm in Barber County, Kansas. The 100 MW wind project is being developed by BP Alternative Energy and Westar Energy and is expected to be commercially operational in the fourth quarter of 2008. About BP America / BP Alternative Energy BP America is the largest producer of oil and gas in the United States and one of the nation's largest energy investors. BP Alternative Energy, launched in November 2005, combines all of BP's interests in low and zero-carbon energy including wind, solar, hydrogen power with carbon capture and storage and natural gas-fired power generation, biofuels for low carbon transport and distributed energy for low carbon offers to under-served energy consumers. BP Alternative Energy is one of the leading wind developers in the US and has portfolios in Europe, Asia & Latin America. BP's US wind portfolio includes the opportunity to develop almost 100 projects with a potential total generating capacity of 15,000 MW. http://www.bpalternativenergy.com/ About Dominion Dominion is one of the nation's largest producers and transporters of energy, with a portfolio of approximately 26,500 megawatts of generation, 1.1 trillion cubic feet equivalent of proved natural gas and oil reserves and 14,000 miles of natural gas transmission, gathering and storage pipeline. Dominion also owns the nation's largest underground natural gas storage system and operates more than 975 billion cubic feet of storage capacity, and serves retail energy customers in 11 states. Its renewable portfolio includes nearly 1,300 megawatts under development or in operation. This includes more than 750 megawatts of wind energy: 325 megawatts from Fowler Ridge, 132 megawatts from a joint development with Shell WindEnergy in Grant County, W.Va., and 300 megawatts from Dominion's Prairie Fork Wind Farm in Central Illinois. For more information about Dominion, visit the company's Web site at http://www.dom.com/. DATASOURCE: BP CONTACT: BP Press Office: +1-202-457-6603; or Dominion Press Office: Ryan Frazier, +1-804-819-2521, or Mark Lazenby, +1-804-819-2042 Web site: http://www.bp.com/ http://www.bpalternativenergy.com/ http://www.dom.com/

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