The Virginian-Pilot
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DATE: Tuesday, November 15, 1994             TAG: 9411150300
SECTION: BUSINESS                 PAGE: D1   EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: DIGEST
                                             LENGTH: Short :   18 lines

VIRGINIA POWER TO BUY PLANT TO WEST VIRGINIA

Virginia Power said Monday that it has agreed to purchase an 80-megawatt power station in Grant County, W.Va., from N.B. Partners Ltd. for $27 million. The facility's owner has had financial troubles since opening the plant, which burns waste coal, in May 1992. Virginia Power is a unit of Richmond-based Dominion Resources Inc. (Staff) by CNB