Dominion East Ohio Launches New Authorized Payment Network.Business Editors CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 21, 2002 Dominion dominion, power to rule, or that which is subject to rule. Before 1949 the term was used officially to describe the self-governing countries of the Commonwealth of Nations—e.g., Canada, Australia, or India. East Ohio has converted its network of authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: payment agents to a new system, which will facilitate faster posting of customers' in-person payments. Many of the same merchants continue to participate within the new system, operated by American Payment Systems (APS). Customers may pay their Dominion East Ohio bills in person at the 110 APS locations, spread throughout the company's service territory, with an additional 25 to 35 agents scheduled to come on line within the next two weeks. All these locations are linked electronically to Dominion East Ohio. Customers' payments will post to their accounts within one to two business days. Customers may make their payments, at a nominal fee per transaction, at all authorized payment agent locations. Fees may vary by individual location. The APS locations generally have decals on their doors designating them as "Dominion Authorized Payment Agents." The company noted that it generally takes seven to 10 working days to post payments made at banks and other unauthorized payment locations, many of whom transmit To send data over a communications line. See transfer. payments to Dominion East Ohio by mail, rather than by electronic computer link. Customers, who face an imminent shutoff shut·off n. 1. A device that shuts something off. 2. A stoppage; a cessation. , can prevent that shutoff by making the required minimum payment at an authorized payment agent, and, then, reporting their payment receipt number to Dominion East Ohio's Call Center, toll-free, at 1-800-362-7557. This procedure only applies to those payments made at an authorized payment agent. For a listing of the new Dominion East Ohio APS Authorized Payment Agents, see Dominion's Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the site at www.dom.com, or call 1-800-362-7557. Visiting authorized payment agents is just one of many available customer payment options, including telephone, automatic bank drafts, credit cards, and mail, which remains the most popular form of payment. Dominion is one of the nation's largest producers of energy, with a production capability of more than 3 trillion One thousand times one billion, which is 1, followed by 12 zeros, or 10 to the 12th power. See space/time. (mathematics) trillion - In Britain, France, and Germany, 10^18 or a million cubed. In the USA and Canada, 10^12. British thermal units British thermal unit, abbr. Btu, unit for measuring heat quantity in the customary system of English units of measurement, equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water at its maximum density [which occurs at a temperature of 39. of energy per day. Dominion has a diversified diversified (di·verˑ·s and integrated energy portfolio consisting of 22,000-megawatts of generation, 4.6 trillion cubic feet equivalent of natural gas reserves, 7,600 miles of natural gas transmission pipeline and 3.8 million franchise natural gas and electric customers in five states. Dominion also operates the nation's largest underground natural gas storage system with more than 950 billion cubic feet of storage capacity. For more information about Dominion, visit the company's web site at www.dom.com |
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