VA. ELEC. & POWER v. WESTMORELAND-LG & E

Record No. 990489.

526 S.E.2d 750 (2000)

259 Va. 319

VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY v. WESTMORELAND-LG & E PARTNERS.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 3, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Shebelskie (Cassandra C. Collins; Andrew R. Park, Richmond, George W. Margett, III, on briefs), for appellant.

Samuel W. Hixon, III (Stephen E. Baril; William R. Mauck, Jr.; Lynn K. Brugh, IV, Richmond; Larry F. Eisenstat; James vanR. Springer; Michael R. Engleman, Washington, DC; Williams, Mullen, Clark & Dobbins, Richmond; Dickstein, Shapiro, Morin & Oshinsky, Washington, DC, on brief), for appellee.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., COMPTON, LACY, HASSELL, KEENAN, KOONTZ, and KINSER, JJ.


LACY, Justice.

The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the trial court correctly limited parol evidence to the intent of the parties when executing a 1989 contract.

In 1988, Virginia Electric and Power Company (Virginia Power) issued a request for proposals seeking independent power producers who would supply electric power to Virginia Power. One responding company was Beckley Cogeneration Company (Beckley), a Delaware limited partnership. On January...

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