Dominion Conn. Millstone 2 reactor cut to 58 pct

NEW YORK, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Dominion Resources Inc's (D.N) 882-megawatt Unit 2 at the Millstone nuclear power station in Connecticut dipped to 58 percent power by early Monday, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said in a report.

On Friday, the unit was operating at full power.

The 2,037 MW Millstone station is located in Waterford, in New London County, about 50 miles southeast of Hartford. There are two reactors at the station, Unit 2 and the 1,155 MW Unit 3, which entered service in 1975 and 1986, respectively.

Unit 3 continued to operate at full power.

One MW powers about 1,000 homes in Connecticut.

Dominion, which wholly owns Unit 2, operates the Millstone station for its owners.

Dominion (93.47 percent), Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric (4.8 percent) and Central Vermont Public Service Corp. (CV.N) (1.73 percent) own Unit 3.

Dominion, of Richmond, Virginia, owns and operates about 28,000 MW of generating capacity, markets energy commodities, and transmits and distributes electricity and natural gas to customers in 11 states. (Reporting by Scott DiSavino; Editing by Walter Bagley)