Form 10-Q
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 10-Q

 

 

(Mark one)

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2011

or

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from              to             

 

 

 

Commission File

Number

  

Exact name of registrants as specified in their charters, address of

principal executive offices and registrants’ telephone number

  

I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number

001-08489

   DOMINION RESOURCES, INC.    54-1229715

001-02255

   VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY    54-0418825
  

120 Tredegar Street

Richmond, Virginia 23219

(804) 819-2000

  

State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of the registrants: Virginia

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Dominion Resources, Inc.    Yes  x    No  ¨             Virginia Electric and Power Company    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

Dominion Resources, Inc.    Yes  x    No  ¨             Virginia Electric and Power Company    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Dominion Resources, Inc.

 

Large accelerated filer   x    Accelerated filer   ¨
Non-accelerated filer   ¨  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company   ¨

Virginia Electric and Power Company

 

Large accelerated filer   ¨    Accelerated filer   ¨
Non-accelerated filer   x  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company   ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Dominion Resources, Inc.    Yes  ¨    No  x             Virginia Electric and Power Company    Yes  ¨    No  x

At June 30, 2011, the latest practicable date for determination, Dominion Resources, Inc. had 569,208,521 shares of common stock outstanding and Virginia Electric and Power Company had 274,723 shares of common stock outstanding. Dominion Resources, Inc. is the sole holder of Virginia Electric and Power Company’s common stock.

This combined Form 10-Q represents separate filings by Dominion Resources, Inc. and Virginia Electric and Power Company. Information contained herein relating to an individual registrant is filed by that registrant on its own behalf. Virginia Electric and Power Company makes no representations as to the information relating to Dominion Resources, Inc.’s other operations.

 

 

 


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COMBINED INDEX

 

          Page
Number
 
  

Glossary of Terms

     PAGE 3   
   PART I. Financial Information   

Item 1.

  

Financial Statements

     PAGE 6   

Item 2.

  

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

     PAGE 44   

Item 3.

  

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

     PAGE 60   

Item 4.

  

Controls and Procedures

     PAGE 61   
   PART II. Other Information   

Item 1.

  

Legal Proceedings

     PAGE 61   

Item 1A.

  

Risk Factors

     PAGE 62   

Item 2.

  

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

     PAGE 62   

Item 6.

  

Exhibits

     PAGE 63   

 

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GLOSSARY OF TERMS

The following abbreviations or acronyms used in this Form 10-Q are defined below:

 

Abbreviation or Acronym

  

Definition

2009 Base Rate Review

  

Order entered by the Virginia Commission in January 2009, pursuant to the Regulation Act, initiating reviews of the base rates and terms and conditions of all investor-owned utilities in Virginia

AOCI

  

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

ARO

  

Asset retirement obligation

ARP

  

Acid Rain Program, a market-based initiative for emissions allowance trading, established pursuant to Title IV of the CAA

bcf

  

Billion cubic feet

Bear Garden

  

A 580 MW combined cycle, natural gas-fired power station in Buckingham County, Virginia

BP

  

BP Wind Energy North America Inc.

Brayton Point

  

Brayton Point power station

BREDL

  

Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League

CAA

  

Clean Air Act

CAIR

  

Clean Air Interstate Rule

Carson-to-Suffolk line

  

An approximately 60-mile 500-kilovolt transmission line in southeastern Virginia

CATR

  

Clean Air Transport Rule

CEO

  

Chief Executive Officer

CERCLA

  

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, commonly known as Superfund

CFO

  

Chief Financial Officer

CFTC

  

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Companies

  

Dominion and Virginia Power, collectively

CONSOL

  

CONSOL Energy, Inc.

Cooling degree days

  

Units measuring the extent to which the average daily temperature is greater than 65 degrees Fahrenheit, calculated as the difference between 65 degrees and the average temperature for that day

Cove Point

  

Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP

CSAPR

  

Cross State Air Pollution Rule

CWA

  

Clean Water Act

DEI

  

Dominion Energy, Inc.

Dodd-Frank Act

  

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010

DOE

  

Department of Energy

Dominion

  

The legal entity, Dominion Resources, Inc., one or more of Dominion Resources, Inc.’s consolidated subsidiaries (other than Virginia Power) or operating segments or the entirety of Dominion Resources, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries

Dominion Direct®

  

A dividend reinvestment and open enrollment direct stock purchase plan

DRS

  

Dominion Resources Services, Inc.

DTI

  

Dominion Transmission, Inc.

DVP

  

Dominion Virginia Power operating segment

East Ohio

  

The East Ohio Gas Company, doing business as Dominion East Ohio

E&P

  

Exploration & production

EPA

  

Environmental Protection Agency

EPS

  

Earnings per share

 

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Abbreviation or Acronym

  

Definition

Fairless

  

Fairless power station

FERC

  

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Fowler Ridge

  

A wind-turbine facility joint venture between Dominion and BP Alternative Energy, Inc. in Benton County, Indiana

FTRs

  

Financial transmission rights

GAAP

  

U.S. generally accepted accounting principles

GHG

  

Greenhouse gas

Heating degree days

  

Units measuring the extent to which the average daily temperature is less than 65 degrees Fahrenheit, calculated as the difference between 65 degrees and the average temperature for that day

INPO

  

Institute of Nuclear Power Operations

ISO

  

Independent system operator

Kewaunee

  

Kewaunee nuclear power station

Kincaid

  

Kincaid power station

kWh

  

Kilowatt-hour

LNG

  

Liquefied natural gas

Local 310

  

International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 310

MACT

  

Maximum Achievable Control Technology

Mcf

  

Thousand cubic feet

MD&A

  

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Meadow Brook-to-Loudoun
line

  

An approximately 270-mile 500-kilovolt transmission line that begins in southwestern Pennsylvania, crosses West Virginia, and terminates in northern Virginia

Medicare Act

  

The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003

Medicare Part D

  

Prescription drug benefit introduced in the Medicare Act

MGD

  

Million gallons a day

Millstone

  

Millstone nuclear power station

Moody’s

  

Moody’s Investors Service

MW

  

Megawatt

MWh

  

Megawatt hour

NedPower

  

A wind-turbine facility joint venture between Dominion and Shell WindEnergy Inc. in Grant County, West Virginia

NGLs

  

Natural gas liquids

NHSM

  

Non-hazardous secondary material

North Anna

  

North Anna nuclear power station

NOX

  

Nitrogen oxide

NPDES

  

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

Ohio Commission

  

Public Utilities Commission of Ohio

OPEB

  

Other Postretirement Employee Benefits

Peoples

  

The Peoples Natural Gas Company

PIR

  

Pipeline Infrastructure Replacement program deployed by East Ohio

 

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Abbreviation or Acronym

  

Definition

PJM

  

PJM Interconnection, LLC

PNG Companies LLC

  

An indirect subsidiary of SteelRiver Infrastructure Fund North America

Regulation Act

  

Legislation effective July 1, 2007, that amended the Virginia Electric Utility Restructuring Act and fuel factor statute, which legislation is also known as the Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act

Rider B

  

A rate adjustment clause associated with the recovery of costs related to the proposed conversion of three of Virginia Power’s coal-fired power stations to biomass

Rider R

  

A rate adjustment clause associated with the recovery of costs related to Bear Garden

Rider S

  

A rate adjustment clause associated with the recovery of costs related to the Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center

Rider T

  

A rate adjustment clause associated with the recovery of certain electric transmission-related expenditures

Rider W

  

A rate adjustment clause associated with the recovery of costs related to the proposed Warren County, Virginia power station

ROE

  

Return on equity

RTO

  

Regional transmission organization

Salem Harbor

  

Salem Harbor power station

SEC

  

Securities and Exchange Commission

SELC

  

Southern Environmental Law Center

SO2

  

Sulfur dioxide

Standard & Poor’s

  

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

State Line

  

State Line power station

Surry

  

Surry nuclear power station

U.S.

  

United States of America

VIE

  

Variable interest entity

Virginia City Hybrid Energy
Center

  

A 585 MW baseload carbon-capture compatible, clean coal powered electric generation facility under construction in Wise County, Virginia

Virginia Commission

  

Virginia State Corporation Commission

Virginia Power

  

The legal entity, Virginia Electric and Power Company, one or more of its consolidated subsidiaries or operating segments or the entirety of Virginia Power and its consolidated subsidiaries

Virginia Settlement Approval
Order

  

Order issued by the Virginia Commission in March 2010 concluding Virginia Power’s 2009 Base Rate Review

VPDES

  

Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

VSWCB

  

Virginia State Water Control Board

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

DOMINION RESOURCES, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(Unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
    Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2011      2010     2011      2010  
(millions, except per share amounts)                           

Operating Revenue

   $ 3,341       $ 3,333      $ 7,398       $ 7,501   
                                  

Operating Expenses

          

Electric fuel and other energy-related purchases

     978         956        2,027         1,984   

Purchased electric capacity

     116         109        235         217   

Purchased gas

     365         391        1,007         1,183   

Other operations and maintenance

     777         853        1,638         1,921   

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

     255         262        517         531   

Other taxes

     125         119        286         288   
                                  

Total operating expenses

     2,616         2,690        5,710         6,124   

Gain on sale of Appalachian E&P operations

     —           2,467        —           2,467   
                                  

Income from operations

     725         3,110        1,688         3,844   
                                  

Other income (loss)

     39         (25     96         46   

Interest and related charges

     216         188        443         371   
                                  

Income from continuing operations including noncontrolling interests before income tax expense

     548         2,897        1,341         3,519   

Income tax expense

     208         1,134        518         1,429   
                                  

Income from continuing operations including noncontrolling interests

     340         1,763        823         2,090   

Income (loss) from discontinued operations(1)

     —           2        —           (147
                                  

Net Income Including Noncontrolling Interests

     340         1,765        823         1,943   

Noncontrolling Interests

     4         4        8         8   
                                  

Net Income Attributable to Dominion

   $ 336       $ 1,761      $ 815       $ 1,935   
                                  

Amounts Attributable to Dominion:

          

Income from continuing operations, net of tax

   $ 336       $ 1,759      $ 815       $ 2,082   

Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax

     —           2        —           (147
                                  

Net income attributable to Dominion

   $ 336       $ 1,761      $ 815       $ 1,935   
                                  

Earnings Per Common Share – Basic

          

Income from continuing operations

   $ 0.59       $ 2.98      $ 1.41       $ 3.50   

Loss from discontinued operations

     —           —          —           (0.25
                                  

Net income attributable to Dominion

   $ 0.59       $ 2.98      $ 1.41       $ 3.25   
                                  

Earnings Per Common Share – Diluted

          

Income from continuing operations

   $ 0.58       $ 2.98      $ 1.41       $ 3.50   

Loss from discontinued operations

     —           —          —           (0.25
                                  

Net income attributable to Dominion

   $ 0.58       $ 2.98      $ 1.41       $ 3.25   
                                  

Dividends declared per common share

   $ 0.4925       $ 0.4575      $ 0.9850       $ 0.9150   
                                  

 

(1) Includes income tax expense of $1 million and $13 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, respectively.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of Dominion’s Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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DOMINION RESOURCES, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited)

 

     June 30,
2011
    December  31,
2010(1)
 
(millions)             

ASSETS

    

Current Assets

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 80      $ 62   

Customer receivables (less allowance for doubtful accounts of $28 and $26)

     1,695        2,158   

Other receivables (less allowance for doubtful accounts of $10 and $9)

     303        88   

Inventories

     1,194        1,163   

Derivative assets

     476        739   

Other

     1,214        1,190   
                

Total current assets

     4,962        5,400   
                

Investments

    

Nuclear decommissioning trust funds

     3,040        2,897   

Investment in equity method affiliates

     560        571   

Restricted cash equivalents

     301        400   

Other

     293        283   
                

Total investments

     4,194        4,151   
                

Property, Plant and Equipment

    

Property, plant and equipment

     41,163        39,855   

Accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization

     (13,512     (13,142
                

Total property, plant and equipment, net

     27,651        26,713   
                

Deferred Charges and Other Assets

    

Goodwill

     3,141        3,141   

Regulatory assets

     1,473        1,446   

Other

     1,990        1,966   
                

Total deferred charges and other assets

     6,604        6,553   
                

Total assets

   $ 43,411      $ 42,817   
                

 

(1) Dominion’s Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2010 has been derived from the audited Consolidated Financial Statements at that date.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of Dominion’s Consolidated Financial Statements.

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DOMINION RESOURCES, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS—(Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

     June 30,
2011
    December  31,
2010(1)
 
(millions)             

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

    

Current Liabilities

    

Securities due within one year

   $ 813      $ 497   

Short-term debt

     1,786        1,386   

Accounts payable

     1,125        1,562   

Accrued interest, payroll and taxes

     582        849   

Other

     1,208        1,479   
                

Total current liabilities

     5,514        5,773   
                

Long-Term Debt

    

Long-term debt

     14,765        14,023   

Junior subordinated notes payable to affiliates

     268        268   

Enhanced junior subordinated notes

     1,467        1,467   
                

Total long-term debt

     16,500        15,758   
                

Deferred Credits and Other Liabilities

    

Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits

     5,081        4,708   

Asset retirement obligations

     1,633        1,577   

Regulatory liabilities

     1,421        1,392   

Other

     1,325        1,355   
                

Total deferred credits and other liabilities

     9,460        9,032   
                

Total liabilities

     31,474        30,563   
                

Commitments and Contingencies (see Note 15)

    
                

Subsidiary Preferred Stock Not Subject to Mandatory Redemption

     257        257   
                

Common Shareholders’ Equity

    

Common stock – no par(2)

     5,150        5,715   

Other paid-in capital

     194        194   

Retained earnings

     6,665        6,418   

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     (329     (330
                

Total common shareholders’ equity

     11,680        11,997   
                

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 43,411      $ 42,817   
                

 

(1) Dominion’s Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2010 has been derived from the audited Consolidated Financial Statements at that date.
(2) 1 billion shares authorized; 569 million and 581 million shares outstanding at June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of Dominion’s Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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DOMINION RESOURCES, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited)

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

   2011     2010  
(millions)             

Operating Activities

    

Net income including noncontrolling interests

   $ 823      $ 1,943   

Adjustments to reconcile net income including noncontrolling interests to net cash provided by operating activities:

    

Gain from sale of Appalachian E&P operations

     —          (2,467

Loss from sale of Peoples

     —          113   

Charges related to workforce reduction program

     —          288   

Impairment of merchant generation facility

     55        163   

Depreciation, depletion and amortization (including nuclear fuel)

     627        629   

Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits

     454        (210

Contribution to employee pension plans

     —          (250

Rate refunds

     (45     (203

Other adjustments

     (135     7   

Changes in:

    

Accounts receivable

     276        312   

Inventories

     (31     91   

Deferred fuel and purchased gas costs

     (90     (46

Prepayments

     (10     299   

Accounts payable

     (394     (131

Accrued interest, payroll and taxes

     (267     791   

Margin deposit assets and liabilities

     (142     5   

Other operating assets and liabilities

     166        72   
                

Net cash provided by operating activities

     1,287        1,406   
                

Investing Activities

    

Plant construction and other property additions

     (1,635     (1,654

Proceeds from the sale of Appalachian E&P operations

     —          3,450   

Proceeds from the sale of Peoples

     —          741   

Proceeds from sale of securities

     938        1,140   

Purchases of securities

     (983     (2,064

Restricted cash equivalents

     99        —     

Other

     46        48   
                

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

     (1,535     1,661   
                

Financing Activities

    

Issuance (repayment) of short-term debt, net

     401        (1,295

Issuance and remarketing of long-term debt

     1,060        —     

Repayment of long-term debt

     (38     (411

Issuance of common stock

     32        48   

Repurchase of common stock

     (601     (500

Common dividend payments

     (568     (544

Subsidiary preferred dividend payments

     (8     (8

Other

     (12     4   
                

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     266        (2,706
                

Increase in cash and cash equivalents

     18        361   

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

     62        50   
                

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

   $ 80      $ 411   
                

Supplemental Cash Flow Information

    

Significant noncash investing activities:

    

Accrued capital expenditures

   $ 197      $ 215   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of Dominion’s Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(Unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
     Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2011      2010      2011      2010  
(millions)                            

Operating Revenue

   $ 1,757       $ 1,711       $ 3,514       $ 3,450   
                                   

Operating Expenses

           

Electric fuel and other energy-related purchases

     583         589         1,176         1,221   

Purchased electric capacity

     116         108         234         215   

Other operations and maintenance:

           

Affiliated suppliers

     77         88         150         208   

Other

     279         229         508         628   

Depreciation and amortization

     175         165         349         328   

Other taxes

     56         53         115         117   
                                   

Total operating expenses

     1,286         1,232         2,532         2,717   
                                   

Income from operations

     471         479         982         733   
                                   

Other income

     10         28         39         42   

Interest and related charges

     84         83         176         171   
                                   

Income before income tax expense

     397         424         845         604   

Income tax expense

     156         157         326         242   
                                   

Net Income

     241         267         519         362   

Preferred dividends

     4         4         8         8   
                                   

Balance available for common stock

   $ 237       $ 263       $ 511       $ 354   
                                   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of Virginia Power’s Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited)

 

     June 30,
2011
    December 31,
2010(1)
 
(millions)             

ASSETS

    

Current Assets

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 53      $ 5   

Customer receivables (less allowance for doubtful accounts of $10 and $11)

     887        905   

Other receivables (less allowance for doubtful accounts of $7 and $6)

     186        54   

Inventories (average cost method)

     689        597   

Prepayments

     47        65   

Other

     380        355   
                

Total current assets

     2,242        1,981   
                

Investments

    

Nuclear decommissioning trust funds

     1,379        1,319   

Restricted cash equivalents

     106        169   

Other

     4        4   
                

Total investments

     1,489        1,492   
                

Property, Plant and Equipment

    

Property, plant and equipment

     28,490        27,607   

Accumulated depreciation and amortization

     (9,941     (9,712
                

Total property, plant and equipment, net

     18,549        17,895   
                

Deferred Charges and Other Assets

    

Intangible assets

     217        212   

Regulatory assets

     444        370   

Other

     219        312   
                

Total deferred charges and other assets

     880        894   
                

Total assets

   $ 23,160      $ 22,262   
                

 

(1) Virginia Power’s Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2010 has been derived from the audited Consolidated Financial Statements at that date.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of Virginia Power’s Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS—(Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

     June 30,
2011
     December  31,
2010(1)
 
(millions)              

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDER’S EQUITY

     

Current Liabilities

     

Securities due within one year

   $ 15       $ 15   

Short-term debt

     933         600   

Accounts payable

     410         499   

Payables to affiliates

     78         76   

Affiliated current borrowings

     58         103   

Accrued interest, payroll and taxes

     201         214   

Other

     527         571   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     2,222         2,078   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Long-Term Debt

     6,854         6,702   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Deferred Credits and Other Liabilities

     

Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits

     2,958         2,672   

Asset retirement obligations

     697         669   

Regulatory liabilities

     1,199         1,174   

Other

     201         203   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total deferred credits and other liabilities

     5,055         4,718   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     14,131         13,498   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Commitments and Contingencies (see Note 15)

     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Preferred Stock Not Subject to Mandatory Redemption

     257         257   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Common Shareholder’s Equity

     

Common stock – no par(2)

     5,738         5,738   

Other paid-in capital

     1,111         1,111   

Retained earnings

     1,897         1,634   

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     26         24   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total common shareholder’s equity

     8,772         8,507   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholder’s equity

   $ 23,160       $ 22,262   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) Virginia Power’s Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2010 has been derived from the audited Consolidated Financial Statements at that date.
(2) 500,000 shares and 300,000 shares authorized at June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively; 274,723 shares outstanding at both June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of Virginia Power’s Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

   2011     2010  
(millions)             

Operating Activities

    

Net income

   $ 519      $ 362   

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

    

Charges related to workforce reduction program

     —          114   

Depreciation and amortization (including nuclear fuel)

     410        383   

Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits

     328        129   

Rate refunds

     (45     (203

Other adjustments

     (55     (29

Changes in:

    

Accounts receivable

     (114     28   

Affiliated accounts receivable and payable

     2        18   

Inventories

     (92     23   

Deferred fuel expenses

     (105     (51

Accounts payable

     (57     20   

Accrued interest, payroll and taxes

     (15     (24

Prepayments

     19        (119

Other operating assets and liabilities

     42        (92
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

     837        559   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investing Activities

    

Plant construction and other property additions

     (898     (1,041

Purchases of nuclear fuel

     (118     (63

Purchases of securities

     (616     (724

Proceeds from sales of securities

     596        711   

Restricted cash equivalents

     63        —     

Other

     —          5   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

     (973     (1,112
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financing Activities

    

Issuance (repayment) of short-term debt, net

     333        (442

Issuance (repayment) of affiliated current borrowings, net

     (44     1,194   

Remarketing of long-term debt

     160        —     

Repayment of long-term debt

     (8     (9

Common dividend payments

     (249     (189

Preferred dividend payments

     (8     (8

Other

     —          3   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

     184        549   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

     48        (4

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

     5        19   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

   $ 53      $ 15   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Cash Flow Information

    

Significant noncash investing and financing activities:

    

Accrued capital expenditures

   $ 104      $ 160   

Settlement of debt and issuance of common stock to Dominion

     —          433   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of Virginia Power’s Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

Note 1. Nature of Operations

Dominion, headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, is one of the nation’s largest producers and transporters of energy. Dominion’s operations are conducted through various subsidiaries, including Virginia Power, a regulated public utility that generates, transmits and distributes electricity for sale in Virginia and northeastern North Carolina.

Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies

As permitted by the rules and regulations of the SEC, Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s accompanying unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements contain certain condensed financial information and exclude certain footnote disclosures normally included in annual audited consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. These unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 and their Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011.

In Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s opinion, the accompanying unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements contain all adjustments necessary to present fairly their financial position as of June 30, 2011, their results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 and their cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010. Such adjustments are normal and recurring in nature unless otherwise noted.

The Companies make certain estimates and assumptions in preparing their Consolidated Financial Statements in accordance with GAAP. These estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses for the periods presented. Actual results may differ from those estimates.

Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s accompanying unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements include, after eliminating intercompany transactions and balances, their accounts and those of their respective majority-owned subsidiaries.

The results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results expected for the full year. Information for quarterly periods is affected by seasonal variations in sales, rate changes, electric fuel and other energy-related purchases, purchased gas expenses and other factors.

Certain amounts in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s 2010 Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes have been reclassified to conform to the 2011 presentation for comparative purposes. The reclassifications did not affect the Companies’ net income, total assets, liabilities, shareholders’ equity or cash flows.

Amounts disclosed for Dominion are inclusive of Virginia Power, where applicable.

Note 3. Dispositions

Sale of Appalachian E&P Operations

In April 2010, Dominion completed the sale of substantially all of its Appalachian E&P operations to a newly-formed subsidiary of CONSOL for approximately $3.5 billion. The transaction included the mineral rights to approximately 491,000 acres in the Marcellus Shale formation. Dominion retained certain oil and natural gas wells located on or near its natural gas storage fields. The transaction generated after-tax proceeds of approximately $2.2 billion and resulted in an after-tax gain of approximately $1.4 billion, which included a $134 million write-off of goodwill, recorded in the second quarter of 2010.

The results of operations for Dominion's Appalachian E&P business are not reported as discontinued operations in the Consolidated Statements of Income since Dominion did not sell its entire U.S. cost pool.

Due to the sale, hedge accounting was discontinued for certain cash flow hedges since it became probable that the forecasted sales of natural gas would not occur. In connection with the discontinuance of hedge accounting for these contracts, Dominion recognized a $42 million ($25 million after-tax) benefit, recorded in operating revenue in its Consolidated Statement of Income, reflecting the reclassification of gains from AOCI to earnings for these contracts in March 2010.

 

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Sale of Peoples

In February 2010, Dominion completed the sale of Peoples to PNG Companies LLC and netted after-tax proceeds of approximately $542 million. The sale resulted in an after-tax loss of approximately $140 million, including post-closing adjustments, and a $79 million write-off of goodwill. The sale also resulted in after-tax expenses of approximately $27 million, including transaction and benefit-related costs. Prior to the sale, Peoples had income from operations of $12 million after-tax during 2010.

The following table presents selected information regarding the results of operations of Peoples, which are reported as discontinued operations in Dominion's Consolidated Statements of Income:

 

     Three Months Ended
June  30,
2010
     Six Months Ended
June  30,
2010
 
(millions)              

Operating revenue

   $ —         $ 67   

Income (loss) before income taxes

     3         (134

Note 4. Ceiling Test

Dominion follows the full cost method of accounting for its gas and oil E&P activities, which subjects capitalized costs to a quarterly ceiling test using hedge-adjusted prices. Due to the April 2010 sale of substantially all of its Appalachian E&P operations, as of June 30, 2011, Dominion no longer has any significant gas and oil properties subject to the ceiling test calculation.

At March 31, 2010, Dominion recorded a ceiling test impairment charge of $21 million ($13 million after-tax) in other operations and maintenance expense in its Consolidated Statement of Income primarily due to a decline in hedge-adjusted prices reflecting the discontinuance of hedge accounting for certain cash flow hedges, as discussed in Note 3.

Note 5. Operating Revenue

The Companies’ operating revenue consists of the following:

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
     Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2011      2010      2011      2010  
(millions)                            

Dominion

           

Electric sales:

           

Regulated

   $ 1,728       $ 1,688       $ 3,458       $ 3,405   

Nonregulated

     794         840         1,735         1,785   

Gas sales:

           

Regulated

     44         39         183         184   

Nonregulated

     337         345         939         1,127   

Gas transportation and storage

     322         316         860         781   

Other

     116         105         223         219   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total operating revenue

   $ 3,341       $ 3,333       $ 7,398       $ 7,501   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Virginia Power

           

Regulated electric sales

   $ 1,728       $ 1,688       $ 3,458       $ 3,405   

Other

     29         23         56         45   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total operating revenue

   $ 1,757       $ 1,711       $ 3,514       $ 3,450   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Note 6. Income Taxes

Continuing Operations

For continuing operations, including noncontrolling interests, the statutory U.S. federal income tax rate reconciles to Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s effective income tax rate as follows:

 

     Dominion     Virginia Power  

Six Months Ended June 30,

   2011     2010     2011     2010  

U.S. statutory rate

     35.0     35.0     35.0     35.0

Increases (reductions) resulting from:

        

State taxes, net of federal benefit

     3.7        4.5        3.9        3.9   

Legislative changes

     —          1.6        —          2.6   

Other, net

     (0.1     (0.5     (0.3     (1.4
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Effective tax rate

     38.6     40.6     38.6     40.1
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s effective tax rates in 2010 reflect the reduction of deferred tax assets resulting from the enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 which eliminated the employer’s deduction, beginning in 2013, for that portion of its retiree prescription drug coverage cost that is being reimbursed by the Medicare Part D subsidy. In addition, Dominion’s effective tax rate in 2010 reflects higher state income taxes due to the sale of its Appalachian E&P operations.

During the quarter ended June 30, 2011, the Companies’ unrecognized tax benefits decreased $26 million to reflect resolution of several issues with tax authorities, including a recent Internal Revenue Service decision not to appeal rulings by the U.S. Tax Court in favor of two other taxpayers that street lighting assets are depreciable for tax purposes over seven years. See Note 6 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, for a discussion of the Companies’ unrecognized tax benefits, including possible changes that could reasonably occur during the next twelve months.

Discontinued Operations

Income tax expense in 2010 for Dominion’s discontinued operations primarily reflects the impact of goodwill written off in the sale of Peoples that is not deductible for tax purposes and the reversal of deferred taxes for which the benefit was offset by the reversal of income tax-related regulatory assets.

Note 7. Earnings Per Share

The following table presents the calculation of Dominion’s basic and diluted EPS:

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
     Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2011      2010      2011      2010  
(millions, except EPS)       

Net income attributable to Dominion

   $ 336       $ 1,761       $ 815       $ 1,935   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average shares of common stock outstanding – Basic

     573.4         590.4         576.6         595.1   

Net effect of potentially dilutive securities(1)

     1.8         1.0         1.3         1.0   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average shares of common stock outstanding – Diluted

     575.2         591.4         577.9         596.1   

Earnings Per Common Share – Basic

   $ 0.59       $ 2.98       $ 1.41       $ 3.25   

Earnings Per Common Share – Diluted

   $ 0.58       $ 2.98       $ 1.41       $ 3.25   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) Potentially dilutive securities consist of options, goal-based stock and contingently convertible senior notes.

There were no potentially dilutive securities excluded from the calculation of diluted EPS for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010.

 

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Note 8. Comprehensive Income

The following table presents Dominion’s total comprehensive income:

 

     Three Months Ended
June  30,
    Six Months Ended
June  30,
 
     2011     2010     2011     2010  
(millions)                   

Net income including noncontrolling interests

   $ 340      $ 1,765      $ 823      $ 1,943   

Other comprehensive income (loss):

        

Net other comprehensive loss associated with effective portion of changes in fair value of derivatives designated as cash flow hedges, net of taxes and amounts reclassified to earnings

     (6     (111 )(1)      (78 )(2)      (5

Other, net of tax

     4        (48 )(3)      79 (4)      16   
                                

Other comprehensive income (loss)

     (2     (159     1        11   
                                

Comprehensive income including noncontrolling interests

     338        1,606        824        1,954   

Noncontrolling interests

     4        4        8        8   
                                

Total comprehensive income attributable to Dominion

   $ 334      $ 1,602      $ 816      $ 1,946   
                                

 

(1) Reflects the impact of changes in commodity prices and the reclassification of gains related to interest rate derivatives to earnings.
(2) Primarily reflects an increase in commodity prices.
(3) Primarily represents a net reduction in unrealized gains on investments held in nuclear decommissioning trusts.
(4) Primarily reflects a net increase in unrealized gains on investments held in nuclear decommissioning trusts and changes in net unrecognized amounts related to pension and OPEB.

The following table presents Virginia Power’s total comprehensive income:

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
    Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2011      2010     2011     2010  
(millions)                          

Net income

   $ 241       $ 267      $ 519      $ 362   

Other comprehensive income (loss):

         

Net other comprehensive loss associated with effective portion of changes in fair value of derivatives designated as cash flow hedges, net of taxes and amounts reclassified to earnings

     —           (3     (1     (8

Other, net of tax

     —           (6     3        (4
                                 

Other comprehensive income (loss)

     —           (9     2        (12
                                 

Total comprehensive income

   $ 241       $ 258      $ 521      $ 350   
                                 

 

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Note 9. Fair Value Measurements

Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s fair value measurements are made in accordance with the policies discussed in Note 7 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in their Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010. See Note 10 in this report for further information about their derivatives and hedge accounting activities.

At June 30, 2011, Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s net balance of commodity derivatives categorized as Level 3 fair value measurements was a net liability of $122 million and $18 million, respectively. A hypothetical 10% increase in commodity prices would increase Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Level 3 net liability by $112 million and $11 million, respectively, while a hypothetical 10% decrease in commodity prices would decrease Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Level 3 net liability by $113 million and $11 million, respectively.

Non-recurring Fair Value Measurements

During March 2011, Dominion determined that it was unlikely that State Line would participate in the May 2011 PJM capacity base residual auction that would commit State Line’s capacity from June 2014 through May 2015. This determination reflected an expectation that margins for coal-fired generation will remain compressed in the 2014 and 2015 period in combination with the expectation that State Line may be impacted during the same time period by environmental regulations that would likely require significant capital expenditures. As a result, Dominion evaluated State Line for impairment since it was more likely than not that State Line would be retired before the end of its previously estimated useful life. As a result of this evaluation, Dominion recorded an impairment charge of $55 million ($39 million after-tax) reflected in other operations and maintenance expense in its Consolidated Statement of Income, to write down State Line’s long-lived assets to their estimated fair value of less than $1 million. As management was not aware of any recent market transactions for comparable assets with sufficient transparency to develop a market approach to fair value, Dominion used the income approach (discounted cash flows) to estimate the fair value of State Line’s long-lived assets. This was considered a Level 3 fair value measurement due to the use of significant unobservable inputs including estimates of future power and other commodity prices.

In June 2010, Dominion evaluated State Line for impairment due to the station’s relatively low level of profitability combined with the EPA’s issuance of a new stringent 1-hour primary National Ambient Air Quality Standard for SO2 that would likely require significant environmental capital expenditures in the future. As a result of this evaluation, Dominion recorded an impairment charge of $163 million ($95 million after-tax) in other operations and maintenance expense in its Consolidated Statement of Income, to write down State Line’s long-lived assets to their estimated fair value of $59 million. As management was not aware of any recent market transactions for comparable assets with sufficient transparency to develop a market approach to fair value, Dominion relied on the income approach (discounted cash flows) to estimate the fair value of State Line’s long-lived assets. This was considered a Level 3 fair value measurement due to the use of significant unobservable inputs including estimates of future power and other commodity prices.

Recurring Fair Value Measurements

Dominion

The following table presents Dominion’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis for each hierarchy level, including both current and noncurrent portions:

 

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     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  
(millions)                            

At June 30, 2011

           

Assets

           

Derivatives:

           

Commodity

   $ 37       $ 469       $ 82       $ 588   

Interest rate

     —           85         —           85   

Investments(1):

           

Equity securities:

           

U.S.:

           

Large cap

     1,819         —           —           1,819   

Other

     58         —           —           58   

Non-U.S.:

           

Large cap

     12         —           —           12   

Fixed Income:

           

Corporate debt instruments

     —           291         —           291   

U.S. Treasury securities and agency debentures

     348         164         —           512   

State and municipal

     —           268         —           268   

Other

     —           22         —           22   

Cash equivalents and other

     —           70         —           70   

Restricted cash equivalents

     —           301         —           301   
                                   

Total assets

   $ 2,274       $ 1,670       $ 82       $ 4,026   
                                   

Liabilities

           

Derivatives:

           

Commodity

   $ 9       $ 529       $ 204       $ 742   

Interest Rate

     —           34         —           34   
                                   

Total liabilities

   $ 9       $ 563       $ 204       $ 776   
                                   

At December 31, 2010

           

Assets

           

Derivatives:

           

Commodity

   $ 62       $ 734       $ 47       $ 843   

Interest rate

     —           54         —           54   

Investments(1):

           

Equity securities:

           

U.S.:

           

Large cap

     1,709         —           —           1,709   

Other

     56         —           —           56   

Non-U.S.:

           

Large cap

     12         —           —           12   

Fixed Income:

           

Corporate debt instruments

     —           327         —           327   

U.S. Treasury securities and agency debentures

     228         165         —           393   

State and municipal

     —           286         —           286   

Other

     —           19         —           19   

Cash equivalents and other

     25         97         —           122   

Restricted cash equivalents

     —           400         —           400   
                                   

Total assets

   $ 2,092       $ 2,082       $ 47       $ 4,221   
                                   

Liabilities

           

Derivatives:

           

Commodity

   $ 12       $ 716       $ 97       $ 825   

Interest rate

             5                 5   
                                   

Total liabilities

   $ 12       $ 721       $ 97       $ 830   
                                   

 

(1) Includes investments held in the nuclear decommissioning and rabbi trusts.

 

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The following table presents the net change in Dominion’s net derivative assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis and included in the Level 3 fair value category:

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
    Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2011     2010     2011     2010  
(millions)                         

Beginning balance

   $ (163   $ (60   $ (50   $ (66

Total realized and unrealized gains (losses):

        

Included in earnings

     (22     12        (8     13   

Included in other comprehensive income (loss)

     35        61        (59     85   

Included in regulatory assets/liabilities

     (11     19        (32     14   

Settlements

     39        (3     23        (18

Transfers out of Level 3

     —          3        4        4   
                                

Ending balance

   $ (122   $ 32      $ (122   $ 32   
                                

The amount of gains (losses) for the period included in earnings attributable to the change in unrealized gains (losses) relating to assets/liabilities still held at the reporting date

   $ 27      $ 3      $ 31      $ (11

The following table presents Dominion’s gains and losses included in earnings in the Level 3 fair value category:

 

     Operating
revenue
    Electric fuel
and other
energy-related
purchases
    Purchased gas     Total  
(millions)                         

Three Months Ended June 30, 2011

        

Total gains (losses) included in earnings

   $ 2      $ (24   $ —        $ (22

The amount of total gains (losses) for the period included in earnings attributable to the change in unrealized gains (losses) relating to assets/liabilities still held at the reporting date

     27        —          —          27   
                                

Three Months Ended June 30, 2010

        

Total gains (losses) included in earnings

   $ 6      $ 6      $ —        $ 12   

The amount of total gains (losses) for the period included in earnings attributable to the change in unrealized gains (losses) relating to assets/liabilities still held at the reporting date

     3        —          —          3   
                                

Six Months Ended June 30, 2011

        

Total gains (losses) included in earnings

   $ —        $ (8   $ —        $ (8

The amount of total gains (losses) for the period included in earnings attributable to the change in unrealized gains (losses) relating to assets/liabilities still held at the reporting date

     31        —          —          31   
                                

Six Months Ended June 30, 2010

        

Total gains (losses) included in earnings

   $ (10   $ 26      $ (3   $ 13   

The amount of total gains (losses) for the period included in earnings attributable to the change in unrealized gains (losses) relating to assets/liabilities still held at the reporting date

     (9     —          (2     (11
                                

 

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Virginia Power

The following table presents Virginia Power’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis for each hierarchy level, including both current and noncurrent portions:

 

     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  
(millions)                            

At June 30, 2011

           

Assets

           

Derivatives:

           

Commodity

   $ —         $ 1       $ 5       $ 6   

Interest rate

     —           2         —           2   

Investments(1):

           

Equity securities:

           

U.S.:

           

Large cap

     718         —           —           718   

Other

     26         —           —           26   

Fixed income:

           

Corporate debt instruments

     —           175         —           175   

U.S. Treasury securities and agency debentures

     170         65         —           235   

State and municipal

     —           78         —           78   

Other

     —           17         —           17   

Cash equivalents and other

     —           48         —           48   

Restricted cash equivalents

     —           106         —           106   
                                   

Total assets

   $ 914       $ 492       $ 5       $ 1,411   
                                   

Liabilities

           

Derivatives:

           

Commodity

   $ —         $ 5       $ 23       $ 28   
                                   

Total liabilities

   $ —         $ 5       $ 23       $ 28   
                                   

At December 31, 2010

           

Assets

           

Derivatives:

           

Commodity

   $ —         $ 12       $ 15       $ 27   

Investments(1):

           

Equity securities:

           

U.S.:

           

Large cap

     676         —           —           676   

Other

     25         —           —           25   

Fixed Income:

           

Corporate debt instruments

     —           215         —           215   

U.S. Treasury securities and agency debentures

     80         63         —           143   

State and municipal

     —           102         —           102   

Other

     —           15         —           15   

Cash equivalents and other

     10         61         —           71   

Restricted cash equivalents

     —           169         —           169   
                                   

Total assets

   $ 791       $ 637       $ 15       $ 1,443   
                                   

Liabilities

           

Derivatives:

           

Commodity

   $ —         $ 5       $ 1       $ 6   
                                   

Total liabilities

   $ —         $ 5       $ 1       $ 6   
                                   

 

(1) Includes investments held in the nuclear decommissioning and rabbi trusts.

 

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The following table presents the net change in Virginia Power’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis and included in the Level 3 fair value category:

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
    Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2011     2010     2011     2010  
(millions)                         

Beginning balance

   $ (7   $ (15   $ 14      $ (10

Total realized and unrealized gains (losses):

        

Included in earnings

     (24     6        (8     26   

Included in regulatory assets/liabilities

     (11     20        (32     15   

Settlements

     24        (6     8        (26
                                

Ending balance

   $ (18   $ 5      $ (18   $ 5   
                                

The gains and losses included in earnings in the Level 3 fair value category were classified in electric fuel and other energy-related purchases in Virginia Power’s Consolidated Statements of Income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010. There were no unrealized gains and losses included in earnings in the Level 3 fair value category relating to assets/liabilities still held at the reporting date for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Substantially all of Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s financial instruments are recorded at fair value, with the exception of the instruments described below that are reported at historical cost. Estimated fair values have been determined using available market information and valuation methodologies considered appropriate by management. The carrying amount of cash and cash equivalents, customer and other receivables, short-term debt and accounts payable are representative of fair value because of the short-term nature of these instruments. For Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s financial instruments that are not recorded at fair value, the carrying amounts and estimated fair values are as follows:

 

     June 30, 2011      December 31, 2010  
     Carrying
Amount
     Estimated  Fair
Value(1)
     Carrying
Amount
     Estimated  Fair
Value(1)
 
(millions)                            

Dominion

           

Long-term debt, including securities due within one year(2)

   $ 15,578       $ 17,323       $ 14,520       $ 16,112   

Junior subordinated notes payable to affiliates

     268         275         268         261   

Enhanced junior subordinated notes

     1,467         1,576         1,467         1,560   

Subsidiary preferred stock(3)

     257         264         257         249   
                                   

Virginia Power

           

Long-term debt, including securities due within one year(2)

   $ 6,869       $ 7,782       $ 6,717       $ 7,489   

Preferred stock(3)

     257         264         257         249   
                                   

 

(1) Fair value is estimated using market prices, where available, and interest rates currently available for issuance of debt with similar terms and remaining maturities. The carrying amount of debt issues with short-term maturities and variable rates refinanced at current market rates is a reasonable estimate of their fair value.
(2) Includes amounts which represent the unamortized discount and premium. At June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, includes the valuation of certain fair value hedges associated with Dominion’s fixed rate debt of approximately $81 million and $49 million, respectively.
(3) Includes issuance expenses of $2 million at June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010.

Note 10. Derivatives and Hedge Accounting Activities

Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s accounting policies and objectives and strategies for using derivative instruments are discussed in Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in their Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010. See Note 9 in this report for further information about fair value measurements and associated valuation methods for derivatives.

 

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The following table presents the volume of Dominion’s derivative activity as of June 30, 2011. These volumes are based on open derivative positions and represent the combined absolute value of their long and short positions, except in the case of offsetting deals, for which they represent the absolute value of the net volume of their long and short positions.

 

     Current      Noncurrent  

Natural Gas (bcf):

     

Fixed price(1)

     245         60   

Basis

     1,019         458   

Electricity (MWh):

     

Fixed price(1)

     19,363,209         24,512,834   

FTRs

     108,707,777         1,074,048   

Capacity (MW)

     201,416         297,985   

Liquids (gallons)(2)

     143,136,000         300,006,000   

Interest rate

   $ 600,000,000       $ 3,100,000,000   

 

(1) Includes options.
(2) Includes NGLs and oil.

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, gains or losses on hedging instruments determined to be ineffective were not material. Amounts excluded from the assessment of effectiveness include gains or losses attributable to changes in the time value of options and changes in the differences between spot prices and forward prices and were not material for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010.

The following table presents selected information related to gains (losses) on cash flow hedges included in AOCI in Dominion’s Consolidated Balance Sheet at June 30, 2011:

 

     AOCI
After-Tax
    Amounts Expected to be
Reclassified to Earnings
during the
next  12 Months
After-Tax
    Maximum Term  
(millions)                   

Commodities:

      

Gas

   $ (14   $ (5     42 months   

Electricity

     42        30        54 months   

NGLs

     (75     (32     42 months   

Other

     6        2        47 months   

Interest rate

     14        (6     378 months   
                  

Total

   $ (27   $ (11  
                  

The amounts that will be reclassified from AOCI to earnings will generally be offset by the recognition of the hedged transactions (e.g., anticipated sales) in earnings, thereby achieving the realization of prices contemplated by the underlying risk management strategies and will vary from the expected amounts presented above as a result of changes in market prices and interest rates.

The sale of the majority of Dominion’s remaining E&P operations during 2010 resulted in the discontinuance of hedge accounting for certain cash flow hedges, as discussed in Note 3.

In addition, changes to Dominion’s financing needs during the first and second quarters of 2010 resulted in the discontinuance of hedge accounting for certain cash flow hedges, since it became probable that forecasted interest payments would not occur. In connection with the discontinuance of hedge accounting for these contracts, Dominion recognized a benefit recorded to interest and related charges reflecting the reclassification of gains from AOCI to earnings of $70 million ($43 million after-tax) in the three months ended June 30, 2010 and $110 million ($67 million after-tax) in the six months ended June 30, 2010. The reclassification of gains from AOCI to earnings was partially offset by subsequent changes in fair value of $37 million ($23 million after-tax) for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010.

 

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Fair Value and Gains and Losses on Derivative Instruments

The following table presents the fair values of Dominion’s derivatives and where they are presented in its Consolidated Balance Sheets:

 

     Fair Value  –
Derivatives under
Hedge Accounting
     Fair Value  –
Derivatives not under
Hedge Accounting
     Total Fair Value  
(millions)                     

June 30, 2011

        

ASSETS

        

Current Assets

        

Commodity

   $ 163       $ 273       $ 436   

Interest rate

     40         —           40   
                          

Total current derivative assets

     203         273         476   
                          

Noncurrent Assets

        

Commodity

     82         70         152   

Interest rate

     45         —           45   
                          

Total noncurrent derivative assets(1)

     127         70         197   
                          

Total derivative assets

   $ 330       $ 343       $ 673   
                          

LIABILITIES

        

Current Liabilities

        

Commodity

   $ 172       $ 344       $ 516   

Interest rate

     27         —           27   
                          

Total current derivative liabilities(2)

     199         344         543   
                          

Noncurrent Liabilities

        

Commodity

     146         80         226   

Interest rate

     7         —           7   
                          

Total noncurrent derivative liabilities(3)

     153         80         233   
                          

Total derivative liabilities

   $ 352       $ 424       $ 776   
                          

December 31, 2010

        

ASSETS

        

Current Assets

        

Commodity

   $ 291       $ 425       $ 716   

Interest rate

     23         —           23   
                          

Total current derivative assets

     314         425         739   
                          

Noncurrent Assets

        

Commodity

     44         83         127   

Interest rate

     31         —           31   
                          

Total noncurrent derivative assets(1)

     75         83         158   
                          

Total derivative assets

   $ 389       $ 508       $ 897   
                          

LIABILITIES

        

Current Liabilities

        

Commodity

   $ 178       $ 455       $ 633   
                          

Total current derivative liabilities(2)

     178         455         633   
                          

Noncurrent Liabilities

        

Commodity

     86         106         192   

Interest rate

     5         —           5   
                          

Total noncurrent derivative liabilities(3)

     91         106         197   
                          

Total derivative liabilities

   $ 269       $ 561       $ 830   
                          

 

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(1) Noncurrent derivative assets are presented in other deferred charges and other assets in Dominion’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.
(2) Current derivative liabilities are presented in other current liabilities in Dominion’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.
(3) Noncurrent derivative liabilities are presented in other deferred credits and other liabilities in Dominion’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The following tables present the gains and losses on Dominion’s derivatives, as well as where the associated activity is presented in its Consolidated Balance Sheets and Statements of Income:

 

Derivatives in cash flow hedging relationships

   Amount of  Gain
(Loss) Recognized
in AOCI  on
Derivatives -
Effective
Portion(1)
    Amount of Gain
(Loss)  Reclassified
from AOCI to
Income
    Increase
(Decrease)  in
Derivatives
Subject to
Regulatory
Treatment(2)
 
(millions)                   

Three Months Ended June 30, 2011

      

Derivative Type and Location of Gains (Losses)

      

Commodity:

      

Operating revenue

     $ 32     

Purchased gas

       (7  

Electric fuel and other energy-related purchases

       1     

Purchased electric capacity

       1     
                        

Total commodity

   $ 49        27      $ (4
                        

Interest rate(3)

     (31     —          1   
                        

Total

   $ 18      $ 27      $ (3
                        

Three Months Ended June 30, 2010

      

Derivative Type and Location of Gains (Losses)

      

Commodity:

      

Operating revenue

     $ 114     

Purchased gas

       (19  

Electric fuel and other energy-related purchases

       (5  

Purchased electric capacity

       1     
                        

Total commodity

   $ (16     91      $ 2   
                        

Interest rate(3)

     —          70        (23

Foreign currency(4)

     —          (1     (1
                        

Total

   $ (16   $ 160      $ (22
                        

Six Months Ended June 30, 2011

      

Derivative Type and Location of Gains (Losses)

      

Commodity:

      

Operating revenue

     $ 60     

Purchased gas

       (55  

Electric fuel and other energy-related purchases

       2     

Purchased electric capacity

       2     
                        

Total commodity

   $ (93     9      $ (9
                        

Interest rate(3)

     (32     —          —     
                        

Total

   $ (125   $ 9      $ (9
                        

Six Months Ended June 30, 2010

      

Derivative Type and Location of Gains (Losses)

      

Commodity:

      

Operating revenue

     $ 295     

Purchased gas

       (116  

Electric fuel and other energy-related purchases

       (8  

Purchased electric capacity

       2     
                        

Total commodity

   $ 283        173      $ (11
                        

Interest rate(3)

     (3     110        (24

Foreign currency(4)

     —          —          (2
                        

Total

   $ 280      $ 283      $ (37
                        

 

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(1) Amounts deferred into AOCI have no associated effect in Dominion’s Consolidated Statements of Income.
(2) Represents net derivative activity deferred into and amortized out of regulatory assets/liabilities. Amounts deferred into regulatory assets/liabilities have no associated effect in Dominion’s Consolidated Statements of Income.
(3) Amounts recorded in Dominion’s Consolidated Statements of Income are classified in interest and related charges.
(4) Amounts recorded in Dominion’s Consolidated Statements of Income are classified in electric fuel and other energy-related purchases.

 

     Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income on
Derivatives(1)
 
     Three Months Ended
June 30,
    Six Months Ended
June 30,
 

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

   2011     2010     2011     2010  
(millions)                         

Derivative Type and Location of Gains (Losses)

        

Commodity

        

Operating revenue

   $ 23      $ (14   $ 42      $ 26   

Purchased gas

     (7     2        (18     (29

Electric fuel and other energy-related purchases

     (24     5        (8     26   

Interest rate(2)

     —          (37     —          (37
                                

Total

   $ (8   $ (44   $ 16      $ (14
                                

 

(1) Includes derivative activity amortized out of regulatory assets/liabilities. Amounts deferred into regulatory assets/liabilities have no associated effect in Dominion’s Consolidated Statements of Income.
(2) Amounts recorded in Dominion’s Consolidated Statements of Income are classified in interest and related charges.

Note 11. Investments

Dominion

Equity and Debt Securities

Rabbi Trust Securities

Marketable equity and debt securities and cash equivalents held in Dominion’s rabbi trusts and classified as trading totaled $98 million and $93 million at June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. Net unrealized gains on trading securities totaled $1 million and $4 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively. Net unrealized losses on trading securities totaled $3 million and $1 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, respectively. Cost-method investments held in Dominion’s rabbi trusts totaled $17 million and $18 million at June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively.

 

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Decommissioning Trust Securities

Dominion holds marketable equity and debt securities (classified as available-for-sale), cash equivalents and cost method investments in nuclear decommissioning trust funds to fund future decommissioning costs for its nuclear plants. Dominion’s decommissioning trust funds are summarized below.

 

     Amortized
Cost
     Total  Unrealized
Gains(1)
     Total Unrealized
Losses (1)
    Fair Value  

(millions)

          

June 30, 2011

          

Marketable equity securities

          

U.S.:

          

Large Cap

   $ 1,187       $ 597       $ —        $ 1,784   

Other

     41         11         —          52   

Marketable debt securities:

          

Corporate bonds

     274         18         (1     291   

U.S. Treasury securities and agency debentures

     499         14         (1     512   

State and municipal

     213         13         (1     225   

Other

     22         —           —          22   

Cost method investments

     110         —           —          110   

Cash equivalents and other(2)

     44         —           —          44   
                                  

Total

   $ 2,390       $ 653       $ (3 )(3)    $ 3,040   
                                  

December 31, 2010

          

Marketable equity securities:

          

U.S.:

          

Large Cap

   $ 1,161       $ 515       $ —        $ 1,676   

Other

     39         11         —          50   

Marketable debt securities:

          

Corporate bonds

     310         18         (1     327   

U.S. Treasury securities and agency debentures

     380         12         (1     391   

State and municipal

     244         7         (4     247   

Other

     19         —           —          19   

Cost method investments

     108         —           —          108   

Cash equivalents and other(2)

     79         —           —          79   
                                  

Total

   $ 2,340       $ 563       $ (6 )(3)    $ 2,897   
                                  

 

(1) Included in AOCI and the decommissioning trust regulatory liability.
(2) Includes pending purchases of securities of $25 million and $43 million at June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively.
(3) The fair value of securities in an unrealized loss position was $235 million and $252 million at June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively.

 

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The fair value of Dominion’s marketable debt securities held in nuclear decommissioning trust funds at June 30, 2011 by contractual maturity is as follows:

 

     Amount       
(millions)          

Due in one year or less

   $ 100      

Due after one year through five years

     300      

Due after five years through ten years

     316      

Due after ten years

     334      
           

Total

   $ 1,050      
           

Presented below is selected information regarding Dominion’s marketable equity and debt securities held in nuclear decommissioning trust funds.

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
     Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2011      2010      2011      2010  
(millions)                     

Proceeds from sales

   $ 437       $ 627       $ 939       $ 1,140   

Realized gains(1)

     18         17         32         73   

Realized losses(1)

     12         28         20         54   

 

(1) Includes realized gains or losses recorded to the decommissioning trust regulatory liability.

Dominion recorded other-than-temporary impairment losses on investments held in nuclear decommissioning trust funds as follows:

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
    Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2011     2010     2011     2010  
(millions)                         

Total other-than-temporary impairment losses(1)

   $ 10      $ 41      $ 15      $ 48   

Losses recorded to decommissioning trust regulatory liability

     (4     (13     (6     (16

Losses recognized in other comprehensive income (before taxes)

     (1     (1     (1     (2
                                

Net impairment losses recognized in earnings

   $ 5      $ 27      $ 8      $ 30   
                                

 

(1) Amount includes other-than-temporary impairment losses for debt securities of $1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, and $2 million and $3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

 

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Virginia Power

Decommissioning Trust Securities

Virginia Power holds marketable equity and debt securities (classified as available-for-sale), cash equivalents and cost method investments in nuclear decommissioning trust funds to fund future decommissioning costs for its nuclear plants. Virginia Power’s decommissioning trust funds are summarized below.

 

     Amortized
Cost
     Total Unrealized
Gains(1)
     Total Unrealized
Losses(1)
    Fair Value  

(millions)

          

June 30, 2011

          

Marketable equity securities:

          

U.S.:

          

Large Cap

   $ 474       $ 243       $ —        $ 717   

Other

     20         6         —          26   

Marketable debt securities:

          

Corporate bonds

     166         10         (1     175   

U.S. Treasury securities and agency debentures

     232         4         (1     235   

State and municipal

     76         2         —          78   

Other

     17         —           —          17   

Cost method investments

     110         —           —          110   

Cash equivalents and other(2)

     21         —           —          21   
                                  

Total

   $ 1,116       $ 265       $ (2 )(3)     $ 1,379   
                                  

December 31, 2010

          

Marketable equity securities

          

U.S.:

          

Large Cap

   $ 469       $ 207       $ —        $ 676   

Other

     20         5         —          25   

Marketable debt securities:

          

Corporate bonds

     205         10         —          215   

U.S. Treasury securities and agency debentures

     141         2         —          143   

State and municipal

     103         1         (2     102   

Other

     15         —           —          15   

Cost method investments

     108         —           —          108   

Cash equivalents and other(2)

     35         —           —          35   
                                  

Total

   $ 1,096       $ 225       $ (2 )(3)   $ 1,319   
                                  

 

(1) Included in AOCI and the decommissioning trust regulatory liability.
(2) Includes pending purchases of securities of $27 million and $35 million at June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively.
(3) The fair value of securities in an unrealized loss position was $134 million and $159 million at June 30, 2011, and December 31, 2010, respectively.

The fair value of Virginia Power’s debt securities at June 30, 2011, by contractual maturity is as follows:

 

     Amount       
(millions)          

Due in one year or less

   $ 11      

Due after one year through five years

     157      

Due after five years through ten years

     199      

Due after ten years

     138      
           

Total

   $ 505      
           

 

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Presented below is selected information regarding Virginia Power’s marketable equity and debt securities.

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
     Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2011      2010      2011      2010  
(millions)                            

Proceeds from sales

   $ 253       $ 407       $ 596       $ 711   

Realized gains(1)

     6         8         11         37   

Realized losses(1)

     4         2         8         20   

 

(1) Includes realized gains or losses recorded to the decommissioning trust regulatory liability.

Virginia Power recorded other-than-temporary impairment losses on investments as follows:

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
    Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2011     2010     2011     2010  

(millions)

        

Total other-than-temporary impairment losses(1)

   $ 5      $ 16      $ 7      $ 19   

Losses recorded to decommissioning trust regulatory liability

     (4     (13     (6     (16
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net impairment losses recognized in earnings

   $ 1      $ 3      $ 1      $ 3   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) Amount includes other-than-temporary impairment losses for debt securities of $1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, and $2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010.

Note 12. Regulatory Matters

Other than the following matters, there have been no significant developments regarding the pending regulatory matters disclosed in Note 14 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 and Note 12 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011.

Virginia Fuel Expenses

In May 2011, Virginia Power submitted its annual fuel factor filing to the Virginia Commission, proposing an annual increase for the rate year beginning July 1, 2011. This revised factor included a projected $434 million balance of prior year under-recovered fuel expenses. To reduce the impact to customers, as an alternative, Virginia Power proposed to

 

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recover this projected prior year deferred fuel balance over a two-year period beginning July 1, 2011. In June 2011, the Virginia Commission approved the two-year recovery proposal, resulting in an increase of approximately $319 million.

Generation Riders R and S

In connection with the Bear Garden and Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center projects, in June 2011, Virginia Power filed annual updates for Riders R and S with the Virginia Commission. Virginia Power proposed an approximately $81 million revenue requirement for Rider R and an approximately $249 million revenue requirement for Rider S for the April 1, 2012 to March 31, 2013 rate year. The filings utilize a 12.5% placeholder ROE (inclusive of a 100 basis point performance incentive), pending the Virginia Commission’s ROE determination in the 2011 biennial review, plus a 100 basis point statutory enhancement for certain generation facilities. These requested revenue requirements for Riders R and S represent increases of approximately $3 million and $50 million, respectively, over the revenue requirements associated with the customer rates currently in effect for Riders R and S. Construction of Bear Garden was completed and the facility commenced commercial operations in the second quarter of 2011.

Transmission Rider T

In May 2011, Virginia Power filed its annual update to Rider T with the Virginia Commission. The proposed $481 million annual revenue requirement, effective September 1, 2011, represented an increase of approximately $144 million over the revenue requirement associated with the Rider T customer rates currently in effect. In July 2011, the Virginia Commission issued an order approving a revenue requirement of $466 million for the September 1, 2011 to August 31, 2012 rate year.

 

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Generation Rider W

In May 2011, Virginia Power requested approval from the Virginia Commission to construct and operate an intermediate, combined-cycle, natural gas-fired power station in Warren County, Virginia. Subject to the receipt of regulatory approvals, the project is expected to generate more than 1,300 MW of electricity, with commercial operations expected to commence by late 2014. The facility is expected to cost approximately $1.1 billion, excluding financing costs. In connection with the proposed Warren County power station, in May 2011, Virginia Power requested Virginia Commission approval of Rider W. Virginia Power proposed an approximately $39 million revenue requirement for Rider W for the April 1, 2012 to March 31, 2013 rate year. The filing utilizes a 12.5% placeholder ROE (inclusive of a 100 basis point performance incentive), pending the Virginia Commission’s ROE determination in the 2011 biennial review, plus a 100 basis point statutory enhancement for certain generation facilities.

Generation Rider B

In June 2011, Virginia Power filed applications with the Virginia Commission seeking regulatory approval to convert three of its coal-fired power stations to biomass. The expected cost of converting the Altavista, Hopewell and Southampton County power stations is approximately $166 million, excluding financing costs. The applications included a request for approval of Rider B. Virginia Power proposed an approximately $7 million revenue requirement for the April 1, 2012 to March 31, 2013 rate year. The filing utilizes a 12.5% placeholder ROE (inclusive of a 100 basis point performance incentive), pending the Virginia Commission’s ROE determination in the 2011 biennial review, plus a 200 basis point statutory enhancement for renewable generation facilities. To qualify for federal production tax credits associated with renewable energy generation, the power stations must commence operation as biomass generation facilities by December 31, 2013. Virginia Power has requested Virginia Commission approval of the biomass conversions on a schedule that will enable qualification for these tax credits.

Electric Transmission Projects

In October 2008, the Virginia Commission authorized construction of the Meadow Brook-to-Loudoun line and Carson-to-Suffolk line. The Meadow Brook-to-Loudoun line was energized in April 2011 and the Carson-to-Suffolk line was energized in May 2011.

FERC Gas Regulation

DTI Appalachian Gateway Project

In June 2011, FERC approved DTI’s $634 million Appalachian Gateway Project. The project is expected to provide approximately 484,000 dekatherms per day of firm transportation services for new Appalachian gas supplies from the supply areas in the Appalachian Basin in West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania to an interconnection with Texas Eastern Transmission, LP at Oakford, Pennsylvania. Subject to receipt of FERC approval to commence construction, transportation services are scheduled to begin by September 2012.

Cove Point

In May 2011, Cove Point filed a general rate case for its FERC-jurisdictional services, with proposed rates to be effective July 1, 2011. Cove Point proposed an annual cost of service of approximately $150 million. In June 2011, FERC accepted a July 1, 2011 effective date for all proposed rates but two which were suspended to be effective December 1, 2011.

Ohio Regulation

In March 2011, East Ohio filed a request with the Ohio Commission to accelerate the PIR program by nearly doubling its PIR spending to more than $200 million annually. East Ohio plans to accelerate the pace of the program by investing more resources in its infrastructure in the near term, in an effort to promote ongoing public safety and reduce operating costs over the longer term. In July 2011, East Ohio, the Staff of the Ohio Commission and other interested parties filed a stipulation and recommendation and requested approval from the Ohio Commission. The stipulation provides for an increase in annual PIR capital investment from the current level of approximately $120 million to approximately $160 million. In addition, the stipulation provides for cost recovery over a five-year period commencing upon the approval of the Ohio Commission.

Note 13. Variable Interest Entities

As discussed in Note 16 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, certain variable pricing terms in some of the Companies’ long-term power and capacity contracts cause them to be considered variable interests in the counterparties.

Virginia Power has long-term power and capacity contracts with four non-utility generators with an aggregate summer generation capacity of approximately 870 MW. These contracts contain certain variable pricing mechanisms in the form of partial fuel reimbursement that Virginia Power considers to be variable interests. After an evaluation of the information provided by these entities, Virginia Power was unable to determine whether they were VIEs. However, the information they provided, as well as Virginia Power’s knowledge of generation facilities in Virginia, enabled Virginia Power to conclude that, if

 

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they were VIEs, it would not be the primary beneficiary. This conclusion reflects Virginia Power’s determination that its variable interests do not convey the power to direct the most significant activities that impact the economic performance of the entities during the remaining terms of Virginia Power’s contracts and for the years the entities are expected to operate after its contractual relationships expire. The contracts expire at various dates ranging from 2015 to 2021. Virginia Power is not subject to any risk of loss from these potential VIEs other than its remaining purchase commitments which totaled $1.4 billion as of June 30, 2011. Virginia Power paid $52 million and $53 million for electric capacity and $26 million and $34 million for electric energy to these entities in the three months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Virginia Power paid $105 million and $107 million for electric capacity and $65 million and $75 million for electric energy to these entities in the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Virginia Power purchased shared services from DRS, an affiliated VIE, of approximately $99 million and $107 million for the three months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, and $192 million and $248 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Virginia Power determined that it is not the most closely associated entity with DRS and therefore not the primary beneficiary. DRS provides accounting, legal, finance and certain administrative and technical services to all Dominion subsidiaries, including Virginia Power. Virginia Power has no obligation to absorb more than its allocated share of DRS costs.

Note 14. Significant Financing Transactions

Credit Facilities and Short-term Debt

Dominion and Virginia Power use short-term debt to fund working capital requirements and as a bridge to long-term debt financings. The levels of borrowing may vary significantly during the course of the year, depending upon the timing and amount of cash requirements not satisfied by cash from operations. In addition, Dominion utilizes cash and letters of credit to fund collateral requirements. Collateral requirements are impacted by commodity prices, hedging levels, Dominion’s credit ratings and the credit quality of its counterparties.

At June 30, 2011, Dominion’s commercial paper and letters of credit outstanding, as well as capacity available under credit facilities, were as follows:

 

     Facility
Limit
     Outstanding
Commercial
Paper
     Outstanding
Letters of
Credit
     Facility
Capacity
Available
 
(millions)                            

Three-year joint revolving credit facility(1)

   $ 3,000       $ 1,786       $ 1       $ 1,213   

Three-year joint revolving credit facility(2)

     500         —           54         446   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 3,500       $ 1,786       $ 55       $ 1,659   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) This credit facility was entered into in September 2010 and terminates in September 2013. This credit facility can be used to support bank borrowings and the issuance of commercial paper, as well as to support up to $1.5 billion of letters of credit.
(2) This credit facility was entered into in September 2010 and terminates in September 2013. This credit facility can be used to support bank borrowings, commercial paper and letter of credit issuances.

Virginia Power’s short-term financing is supported by two three-year joint revolving credit facilities with Dominion. These credit facilities are being used for working capital, as support for the combined commercial paper programs of Dominion and Virginia Power and for other general corporate purposes.

 

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At June 30, 2011, Virginia Power’s share of commercial paper and letters of credit outstanding, as well as its capacity available under its joint credit facilities with Dominion were as follows:

 

     Facility
Sub-limit
     Outstanding
Commercial
Paper
     Outstanding
Letters of
Credit
     Facility
Capacity
Available
 
(millions)                            

Three-year joint revolving credit facility(1)

   $ 1,000       $ 933       $ 1       $ 66   

Three-year joint revolving credit facility(2)

     250         —           30         220   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 1,250       $ 933       $ 31       $ 286   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) This credit facility was entered into in September 2010 and terminates in September 2013. This credit facility can be used to support bank borrowings and the issuance of commercial paper, as well as to support up to $1.5 billion (or the sub-limit, whichever is less) of letters of credit. Virginia Power’s applicable sub-limit under this credit facility can be increased or decreased multiple times per year.
(2) This credit facility was entered into in September 2010 and terminates in September 2013. This credit facility can be used to support bank borrowings, commercial paper and letter of credit issuances. Virginia Power’s applicable sub-limit under this credit facility can be increased or decreased multiple times per year.

In addition to the credit facility commitments disclosed above, Virginia Power also has a three-year $120 million credit facility that was entered into in September 2010. The facility, which terminates in September 2013, supports certain tax-exempt financings of Virginia Power.

Long-term Debt

In December 2010, Brayton Point borrowed $160 million and $75 million in connection with the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency Recovery Zone Facility Bonds, Series 2010 A and the Solid Waste Disposal Revenue Bonds, Series 2010 B, respectively, which mature in 2041. The proceeds are being used to finance certain qualifying facilities at Brayton Point. Due to unfavorable market conditions, Dominion acquired the bonds upon issuance in December 2010 with the intention of remarketing them to third parties at a later time. At June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, these bonds had not been remarketed and thus were not reflected on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. In July 2011, the Series 2010 B bonds were remarketed to a third party using a remarketing process, and bear interest at a variable rate for the first five years, after which they will bear interest at a market rate to be determined at that time. Dominion intends to remarket the Series 2010 A bonds to third parties at a later time.

In March 2011, Dominion issued $500 million of 4.45% senior notes that mature in 2021 and $400 million of 1.80% senior notes that mature in 2014. The proceeds were used for general corporate purposes including the repayment of short-term debt.

In December 2010 and September 2009, Virginia Power borrowed $100 million and $60 million, respectively, in connection with the $160 million Industrial Development Authority of Wise County Solid Waste and Sewage Disposal Revenue Bonds, Series 2009 A, which mature in 2040. The proceeds are being used to finance certain qualifying facilities at the Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center. Due to unfavorable market conditions, Virginia Power acquired the bonds upon issuance with the intention of remarketing them to third parties at a later time. At December 31, 2010, these bonds had not been remarketed and thus were not reflected on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. In March 2011, the bonds were remarketed to a third party and bear interest at a variable rate for the first five years, after which they will bear interest at a market rate to be determined at that time.

Convertible Securities

At June 30, 2011, Dominion had $199 million of outstanding contingent convertible senior notes that are convertible by holders into a combination of cash and shares of Dominion’s common stock under certain circumstances. The conversion feature requires that the principal amount of each note be repaid in cash, while amounts payable in excess of the principal amount will be paid in common stock. The conversion rate is subject to adjustment upon certain events such as subdivisions, splits, combinations of common stock or the issuance to all common stock holders of certain common stock rights, warrants or options and certain dividend increases. As of June 30, 2011, the conversion rate has been adjusted, primarily due to individual dividend payments above the level paid at issuance, to 28.7160 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of senior notes, which represents a conversion price of $34.82.

The senior notes are eligible for conversion during any calendar quarter when the closing price of Dominion’s common stock was equal to or higher than 120% of the conversion price for at least 20 out of the last 30 consecutive trading days of the preceding quarter. There were no significant conversions of these notes during the six months ended June 30, 2011. The senior notes are eligible for conversion during the third quarter of 2011.

 

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Issuance of Common Stock

Dominion maintains Dominion Direct® and a number of employee savings plans through which employer and employee contributions may be invested in the Company’s common stock. These shares may either be newly issued or purchased on the open market with proceeds contributed to these plans by employees and the Company.

Since February 2010, Dominion Direct® and the Dominion employee savings plans have been purchasing Dominion common stock on the open market with the proceeds received through these programs, rather than having additional new common shares issued.

During the six months ended June 30, 2011, Dominion issued approximately 1 million shares of common stock and received cash proceeds of $32 million through the exercise of employee stock options.

Repurchase of Common Stock

Dominion expects to repurchase between $600 million and $700 million of common stock with cash tax savings resulting from the extension of the bonus depreciation allowance discussed in Note 6 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010. During the six months ended June 30, 2011, Dominion repurchased approximately 13 million shares of common stock for approximately $601 million on the open market under this program, at an average price of $46.37 per share. Dominion will make a decision later in the year on whether to repurchase additional shares under this program.

Note 15. Commitments and Contingencies

As a result of issues generated in the ordinary course of business, Dominion and Virginia Power are involved in legal proceedings before various courts and are periodically subject to governmental examinations (including by regulatory authorities), inquiries and investigations. Certain legal proceedings and governmental examinations involve demands for unspecified amounts of damages, are in an initial procedural phase, involve uncertainty as to the outcome of pending appeals or motions, or involve significant factual issues that need to be resolved, such that it is not possible for the Companies to estimate a range of possible loss. For such matters that the Companies cannot estimate, a statement to this effect is made in the description of the matter. Other matters may have progressed sufficiently through the litigation or investigative processes such that the Companies are able to estimate a range of possible loss. For legal proceedings and governmental examinations for which the Companies are able to reasonably estimate a range of possible losses, an estimated range of possible loss is provided, in excess of the accrued liability (if any) for such matters. This estimated range is based on currently available information and involves elements of judgment and significant uncertainties. This estimated range of possible loss does not represent the Companies’ maximum possible loss exposure. The circumstances of such legal proceedings and governmental examinations will change from time to time and actual results may vary significantly from the current estimate. For current proceedings not specifically reported below, management does not anticipate that the liabilities, if any, arising from such proceedings would have a material effect on Dominion’s or Virginia Power’s financial position, liquidity or results of operations.

Environmental Matters

Dominion and Virginia Power are subject to costs resulting from a number of federal, state and local laws and regulations designed to protect human health and the environment. These laws and regulations affect future planning and existing operations. They can result in increased capital, operating and other costs as a result of compliance, remediation, containment and monitoring obligations.

Air

In July 2011, the EPA issued a final replacement rule for CAIR, called CSAPR, that requires 27 states to reduce power plant emissions that cross state lines. CSAPR establishes new SO2 and NOx emissions cap and trade programs that are completely independent of the current ARP. Specifically, CSAPR requires reductions in SO2 and NOx emissions from fossil fuel-fired electric generating units of 25 MW or more through annual NOx emissions caps, NOx emissions caps during the ozone season (May 1 through September 30) and annual SO2 emission caps with differing requirements for two groups of affected states. At June 30, 2011, Dominion and Virginia Power held $57 million and $43 million, respectively, of SO2 and NOX emissions allowances, primarily reflecting SO2 allowances obtained for ARP and CAIR compliance. Due to CSAPR’s establishment of a new allowance program and the elimination of CAIR, Dominion and Virginia Power have more emissions allowances than needed for ARP compliance and accordingly expect to impair substantially all of the carrying amount of these allowances in the third quarter of 2011 in order to write the allowances down to their estimated fair value. Dominion and Virginia Power are currently evaluating CSAPR for other impacts and are unable to make an estimate of the potential financial statement impacts related to this matter.

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may choose to develop regulatory programs that are more restrictive. Many of Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s facilities are subject to the CAA’s permitting and other requirements.

In February 2008, Dominion received a request for information pursuant to Section 114 of the CAA from the EPA. The request concerns historical operating changes and capital improvements undertaken at State Line and Kincaid. In April 2009, Dominion received a second request for information. Dominion provided information in response to both requests. Also in April 2009, Dominion received a Notice and Finding of Violations from the EPA claiming violations of the CAA New Source Review requirements, New Source Performance Standards, the Title V permit program and the stations’ respective State Implementation Plans. The Notice states that the EPA may issue an order requiring compliance with the relevant CAA provisions and may seek injunctive relief and/or civil penalties, all pursuant to the EPA’s enforcement authority under the CAA.

Dominion believes that it complied with applicable laws and the EPA regulations and interpretations in effect at the time the work in question took place. The CAA authorizes maximum civil penalties of $25,000 to $37,500 per day, per violation at each generating unit, depending on the date of the alleged violation. In addition to any such penalties that may be awarded, an adverse outcome could require substantial capital expenditures or affect the timing of currently budgeted capital expenditures that cannot be determined at this time. Such expenditures could affect future results of operations, cash flows, and financial condition. Dominion is currently unable to make an estimate of the potential financial statement impacts related to these matters.

In June 2010, the Conservation Law Foundation and Healthlink Inc., filed a Complaint in the District Court of Massachusetts against Dominion Energy New England, Inc. alleging that Salem Harbor units 1, 2, 3, and 4 have been and are in violation of visible emissions standards and monitoring requirements of the Massachusetts State Implementation Plan and the station’s state and federal operating permits. Although Dominion cannot predict the outcome of this matter at this time, it is not expected to have a material effect on results of operations, financial condition and/or cash flows.

Water

In October 2003, the EPA and the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection each issued new NPDES permits for Brayton Point. The new permits contained identical conditions that in effect require the installation of cooling towers to address concerns over the withdrawal and discharge of cooling water. Currently, Dominion estimates the total cost to install these cooling towers at approximately $600 million, with remaining expenditures of approximately $150 million included in its planned capital expenditures through 2013.

In October 2007, the VSWCB issued a renewed VPDES permit for North Anna. BREDL, and other persons, appealed the VSWCB’s decision to the Richmond Circuit Court, challenging several permit provisions related to North Anna’s discharge of cooling water. In February 2009, the court ruled that the VSWCB was required to regulate the thermal discharge from North Anna into the waste heat treatment facility. Virginia Power filed a motion for reconsideration with the court in February 2009, which was denied. The final order was issued by the court in September 2009. The court’s order allows North Anna to continue to operate pursuant to the currently issued VPDES permit. In October 2009, Virginia Power filed a Notice of Appeal of the court’s Order with the Richmond Circuit Court, initiating the appeals process to the Virginia Court of Appeals. In June 2010, the Virginia Court of Appeals reversed the Richmond Circuit Court’s September 2009 order. The Virginia Court of Appeals held that the lower court had applied the wrong standard of review, and that the VSWCB’s determination not to regulate the station’s thermal discharge into the waste heat treatment facility was lawful. In July 2010, BREDL and the other original appellants filed a petition for appeal to the Supreme Court of Virginia requesting that it review the Court of Appeals’ decision. In December 2010, the Supreme Court of Virginia granted BREDL’s petition. Briefing on the merits of the case was completed in February 2011. The court has not yet scheduled oral argument. Dominion is currently unable to make an estimate of the potential financial statement impacts related to this matter. However, an adverse resolution could ultimately require significant capital expenditures which could have a material effect on Virginia Power’s results of operations, financial condition and/or cash flows.

In September 2010, Millstone’s NPDES permit was reissued under the CWA. The conditions of the permit require an evaluation of control technologies that could result in additional expenditures in the future, however Dominion cannot currently predict the outcome of this evaluation. In October 2010, the permit issuance was appealed to the state court by a private plaintiff. The permit is expected to remain in effect during the appeal. Dominion is currently unable to make an estimate of the potential financial statement impacts related to this matter.

Solid and Hazardous Waste

In March 2011, the EPA issued a final rule identifying NHSMs that would be considered solid waste when burned in combustion units, as opposed to being legitimate fuels or ingredients. The rule’s premise is that any combusted NHSM is a solid waste unless such material satisfies the rule’s criteria for either a fuel or an ingredient. Sources that combust solid waste are

 

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considered solid waste incinerators rather than industrial or utility boilers and would have to comply with EPA’s more stringent emission standards for solid waste incinerators. Dominion and Virginia Power have several electric generating units that combust fuel materials that may be subject to the rule. Some units use a technology that combusts residual coal in fly ash to recover additional energy from unburned carbon. This technology also produces a final ash product that is marketable for beneficial reuse in cement production. Because of the uncertainty associated with the rule’s potential applicability to this and other processes, in June 2011, Dominion filed a petition for review with the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit challenging the final rule. Dominion is currently unable to make an estimate of the potential financial statement impacts related to this matter.

The CERCLA, as amended, provides for immediate response and removal actions coordinated by the EPA in the event of threatened releases of hazardous substances into the environment and authorizes the U.S. government either to clean up sites at which hazardous substances have created actual or potential environmental hazards or to order persons responsible for the situation to do so. Under the CERCLA as amended, generators and transporters of hazardous substances, as well as past and present owners and operators of contaminated sites, can be strictly, jointly and severally liable for the cost of cleanup. These potentially responsible parties can be ordered to perform a cleanup, be sued for costs associated with an EPA-directed cleanup, voluntarily settle with the U.S. government concerning their liability for cleanup costs, or voluntarily begin a site investigation and site remediation under state oversight.

From time to time, Dominion or Virginia Power may be identified as a potentially responsible party to a Superfund site. The EPA (or a state) can either allow such a party to conduct and pay for a remedial investigation, feasibility study and remedial action or conduct the remedial investigation and action itself and then seek reimbursement from the potentially responsible parties. Each party can be held jointly, severally and strictly liable for the cleanup costs. These parties can also bring contribution actions against each other and seek reimbursement from their insurance companies. As a result, Dominion or Virginia Power may be responsible for the costs of remedial investigation and actions under the Superfund law or other laws or regulations regarding the remediation of waste. The Companies do not believe this will have a material effect on results of operations, financial condition and/or cash flows.

Dominion has determined that it is associated with 17 former manufactured gas plant sites. Studies conducted by other utilities at their former manufactured gas plant sites have indicated that those sites contain coal tar and other potentially harmful materials. None of the 17 former sites with which Dominion is associated is under investigation by any state or federal environmental agency. At one of the former sites, Dominion is conducting a state-approved post closure groundwater monitoring program and an environmental land use restriction has been recorded. Another site has been accepted into a state-based voluntary remediation program and Dominion has not yet estimated the future remediation costs. Due to the uncertainty surrounding these sites, Dominion is unable to make an estimate of the potential financial statement impacts related to these sites.

Guarantees

Dominion

At June 30, 2011, Dominion had issued $91 million of guarantees, primarily to support equity method investees. No significant amounts related to these guarantees have been recorded. As of June 30, 2011, Dominion’s exposure under these guarantees was $49 million, primarily related to certain reserve requirements associated with non-recourse financing.

Dominion also enters into guarantee arrangements on behalf of its consolidated subsidiaries, primarily to facilitate their commercial transactions with third parties. To the extent that a liability subject to a guarantee has been incurred by one of Dominion’s consolidated subsidiaries, that liability is included in its Consolidated Financial Statements. Dominion is not required to recognize liabilities for guarantees issued on behalf of its subsidiaries unless it becomes probable that it will have to perform under the guarantees. Terms of the guarantees typically end once obligations have been paid. Dominion currently believes it is unlikely that it would be required to perform or otherwise incur any losses associated with guarantees of its subsidiaries’ obligations.

 

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At June 30, 2011, Dominion had issued the following subsidiary guarantees:

 

     Stated Limit      Value(1)  
(millions)              

Subsidiary debt(2)

   $ 126       $ 126   

Commodity transactions(3)

     3,054         468   

Lease obligation for power generation facility(4)

     731         731   

Nuclear obligations(5)

     231         75   

Other(6)

     441         105   
                 

Total

   $ 4,583       $ 1,505   
                 

 

(1) Represents the estimated portion of the guarantee’s stated limit that is utilized as of June 30, 2011 based upon prevailing economic conditions and fact patterns specific to each guarantee arrangement. For those guarantees related to obligations that are recorded as liabilities by Dominion’s subsidiaries, the value includes the recorded amount.
(2) Guarantees of debt of certain DEI subsidiaries. In the event of default by the subsidiaries, Dominion would be obligated to repay such amounts.
(3) Guarantees related to energy trading and marketing activities and other commodity commitments of certain subsidiaries, including subsidiaries of Virginia Power and DEI. These guarantees were provided to counterparties in order to facilitate physical and financial transactions in gas, oil, electricity, pipeline capacity, transportation and related commodities and services. If any of these subsidiaries fail to perform or pay under the contracts and the counterparties seek performance or payment, Dominion would be obligated to satisfy such obligation. Dominion and its subsidiaries receive similar guarantees as collateral for credit extended to others. The value provided includes certain guarantees that do not have stated limits.
(4) Guarantee of a DEI subsidiary’s leasing obligation for Fairless.
(5) Guarantees related to certain DEI subsidiaries’ potential retrospective premiums that could be assessed if there is a nuclear incident under Dominion’s nuclear insurance programs and guarantees for a DEI subsidiary’s and Virginia Power’s commitment to buy nuclear fuel. Excludes Dominion’s agreement to provide up to $150 million and $60 million to two DEI subsidiaries to pay the operating expenses of Millstone and Kewaunee, respectively, in the event of a prolonged outage, as part of satisfying certain Nuclear Regulatory Commission requirements concerned with ensuring adequate funding for the operations of nuclear power stations.
(6) Guarantees related to other miscellaneous contractual obligations such as leases, environmental obligations and construction projects. Also includes guarantees related to certain DEI subsidiaries’ obligations for equity capital contributions and energy generation associated with Fowler Ridge and NedPower.

Spent Nuclear Fuel

Under provisions of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, Dominion and Virginia Power entered into contracts with the DOE for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel. The DOE failed to begin accepting the spent fuel on January 31, 1998, the date provided by the Nuclear Waste Policy Act and by the Companies’ contracts with the DOE. In January 2004, Dominion and Virginia Power filed lawsuits in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims against the DOE requesting damages in connection with its failure to commence accepting spent nuclear fuel. In October 2008, the Court issued an opinion and order for Dominion in the amount of approximately $155 million, which includes approximately $112 million in damages incurred by Virginia Power for spent fuel-related costs at Surry and North Anna and approximately $43 million in damages incurred for spent nuclear fuel-related costs at Millstone through June 30, 2006. In December 2008, the government appealed the judgment to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The government’s initial brief in the appeal was filed in June 2010. The issues raised by the government on appeal pertained to the damages awarded to Dominion for Millstone. The government did not take issue with the damages awarded to Virginia Power for Surry or North Anna. As a result, Virginia Power recognized a receivable in the amount of $174 million, largely offset against property, plant and equipment and regulatory assets and liabilities, representing certain spent nuclear fuel-related costs incurred through June 30, 2010.

In the second quarter of 2011, the Federal Appeals Court issued a decision affirming the trial court’s damages award. The government did not seek rehearing of the Federal Appeals Court decision or seek review by the U.S. Supreme Court. As a result, Dominion recognized a receivable in the amount of $64 million for certain Millstone spent nuclear fuel-related costs incurred through June 30, 2011 that are now considered probable of recovery. Dominion recognized a pre-tax benefit of $24 million, with $17 million recorded in other operations and maintenance expense and the remaining $7 million recorded in depreciation, depletion and amortization expense for the six months ended June 30, 2011, with the remainder largely offset against property, plant and equipment. Dominion expects to receive payment of the $155 million damages award, including $112 million of damages incurred by Virginia Power, during the third quarter of 2011.

The Companies continue to recognize receivables for certain spent nuclear fuel-related costs that they believe are probable of recovery from the DOE. At June 30, 2011, Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s receivables for spent nuclear fuel-related costs totaled $254 million and $187 million, respectively. The Companies will continue to manage their spent fuel until it is accepted

 

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by the DOE.

Surety Bonds and Letters of Credit

As of June 30, 2011, Dominion had purchased $120 million of surety bonds, including $40 million at Virginia Power, and authorized the issuance of standby letters of credit by financial institutions of $55 million, including $31 million at Virginia Power, to facilitate commercial transactions by its subsidiaries with third parties. Under the terms of the surety bonds, the Companies are obligated to indemnify the respective surety bond company for any amounts paid.

Merchant Generation Operations

Dominion continually reviews its portfolio of assets to determine which assets fit strategically and support its objectives to improve return on invested capital and shareholder value. If Dominion identifies assets that do not support its objectives and believes they may be of greater value to another owner, Dominion may consider such assets for divestiture. In connection with this effort, in the first quarter of 2011, Dominion decided to pursue the sale of Kewaunee. If these efforts are successful, Dominion may be required to present Kewaunee’s assets and liabilities that are subject to sale as held for sale in its Consolidated Balance Sheet and Kewaunee’s results of operations in discontinued operations in its Consolidated Statements of Income. Held for sale classification would require that amounts be recorded at the lower of book value or sale price less costs to sell and could result in the recording of an impairment charge. Any sale of Kewaunee would be subject to the approval of Dominion’s Board of Directors, as well as applicable state and federal approvals.

During the second quarter of 2011, Dominion announced that State Line would shut down by mid-2014, and that it would cease operating two of the four units at Salem Harbor by the end of 2011 and plans to retire all four units on June 1, 2014. In the second quarter of 2011, Dominion recorded a $17 million ($11 million after-tax) charge in other operations and maintenance expense for severance costs related to the expected closings of these merchant generation facilities.

Note 16. Credit Risk

Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s accounting policies for credit risk are discussed in Note 24 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in their Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.

At June 30, 2011, Dominion’s gross credit exposure totaled $311 million. After the application of collateral, credit exposure is unchanged. Of this amount, investment grade counterparties, including those internally rated, represented 80%. Two counterparty exposures each represent 11% of Dominion’s total exposure and are large financial institutions rated investment grade.

Credit-Related Contingent Provisions

The majority of Dominion’s derivative instruments contain credit-related contingent provisions. These provisions require Dominion to provide collateral upon the occurrence of specific events, primarily a credit rating downgrade. If the credit-related contingent features underlying these instruments that are in a liability position and not fully collateralized with cash were fully triggered as of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, Dominion would have been required to post an additional $112 million and $88 million, respectively, of collateral to its counterparties. The collateral that would be required to be posted includes the impacts of any offsetting asset positions and any amounts already posted for derivatives, non-derivative contracts and derivatives elected under the normal purchases and normal sales exception, per contractual terms. Dominion had posted $92 million in collateral, including $87 million of letters of credit, at June 30, 2011 and $54 million in collateral, including $19 million of letters of credit, at December 31, 2010, related to derivatives with credit-related contingent provisions that are in a liability position and not fully collateralized with cash. The collateral posted includes any amounts paid related to non-derivative contracts and derivatives elected under the normal purchases and normal sales exception, per contractual terms. The aggregate fair value of all derivative instruments with credit-related contingent provisions that are in a liability position and not fully collateralized with cash as of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 was $247 million and $210 million, respectively, which does not include the impact of any offsetting asset positions. See Note 10 for further information about derivative instruments.

Note 17. Related Party Transactions

Virginia Power engages in related-party transactions primarily with other Dominion subsidiaries (affiliates). Virginia Power’s receivable and payable balances with affiliates are settled based on contractual terms or on a monthly basis, depending on the nature of the underlying transactions. Virginia Power is included in Dominion’s consolidated federal income tax return and participates in certain Dominion benefit plans. A discussion of significant related party transactions follows.

 

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Transactions with Affiliates

Virginia Power transacts with affiliates for certain quantities of natural gas and other commodities in the ordinary course of business. Virginia Power also enters into certain commodity derivative contracts with affiliates. Virginia Power uses these contracts, which are principally comprised of commodity swaps, to manage commodity price risk associated with purchases of natural gas.

DRS provides accounting, legal, finance and certain administrative and technical services to Virginia Power. Presented below are significant transactions with DRS and other affiliates:

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
     Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2011      2010      2011      2010  
(millions)                            

Commodity purchases from affiliates

   $ 90       $ 89       $ 152       $ 156   

Services provided by affiliates

     100         108         193         249   

Virginia Power has borrowed funds from Dominion under short-term borrowing arrangements. Virginia Power’s outstanding borrowings, net of repayments, under the Dominion money pool for its non-regulated subsidiaries totaled $58 million and $24 million, as of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. Virginia Power’s short-term demand note borrowings from Dominion were $79 million as of December 31, 2010. There were no short-term demand note borrowings as of June 30, 2011. Virginia Power’s interest charges related to its borrowings from Dominion were immaterial for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010.

In March 2010, Virginia Power issued 14,600 shares of its common stock to Dominion reflecting the conversion of approximately $433 million of short-term demand note borrowings from Dominion to equity.

Note 18. Employee Benefit Plans

The components of Dominion’s provision for net periodic benefit cost were as follows:

 

     Pension Benefits     Other Postretirement
Benefits
 
     2011     2010     2011     2010  
(millions)       

Three Months Ended June 30,

        

Service cost

   $ 27      $ 25      $ 12      $ 14   

Interest cost

     65        68        24        25   

Expected return on plan assets

     (111     (106     (19     (18

Amortization of prior service cost (credit)

     1        1        (4     (1

Amortization of net loss

     24        15        3        3   

Settlements and curtailments

     —          —          (1     (1

Special termination benefits

     —          1        —          —     
                                

Net periodic benefit cost

   $ 6      $ 4      $ 15      $ 22   
                                

Six Months Ended June 30,

        

Service cost

   $ 54      $ 52      $ 24      $ 28   

Interest cost

     129        134        47        50   

Expected return on plan assets

     (221     (205     (39     (35

Amortization of prior service cost (credit)

     2        2        (7     (3

Amortization of net loss

     48        30        6        6   

Settlements and curtailments(1)

     —          84        (1     37   

Special termination benefits(2)

     —          10        —          1   
                                

Net periodic benefit cost

   $ 12      $ 107      $ 30      $ 84   
                                

 

(1) 2010 amounts relate to the sale of Peoples and a workforce reduction program.
(2) Represents a one-time special termination benefit for certain employees in connection with a workforce reduction program.

 

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Employer Contributions

During the six months ended June 30, 2011, Dominion made no contributions to its defined benefit pension plans or OPEB plans. Dominion expects to contribute approximately $18 million to its OPEB plans through Voluntary Employees’ Beneficiary Associations during the remainder of 2011.

Note 19. Operating Segments

Dominion and Virginia Power are organized primarily on the basis of products and services sold in the U.S. A description of the operations included in the Companies’ primary operating segments is as follows:

 

Primary Operating Segment

  

Description of Operations

  

Dominion

  

Virginia Power

DVP

   Regulated electric distribution    X    X
   Regulated electric transmission    X    X
   Nonregulated retail energy marketing (electric and gas)    X   

Dominion Generation

   Regulated electric fleet    X    X
   Merchant electric fleet    X   

Dominion Energy

   Gas transmission and storage    X   
   Gas distribution    X   
   LNG import and storage    X   
   Producer services    X   

In addition to the operating segments above, the Companies also report a Corporate and Other segment.

The Corporate and Other Segment of Dominion includes its corporate, service company and other functions (including unallocated debt) and certain specific items that are not included in profit measures evaluated by executive management in assessing segment performance or allocating resources among the segments.

In the six months ended June 30, 2011, Dominion reported after-tax net expenses of $64 million for specific items in the Corporate and Other segment, with $56 million of these net expenses attributable to its operating segments. In the six months ended June 30, 2010, Dominion reported after-tax net benefits of $933 million for specific items in the Corporate and Other segment, with $1.1 billion of these net benefits attributable to its operating segments.

The net expenses for specific items in 2011 primarily related to the impact of the following items:

 

 

A $55 million ($39 million after-tax) impairment charge related to State Line, attributable to Dominion Generation; and

 

 

A $37 million ($20 million after-tax) loss from the operations of Kewaunee, attributable to Dominion Generation. Kewaunee’s results of operations have been reflected in the Corporate and Other segment due to Dominion’s decision in the first quarter of 2011 to pursue the sale of Kewaunee.

The net benefits for specific items in 2010 primarily related to the impact of the following items:

 

 

A $2.5 billion ($1.4 billion after-tax) benefit resulting from the gain on the sale of substantially all of Dominion’s Appalachian E&P operations net of charges related to the divestiture, attributable to Dominion Energy; partially offset by

 

 

A $338 million ($206 million after-tax) charge primarily reflecting severance pay and other benefits related to a workforce reduction program, attributable to:

 

   

DVP ($67 million after-tax);

 

   

Dominion Energy ($24 million after-tax); and

 

   

Dominion Generation ($115 million after-tax);

 

 

A $134 million ($147 million after-tax) loss from the discontinued operations of Peoples primarily reflecting a net loss on the sale, attributable to the Corporate and Other segment; and

 

 

A $163 million ($95 million after-tax) impairment charge related to State Line, attributable to Dominion Generation.

The Corporate and Other Segment of Virginia Power primarily includes certain specific items that are not included in profit measures evaluated by executive management in assessing segment performance or allocating resources among the segments. In the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, Virginia Power reported after-tax net expenses of $5 million and $141 million, respectively, for specific items attributable to its operating segments in the Corporate and Other segment.

 

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The net expenses for specific items in 2010 primarily related to the impact of the following:

 

 

A $202 million ($123 million after-tax) charge primarily reflecting severance pay and other benefits related to a workforce reduction program, attributable to:

 

   

DVP ($63 million after-tax); and

 

   

Dominion Generation ($60 million after-tax).

The following table presents segment information pertaining to Dominion’s operations:

 

     DVP      Dominion
Generation
     Dominion
Energy
     Corporate
and Other
    Adjustments/
Eliminations
    Consolidated
Total
 
(millions)   

Three Months Ended June 30,

  

2011

  

Total revenue from external customers

   $ 828       $ 1,760       $ 379       $ 37      $ 337      $ 3,341   

Intersegment revenue

     18         87         294         151        (550     —     
                                                   

Total operating revenue

     846         1,847         673         188        (213     3,341   
                                                   

Net income (loss) attributable to Dominion

     115         194         104         (77     —          336   
                                                   

2010

               

Total revenue from external customers

   $ 787       $ 1,831       $ 450       $ (6   $ 271      $ 3,333   

Intersegment revenue

     19         108         294         167        (588     —     
                                                   

Total operating revenue

     806         1,939         744         161        (317     3,333   

Income from discontinued operations, net of tax

     —           —           —           2        —          2   
                                                   

Net income attributable to Dominion

     112         276         86         1,287        —          1,761   
                                                   

Six Months Ended June 30,

  

2011

  

Total revenue from external customers

   $ 1,879       $ 3,623       $ 1,213       $ 73      $ 610      $ 7,398   

Intersegment revenue

     113         157         502         294        (1,066     —     
                                                   

Total operating revenue

     1,992         3,780         1,715         367        (456     7,398   
                                                   

Net income (loss) attributable to Dominion

     264         492         273         (214     —          815   
                                                   

2010

               

Total revenue from external customers

   $ 1,790       $ 3,809       $ 1,300       $ 34      $ 568      $ 7,501   

Intersegment revenue

     107         210         567         399        (1,283     —     
                                                   

Total operating revenue

     1,897         4,019         1,867         433        (715     7,501   

Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax

     —           —           —           (147     —          (147
                                                   

Net income attributable to Dominion

     226         601         261         847        —          1,935   
                                                   

Intersegment sales and transfers for Dominion are based on contractual arrangements and may result in intersegment profit or loss that is eliminated in consolidation.

 

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The following table presents segment information pertaining to Virginia Power’s operations:

 

     DVP      Dominion
Generation
     Corporate
and Other
    Consolidated
Total
 
(millions)                           

Three Months Ended June 30,

          

2011

          

Operating revenue

   $ 430       $ 1,328       $ (1   $ 1,757   

Net income (loss)

     102         144         (5     241   
                                  

2010

          

Operating revenue

   $ 398       $ 1,313       $ —        $ 1,711   

Net income

     105         160         2        267   
                                  

Six Months Ended June 30,

          

2011

          

Operating revenue

   $ 883       $ 2,632       $ (1   $ 3,514   

Net income (loss)

     215         309         (5     519   
                                  

2010

          

Operating revenue

   $ 800       $ 2,650       $ —        $ 3,450   

Net income (loss)

     198         303         (139     362   
                                  

 

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

MD&A discusses Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s results of operations and general financial condition. MD&A should be read in conjunction with the Companies’ Consolidated Financial Statements.

Contents of MD&A

MD&A consists of the following information:

 

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

 

Accounting Matters

 

 

Dominion

 

   

Results of Operations

 

   

Segment Results of Operations

 

 

Virginia Power

 

   

Results of Operations

 

   

Segment Results of Operations

 

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

 

Future Issues and Other Matters

Forward-Looking Statements

This report contains statements concerning Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s expectations, plans, objectives, future financial performance and other statements that are not historical facts. These statements are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In most cases, the reader can identify these forward-looking statements by such words as “anticipate,” “estimate,” “forecast,” “expect,” “believe,” “should,” “could,” “plan,” “may,” “target” or other similar words.

Dominion and Virginia Power make forward-looking statements with full knowledge that risks and uncertainties exist that may cause actual results to differ materially from predicted results. Factors that may cause actual results to differ are often presented with the forward-looking statements themselves. Additionally, other factors may cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in any forward-looking statement. These factors include but are not limited to:

 

 

Unusual weather conditions and their effect on energy sales to customers and energy commodity prices;

 

 

Extreme weather and geophysical events, including earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, high winds and severe storms, that can cause outages and property damage to facilities;

 

 

Federal, state and local legislative and regulatory developments;

 

 

Changes to federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations, including those related to climate change, water temperature and quality, the tightening of emission or discharge limits for GHGs and other emissions, more extensive permitting requirements and the regulation of additional substances;

 

 

Cost of environmental compliance, including those costs related to climate change;

 

 

Risks associated with the operation of nuclear facilities, including costs associated with the disposal of spent nuclear fuel, decommissioning, plant maintenance and changes in existing regulations governing such facilities;

 

 

Unplanned outages of the Companies’ facilities;

 

 

Fluctuations in energy-related commodity prices and the effect these could have on Dominion’s earnings and Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s liquidity position and the underlying value of their assets;

 

 

Counterparty credit and performance risk;

 

 

Capital market conditions, including the availability of credit and the ability to obtain financing on reasonable terms;

 

 

Risks associated with Virginia Power’s membership and participation in PJM related to obligations created by the default of other participants;

 

 

Price risk due to investments held in nuclear decommissioning trusts by Dominion and Virginia Power and in benefit plan trusts by Dominion;

 

 

Fluctuations in interest rates;

 

 

Changes in federal and state tax laws and regulations;

 

 

Changes in rating agency requirements or credit ratings and their effect on availability and cost of capital;

 

 

Changes in financial or regulatory accounting principles or policies imposed by governing bodies;

 

 

Employee workforce factors including collective bargaining agreements and labor negotiations with union employees;

 

 

The risks of operating businesses in regulated industries that are subject to changing regulatory structures;

 

 

Receipt of approvals for and timing of closing dates for acquisitions and divestitures;

 

 

Changes in rules for RTOs and ISOs in which Dominion and Virginia Power participate, including changes in rate designs and new and evolving capacity models;

 

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Political and economic conditions, including inflation and deflation;

 

 

Domestic terrorism and other threats to the Companies’ physical and intangible assets;

 

 

Industrial, commercial and residential growth or decline in the Companies’ service areas and changes in customer growth or usage patterns, including as a result of energy conservation programs;

 

 

Additional competition in electric markets in which Dominion’s merchant generation facilities operate;

 

 

Changes in technology, particularly with respect to new, developing or alternative sources of generation and smart grid technologies;

 

 

Changes to regulated electric rates collected by Virginia Power and regulated gas distribution, transportation and storage rates, including LNG storage, collected by Dominion;

 

 

Timing and receipt of regulatory approvals necessary for planned construction or expansion projects;

 

 

The inability to complete planned construction projects within the terms and time frames initially anticipated; and

 

 

Adverse outcomes in litigation matters.

Additionally, other risks that could cause actual results to differ from predicted results are set forth in Item 1A. Risk Factors in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 and in Part II, Item 1A. Risk Factors in this report.

Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s forward-looking statements are based on beliefs and assumptions using information available at the time the statements are made. The Companies caution the reader not to place undue reliance on their forward-looking statements because the assumptions, beliefs, expectations and projections about future events may, and often do, differ materially from actual results. Dominion and Virginia Power undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect developments occurring after the statement is made.

Accounting Matters

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

As of June 30, 2011, there have been no significant changes with regard to the critical accounting policies and estimates disclosed in MD&A in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010. The policies disclosed included the accounting for regulated operations, AROs, income taxes, derivative contracts and other instruments at fair value, goodwill and long-lived asset impairment testing, employee benefit plans and unbilled revenue.

Dominion

Results of Operations

Presented below is a summary of Dominion’s consolidated results:

 

     2011      2010      $ Change  
(millions, except EPS)                     

Second Quarter

        

Net income attributable to Dominion

   $ 336       $ 1,761       $ (1,425

Diluted EPS

     0.58         2.98         (2.40

Year-To-Date

        

Net income attributable to Dominion

   $ 815       $ 1,935       $ (1,120

Diluted EPS

     1.41         3.25         (1.84

Overview

Second Quarter 2011 vs. 2010

Net income attributable to Dominion decreased by $1.4 billion. The primary driver is the absence of a gain on the sale of Dominion’s Appalachian E&P operations recorded in 2010.

Year-To-Date 2011 vs. 2010

Net income attributable to Dominion decreased by $1.1 billion. Unfavorable drivers include the absence of a gain on the sale of Dominion’s Appalachian E&P operations recorded in 2010, lower margins from merchant generation operations and the impact of less favorable weather on Dominion’s electric utility operations. Favorable drivers include the absence of charges related to a workforce reduction program and a loss on the sale of Peoples, both recorded in 2010, and a decrease in impairment charges related to State Line.

 

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Analysis of Consolidated Operations

Presented below are selected amounts related to Dominion’s results of operations:

 

     Second Quarter     Year-To-Date  
     2011      2010     $ Change     2011      2010     $ Change  
(millions)               

Operating revenue

   $ 3,341       $ 3,333      $ 8      $ 7,398       $ 7,501      $ (103

Electric fuel and other energy-related purchases

     978         956        22        2,027         1,984        43   

Purchased electric capacity

     116         109        7        235         217        18   

Purchased gas

     365         391        (26     1,007         1,183        (176
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net revenue

     1,882         1,877        5        4,129         4,117        12   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other operations and maintenance

     777         853        (76     1,638         1,921        (283

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

     255         262        (7     517         531        (14

Other taxes

     125         119        6        286         288        (2

Gain on sale of Appalachian E&P operations

     —           2,467        (2,467     —           2,467        (2,467

Other income (loss)

     39         (25     64        96         46        50   

Interest and related charges

     216         188        28        443         371        72   

Income tax expense

     208         1,134        (926     518         1,429        (911

Income (loss) from discontinued operations

     —           2        (2     —           (147     147   

An analysis of Dominion’s results of operations follows:

Second Quarter 2011 vs. 2010

Net revenue increased $5 million, primarily reflecting:

 

 

A $44 million increase from electric utility operations primarily reflecting:

 

   

The impact of rate adjustment clauses ($44 million);

 

   

An increase in ancillary revenues received from PJM ($21 million); partially offset by

 

   

The net impact ($15 million) of a decrease in sales to retail customers primarily due to a decrease in cooling degree days ($54 million) and an increase in sales due to the effect of favorable economic conditions on customer usage and other factors ($39 million);

 

 

A $30 million increase in producer services primarily related to favorable price changes on economic hedging positions and higher physical margins, all associated with natural gas aggregation, marketing and trading activities;

 

 

A $13 million increase in retail energy marketing activities primarily due to a decrease in purchased gas expense; and

 

 

A $9 million increase from Dominion’s gas transmission business primarily related to an increase in revenue from NGLs.

These increases were partially offset by:

 

 

A $76 million decrease from merchant generation operations, primarily reflecting:

 

   

A decline at certain fossil generation facilities ($47 million) largely due to lower generation ($22 million) and unfavorable prices ($20 million); and

 

   

A decline at nuclear generation facilities ($29 million) largely due to lower realized prices ($47 million), partially offset by increased generation ($21 million); and

 

 

A $19 million decrease reflecting the sale of substantially all of Dominion’s Appalachian E&P operations in April 2010.

Other operations and maintenance decreased 9%, primarily reflecting:

 

 

A $163 million decrease due to the absence of an impairment charge recorded in 2010 related to State Line; partially offset by

 

 

A $55 million increase in planned outage costs due to an increase in scheduled outage days at certain electric utility and merchant generation facilities;

 

 

A $17 million charge for severance costs related to the expected closings of certain merchant generation plants; and

 

 

An $11 million increase in salaries, wages and benefits.

 

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Gain on sale of Appalachian E&P operations reflects a gain on the sale of these operations.

Other income (loss) increased $64 million, primarily reflecting a decrease in charitable contributions.

Interest and related charges increased 15%, primarily due to the absence of a benefit recorded in 2010 resulting from the discontinuance of hedge accounting for certain interest rate derivatives.

Income tax expense decreased 82%, primarily reflecting lower federal and state taxes largely due to the absence of a gain from the sale of Dominion’s Appalachian E&P operations recorded in 2010.

Year-To-Date 2011 vs. 2010

Net revenue increased $12 million, primarily reflecting:

 

 

A $90 million increase from electric utility operations primarily reflecting:

 

   

The impact of rate adjustment clauses ($91 million);

 

   

An increase in ancillary revenues received from PJM ($28 million); partially offset by

 

   

The net impact ($29 million) of a decrease in sales to retail customers primarily due to a decrease in cooling degree days ($99 million) and an increase in sales due to the effect of favorable economic conditions on customer usage and other factors ($70 million);

 

 

A $90 million increase from regulated natural gas distribution operations primarily reflecting increased rider revenue related to low income assistance programs;

 

 

A $45 million increase in producer services primarily related to higher physical margins and favorable price changes on economic hedging positions, all associated with natural gas aggregation, marketing and trading activities;

 

 

A $41 million increase in retail energy marketing activities primarily due to a decrease in purchased gas expense; and

 

 

A $10 million increase from Dominion’s gas transmission business primarily related to an increase in revenue from NGLs.

These increases were partially offset by:

 

 

A $142 million decrease from merchant generation operations, primarily reflecting:

 

   

A decline at certain fossil generation facilities ($73 million) largely due to lower generation ($33 million) and unfavorable prices ($32 million); and

 

   

A decline at nuclear generation facilities ($69 million) largely due to lower realized prices ($94 million), partially offset by increased generation ($33 million); and

 

 

A $125 million decrease reflecting the sale of substantially all of Dominion’s Appalachian E&P operations in April 2010.

Other operations and maintenance decreased 15%, primarily reflecting:

 

 

A $326 million decrease due to the absence of charges recorded in 2010 related to a workforce reduction program; and

 

 

A $108 million decrease in impairment charges related to State Line.

These decreases were partially offset by:

 

 

A $74 million increase in bad debt expense at regulated natural gas distribution operations, primarily related to low income assistance programs. These expenses are recovered through rates and do not impact net income; and

 

 

A $71 million increase in planned outage costs due to an increase in scheduled outage days at certain electric utility and merchant generation facilities.

Gain on sale of Appalachian E&P operations reflects a gain on the sale of these operations.

Other income (loss) increased $50 million, primarily reflecting a decrease in charitable contributions.

Interest and related charges increased 19%, primarily due to the absence of a benefit recorded in 2010 resulting from the discontinuance of hedge accounting for certain interest rate derivatives.

Income tax expense decreased 64%, primarily reflecting lower federal and state taxes largely due to the absence of a gain from the sale of Dominion’s Appalachian E&P operations recorded in 2010.

Income (loss) from discontinued operations reflects the sale of Peoples in February 2010.

 

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Segment Results of Operations

Segment results include the impact of intersegment revenues and expenses, which may result in intersegment profit and loss. Presented below is a summary of contributions by Dominion’s operating segments to net income attributable to Dominion:

 

           Net Income attributable to Dominion            Diluted EPS  

Second Quarter

   2011     2010      $ Change     2011     2010      $ Change  
(millions, except EPS)                                       

DVP

   $ 115      $ 112       $ 3      $ 0.20      $ 0.19       $ 0.01   

Dominion Generation

     194        276         (82     0.34        0.47         (0.13

Dominion Energy

     104        86         18        0.18        0.14         0.04   
                                                  

Primary operating segments

     413        474         (61     0.72        0.80         (0.08

Corporate and Other

     (77     1,287         (1,364     (0.14     2.18         (2.32
                                                  

Consolidated

   $ 336      $ 1,761       $ (1,425   $ 0.58      $ 2.98       $ (2.40
                                                  
Year-To-Date                                       

DVP

   $ 264      $ 226       $ 38      $ 0.46      $ 0.38       $ 0.08   

Dominion Generation

     492        601         (109     0.85        1.01         (0.16

Dominion Energy

     273        261         12        0.47        0.44         0.03   
                                                  

Primary operating segments

     1,029        1,088         (59     1.78        1.83         (0.05

Corporate and Other

     (214     847         (1,061     (0.37     1.42         (1.79
                                                  

Consolidated

   $ 815      $ 1,935       $ (1,120   $ 1.41      $ 3.25       $ (1.84
                                                  

DVP

Presented below are selected operating statistics related to DVP’s operations:

 

      Second Quarter     Year-To-Date  
     2011      2010      % Change     2011      2010      % Change  

Electricity delivered (million MWh)

     19.9         20.0         (1 )%      40.8         41.2         (1 )% 

Degree days (electric distribution service area):

                

Cooling

     630         724         (13     631         724         (13

Heating

     222         197         13        2,290         2,323         (1

Average electric distribution customer accounts (thousands)(1)

     2,435         2,420         1        2,435         2,419         1   

Average retail energy marketing customer accounts (thousands)(1)

     2,164         2,046         6        2,144         1,996         7   

 

(1) Period average.

 

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Presented below, on an after-tax basis, are the key factors impacting DVP’s net income contribution:

 

     Second Quarter
2011 vs. 2010
Increase (Decrease)
    Year-To-Date
2011 vs. 2010
Increase (Decrease)
 
     Amount     EPS     Amount     EPS  
(millions, except EPS)                         

Regulated electric sales:

        

Weather

   $ (10   $ (0.02   $ (19   $ (0.03

Other

     3        —          10        0.02   

FERC transmission equity return

     12        0.02        20        0.03   

Retail energy marketing operations

     6        0.01        23        0.04   

Storm damage and service restoration – electric distribution operations

     (3     —          3        —     

Other

     (5     (0.01     1        —     

Share accretion

     —          0.01        —          0.02   
                                

Change in net income contribution

   $ 3      $ 0.01      $ 38      $ 0.08   
                                

Dominion Generation

Presented below are selected operating statistics related to Dominion Generation’s operations:

 

     Second Quarter     Year-To-Date  
     2011      2010      % Change     2011      2010      % Change  

Electricity supplied (million MWh):

                

Utility

     19.9         20.0         (1 )%      40.8         41.2         (1 )% 

Merchant(1)

     10.7         10.5         2        21.9         22.9         (4

Degree days (electric utility service area):

                

Cooling

     630         724         (13     631         724         (13

Heating

     222         197         13        2,290         2,323         (1

 

(1) Includes 1.3 and 2.1 million MWh for the quarter and year-to-date periods ended June 30, 2011, respectively, and 1.3 and 2.5 million MWh for the quarter and year-to-date periods ended June 30, 2010, respectively, related to Kewaunee.

 

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Presented below, on an after-tax basis, are the key factors impacting Dominion Generation’s net income contribution:

 

     Second Quarter
2011 vs. 2010
Increase (Decrease)
    Year-To-Date
2011 vs. 2010
Increase (Decrease)
 
     Amount     EPS     Amount     EPS  
(millions, except EPS)                         

Merchant generation margin

   $ (35   $ (0.06   $ (73   $ (0.12

Outage costs

     (33     (0.06     (27     (0.04

Kewaunee 2010 earnings(1)

     (10     (0.02     (15     (0.03

Regulated electric sales:

        

Weather

     (23     (0.04     (41     (0.06

Other

     21        0.04        38        0.06   

Rate adjustment clause equity return

     4        0.01        19        0.03   

Other

     (6     (0.01     (10     (0.02

Share accretion

     —          0.01        —          0.02   
                                

Change in net income contribution

   $ (82   $ (0.13   $ (109   $ (0.16
                                

 

(1) Kewaunee’s 2011 results of operations have been reflected in the Corporate and Other segment due to Dominion’s decision, in the first quarter of 2011, to pursue a sale of the power station.

Dominion Energy

Presented below are selected operating statistics related to Dominion Energy’s operations:

 

     Second Quarter     Year-To-Date  
     2011      2010      % Change     2011      2010      % Change  

Gas distribution throughput (bcf):

                

Sales

     4         4         —       20         19         5

Transportation

     45         37         22        155         136         14   

Heating degree days (gas distribution service area)

     613         436         41        3,756         3,383         11   

Average gas distribution customer accounts (thousands)(1):

                

Sales

     249         257         (3     254         260         (2

Transportation

     1,051         1,047         —          1,051         1,050         —     

 

(1) Period average.

Presented below, on an after-tax basis, are the key factors impacting Dominion Energy’s net income contribution:

 

     Second Quarter
2011 vs. 2010
Increase (Decrease)
     Year-To-Date
2011 vs. 2010
Increase (Decrease)
 
     Amount     EPS      Amount     EPS  
(millions, except EPS)                          

Producer services margin

   $ 14      $ 0.02       $ 23      $ 0.04   

Gas distribution margin

     8        0.01         8        0.01   

E&P disposed operations

     (3     —           (17     (0.03

Other

     (1     —           (2     —     

Share accretion

     —          0.01         —          0.01   
                                 

Change in net income contribution

   $ 18      $ 0.04       $ 12      $ 0.03   
                                 

 

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Corporate and Other

Presented below are the Corporate and Other segment’s after-tax results:

 

     Second Quarter     Year-To-Date  
     2011     2010     $ Change     2011     2010     $ Change  
(millions, except EPS)                                     

Specific items attributable to operating segments

   $ (2   $ 1,280      $ (1,282   $ (56   $ 1,065      $ (1,121

Specific items attributable to corporate operations:

            

Peoples discontinued operations

     —          2        (2     —          (147     147   

Other

     —          53        (53     (8     15        (23
                                                

Total specific items

     (2     1,335        (1,337     (64     933        (997

Other corporate operations

     (75     (48 )     (27     (150     (86     (64
                                                

Total net benefit (expense)

   $ (77   $ 1,287      $ (1,364   $ (214   $ 847      $ (1,061
                                                

EPS impact

   $ (0.14   $ 2.18      $ (2.32   $ (0.37   $ 1.42      $ (1.79
                                                

Total Specific Items

Corporate and Other includes specific items that are not included in profit measures evaluated by management in assessing segment performance or in allocating resources among the segments. See Note 19 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for discussion of these items.

Other Corporate Operations

Second Quarter and Year-To-Date 2011 vs. 2010

Net expenses increased primarily due to the absence of a net benefit recorded in 2010 from the discontinuance of hedge accounting and subsequent changes in fair value of certain interest rate derivatives and lower consolidated state income tax benefits.

 

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Virginia Power

Results of Operations

Presented below is a summary of Virginia Power’s consolidated results:

 

     Second Quarter     Year-To-Date  
     2011      2010      $ Change     2011      2010      $ Change  
(millions)                                         

Net income

   $ 241       $ 267       $ (26   $ 519       $ 362       $ 157   

Overview

Second Quarter 2011 vs. 2010

Net income decreased by $26 million largely due to less favorable weather and an increase in scheduled outage costs, partially offset by favorable economic conditions and other factors.

Year-To-Date 2011 vs. 2010

Net income increased by $157 million largely due to the absence of charges related to a workforce reduction program recorded in 2010 and the impact of favorable economic conditions and other factors, partially offset by less favorable weather.

 

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Analysis of Consolidated Operations

Presented below are selected amounts related to Virginia Power’s results of operations:

 

     Second Quarter     Year-To-Date  
     2011      2010      $ Change     2011      2010      $ Change  
(millions)                                         

Operating revenue

   $ 1,757       $ 1,711       $ 46      $ 3,514       $ 3,450       $ 64   

Electric fuel and other energy-related purchases

     583         589         (6     1,176         1,221         (45

Purchased electric capacity

     116         108         8        234         215         19   
                                                    

Net revenue

     1,058         1,014         44        2,104         2,014         90   
                                                    

Other operations and maintenance

     356         317         39        658         836         (178

Depreciation and amortization

     175         165         10        349         328         21   

Other taxes

     56         53         3        115         117         (2

Other income

     10         28         (18     39         42         (3

Interest and related charges

     84         83         1        176         171         5   

Income tax expense

     156         157         (1     326         242         84   

An analysis of Virginia Power’s results of operations follows:

Second Quarter 2011 vs. 2010

Net revenue increased 4%, primarily reflecting:

 

 

The impact of rate adjustment clauses ($44 million);

 

 

An increase in ancillary revenues received from PJM ($21 million); partially offset by

 

 

The net impact ($15 million) of a decrease in sales to retail customers primarily due to a decrease in cooling degree days ($54 million) and an increase in sales due to the effect of favorable economic conditions on customer usage and other factors ($39 million).

Other operations and maintenance increased 12%, primarily reflecting a $33 million increase in planned outage costs due to an increase in scheduled outage days at certain generation facilities.

Year-To-Date 2011 vs. 2010

Net revenue increased 4%, primarily reflecting:

 

 

The impact of rate adjustment clauses ($91 million);

 

 

An increase in ancillary revenues received from PJM ($28 million); partially offset by

 

 

The net impact ($29 million) of a decrease in sales to retail customers primarily due to a decrease in cooling degree days ($99 million) and an increase in sales due to the effect of favorable economic conditions on customer usage and other factors ($70 million).

Other operations and maintenance decreased 21%, primarily reflecting the absence of charges recorded in 2010 related to a workforce reduction program.

Income tax expense increased 35%, primarily reflecting higher pre-tax income in 2011.

 

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Segment Results of Operations

Presented below is a summary of contributions by Virginia Power’s operating segments to net income:

 

     Second Quarter     Year-To-Date  
     2011     2010      $ Change     2011     2010     $ Change  
(millions)                                      

DVP

   $ 102      $ 105       $ (3   $ 215      $ 198      $ 17   

Dominion Generation

     144        160         (16     309        303        6   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Primary operating segments

     246        265         (19     524        501        23   

Corporate and Other

     (5     2         (7     (5     (139     134   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Consolidated

   $ 241      $ 267       $ (26   $ 519      $ 362      $ 157   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

DVP

Presented below are operating statistics related to Virginia Power’s DVP segment:

 

     Second Quarter     Year-To-Date  
     2011      2010      % Change     2011      2010      % Change  

Electricity delivered (million MWh)

     19.9         20.0         (1 )%      40.8         41.2         (1 )% 

Degree days (electric distribution service area):

                

Cooling

     630         724         (13     631         724         (13

Heating

     222         197         13        2,290         2,323         (1

Average electric distribution customer accounts (thousands)(1)

     2,435         2,420         1        2,435         2,419         1   

 

(1) Period average.

Presented below, on an after-tax basis, are the key factors impacting Virginia Power’s DVP segment’s net income contribution:

 

     Second Quarter
2011 vs.  2010
Increase
(Decrease)
    Year-To-Date
2011 vs. 2010

Increase
(Decrease)
 
(millions)             

Regulated electric sales:

    

Weather

   $ (10   $ (19

Other

     3        10   

FERC transmission equity return

     12        20   

Storm damage and service restoration – electric distribution operations

     (3     3   

Other

     (5     3   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net income contribution

   $ (3   $ 17   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Dominion Generation

Presented below are operating statistics related to Virginia Power’s Dominion Generation segment:

 

     Second Quarter     Year-To-Date  
     2011      2010      % Change     2011      2010      % Change  

Electricity supplied (million MWh):

     19.9         20.0         (1 )%      40.8         41.2         (1 )% 

Degree days (electric utility service area):

                

Cooling

     630         724         (13     631         724         (13

Heating

     222         197         13        2,290         2,323         (1

Presented below, on an after-tax basis, are the key factors impacting Virginia Power’s Dominion Generation segment’s net income contribution:

 

     Second Quarter
2011 vs.  2010
Increase (Decrease)
    Year-To-Date
2011 vs.  2010
Increase (Decrease)
 
(millions)             

Outage costs

   $ (20   $ (10

Regulated electric sales:

    

Weather

     (23     (41

Other

     21        38   

Rate adjustment clause equity return

     4        19   

Other

     2        —     
                

Change in net income contribution

   $ (16   $ 6   
                

Corporate and Other

Corporate and Other includes specific items that are not included in profit measures evaluated by management in assessing segment performance or in allocating resources among the segments. See Note 19 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for discussion of these items.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Dominion and Virginia Power depend on both internal and external sources of liquidity to provide working capital and to fund capital requirements. Short-term cash requirements not met by cash provided by operations are generally satisfied with proceeds from short-term borrowings. Long-term cash needs are met through issuances of debt and/or equity securities.

At June 30, 2011, Dominion had $1.7 billion of unused capacity under its credit facilities, including $286 million of unused capacity under joint credit facilities available to Virginia Power.

A summary of Dominion’s cash flows is presented below:

 

     2011     2010  
(millions)             

Cash and cash equivalents at January 1

   $ 62      $ 50   

Cash flows provided by (used in):

    

Operating activities

     1,287        1,406   

Investing activities

     (1,535     1,661   

Financing activities

     266        (2,706
                

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

     18        361   
                

Cash and cash equivalents at June 30

   $ 80      $ 411   
                

 

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A summary of Virginia Power’s cash flows is presented below:

 

     2011     2010  
(millions)             

Cash and cash equivalents at January 1

   $ 5      $ 19   

Cash flows provided by (used in):

    

Operating activities

     837        559   

Investing activities

     (973     (1,112

Financing activities

     184        549   
                

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

     48        (4
                

Cash and cash equivalents at June 30

   $ 53      $ 15   
                

Operating Cash Flows

Net cash provided by Dominion’s operating activities decreased by $119 million, primarily due to higher margin collateral requirements, lower merchant generation margins, the absence of E&P operations, the impact of less favorable weather on electric utility operations and net changes in working capital items. The decrease was partially offset by lower rate refunds related to the 2009 base rate case, an increase in cash flow from Virginia rate adjustment clauses, lower income tax payments and the absence of a contribution to Dominion’s pension plans made in 2010.

Net cash provided by Virginia Power’s operating activities increased by $278 million, primarily due to lower income tax payments and lower rate refunds related to the 2009 base rate case, as well as an increase in cash flow from rate adjustment clauses. The increase was partially offset by the impact of less favorable weather, lower deferred fuel cost recoveries, and net changes in other working capital items.

Dominion believes that its operations provide a stable source of cash flow to contribute to planned levels of capital expenditures and maintain or grow the dividend on common shares. Virginia Power believes that its operations provide a stable source of cash flow to contribute to planned levels of capital expenditures and provide dividends to Dominion.

The Companies’ operations are subject to risks and uncertainties that may negatively impact the timing or amounts of operating cash flows, which are discussed in Item 1A. Risk Factors in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 and Part II, Item 1A. Risk Factors in this report.

Credit Risk

Dominion’s exposure to potential concentrations of credit risk results primarily from its energy marketing and price risk management activities. Presented below is a summary of Dominion’s credit exposure as of June 30, 2011 for these activities. Gross credit exposure for each counterparty is calculated prior to the application of collateral and represents outstanding receivables plus any unrealized on- or off-balance sheet exposure, taking into account contractual netting rights.

 

     Gross  Credit
Exposure
     Credit
Collateral
     Net Credit
Exposure
 
(millions)                     

Investment grade(1)

   $ 202       $ —         $ 202   

Non-investment grade(2)

     5         —           5   

No external ratings:

        

Internally rated—investment grade(3)

     46         —           46   

Internally rated—non-investment grade(4)

     58         —           58   
                          

Total

   $ 311       $ —         $ 311   
                          

 

(1) Designations as investment grade are based upon minimum credit ratings assigned by Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s. The five largest counterparty exposures, combined, for this category represented approximately 40% of the total net credit exposure.
(2) The five largest counterparty exposures, combined, for this category represented approximately 2% of the total net credit exposure.
(3) The five largest counterparty exposures, combined, for this category represented approximately 9% of the total net credit exposure.
(4) The five largest counterparty exposures, combined, for this category represented approximately 13% of the total net credit exposure.

 

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Virginia Power’s exposure to potential concentrations of credit risk results primarily from sales to wholesale customers. Gross credit exposure for each counterparty is calculated prior to the application of collateral and represents outstanding receivables plus any unrealized on- or off-balance sheet exposure, taking into account contractual netting rights. At June 30, 2011, Virginia Power’s exposure to potential concentrations of credit risk was not considered material.

Investing Cash Flows

For the six months ended June 30, 2011, net cash used in Dominion’s investing activities was $1.5 billion as compared to net cash provided by investing activities of $1.7 billion in 2010, primarily reflecting the absence of the proceeds received from the sale of Dominion’s Appalachian E&P operations in April 2010 and the sale of Peoples in February 2010.

Net cash used in Virginia Power’s investing activities decreased by $139 million, primarily due to lower capital expenditures.

Financing Cash Flows and Liquidity

Dominion and Virginia Power rely on capital markets as significant sources of funding for capital requirements not satisfied by cash provided by their operations. As discussed further in Credit Ratings and Debt Covenants in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, the Companies’ ability to borrow funds or issue securities and the return demanded by investors are affected by credit ratings. In addition, the raising of external capital is subject to certain regulatory requirements, including registration with the SEC and, in the case of Virginia Power, approval by the Virginia Commission.

Each of the Companies meets the definition of a well-known seasoned issuer under SEC rules governing the registration, communications and offering processes under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The rules provide for a streamlined shelf registration process to provide registrants with timely access to capital. This allows the Companies to use automatic shelf registration statements to register any offering of securities, other than those for business combination transactions.

For the six months ended June 30, 2011, net cash provided by Dominion’s financing activities was $266 million as compared to net cash used in financing activities of $2.7 billion in 2010, primarily due to net debt issuances in 2011 compared to net debt repayments in 2010, partially reflecting the use of proceeds from the sales of Dominion’s Appalachian E&P operations and Peoples.

Net cash provided by Virginia Power’s financing activities decreased by $365 million, primarily due to lower net debt issuances in 2011 as a result of higher cash flow from operations.

See Note 14 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further information regarding Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s credit facilities, liquidity and significant financing transactions, including stock repurchases.

Credit Ratings

Credit ratings are intended to provide banks and capital market participants with a framework for comparing the credit quality of securities and are not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities. In the Credit Ratings section of MD&A in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, there is a discussion on the use of capital markets by the Companies, as well as the impact of credit ratings on the accessibility and costs of using these markets. As of June 30, 2011, there have been no changes in the Companies’ credit ratings.

Debt Covenants

In the Debt Covenants section of MD&A in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, there is a discussion on the various covenants present in the enabling agreements underlying the Companies’ debt. As of June 30, 2011, there have been no material changes to debt covenants, nor any events of default under the Companies’ debt covenants.

Future Cash Payments for Contractual Obligations and Planned Capital Expenditures

As of June 30, 2011, there have been no material changes outside the ordinary course of business to Dominion’s or Virginia Power’s contractual obligations nor any material changes to planned capital expenditures as disclosed in MD&A in the Companies’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.

Use of Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

Leasing Arrangement

Dominion leases the Fairless generating facility in Pennsylvania, which began commercial operations in June 2004. The lease expires in 2013 and, at that time, Dominion may renew the lease on terms mutually agreeable to Dominion and the lessor based on original project costs and current market conditions; purchase Fairless at its original construction cost ($898 million) plus

 

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51% of any appraised value in excess of original construction cost; or sell Fairless, on behalf of the lessor, to an independent third party. As an operating lease, the asset and related borrowings used to finance the construction of the asset are not included in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

As of June 30, 2011, the lessor held two power plant leases, including Fairless. In late July 2011, the other lessee notified the lessor that it will not renew its lease upon expiration in the fourth quarter of 2011. This may impact Dominion’s determination of whether it must consolidate the lessor. Dominion is evaluating multiple alternatives for the Fairless lease, including pursuing alternative financing structures or purchasing the plant. Pending a decision to pursue a specific course of action, Dominion cannot predict the outcome of this matter at this time.

There have been no other material changes in the off-balance sheet arrangements disclosed in MD&A in Dominion’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.

Future Issues and Other Matters

The following discussion of future issues and other information includes current developments of previously disclosed matters and new issues arising during the period covered by, and subsequent to, the dates of Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Consolidated Financial Statements that may impact the Companies’ future results of operations, financial condition and/or cash flows. This section should be read in conjunction with Item 1. Business and Future Issues and Other Matters in MD&A in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 and Future Issues and Other Matters in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011.

Regulatory Matters

See Note 14 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, Note 12 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011 and Note 12 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in this report for additional information on various regulatory matters.

Environmental Matters

Dominion and Virginia Power are subject to costs resulting from a number of federal, state and local laws and regulations designed to protect human health and the environment. These laws and regulations affect future planning and existing operations. They can result in increased capital, operating and other costs as a result of compliance, remediation, containment and monitoring obligations. See Note 23 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, Note 15 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011 and Note 15 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in this report for additional information on various environmental matters.

Water

Pursuant to a November 2010 settlement, in April 2011, EPA published the proposed rule related to CWA Section 316(b) in the Federal Register.

The rule in its proposed form seeks to establish a uniform national standard for impingement, but forgoes the creation of a single technology standard for entrainment. Instead, the EPA proposes to delegate entrainment technology decisions to state regulators. State regulators are to make case-by-case entrainment technology determinations after an examination of nine facility-specific factors, including a social cost-benefit test.

The proposed rule governs all electric generating stations with water withdrawals above two MGD, with a heightened entrainment analysis for those facilities over 125 MGD. Under this proposal, Dominion has 18 facilities that may be subject to these proposed regulations. If finalized as proposed, Dominion anticipates that the Company will have to install impingement control technologies at many of these stations that have once-through cooling systems. Dominion and Virginia Power cannot estimate the need or potential for entrainment controls under the proposed rule as these decisions will be made on a case-by-case basis after a thorough review of detailed biological, technology, cost and benefit studies. However, the impacts of this rule may be material.

Air

The EPA is proceeding with the development of a MACT rulemaking for coal and oil-fired electric utility steam generating units. These rules, as proposed in March 2011, require significant reductions in mercury and other hazardous air pollutants, including acid gases and non-mercury metals, from electric generation facilities. Dominion continues to be governed by individual state mercury emission reduction regulations in Massachusetts and Illinois. The Companies cannot currently predict with certainty whether or to what extent the new rules will ultimately require additional controls, however, if significant

 

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expenditures are required, it could have an adverse impact on Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s financial statements.

Nuclear Matters

In March 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami caused significant damage at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station in northeast Japan. It is expected that these events will result in significant nuclear safety reviews required by the NRC, industry groups such as INPO and/or international organizations. Like other U.S. nuclear operators, Dominion is currently gathering data to respond to INPO recommendations related to the ability to respond to design-basis and beyond-design-basis events at its stations. In July 2011, an NRC Task Force provided initial recommendations based on its review of the Fukushima Daiichi accident. The NRC Commissioners are considering these recommendations, and a longer term NRC review of the accident is also underway. Such reviews and recommendations, if adopted, could require nuclear plant modifications and may impact future operations and/or capital requirements at U.S. nuclear facilities, including those owned by Dominion and Virginia Power.

Legal Matters

See Item 3. Legal Proceedings in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, Part II, Item 1. Legal Proceedings in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011 and Part II, Item 1. Legal Proceedings in this report for additional information on various legal matters.

Keystone Connector Project

In August 2009, Dominion announced the proposed development of the Keystone Connector Project, a joint venture with The Williams Companies that would transport new natural gas supplies from the Appalachian Basin to Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation’s Station 195, providing access to markets throughout the eastern U.S. The joint venture was terminated in June 2011. DTI is currently independently marketing its Keystone Connector Project. Project timing is subject to producer drilling plans in the Appalachian Basin, as well as customer demand throughout the mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions.

Natrium Project

In July 2011, Dominion announced the development of a natural gas processing and fractionation facility in Natrium, West Virginia and executed a contract for the construction of the first phase of the facility. This phase of the project is currently over 90% contracted and is expected to be in service by December 2012. The Phase 1 costs for processing, fractionation, plant inlet and outlet natural gas transportation, gathering, and various modes of NGL transportation is approximately $500 million. The complete project is designed to gather up to 400,000 Mcf of natural gas per day and fractionate up to 59,000 barrels of NGLs per day.

Dodd-Frank Act

The Dodd-Frank Act was enacted into law in July 2010 in an effort to improve regulation of financial markets. The Dodd-Frank Act includes provisions that will require certain over-the-counter derivatives, or swaps, to be centrally cleared and executed through an exchange or other approved trading platform. Non-financial entities that use swaps to hedge or mitigate commercial risk, often referred to as end users, can choose to exempt their hedging transactions from these clearing and exchange trading requirements. In addition, the Dodd-Frank Act allows applicable regulators, including the CFTC and SEC, to impose initial and variation margin requirements on entities who execute swaps. End users were not expressly exempted from these requirements for non-cleared swaps and rules have been proposed that address the margin obligations to be imposed on non-cleared swaps entered with end users. Final rules for the over-the-counter derivative-related provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act, including the clearing, exchange trading and margin requirements, will be established through the ongoing rulemaking process of the applicable regulators. In June 2011 both the CFTC and SEC confirmed that they would not complete the required rulemaking by the July 2011 deadline under the Dodd-Frank Act. Each agency has granted certain temporary relief from specific derivative-related provisions of the Act until the effective date of the applicable rules. The CFTC’s temporary relief would expire no later than December 31, 2011, if not extended. If, as a result of the rulemaking process, Dominion’s or Virginia Power’s derivative activities are not exempted from the clearing, exchange trading or margin requirements, the Companies could be subject to higher costs for their derivative activities, including from higher margin requirements. In addition, implementation of, and compliance with, the over-the-counter derivative provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act by the Companies’ swap counterparties could result in increased costs related to the Companies’ derivative activities. Due to the ongoing rulemaking process, the Companies are currently unable to assess the potential financial statement impact of the Dodd-Frank Act’s derivative-related provisions.

Collective Bargaining Agreement

In July 2011, members of the Local 310, representing about 180 employees at Kewaunee, ratified a new two-year extension of the current labor contract with Dominion. The new contract runs through October 21, 2013.

 

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ITEM 3.

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE

DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

The matters discussed in this Item may contain “forward-looking statements” as described in the introductory paragraphs under Part I, Item 2. MD&A of this Form 10-Q. The reader’s attention is directed to those paragraphs for discussion of various risks and uncertainties that may impact Dominion and Virginia Power.

Market Risk Sensitive Instruments and Risk Management

Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s financial instruments, commodity contracts and related financial derivative instruments are exposed to potential losses due to adverse changes in commodity prices, interest rates and equity security prices as described below. Commodity price risk is present in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s electric operations, Dominion’s gas procurement operations, and Dominion’s energy marketing and trading operations due to the exposure to market shifts in prices received and paid for electricity, natural gas and other commodities. The Companies use commodity derivative contracts to manage price risk exposures for these operations. Interest rate risk is generally related to their outstanding debt. In addition, they are exposed to investment price risk through various portfolios of equity and debt securities.

The following sensitivity analysis estimates the potential loss of future earnings or fair value from market risk sensitive instruments over a selected time period due to a 10% unfavorable change in commodity prices or interest rates.

Commodity Price Risk

To manage price risk, Dominion and Virginia Power primarily hold commodity-based financial derivative instruments for non-trading purposes associated with purchases and sales of electricity, natural gas and other energy-related products. As part of its strategy to market energy and to manage related risks, Dominion also holds commodity-based financial derivative instruments for trading purposes.

The derivatives used to manage commodity price risk are executed within established policies and procedures and may include instruments such as futures, forwards, swaps, options and FTRs that are sensitive to changes in the related commodity prices. For sensitivity analysis purposes, the hypothetical change in market prices of commodity-based financial derivative instruments is determined based on models that consider the market prices of commodities in future periods, the volatility of the market prices in each period, as well as the time value factors of the derivative instruments. Prices and volatility are principally determined based on observable market prices.

A hypothetical 10% unfavorable change in market prices of Dominion’s non-trading commodity-based financial derivative instruments would have resulted in a decrease in fair value of approximately $253 million and $183 million as of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. The increase in sensitivity is largely due to settlements of commodity derivative positions existing as of the beginning of the period. A hypothetical 10% unfavorable change in commodity prices would not have resulted in a material change in the fair value of Dominion’s commodity-based financial derivative instruments held for trading purposes as of June 30, 2011 or December 31, 2010.

The impact of a change in energy commodity prices on Dominion’s non-trading commodity-based financial derivative instruments at a point in time is not necessarily representative of the results that will be realized when the contracts are ultimately settled. Net losses from commodity derivative instruments used for hedging purposes, to the extent realized, will generally be offset by recognition of the hedged transaction, such as revenue from physical sales of the commodity.

Interest Rate Risk

Dominion and Virginia Power manage their interest rate risk exposure predominantly by maintaining a balance of fixed and variable rate debt. They also enter into interest rate sensitive derivatives, including interest rate swaps and interest rate lock agreements. For variable rate debt and interest rate swaps designated under fair value hedging and outstanding for Dominion and Virginia Power, a hypothetical 10% increase in market interest rates would not have resulted in a material change in annual earnings at June 30, 2011 or December 31, 2010.

 

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Additionally, Dominion and Virginia Power may use forward-starting interest rate swaps and interest rate lock agreements as anticipatory hedges. As of June 30, 2011, Dominion and Virginia Power had $1.7 billion and $200 million, respectively, in aggregate notional amounts of these interest rate derivatives outstanding. A hypothetical 10% decrease in market interest rates would have resulted in a decrease of approximately $53 million in the fair value of Dominion’s interest rate derivatives at June 30, 2011. A hypothetical 10% decrease in market interest rates would not have resulted in a material change in the fair value of Virginia Power’s interest rate derivatives at June 30, 2011. None of these interest rate derivatives were outstanding at December 31, 2010.

The impact of a change in interest rates on Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s interest rate-based financial derivative instruments at a point in time is not necessarily representative of the results that will be realized when the contracts are ultimately settled. Net losses from interest rate derivative instruments used for hedging purposes, to the extent realized, will generally be offset by recognition of the hedged transaction.

Investment Price Risk

Dominion and Virginia Power are subject to investment price risk due to securities held as investments in nuclear decommissioning and rabbi trust funds that are managed by third-party investment managers. These trust funds primarily hold marketable securities that are reported in the Consolidated Balance Sheets at fair value.

Dominion recognized net realized gains (including investment income) on nuclear decommissioning and rabbi trust investments of $50 million, $40 million and $95 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 and for the year ended December 31, 2010, respectively. Net realized gains and losses include gains and losses from the sale of investments as well as any other-than-temporary declines in fair value. For the six months ended June 30, 2011 and the year ended December 31, 2010, Dominion recorded, in AOCI and regulatory liabilities, a net increase in unrealized gains on these investments of $98 million and $182 million, respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2010, Dominion recorded, in AOCI and regulatory liabilities, a net increase in unrealized losses on these investments of $109 million.

Virginia Power recognized net realized gains (including investment income) on nuclear decommissioning trust investments of $16 million, $20 million and $44 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 and for the year ended December 31, 2010, respectively. Net realized gains and losses include gains and losses from the sale of investments as well as any other-than-temporary declines in fair value. Virginia Power recorded, in AOCI and regulatory liabilities, a net increase in unrealized gains on these investments of $43 million and $67 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and for the year ended December 31, 2010, respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2010, Virginia Power recorded, in AOCI and regulatory liabilities, a net increase in unrealized losses on these investments of $48 million.

Dominion sponsors employee pension and other postretirement benefit plans, in which Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s employees participate, that hold investments in trusts to fund benefit payments. If the values of investments held in these trusts decline, it will result in future increases in the periodic cost recognized for such employee benefit plans and will be included in the determination of the amount of contributions to be made to the employee benefit plans.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Senior management of each of Dominion and Virginia Power, including Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s CEO and CFO, evaluated the effectiveness of each of their respective Companies’ disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on this evaluation process, each of Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s CEO and CFO have concluded that each of their respective Companies’ disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

There were no changes in either Dominion’s or Virginia Power’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, either of the Companies’ internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

From time to time, Dominion and Virginia Power are alleged to be in violation or in default under orders, statutes, rules or regulations relating to the environment, compliance plans imposed upon or agreed to by the Companies, or permits issued by various local, state and/or federal agencies for the construction or operation of facilities. Administrative proceedings may also be pending on these matters. In addition, in the ordinary course of business, the Companies and their subsidiaries are involved in various legal proceedings. Dominion and Virginia Power believe that the ultimate resolution of these proceedings will not have a material adverse effect on their financial position, liquidity or results of operations. See Notes 12 and 15 to the

 

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Consolidated Financial Statements, Future Issues in MD&A and Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 and their Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011 for discussions on various environmental and other regulatory proceedings to which the Companies are a party.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s businesses are influenced by many factors that are difficult to predict, involve uncertainties that may materially affect actual results and are often beyond the Companies’ control. A number of these risk factors have been identified in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, which should be taken into consideration when reviewing the information contained in this report. There have been no material changes with regard to the risk factors previously disclosed in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 or their Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011. For other factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in any forward-looking statement or projection contained in this report, see Forward-Looking Statements in MD&A.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

Dominion

ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

 

Period

   (a) Total
Number  of
Shares
(or Units)
Purchased(1)
     (b) Average
Price  Paid
per Share
(or  Unit)(2)
     (c) Total Number
of  Shares (or Units)
Purchased as Part
of Publicly
Announced Plans or
Programs
     (d) Maximum Number  (or
Approximate Dollar
Value) of Shares (or Units)
that May Yet Be
Purchased under the Plans
or Programs(3)

4/1/11-4/30/11

     199,007       $ 44.70         —         26,540,390 shares/

$1.50 billion

5/1/11-5/31/11

     2,440,392         47.00         2,435,774       24,104,616 shares/

$1.39 billion

6/1/11-6/30/11

     4,475,618         47.48         4,475,557       19,629,059 shares/

$1.18 billion

                               

Total

     7,115,017       $ 47.24         6,911,331       19,629,059 shares/

$1.18 billion

                               

 

(1) In April, May and June 2011, 199,007 shares, 4,618 shares and 61 shares, respectively, were tendered by employees to satisfy tax withholding obligations on vested restricted and goal-based stock.
(2) Represents the weighted-average price paid per share.
(3) The remaining repurchase authorization is pursuant to repurchase authority granted by the Dominion Board of Directors in February 2005, as modified in June 2007. The aggregate authorization granted by the Dominion Board of Directors was 86 million shares (as adjusted to reflect a two-for-one stock split distributed in November 2007) not to exceed $4 billion.

 

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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

   Dominion    Virginia
Power
3.1.a    Dominion Resources, Inc. Articles of Incorporation as amended and restated effective May 20, 2010 (Exhibit 3.1, Form 8-K filed May 20, 2010, File No. 1-8489).    X   
3.1.b    Virginia Electric and Power Company Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as in effect on March 3, 2011 (Exhibit 3.1b, Form 10-Q filed April 29, 2011, File No. 1-2255).       X
3.2.a    Dominion Resources, Inc. Amended and Restated Bylaws, effective May 18, 2010 (Exhibit 3.2, Form 8-K filed May 20, 2010, File No. 1-8489).    X   
3.2.b    Virginia Electric and Power Company Amended and Restated Bylaws, effective June 1, 2009 (Exhibit 3.1, Form 8-K filed June 3, 2009, File No. 1-2255).       X
4    Dominion Resources, Inc. and Virginia Electric and Power Company agree to furnish to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request any other instrument with respect to long-term debt as to which the total amount of securities authorized does not exceed 10% of either of their total consolidated assets.    X    X
12.1    Ratio of earnings to fixed charges for Dominion Resources, Inc. (filed herewith).    X   
12.2a    Ratio of earnings to fixed charges for Virginia Electric and Power Company (filed herewith).       X
12.2b    Ratio of earnings to fixed charges and dividends for Virginia Electric and Power Company (filed herewith).       X
31.a    Certification by Chief Executive Officer of Dominion Resources, Inc. pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).    X   
31.b    Certification by Chief Financial Officer of Dominion Resources, Inc. pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).    X   
31.c    Certification by Chief Executive Officer of Virginia Electric and Power Company pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).       X
31.d    Certification by Chief Financial Officer of Virginia Electric and Power Company pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).       X
32.a    Certification to the Securities and Exchange Commission by Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Dominion Resources, Inc. as required by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (furnished herewith).    X   
32.b    Certification to the Securities and Exchange Commission by Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Virginia Electric and Power Company as required by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (furnished herewith).       X
99    Condensed consolidated earnings statements (filed herewith)    X    X
101^    The following financial statements from Dominion Resources, Inc.’s and Virginia Electric and Power Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2011, filed on July 29, 2011, formatted in XBRL: (i) Consolidated Statements of Income, (ii) Consolidated Balance Sheets, (iii) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (vi) the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.    X    X

 

^ This exhibit will not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78r), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section. Such exhibit will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act or Securities Exchange Act, except to the extent that one of the Companies specifically incorporates it by reference.

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

    DOMINION RESOURCES, INC.
    Registrant

July 29, 2011

 

/s/ Ashwini Sawhney

 

Ashwini Sawhney

Vice President – Accounting and Controller

(Chief Accounting Officer)

  VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY
  Registrant

July 29, 2011

 

/s/ Ashwini Sawhney

 

Ashwini Sawhney

Vice President – Accounting

(Chief Accounting Officer)

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

   Dominion    Virginia
Power
  3.1.a    Dominion Resources, Inc. Articles of Incorporation as amended and restated effective May 20, 2010 (Exhibit 3.1, Form 8-K filed May 20, 2010, File No. 1-8489).    X   
  3.1.b    Virginia Electric and Power Company Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as in effect on March 3, 2011 (Exhibit 3.1b, Form 10-Q filed April 29, 2011, File No. 1-2255).       X
  3.2.a    Dominion Resources, Inc. Amended and Restated Bylaws, effective May 18, 2010 (Exhibit 3.2, Form 8-K filed May 20, 2010, File No. 1-8489).    X   
  3.2.b    Virginia Electric and Power Company Amended and Restated Bylaws, effective June 1, 2009 (Exhibit 3.1, Form 8-K filed June 3, 2009, File No. 1-2255).       X
  4    Dominion Resources, Inc. and Virginia Electric and Power Company agree to furnish to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request any other instrument with respect to long-term debt as to which the total amount of securities authorized does not exceed 10% of either of their total consolidated assets.    X    X
12.1    Ratio of earnings to fixed charges for Dominion Resources, Inc. (filed herewith).    X   
12.2a    Ratio of earnings to fixed charges for Virginia Electric and Power Company (filed herewith).       X
12.2b    Ratio of earnings to fixed charges and dividends for Virginia Electric and Power Company (filed herewith).       X
31.a    Certification by Chief Executive Officer of Dominion Resources, Inc. pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).    X   
31.b    Certification by Chief Financial Officer of Dominion Resources, Inc. pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).    X   
31.c    Certification by Chief Executive Officer of Virginia Electric and Power Company pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).       X
31.d    Certification by Chief Financial Officer of Virginia Electric and Power Company pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).       X
32.a    Certification to the Securities and Exchange Commission by Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Dominion Resources, Inc. as required by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (furnished herewith).    X   
32.b    Certification to the Securities and Exchange Commission by Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Virginia Electric and Power Company as required by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (furnished herewith).       X
  99    Condensed consolidated earnings statements (filed herewith)    X    X
101^    The following financial statements from Dominion Resources, Inc.’s and Virginia Electric and Power Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2011, filed on July 29, 2011, formatted in XBRL: (i) Consolidated Statements of Income, (ii) Consolidated Balance Sheets, (iii) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (vi) the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.    X    X

 

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