UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 10-Q

 

 

(Mark one)

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

For the quarterly period ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016

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
000-55337 VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY 54-0418825
001-37591 DOMINION GAS HOLDINGS, LLC 46-3639580

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  ¨

Dominion Gas Holdings, LLC    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  ¨

Dominion Gas Holdings, LLC    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 ¨

Dominion Gas Holdings, LLC

 

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

Dominion Gas Holdings, LLC    Yes  ¨    No  x

At JulyOctober 15, 2016, the latest practicable date for determination, Dominion Resources, Inc. had 625,763,030626,750,459 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. Dominion Resources, Inc. holds all of the membership interests of Dominion Gas Holdings, LLC.

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

VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY AND DOMINION GAS HOLDINGS, LLC MEET THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN GENERAL INSTRUCTION H(1)(a) AND (b) OF FORM 10-Q AND ARE FILING THIS FORM 10-Q UNDER THE REDUCED DISCLOSURE FORMAT.

 

 

 


COMBINED INDEX

 

     Page
Number
 
 Glossary of Terms   3  
 PART I. Financial Information  

Item��Item 1.

 Financial Statements   6  

Item 2.

 Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations   7984  

Item 3.

 Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk   9398  

Item 4.

 Controls and Procedures   95100  
 PART II. Other Information  

Item 1.

 Legal Proceedings   96101  

Item 1A.

 Risk Factors   96101  

Item 2.

 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds   96102  

Item 6.

 Exhibits   97103  

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

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

 

Abbreviation or Acronym

  

Definition

2013 Equity Units  Dominion’s 2013 Series A Equity Units and 2013 Series B Equity Units issued in June 2013
2014 Equity Units  Dominion’s 2014 Series A Equity Units issued in July 2014
2016 Equity UnitsDominion’s 2016 Series A Equity Units issued in August 2016
AFUDC  Allowance for funds used during construction
AMR  Automated meter reading program deployed by East Ohio
AOCI  Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
APCoAppalachian Power Company
AROs  Asset retirement obligations
ARP  Acid Rain Program, a market-based initiative for emissions allowance trading, established pursuant to Title IV of the CAA
Atlantic Coast Pipeline  Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC, a limited liability company owned by Dominion, Duke Energy Corporation, Piedmont Naturaland Southern Company Gas Company, Inc. and AGL Resources Inc.
BACT  Best available control technology
bcf  Billion cubic feet
Bear Gardenbcfe  A 590 MW combined cycle, natural gas-fired power station in Buckingham County, Virginia
Blue RacerBlue Racer Midstream, LLC, a joint venture between Dominion and Caiman Energy II, LLCBillion cubic feet equivalent
BREDL  Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League
Brunswick County  A 1,358 MW combined cycle, natural gas-fired power station in Brunswick County, Virginia
CAA  Clean Air Act
CAIR  Clean Air Interstate Rule
CAISO  California Independent System Operator
CCR  Coal combustion residual
CEO  Chief Executive Officer
CERCLA  Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, also known as Superfund
CFO  Chief Financial Officer
CO2  Carbon dioxide
COL  Combined Construction Permit and Operating License
Columbia to Eastover ProjectProject to provide 15,800 Dths/day of firm transportation service from an existing interconnect with Southern Natural Gas Company, LLC in Aiken County, South Carolina and provide for a receipt point change of 2,200 Dths/day under an existing contract from an existing interconnect with Transco in Cherokee County, South Carolina for a total 18,000 Dths/day, to a new delivery point for the International Paper Company at its pulp and paper mill known as the Eastover Plant in Richland County, South Carolina
Companies  Dominion, Virginia Power and Dominion Gas, collectively
Contribution AgreementContribution, Conveyance and Assumption Agreement between Dominion and Dominion Midstream dated October 28, 2016
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
CPCN  Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity
CSAPR  Cross State Air Pollution Rule
CWA  Clean Water Act
DCG  Dominion Carolina Gas Transmission, LLC (successor by statutory conversion to and formerly known as Carolina Gas Transmission Corporation)
DEI  Dominion Energy, Inc.
DOEDepartment of Energy
Dominion  The legal entity, Dominion Resources, Inc., one or more of its consolidated subsidiaries (other than Virginia Power and Dominion Gas) or operating segments or the entirety of Dominion Resources, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries
Dominion Gas  The legal entity, Dominion Gas Holdings, LLC, one or more of its consolidated subsidiaries or operating segment, or the entirety of Dominion Gas Holdings, LLC and its consolidated subsidiaries
Dominion Iroquois  Dominion Iroquois, Inc., which, as of May 2016, holds a 24.07% noncontrolling partnership interest in Iroquois
Dominion Midstream  The legal entity, Dominion Midstream Partners, LP, one or more of its consolidated subsidiaries, Cove Point Holdings, Iroquois GP Holding Company, LLC and DCG (beginning April 1, 2015), or the entirety of Dominion Midstream Partners, LP, and its consolidated subsidiaries
DRSDominion Questar  The legal entity, Dominion Resources Services, Inc.Questar Corporation (formerly known as Questar Corporation), one or more of its consolidated subsidiaries, or operating segments, or the entirety of Dominion Questar Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries

Abbreviation or Acronym

  

Definition

Dominion Questar CombinationAgreement and plan of merger entered on January 31, 2016 between Dominion and Dominion Questar in which Dominion Questar became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dominion upon closing on September 16, 2016
DRSDominion Resources Services, Inc.
DSMDemand-side management
Dth  Dekatherm
DTI  Dominion Transmission, Inc.
DukeThe legal entity, Duke Energy Corporation, one or more of its consolidated subsidiaries, or operating segments, or the entirety of Duke Energy Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries
DVP  Dominion Virginia Power operating segment
East Ohio  The East Ohio Gas Company, doing business as Dominion East Ohio
EPA  Environmental Protection Agency
EPS  Earnings per share
FERC  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Four Brothers  Four Brothers Solar, LLC, a limited liability company owned by Dominion and Four Brothers Holdings, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SunEdisonNRG effective November 2016
Fowler Ridge  A wind-turbine facility joint venture between Dominion and BP Wind Energy North America Inc. in Benton County, Indiana
FTAFree Trade Agreement
FTRs  Financial transmission rights
GAAP  United States generally accepted accounting principles
Gal  Gallon
GHG  Greenhouse gas
Granite Mountain  Granite Mountain Holdings, LLC, a limited liability company owned by Dominion and Granite Mountain Renewables, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SunEdisonNRG effective November 2016
Greensville County  An approximately 1,588 MW proposed natural gas-fired combined-cycle power station under construction in Greensville County, Virginia
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
Hope  Hope Gas, Inc., doing business as Dominion Hope
Iron Springs  Iron Springs Holdings, LLC, a limited liability company owned by Dominion and Iron Springs Renewables, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SunEdisonNRG effective November 2016
Iroquois  Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P.
ISO-NE  Independent System Operator New England
July 2016 hybrids  2016 Series A Enhanced Junior Subordinated Notes due 2076
June 2006 hybrids  2006 Series A Enhanced Junior Subordinated Notes due 2066
kV  Kilovolt
Liquefaction Project  A natural gas export/liquefaction facility currently under construction by Cove Point
LNG  Liquefied natural gas
Local 50International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 50
Local 69Local 69, Utility Workers Union of America, United Gas Workers
MATS  Utility Mercury and Air Toxics Standard Rule
MD&A  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
MGD  Million gallons a day
MISO  Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.
MW  Megawatt
MWh  Megawatt hour
NedPower  A wind-turbine facility joint venture between Dominion and Shell Wind Energy, Inc. in Grant County, West Virginia
NGLs  Natural gas liquids
NOx  Nitrogen oxide
North Carolina CommissionNorth Carolina Utilities Commission
NRC  Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Abbreviation or Acronym

Definition

NRGThe legal entity, NRG Energy, Inc., one or more of its consolidated subsidiaries (including, effective November 2016, Four Brothers Holdings, LLC, Granite Mountain Renewables, LLC and Iron Springs Renewables, LLC) or operating segments, or the entirety of NRG Energy, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries
NSPS  New Source Performance Standards
NYSENew York Stock Exchange
Ohio Commission  Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Order 1000  Order issued by FERC adopting new requirements for electric transmission planning, cost allocation and development
PIPP  Percentage of Income Payment Plan deployed by East Ohio
PIR  Pipeline Infrastructure Replacement program deployed by East Ohio
PJM  PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
ppb  Parts-per-billion
PREP  Pipeline Replacement and Expansion Program, a program of replacing, upgrading and expanding natural gas utility infrastructure to be deployed by Hope
PSD  Prevention of Significant Deterioration

Abbreviation or Acronym

PSMP
  

Definition

Pipeline Safety Management Program deployed by East Ohio
Questar Gas  The legal entity, Questar Corporation,Gas Company
Questar PipelineQuestar Pipeline, LLC (successor by statutory conversion to and formerly known as Questar Pipeline Company), one or more of its consolidated subsidiaries, or operating segments, or the entirety of Questar CorporationPipeline, LLC and its consolidated subsidiaries
Questar CombinationAgreement and plan of merger entered on January 31, 2016 between Dominion and Questar in which Questar will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dominion upon closing
REIT  Real estate investment trust
Rider BA rate adjustment clause associated with the recovery of costs related to the conversion of three of Virginia Power’s coal-fired power stations to biomass
Rider BW  A rate adjustment clause associated with the recovery of costs related to Brunswick County
Rider GVU  A rate adjustment clause associated with the recovery of costs related to Greensville County
Rider RA rate adjustment clause associated with the recovery of costs related to Bear Garden
Rider SA rate adjustment clause associated with the recovery of costs related to the Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center
Rider T1A rate adjustment clause to recover the difference between revenues produced from transmission rates included in base rates, and the new total revenue requirement developed annually for the rate years effective September 1underground distribution facilities
Rider US-2  A rate adjustment clause associated with the recovery of costs related to Woodland, Scott Solar and Whitehouse
Rider WRiders C1A and C2A  A rateRate adjustment clauseclauses associated with the recovery of costs related to Warren Countycertain DSM programs approved in DSM cases
ROE  Return on equity
RSN  Remarketable subordinated note
Scott Solar  An approximately 17 MW proposed utility-scale solar power station under construction in Powhatan County, Virginia
SEC  Securities and Exchange Commission
September 2006 hybrids  2006 Series B Enhanced Junior Subordinated Notes due 2066
SO2  Sulfur dioxide
Standard & Poor’s  Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of McGraw Hill Financial, Inc.
SunEdison  The legal entity, SunEdison, Inc., one or more of its consolidated subsidiaries (including, through November 2016, Four Brothers Holdings, LLC, Granite Mountain Renewables, LLC and Iron Springs Renewables, LLC) or operating segments, or the entirety of SunEdison, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries
Terra Nova Renewable Partners  A partnership between SunEdison and institutional investors advised by J.P. Morgan Asset Management-Global Real Assets
Three Cedars  Granite Mountain and Iron Springs, collectively
TransCanada  The legal entity, TransCanada Corporation, one or more of its consolidated subsidiaries, or operating segments, or the entirety of TransCanada Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries
UAO  Unilateral Administrative Order
UEX RiderUtah Commission  Uncollectible Expense Rider deployed by East OhioPublic Service Commission of Utah
VDEQ  Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
VEBA  Voluntary Employees’ Beneficiary Association
VIE  Variable interest entity
Virginia City Hybrid Energy CenterA 610 MW baseload carbon-capture compatible, clean coal powered electric generation facility 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
VOC  Volatile organic compounds
Warren CountyWest Virginia Commission  A 1,342 MW combined-cycle,Public Service Commission of West Virginia
White River HubWhite River Hub, LLC, a FERC-regulated transporter of natural gas-fired power stationgas in Warren County, Virginiawestern Colorado
Whitehouse  An approximately 20 MW proposed utility-scale solar power station under construction in Louisa County, Virginia
Woodland  An approximately 19 MW proposed utility-scale solar power station under construction in Isle of Wight County, Virginia
Wyoming CommissionWyoming Public Service Commission

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,
   Three Months Ended
September 30,
   Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
        2016               2015               2016               2015             2016         2015           2016           2015     
(millions, except per share amounts)                              

Operating Revenue

  $2,598    $2,747    $5,519    $6,156    $3,132   $2,971    $8,651    $9,127  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Operating Expenses

               

Electric fuel and other energy-related purchases

   551     591     1,185     1,544     606   636     1,791     2,180  

Purchased electric capacity

   45     90     113     184  

Purchased (excess) electric capacity

   (6 75     107     259  

Purchased gas

   56     111     175     361     77   85     252     446  

Other operations and maintenance

   665     709     1,368     1,311     765   564     2,133     1,875  

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

   361     339     712     682     400   355     1,112     1,037  

Other taxes

   139     134     303     299     145   133     448     432  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total operating expenses

   1,817     1,974     3,856     4,381     1,987   1,848     5,843     6,229  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Income from operations

   781     773     1,663     1,775     1,145   1,123     2,808     2,898  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Other income

   72     56     126     116     63   11     189     127  

Interest and related charges

   239     221     465     444     250   230     715     674  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Income from operations including noncontrolling interests before income tax expense

   614     608     1,324     1,447     958   904     2,282     2,351  

Income tax expense

   152     190     331     489     230   305     561     794  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Net Income Including Noncontrolling Interests

   462     418     993     958     728   599     1,721     1,557  

Noncontrolling Interests

   10     5     17     9     38   6     55     15  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Net Income Attributable to Dominion

  $452    $413    $976    $949    $690   $593    $1,666    $1,542  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Earnings Per Common Share

               

Net income attributable to Dominion - Basic

  $0.73    $0.70    $1.61    $1.61    $1.10   $1.00    $2.72    $2.61  

Net income attributable to Dominion - Diluted

   0.73     0.70     1.61     1.60     1.10   1.00     2.71     2.60  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Dividends Declared Per Common Share

  $0.7000    $0.6475    $1.4000    $1.2950    $0.7000   $0.6475    $2.1000    $1.9425  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

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

DOMINION RESOURCES, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(Unaudited)

 

  Three Months Ended
June 30,
 Six Months Ended
June 30,
   Three Months Ended
September 30,
 Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
        2016             2015             2016             2015             2016         2015         2016         2015     
(millions)                    

Net income including noncontrolling interests

  $462   $418   $993   $958    $728   $599   $1,721   $1,557  

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes:

          

Net deferred gains (losses) on derivatives-hedging activities(1)

   (11 92    42   34     14   (7  56   25  

Changes in unrealized net gains (losses) on investment securities(2)

   26   (11  41   4     31   (59  72   (55

Changes in unrecognized pension and other postretirement benefit costs(3)

   —     3    —     3     15   (9  15   (6

Amounts reclassified to net income:

          

Net derivative gains-hedging activities(4)

   (44 (61  (107 (2   (34 (53  (141 (53

Net realized gains on investment securities(5)

   (8 (12  (10 (33   (13 (2  (23 (35

Net pension and other postretirement benefit costs(6)

   8   12    16   25     9   14    25   39  

Changes in other comprehensive loss from equity method investees(7)

   (1  —      (1 (1

Changes in other comprehensive income (loss) from equity method investees(7)

   —     1    (1  —    
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Total other comprehensive income (loss)

   (30 23    (19 30     22   (115  3   (85
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Comprehensive income including noncontrolling interests

   432   441    974   988     750   484    1,724   1,472  

Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests

   10   5    17   9     38   6    55   15  
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Comprehensive income attributable to Dominion

  $422   $436   $957   $979    $712   $478   $1,669   $1,457  
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

(1)Net of $7$(8) million and $(59)$— million tax for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and net of $(26)$(34) million and $(19)$(20) million tax for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively.
(2)Net of $(15)$(18) million and $6$55 million tax for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and net of $(25)$(43) million and $(5)$50 million tax for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively.
(3)Net of $—$(10) million and $3$(9) million tax for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and net of $—-$(10) million and $3$(6) million tax for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively.
(4)Net of $28$21 million and $41$30 million tax for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and net of $67$88 million and $2$34 million tax for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively.
(5)Net of $5$7 million and $8$— million tax for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and net of $6$13 million and $20 million tax for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively.
(6)Net of $(6)$(4) million and $(9)$(7) million tax for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and net of $(12)$(16) million and $(18)$(25) million tax for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively.
(7)Net of $— million and $1$(1) million tax for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and net of $— million and $1 million tax for both the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively.2015.

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

DOMINION RESOURCES, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited)

 

       June 30,     
2016
 December 31,
2015(1)
        September 30,     
2016
      December 31,     
2015(1)
 
(millions)            

ASSETS

      

Current Assets

      

Cash and cash equivalents

  $377   $607    $251   $607  

Restricted cash and cash equivalents

   516   17  

Customer receivables (less allowance for doubtful accounts of $19 and $32)

   1,140   1,200  

Customer receivables (less allowance for doubtful accounts of $18 and $32)

   1,259   1,200  

Other receivables (less allowance for doubtful accounts of $3 and $2)

   139   169     133   169  

Inventories

   1,351   1,348     1,516   1,348  

Prepayments

   143   198     147   198  

Other

   477   650     493   667  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total current assets

   4,143   4,189     3,799   4,189  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Investments

      

Nuclear decommissioning trust funds

   4,331   4,183     4,427   4,183  

Investment in equity method affiliates

   1,372   1,320     1,498   1,320  

Other

   277   271     299   271  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total investments

   5,980   5,774     6,224   5,774  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Property, Plant and Equipment

      

Property, plant and equipment

   60,490   57,776     68,282   57,776  

Accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization

   (16,808 (16,222   (19,394 (16,222
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total property, plant and equipment, net

   43,682   41,554     48,888   41,554  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Deferred Charges and Other Assets

      

Goodwill

   3,294   3,294     6,405   3,294  

Pension and other postretirement benefit assets

   1,017   943     1,095   943  

Regulatory assets

   2,150   1,865     2,143   1,865  

Other

   1,103   1,029     1,045   1,029  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total deferred charges and other assets

   7,564   7,131     10,688   7,131  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total assets

  $61,369   $58,648    $69,599   $58,648  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

 

(1)Dominion’s Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2015 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.

DOMINION RESOURCES, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS—(Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

       June 30,     
2016
 December 31,
2015(1)
        September 30,     
2016
      December 31,     
2015(1)
 
(millions)            

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

      

Current Liabilities

      

Securities due within one year

  $1,348   $1,825    $2,931   $1,825  

Short-term debt

   3,437   3,509     3,097   3,509  

Accounts payable

   589   726     685   726  

Accrued interest, payroll and taxes

   561   515     800   515  

Other(2)

   1,331   1,544     1,514   1,544  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total current liabilities

   7,266   8,119     9,027   8,119  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Long-Term Debt

      

Long-term debt

   21,406   20,048     23,356   20,048  

Junior subordinated notes

   2,399   1,340     2,980   1,340  

Remarketable subordinated notes

   982   2,080     2,371   2,080  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total long-term debt

   24,787   23,468     28,707   23,468  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Deferred Credits and Other Liabilities

      

Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits

   7,666   7,414     8,675   7,414  

Asset retirement obligations

   1,941   1,887     2,153   1,887  

Regulatory liabilities

   2,318   2,285     2,597   2,285  

Other

   1,939   1,873     2,248   1,873  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total deferred credits and other liabilities

   13,864   13,459     15,673   13,459  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total liabilities

   45,917   45,046     53,407   45,046  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Commitments and Contingencies (see Note 15)

      

Equity

      

Common stock – no par(3)

   8,160   6,680     8,592   6,680  

Retained earnings

   6,585   6,458     6,837   6,458  

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

   (493 (474   (471 (474
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total common shareholders’ equity

   14,252   12,664     14,958   12,664  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Noncontrolling interests

   1,200   938     1,234   938  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total equity

   15,452   13,602     16,192   13,602  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total liabilities and equity

  $61,369   $58,648    $69,599   $58,648  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

 

(1)Dominion’s Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2015 has been derived from the audited Consolidated Financial Statements at that date.
(2)See Note 3 for amounts attributable to related parties.
(3)1 billion shares authorized; 617627 million shares and 596 million shares outstanding at JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively.

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

DOMINION RESOURCES, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF EQUITY

(Unaudited)

 

  Common Stock Dominion Shareholders         Common Stock Dominion Shareholders       
  Shares   Amount Retained
Earnings
 Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
 Total
Common
Shareholders’
Equity
 Noncontrolling
Interests
 Total
Equity
   Shares   Amount Retained
Earnings
 Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
 Total
Common
Shareholders’
Equity
 Noncontrolling
Interests
 Total
Equity
 
(millions)                                    

December 31, 2015

   596    $6,680   $6,458   $(474 $12,664   $938   $13,602     596    $6,680   $6,458   $(474 $12,664   $938   $13,602  
  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Net income including noncontrolling interests

      976     976    17    993        1,666     1,666    55    1,721  

Contributions from SunEdison to Four Brothers and Three Cedars

        —      162    162          —      178    178  

Sale of interest in merchant solar projects

     22      22    117    139       22      22    117    139  

Purchase of Dominion Midstream common units

     (2    (2  (11  (13     (3    (3  (14  (17

Issuance of common stock

   21     1,458      1,458     1,458     31     2,079      2,079     2,079  

Stock awards (net of change in unearned compensation)

     6      6     6       10      10     10  

Present value of stock purchase contract payments related to RSNs

     (191    (191   (191

Dividends and distributions

      (849   (849  (23  (872      (1,287   (1,287  (39  (1,326

Other comprehensive loss, net of tax

       (19  (19   (19

Other comprehensive income, net of tax

       3    3     3  

Other

     (4    (4   (4     (5    (5  (1  (6
  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

June 30, 2016

   617    $8,160   $6,585   $(493 $14,252   $1,200   $15,452  

September 30, 2016

   627    $8,592   $6,837   $(471 $14,958   $1,234   $16,192  
  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

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

DOMINION RESOURCES, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

          2016                 2015         

Nine Months Ended September 30,

  2016 2015 
(millions)            

Operating Activities

      

Net income including noncontrolling interests

  $993   $958    $1,721   $1,557  

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

      

Depreciation, depletion and amortization (including nuclear fuel)

   853   822     1,325   1,250  

Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits

   275   399     481   703  

Gains on the sales of assets and equity method investment in Iroquois

   (45 (71   (50 (123

Other adjustments

   (27 (18   (78 (1

Changes in:

      

Accounts receivable

   82   214     19   229  

Inventories

   (3 47     (10 (3

Deferred fuel and purchased gas costs, net

   114   28     84   70  

Prepayments

   55   47     71   45  

Accounts payable

   (92 (173   (89 (222

Accrued interest, payroll and taxes

   46   (41   205   (13

Margin deposit assets and liabilities

   (13 186     1   205  

Other operating assets and liabilities

   (220 (238   (294 (244
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

   2,018   2,160     3,386   3,453  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Investing Activities

      

Plant construction and other property additions (including nuclear fuel)

   (3,160 (2,370   (4,536 (3,632

Acquisition of Dominion Questar, net of cash acquired

   (4,372  —    

Acquisition of solar development projects

   —     (230   (21 (278

Acquisition of DCG

   —     (497   —     (497

Proceeds from sales of securities

   709 �� 580     1,009   937  

Purchases of securities

   (752 (553   (1,065 (921

Restricted cash and cash equivalents

   (500  —    

Proceeds from assignments of shale development rights

   5   28     10   80  

Other

   (27 (42   (54 (39
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

   (3,725 (3,084   (9,029 (4,350
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Financing Activities

      

Repayment of short-term debt, net

   (72 (153   (713 (220

Issuance of short-term notes

   1,200    —    

Repayment and repurchase of short-term notes

   (600  —       (600  —    

Issuance of long-term debt

   1,930   1,200  

Issuance and remarketing of long-term debt

   5,730   2,262  

Repayment and repurchase of long-term debt

   (500 (8   (1,169 (675

Proceeds from sale of interest in merchant solar projects

   117    —       117    —    

Contributions from SunEdison to Four Brothers and Three Cedars

   162    —       178    —    

Issuance of common stock

   1,458   647     2,079   717  

Common dividend payments

   (849 (765   (1,287 (1,150

Other

   (169 (44   (248 (117
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

   1,477   877     5,287   817  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Decrease in cash and cash equivalents

   (230 (47   (356 (80

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

   607   318     607   318  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

  $377   $271    $251   $238  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Supplemental Cash Flow Information

      

Significant noncash investing and financing activities(1):

   

Significant noncash investing and financing activities(1)(2):

   

Accrued capital expenditures

  $257   $319    $341   $389  

Dominion Midstream’s acquisition of a noncontrolling partnership interest in Iroquois in exchange for issuance of Dominion Midstream common units

   —     216  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

 

(1)See Note 3 for noncash activities related to the acquisitions of Four Brothers and Three Cedars in 2015.
(2)See Note 14 for noncash financing activities related to the remarketing of RSNs.RSNs in 2016.

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

VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(Unaudited)

 

  Three Months Ended
June 30,
   Six Months Ended
June 30,
   Three Months Ended
September 30,
   Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
        2016               2015               2016               2015               2016             2015               2016               2015       
(millions)                              

Operating Revenue(1)

  $1,776    $1,813    $3,666    $3,950    $2,211   $2,058    $5,877    $6,008  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Operating Expenses

               

Electric fuel and other energy-related purchases(1)

   475     497     1,011     1,307     516   554     1,527     1,861  

Purchased electric capacity

   45     90     113     184  

Purchased (excess) electric capacity

   (6 75     107     259  

Other operations and maintenance:

               

Affiliated suppliers

   64     69     165     144     73   64     238     208  

Other

   322     376     671     697     370   311     1,041     1,008  

Depreciation and amortization

   247     231     495     469     270   244     765     713  

Other taxes

   70     69     144     143     74   69     218     212  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total operating expenses

   1,223     1,332     2,599     2,944     1,297   1,317     3,896     4,261  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Income from operations

   553     481     1,067     1,006     914   741     1,981     1,747  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Other income

   18     21     34     36     13   13     47     49  

Interest and related charges

   113     108     227     216     118   116     345     332  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Income before income tax expense

   458     394     874     826     809   638     1,683     1,464  

Income tax expense

   178     148     331     311     306   253     637     564  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Net Income

  $280    $246    $543    $515    $503   $385    $1,046    $900  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

(1)See Note 17 for amounts attributable to affiliates.

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

VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(Unaudited)

 

  Three Months Ended
June 30,
 Six Months Ended
June 30,
   Three Months Ended
September 30,
 Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
      2016         2015         2016         2015           2016         2015         2016         2015     
(millions)                    

Net income

  $280   $246   $543   $515    $503   $385   $1,046   $900  

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes:

          

Net deferred gains (losses) on derivatives-hedging activities(1)

   (6 7    (15 3  

Changes in unrealized net gains on nuclear decommissioning trust funds(2)

   3    —      6   1  

Net deferred losses on derivatives-hedging activities(1)

   (1 (6  (16 (3

Changes in unrealized net gains (losses) on nuclear decommissioning trust funds(2)

   4   (11  10   (10

Amounts reclassified to net income:

          

Net derivative losses-hedging activities(3)

   —      —      —     1     —      —      —       1  

Net realized gains on nuclear decommissioning trust funds(4)

   (1 (2  (1 (3   (1 (1  (2 (4
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Total other comprehensive income (loss)

   (4 5    (10 2     2   (18  (8 (16
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Comprehensive income

  $276   $251   $533   $517    $505   $367   $1,038   $884  
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

(1)Net of $4$1 million and $(4)$3 million tax for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and net of $9$10 million and $(2)$1 million tax for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively.
(2)Net of $(3)$(2) million and $1$5 million tax for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and net of $(4)$(6) million and $—and$5 million tax for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively.
(3)Net of $— million tax for both the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015, and net of $(1) million and $— million tax for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively.
(4)Net of $1 million and $2 million tax for both the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and net of $1$2 million and $3 million tax for both the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015.2015, respectively.

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

VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited)

 

       June 30,     
2016
 December 31,
2015(1)
        September 30,     
2016
 December 31,
2015(1)
 
(millions)            

ASSETS

      

Current Assets

      

Cash and cash equivalents

  $61   $18    $18   $18  

Customer receivables (less allowance for doubtful accounts of $13 and $27)

   837   822  

Customer receivables (less allowance for doubtful accounts of $10 and $27)

   937   822  

Other receivables (less allowance for doubtful accounts of $1 at both dates)

   79   109     87   109  

Affiliated receivables

   2   296     1   296  

Inventories (average cost method)

   860   873     836   873  

Prepayments

   73   38     23   38  

Regulatory assets

   193   326     197   326  

Other(2)

   39   22     33   22  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total current assets

   2,144   2,504     2,132   2,504  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Investments

      

Nuclear decommissioning trust funds

   2,030   1,945     2,074   1,945  

Other

   4   3     3   3  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total investments

   2,034   1,948     2,077   1,948  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Property, Plant and Equipment

      

Property, plant and equipment

   38,734   37,639     39,428   37,639  

Accumulated depreciation and amortization

   (12,076 (11,708   (12,314 (11,708
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total property, plant and equipment, net

   26,658   25,931     27,114   25,931  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Deferred Charges and Other Assets

      

Regulatory assets

   966   667     897   667  

Other(2)

   591   515     527   515  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total deferred charges and other assets

   1,557   1,182     1,424   1,182  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total assets

  $32,393   $31,565    $32,747   $31,565  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

 

(1)Virginia Power’s Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2015 has been derived from the audited Consolidated Financial Statements at that date.
(2)See Note 17 for amounts attributable to affiliates.

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

VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS—(Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

       June 30,     
2016
   December 31,
2015(1)
        September 30,     
2016
   December 31,
2015(1)
 
(millions)                

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDER’S EQUITY

        

Current Liabilities

        

Securities due within one year

  $99    $476    $679    $476  

Short-term debt

   1,423     1,656     965     1,656  

Accounts payable

   311     366     330     366  

Payables to affiliates

   74     73     84     73  

Affiliated current borrowings

   —       376     —       376  

Accrued interest, payroll and taxes

   229     190     321     190  

Regulatory liabilities

   112     35     75     35  

Other(2)

   585     558     690     558  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total current liabilities

   2,833     3,730     3,144     3,730  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Long-Term Debt

   9,562     8,892     8,963     8,892  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Deferred Credits and Other Liabilities

        

Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits

   4,885     4,654     5,017     4,654  

Asset retirement obligations

   1,154     1,104     1,194     1,104  

Regulatory liabilities

   1,956     1,929     1,967     1,929  

Other(2)

   829     615     784     615  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total deferred credits and other liabilities

   8,824     8,302     8,962     8,302  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total liabilities

   21,219     20,924     21,069     20,924  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Commitments and Contingencies (see Note 15)

        

Common Shareholder’s Equity

        

Common stock – no par(3)

   5,738     5,738     5,738     5,738  

Other paid-in capital

   1,113     1,113     1,113     1,113  

Retained earnings

   4,293     3,750     4,795     3,750  

Accumulated other comprehensive income

   30     40     32     40  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total common shareholder’s equity

   11,174     10,641     11,678     10,641  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholder’s equity

  $32,393    $31,565    $32,747    $31,565  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

(1)Virginia Power’s Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2015 has been derived from the audited Consolidated Financial Statements at that date.
(2)See Note 17 for amounts attributable to affiliates.
(3)500,000 shares authorized; 274,723 shares outstanding at JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015.

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

VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

          2016                 2015         

Nine Months Ended September 30,

          2016                 2015         
(millions)            

Operating Activities

      

Net income

  $543   $515    $1,046   $900  

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

      

Depreciation and amortization (including nuclear fuel)

   589   555     903   844  

Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits

   228   13     369   9  

Other adjustments

   (11 (6   (15 20  

Changes in:

      

Accounts receivable

   7   40     (99 10  

Affiliated receivables and payables

   295   1     306   (33

Inventories

   13   25     37   11  

Prepayments

   (35 229     15   228  

Deferred fuel expenses, net

   105   (9   79   40  

Accounts payable

   (10 (9   4   (62

Accrued interest, payroll and taxes

   39   38     131   137  

Other operating assets and liabilities

   (61 2     8   70  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

   1,702   1,394     2,784   2,174  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Investing Activities

      

Plant construction and other property additions

   (1,226 (1,292   (1,835 (1,840

Purchases of nuclear fuel

   (78 (67   (106 (100

Proceeds from sales of securities

   347   209     478   407  

Purchases of securities

   (373 (222   (513 (423

Other

   (6 (27   (11 (38
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

   (1,336 (1,399   (1,987 (1,994
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Financing Activities

      

Issuance (repayment) of short-term debt, net

   (233 80     (691 1  

Repayment of affiliated current borrowings, net

   (376 (427   (376 (427

Issuance of long-term debt

   750   700  

Issuance and remarketing of long-term debt

   750   1,112  

Repayment of long-term debt

   (457 (6   (476 (421

Common dividend payments to parent

   —     (270   —     (416

Other

   (7 (5   (4 (5
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

   (323 72  

Net cash used in financing activities

   (797 (156
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Increase in cash and cash equivalents

   43   67     —     24  

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

   18   15     18   15  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

  $61   $82    $18   $39  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Supplemental Cash Flow Information

      

Significant noncash investing activities:

      

Accrued capital expenditures

  $142   $117    $209   $139  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

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

DOMINION GAS HOLDINGS, LLC

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(Unaudited)

 

  Three Months Ended
June 30,
   Six Months Ended
June 30,
   Three Months Ended
September 30,
   Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
        2016               2015               2016               2015               2016               2015               2016               2015       
(millions)                                

Operating Revenue(1)

  $368    $395    $799    $926    $382    $365    $1,181    $1,291  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Operating Expenses

                

Purchased gas(1)

   16     21     50     95     21     8     71     103  

Other energy-related purchases

   1     7     4     13     4     4     8     17  

Other operations and maintenance:

                

Affiliated suppliers

   16     17     43     38     20     12     63     50  

Other

   58     107     155     160     113     51     268     211  

Depreciation and amortization

   52     53     95     104     55     53     150     157  

Other taxes

   39     37     91     92     36     35     127     127  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total operating expenses

   182     242     438     502     249     163     687     665  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Income from operations

   186     153     361     424     133     202     494     626  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Other income

   9     4     15     13     7     4     22     17  

Interest and related charges

   23     18     45     35     23     18     68     53  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Income from operations before income taxes

   172     139     331     402     117     188     448     590  

Income tax expense

   67     54     128     156     34     77     162     233  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Net Income

  $105    $85    $203    $246    $83    $111    $286    $357  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

(1)See Note 17 for amounts attributable to related parties.

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

DOMINION GAS HOLDINGS, LLC

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(Unaudited)

 

  Three Months Ended
June 30,
 Six Months Ended
June 30,
   Three Months Ended
September 30,
 Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
        2016             2015             2016             2015               2016             2015             2016             2015       
(millions)                    

Net income

  $105   $85   $203   $246    $83   $111   $286   $357  

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes:

          

Net deferred gains (losses) on derivatives-hedging activities(1)

   (9 3    (15 (1   9   3    (6 2  

Amounts reclassified to net income:

          

Net derivative gains-hedging activities(2)

   —     (1  (2 (1   (1 (2  (3 (3

Net pension and other postretirement benefit costs(3)

   1   1    1   2     1   1    2   3  
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Total other comprehensive income (loss)

   (8 3    (16  —       9   2    (7 2  
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Comprehensive income

  $97   $88   $187   $246    $92   $113   $279   $359  
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

(1)Net of $4$(3) million and $(1) million tax for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and net of $8$5 million and $1$— million tax for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively.
(2)Net of $(2)$2 million and $—$1 million tax for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and net of $—$2 million and $1 million tax for both the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015.2015, respectively.
(3)Net of $— million and $(1) million tax for both the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and net of $(1)$(2) million and $(2)$(3) million tax for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

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

DOMINION GAS HOLDINGS, LLC

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited)

 

       June 30,     
2016
 December 31,
2015(1)
   September 30,
2016
 December 31,
2015(1)
 
(millions)            

ASSETS

   

ASSETS

   

Current Assets

      

Cash and cash equivalents

  $226   $13    $8   $13  

Customer receivables (less allowance for doubtful accounts of $1 at both dates)(2)

   176   219     158   219  

Other receivables (less allowance for doubtful accounts of $2 at both dates)(2)

   11   7  

Other receivables (less allowance for doubtful accounts of $1 and $2)(2)

   12   7  

Affiliated receivables

   6   98     5   98  

Inventories

   90   78     94   78  

Prepayments

   59   88     73   88  

Other(2)

   56   63     55   63  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total current assets

   624   566     405   566  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Investments

   99    104     98   104  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Property, Plant and Equipment

      

Property, plant and equipment

   10,053   9,693     10,259   9,693  

Accumulated depreciation and amortization

   (2,766 (2,690   (2,808 (2,690
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total property, plant and equipment, net

   7,287   7,003     7,451   7,003  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Deferred Charges and Other Assets

      

Goodwill

   542   542     542   542  

Pension and other postretirement benefit assets(2)

   1,579   1,510     1,613   1,510  

Other(2)

   604   583     634   583  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total deferred charges and other assets

   2,725   2,635     2,789   2,635  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total assets

  $10,735   $10,308    $10,743   $10,308  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

 

(1)Dominion Gas’ Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2015 has been derived from the audited Consolidated Financial Statements at that date.
(2)See Note 17 for amounts attributable to related parties.

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

DOMINION GAS HOLDINGS, LLC

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS—(Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

       June 30,     
2016
 December 31,
2015(1)
   September 30,
2016
 December 31,
2015(1)
 
(millions)            

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

      

Current Liabilities

      

Securities due within one year

  $400   $400    $400   $400  

Short-term debt

   238   391     60   391  

Accounts payable

   124   201     124   201  

Payables to affiliates

   17   22     20   22  

Affiliated current borrowings

   —     95     —     95  

Accrued interest, payroll and taxes

   155   183     176   183  

Other(2)

   161   183     162   183  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total current liabilities

   1,095   1,475     942   1,475  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Long-Term Debt

   3,541    2,869     3,545   2,869  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Deferred Credits and Other Liabilities

      

Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits

   2,331   2,214     2,414   2,214  

Other(2)

   412   432     395   432  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total deferred credits and other liabilities

   2,743   2,646     2,809   2,646  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total liabilities

   7,379   6,990     7,296   6,990  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Commitments and Contingencies (see Note 15)

      

Equity

      

Membership interests

   3,471   3,417     3,553   3,417  

Accumulated other comprehensive loss(2)

   (115 (99   (106 (99
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total equity

   3,356   3,318     3,447   3,318  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total liabilities and equity

  $10,735   $10,308    $10,743   $10,308  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

 

(1)Dominion Gas’ Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2015 has been derived from the audited Consolidated Financial Statements at that date.
(2)See Note 17 for amounts attributable to related parties.

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

DOMINION GAS HOLDINGS, LLC

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

          2016                 2015         

Nine Months Ended September 30,

          2016                 2015         
(millions)            

Operating Activities

      

Net income

  $203   $246    $286   $357  

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

      

Gains on the sales of assets and equity method investment in Iroquois

   (45 (71   (50 (123

Depreciation and amortization

   95   104     150   157  

Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits

   125   55     204   75  

Other adjustments

   4    —       3   4  

Changes in:

      

Accounts receivable

   39   106     56   150  

Affiliated receivables and payables

   87   (15   91   (22

Deferred purchased gas costs, net

   11   28     7   19  

Prepayments

   29   111     15   145  

Accounts payable

   (75 (132   (76 (112

Accrued interest, payroll and taxes

   (28 (54   (7 (45

Other operating assets and liabilities

   (120 (85   (176 (109
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

   325   293     503   496  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Investing Activities

      

Plant construction and other property additions

   (393 (292   (610 (514

Proceeds from sale of equity method investment in Iroquois

   7    —       7    —    

Proceeds from assignments of shale development rights

   5   28     10   80  

Other

   (5 (6   (10 (5
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

   (386 (270   (603 (439
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Financing Activities

      

Issuance (repayment) of short-term debt, net

   (153 360     (331 382  

Issuance of long-term debt

   680    —       680    —    

Repayment of affiliated current borrowings, net

   (95 (216   (95 (186

Distribution payments to parent

   (150 (164   (150 (244

Other

   (8 (1   (9  —    
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

   274   (21   95   (48
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Increase in cash and cash equivalents

   213   2  

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

   (5 9  

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

   13   9     13   9  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

  $226   $11    $8   $18  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Supplemental Cash Flow Information

      

Significant noncash investing activities:

      

Accrued capital expenditures

  $42   $37    $42   $46  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

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

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 and Dominion Gas. Virginia Power is a regulated public utility that generates, transmits and distributes electricity for sale in Virginia and northeastern North Carolina. Dominion Gas is a holding company that conducts business activities through a regulated interstate natural gas transmission pipeline and underground storage system in the Northeast, mid-Atlantic and Midwest states, regulated gas transportation and distribution operations in Ohio, and gas gathering and processing activities primarily in West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Dominion Gas’ principal wholly-owned subsidiaries are DTI, East Ohio and Dominion Iroquois. In August 2016, DTI transferred its gathering and processing facilities to Dominion Gathering and Processing, Inc., a newly-formed wholly-owned subsidiary of Dominion Gas. See Note 3 for a description of operations acquired in the Dominion Questar Combination.

Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies

As permitted by the rules and regulations of the SEC, the Companies’ 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 the Companies’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015.

In the Companies’ opinion, the accompanying unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements contain all adjustments necessary to present fairly their financial position as of JuneSeptember 30, 2016, their results of operations for the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015, their cash flows for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015 and Dominion’s statement ofchanges in equity for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016. 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.

The Companies’ accompanying unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements include, after eliminating intercompany transactions and balances, their accounts, those of their respective majority-owned subsidiaries and non-wholly-owned entities in which they have a controlling financial interest. For certain partnership structures, income is allocated based on the liquidation value of the underlying contractual arrangements. As of JuneSeptember 30, 2016, Dominion owns the general partner and 64.8%65.0% of the limited partner interests in Dominion Midstream. The public’s ownership interest in Dominion Midstream is reflected as noncontrolling interest in Dominion’s Consolidated Financial Statements. Also, as of JuneSeptember 30, 2016, Dominion owns 50% of the units in and consolidates Four Brothers and Three Cedars. SunEdison’s ownership interest in Four Brothers and Three Cedars, as well as Terra Nova Renewable Partners’ 33% interest in certain Dominion merchant solar projects, is reflected as noncontrolling interest in Dominion’s Consolidated Financial Statements. See Note 3 for further information on transactions with SunEdison.

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 the Companies’ 2015 Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes have been reclassified to conform to the 2016 presentation for comparative purposes. The reclassifications did not affect the Companies’ net income, total assets, liabilities, equity or cash flows, except for the reclassification of debt issuance costs as discussed in Note 2 to the Companies’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015.

Amounts disclosed for Dominion are inclusive of Virginia Power and/or Dominion Gas, where applicable.

Note 3. Acquisitions and Dispositions

Dominion

Proposed Acquisition of Dominion Questar

PursuantIn September 2016, Dominion completed the Dominion Questar Combination and Dominion Questar became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dominion. Dominion Questar is a Rockies-based integrated natural gas company that operates approximately

3,400 miles of gas transmission pipeline, 27,500 miles of gas distribution pipeline and 56 bcf of gas storage. Additionally, Dominion Questar develops and produces natural gas from cost-of-service reserves for its retail distribution customers. The Dominion Questar Combination provides Dominion with pipeline infrastructure that provides a principal source of gas supply to Western states. Dominion Questar’s regulated businesses will also provide further balance between Dominion’s electric and gas operations.

In accordance with the terms of the Dominion Questar Combination, announced in February 2016, uponat closing, each share of issued and outstanding Dominion Questar common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the closing will bewas converted automatically into the right to receive $25 in cash$25.00 per share or approximatelyin cash. The total consideration was $4.4 billion in total. In addition, Questar’s debt, which currently totals approximately $1.5based on 175.5 million shares of Dominion Questar outstanding at closing.

Dominion financed the Dominion Questar Combination through the: (1) August 2016 issuance of $1.4 billion is expected to remain outstanding. Dominion entered into agreements with several of its lending banks pursuant to

which they have unfunded financing commitments to provide2016 Equity Units, (2) August 2016 issuance of $1.3 billion of senior notes, (3) September 2016 borrowing of $1.2 billion under a $3.9 billion acquisition facility. In connection with receiptprivate placement term loan agreement and (4) $500 million of the proceeds from Dominion’sthe April 2016 issuance of common stock, the acquisition facility was reduced from $3.9 billion to $3.14 billion in April 2016.stock. See Note 14 for more information. At June 30, 2016, $500 million of such proceeds

Purchase Price Allocation

Dominion Questar’s assets acquired and liabilities assumed were measured at estimated fair value at the closing date and are included in restricted cash and cash equivalents in Dominion’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.the Dominion intends to permanently finance the transaction in a manner that supports its existing credit ratings targets by issuing a combinationEnergy operating segment. The majority of common stock, mandatory convertibles and debt at Dominion and indirectly through the issuance of securities at Dominion Midstream, the proceeds of which will be applied to pay Dominion for certain assets of Questar, whichQuestar’s operations are subject to relevant approvals,the rate-setting authority of FERC, the Utah Commission and/or the Wyoming Commission and therefore are accounted for pursuant to ASC 980,Regulated Operations. The fair values of Dominion Questar’s assets and liabilities subject to rate-setting and cost recovery provisions provide revenues derived from costs, including a return on investment of assets and liabilities included in rate base. As such, the fair values of these assets and liabilities equal their carrying values. Accordingly, neither the assets and liabilities acquired, nor the pro forma financial information, reflect any adjustments related to these amounts.

The fair value of Dominion Questar’s assets acquired and liabilities assumed that are not subject to the rate-setting provisions discussed above was determined using the income approach. In addition, the fair value of Dominion Questar’s 50% interest in White River Hub, accounted for under the equity method, was determined using the market approach and income approach. The valuations are considered Level 3 fair value measurements due to the use of significant judgmental and unobservable inputs, including projected timing and amount of future cash flows and discount rates reflecting risk inherent in the future cash flows and future market prices.

The excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed was recognized as goodwill at the closing date. The goodwill reflects the value associated with enhancing Dominion’s regulated portfolio of businesses, including the expected increase in demand for low-carbon, natural gas-fired generation in the Western states and the expected continued growth of rate-regulated businesses located in a defined service area with a stable regulatory environment. The goodwill recognized is not deductible for income tax purposes, and as such, no deferred taxes have been recorded related to goodwill.

The table below shows the preliminary allocation of the purchase price to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at closing. The allocation is subject to change during the remainder of the measurement period, which ends one year from the closing date, as additional information is obtained about the facts and circumstances that existed at the closing date. Any material adjustments to provisional amounts identified during the measurement period will be contributed to Dominion Midstream.recognized and disclosed in the reporting period in which the adjustment amounts are determined.

   Amount 
(millions)    

Total current assets

  $224  

Investments(1)

   58  

Property, plant and equipment(2)

   4,120  

Goodwill

   3,111  

Total deferred charges and other assets, excluding goodwill

   75  
  

 

 

 

Total Assets

   7,588  
  

 

 

 

Total current liabilities(3)

   791  

Long-term debt(4)

   963  

Deferred income taxes

   798  

Regulatory liabilities

   259  

Asset retirement obligations

   160  

Other deferred credits and other liabilities(5)

   220  
  

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

   3,191  
  

 

 

 

Total estimated purchase price

  $4,397  
  

 

 

 

(1)Includes $40 million for an equity method investment in White River Hub. The fair value adjustment on the equity method investment in White River Hub is considered to be equity method goodwill and is not amortized.
(2)Nonregulated property, plant and equipment, excluding land, will be depreciated over remaining useful lives primarily ranging from 9 to 18 years.
(3)Includes $301 million of short-term debt, of which $24 million is outstanding at September 30, 2016, as well as a $250 million short-term note which matures in February 2017 and bears interest at a variable rate.
(4)Unsecured senior notes have maturities which range from 2017 to 2048 and bear interest at rates from 2.98% to 7.20%.
(5)Includes a $35 million capital lease obligation with undiscounted future minimum lease payments of $1 million remaining in 2016, $4 million per year for 2017 through 2020, and $37 million in total thereafter.

Regulatory Matters

The transaction requiresrequired approval of Dominion Questar’s shareholders, and clearance from the Federal Trade Commission under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act.Act and approval from both the Utah Commission and the Wyoming Commission. In February 2016, the Federal Trade Commission granted antitrust approval of the Dominion Questar Combination under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act. In MarchMay 2016, Questar and Dominion filed for review and approval, as required, from the Utah Public Service Commission and the Wyoming Public Service Commission, and provided information regarding the transaction to the Idaho Public Utilities Commission. In May 2016, Questar’s shareholders voted to approve the Dominion Questar Combination. TheIn August 2016 and September 2016, approvals were granted by the Utah Commission and the Wyoming Commission, respectively. Information regarding the transaction was also provided to the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, who acknowledged the Dominion Questar Combination contains certain termination rightsin October 2016, and directed Dominion Questar to notify the Idaho Public Utilities Commission when it makes filings with the Utah Commission.

Approval of the Dominion Questar Combination in Utah and Wyoming was conditioned upon Dominion agreeing to the following:

Dominion will contribute $75 million toward the funding of Dominion Questar’s qualified and non-qualified defined-benefit pension plans and its other post-employment benefit plans within six months of the closing date. This contribution is expected to be made during the fourth quarter of 2016.

Dominion committed to increasing Dominion Questar’s historical level of corporate contributions to charities by $1 million per year for at least five years.

Questar Gas withdrew its general rate case filed in July 2016 with the Utah Commission and agreed to not file a general rate case with the Utah Commission to adjust its base distribution non-gas rates prior to July 2019, unless otherwise ordered by the Utah Commission. In addition, Questar Gas agreed not to file a general rate case with the Wyoming Commission with a requested rate effective date earlier than January 2020. This does not impact Questar Gas’s ability to adjust rates through various riders.

Results of Operations and Pro Forma Information

The impact of the Dominion Questar Combination on Dominion’s operating revenue and net income attributable to Dominion in the Consolidated Statements of Income for both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, was an increase of $23 million and $5 million, respectively.

Dominion incurred transaction and Questar,transition costs, of which $40 million and provides that, upon termination$47 million was recorded in other operations and maintenance expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively, and $13 million was recorded in interest and related charges for both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, in Dominion’s Consolidated Statements of Income. These costs consist of the amortization of financing costs, the charitable contribution commitment described above, employee-related expenses, professional fees, and other miscellaneous costs.

The following unaudited pro forma financial information reflects the consolidated results of operations of Dominion assuming the Dominion Questar Combination had taken place on January 1, 2015. The unaudited pro forma financial information has been presented for illustrative purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of the consolidated results of operations that would have been achieved or the future consolidated results of operations of the combined company.

   Three Months Ended
September 30,
   Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
   2016(1)   2015   2016(1)   2015 
(millions, except EPS)                

Operating Revenue

  $3,261    $3,113    $9,410    $9,897  

Net income attributable to Dominion

   732     626     1,835     1,700  

Earnings Per Common Share – Basic

  $1.17    $1.05    $2.99    $2.88  

Earnings Per Common Share – Diluted

  $1.17    $1.05    $2.99    $2.87  

(1)Amounts include adjustments for non-recurring costs directly related to the Dominion Questar Combination.

Anticipated Contribution of Questar Pipeline to Dominion Midstream

In October 2016, Dominion entered into the Contribution Agreement under specified circumstances,which Dominion would be requiredwill contribute Questar Pipeline to pay a termination feeDominion Midstream. Upon closing of $154 million to Questar and Questar would be required to pay Dominion a termination fee of $99 million. Subject to any remaining required regulatory approvals and meeting closing conditions, Dominion targets closingthe agreement, expected by the end of 2016, Dominion Midstream will become owner of all of the issued and outstanding membership interests of Questar Pipeline in exchange for consideration consisting of Dominion Midstream common and convertible preferred units with a combined value between $400 million and $725 million and cash between $565 million and $890 million, $300 million of which is considered a debt-financed distribution, for a total of $1.3 billion. In addition, under the terms of the Contribution Agreement, Dominion Midstream will repurchase approximately 6,657,000 common units from Dominion, and will repay its $301 million promissory note to Dominion. The cash proceeds from these transactions will be utilized to repay the $1.2 billion private placement term loan agreement borrowed in September 2016. Since Dominion consolidates Dominion Midstream for financial reporting purposes, the transactions associated with the Contribution Agreement will be eliminated upon consolidation and will not impact Dominion’s financial position or cash flows.

Non-Wholly-Owned Merchant Solar Projects

Acquisitions of Four Brothers and Three Cedars

In June 2015, Dominion acquired 50% of the units in Four Brothers from SunEdison for $64 million of consideration, consisting of $2 million in cash and a $62 million payable. As of JuneSeptember 30, 2016, an $11a $7 million payable is included in other current liabilities in Dominion’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. Four Brothers’ purpose is to develop and operate four solar projects located in Utah, which will produce and sell electricity and renewable energy credits. The projects are expected to cost approximately $730 million to construct, including the initial acquisition cost. Dominion is obligated to contribute $445 million of capital to fund the construction of the projects and has contributed $370 million through June 30, 2016. The facilities are expected to beginbegan commercial operations by the end ofduring the third quarter of 2016, with generating capacity of approximately 320 MW.MW, at a cost of approximately $670 million.

In September 2015, Dominion acquired 50% of the units in Three Cedars from SunEdison for $43 million of consideration, consisting of $6 million in cash and a $37 million payable. As of JuneSeptember 30, 2016, a $7$4 million payable is included in other current liabilities in Dominion’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. Three Cedars’ purpose is to develop and operate three solar projects located in Utah, which will produce and sell electricity and renewable energy credits. The projects are expected to cost approximately $425 million to construct. Dominion is obligated to contribute $276 million of capital to fund the construction of the projects and has contributed $223 million through June 30, 2016. The facilities are expected to beginbegan commercial operations by the end ofduring the third quarter of 2016, with generating capacity of approximately 210 MW.MW, at a cost of approximately $450 million.

Long-termThe Four Brothers and Three Cedars facilities operate under long-term power purchase, interconnection and operation and maintenance agreements have been executed for both Four Brothers and Three Cedars.agreements. Dominion expects towill claim 99% of the federal investment tax credits on the projects.

Dominion owns 50% of the voting interests in Four Brothers and Three Cedars and has a controlling financial interest over the entities through its rights to control operations. The allocation of the $64 million purchase price for Four Brothers resulted in $89 million of property, plant and equipment and $25 million of noncontrolling interest. The allocation of the $43 million purchase price for Three Cedars resulted in $65 million of property, plant and equipment and $22 million of noncontrolling interest. The noncontrolling interest for each entity was measured at fair value using the discounted cash flow method, with the primary components of the valuation being future cash flows (both incoming and outgoing) and the discount rate. Dominion determined its discount rate based on the cost of capital a utility-scale investor would expect, as well as the cost of capital an individual project developer could achieve via a combination of non-recourse project financing and outside equity partners. The acquired assets of Four Brothers and Three Cedars are included in the Dominion Generation operating segment.

Dominion has assumed the majority of the agreements to provide administrative and support services in connection with construction of the projects, operations and maintenance of the facilities and technical management services of the solar facilities. Costs related to services to be provided under these agreements were immaterial for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016. Subsequent to Dominion’s acquisition of Four Brothers and Three Cedars, through June 30, 2016, SunEdison made contributions to Four Brothers and Three Cedars of $265$281 million in aggregate through September 30, 2016, which are reflected as noncontrolling interests in Dominion’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.

In AprilNovember 2016, SunEdison filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy; however, this is not expected to have a material adverse effect on Dominion,NRG acquired the 50% of units in Four Brothers orand Three Cedars.Cedars previously held by SunEdison.

Wholly-Owned Merchant Solar Projects

The following table presents significant completed acquisitions of wholly-owned merchant solar projects by Dominion in the second quarter ofnine months ended September 30, 2015. Long-term power purchase, interconnection and operation and maintenance agreements have been executed for all of the projects. Dominion has claimed federal investment tax credits on the projects. These projects are included in the Dominion Generation operating segment.

 

Completed Acquisition Date

  

Seller

 Number
of
Projects
 

Project
Location

 

Project Name(s)

 Initial
Acquisition
Cost
(millions)(1)
 Project
Cost
(millions)(2)
 Date of
Commercial
Operations
 MW
Capacity
   

Seller

 Number
of
Projects
 

Project
Location

 

Project Name

 Initial
Acquisition
Cost
(millions)(1)
 Project
Cost
(millions)(2)
 Date of
Commercial
Operations
 MW
Capacity
 

April 2015

  EC&R NA Solar PV, LLC 1 California Alamo $66   $66   May 2015 20    EC&R NA Solar PV, LLC 1 California Alamo $66   $66   May 2015 20  

April 2015

  EDF Renewable Development, Inc. 3 California Cottonwood(3) 106   106   May 2015 24    EDF Renewable Development, Inc. 3 California Cottonwood(3) 106   106   May 2015 24  

June 2015

  EDF Renewable Development, Inc. 1 California Catalina 2 68   68   July 2015 18    EDF Renewable Development, Inc. 1 California Catalina 2 68   68   July 2015 18  

July 2015

  SunPeak Solar, LLC 1 California Imperial Valley 2 42   71   August 2015 20  

 

(1)The purchase price was primarily allocated to Property, Plant and Equipment.
(2)Includes acquisition cost.
(3)One of the projects, Marin Carport, began commercial operations in 2016.

In August 2016, Dominion entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the equity interests of two solar projects in California from Solar Frontier Americas Holding, LLC for approximately $128 million in cash. The acquisition is expected to close prior to both projects commencing operations, which is expected by the end of 2017. The projects are expected to cost approximately $130 million once constructed, including the initial acquisition cost, and to generate approximately 50 MW combined.

In August 2016, Dominion entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the equity interests of four solar projects in Virginia from Virginia Solar, LLC. The acquisition is expected to close during the fourth quarter of 2016, prior to the projects commencing operations by the end of 2017, for an amount to be determined based on the costs incurred through closing. The projects are expected to cost approximately $160 million once constructed, including the initial acquisition cost, and to generate approximately 80 MW combined.

In September 2016, Dominion entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the equity interests of a solar project in Virginia from Community Energy Solar, LLC. The acquisition is expected to close during the first quarter of 2017, prior to the project commencing operations by the end of 2017, for an amount to be determined based on the costs incurred through closing. The project is expected to cost approximately $210 million once constructed, including the initial acquisition cost, and to generate approximately 100 MW.

Sale of Interest in Merchant Solar Projects

In September 2015, Dominion signed an agreement to sell a noncontrolling interest (consisting of 33% of the equity interests) in all of its then currently wholly-owned merchant solar projects, 24 solar projects totaling approximately 425 MW, to SunEdison, including projects discussed in the table above. In December 2015, the sale of interest in 15 of the solar projects closed for $184 million with the sale of interest in the remaining projects completed in January 2016 for $117 million. Upon closing, SunEdison sold its interest in these projects to Terra Nova Renewable Partners. Terra Nova Renewable Partners has a future option to buy all or a portion of Dominion’s remaining 67% ownership in the projects upon the occurrence of certain events, none of which had occurred as of JuneSeptember 30, 2016 nor are expected to occur in the remainder of 2016.

Acquisition of DCG

In January 2015, Dominion completed the acquisition of 100% of the equity interests of DCG from SCANA Corporation for $497 million in cash, as adjusted for working capital. DCG owns and operates nearly 1,500 miles of FERC-regulated interstate natural gas pipeline in South Carolina and southeastern Georgia. This acquisition supports Dominion’s natural gas expansion into the Southeast. The allocation of the purchase price resulted in $277 million of net property, plant and equipment, $250 million of goodwill, of which approximately $225 million is expected to be deductible for income tax purposes, and $38 million of regulatory liabilities. The goodwill reflects the value associated with enhancing Dominion’s regulated gas position, economic value attributable to future expansion projects as well as increased opportunities for synergies. The acquired assets of DCG are included in the Dominion Energy operating segment.

On March 24, 2015, DCG converted to a limited liability company under the laws of South Carolina and changed its name from Carolina Gas Transmission Corporation to DCG. On April 1, 2015, Dominion contributed 100% of the issued and outstanding membership interests of DCG to Dominion Midstream in exchange for total consideration of $501 million, as adjusted for working capital. Total consideration to Dominion consisted of the issuance of a two-year, $301 million senior unsecured promissory note payable by Dominion Midstream at an annual interest rate of 0.6%, and 5,112,139 common units, valued at $200 million, representing limited partner interests in Dominion Midstream. The number of units was based on the volume weighted average trading price of Dominion Midstream’s common units for the ten trading days prior to April 1, 2015, or $39.12 per unit. Since Dominion consolidates Dominion Midstream for financial reporting purposes, this transaction was eliminated upon consolidation and did not impact Dominion’s financial position or cash flows.

Dominion Gas

Assignments of Shale Development Rights

In December 2013, Dominion Gas closed on an agreement with a natural gas producer to convey over time approximately 79,000 acres of Marcellus Shale development rights underneath one of its natural gas storage fields. The agreement provided for payments to Dominion Gas, subject to customary adjustments, of up to approximately $200 million over a period of nine years, and an overriding royalty interest in gas produced from the acreage. In March 2015, Dominion Gas and the natural gas

producer closed on an amendment to the agreement, which included the immediate conveyance of approximately 9,000 acres of Marcellus Shale development rights and a two year extension of the term of the original agreement. The conveyance of development rights resulted in the recognition of $43 million ($27 million after-tax) of previously deferred revenue to operations and maintenance expense in Dominion Gas’ Consolidated Statements of Income. In April 2016, Dominion Gas and the natural gas producer closed on an amendment to the agreement, which included the immediate conveyance of a 32% partial interest in the remaining approximately 70,000 acres. This conveyance resulted in the recognition of the remaining $35 million ($21 million after-tax) of previously deferred revenue to operations and maintenance expense in Dominion Gas’ Consolidated Statements of Income.

In March 2015, Dominion Gas conveyed to a natural gas producer approximately 11,000 acres of Marcellus Shale development rights underneath one of its natural gas storage fields and received proceeds of $27 million and an overriding royalty interest in gas produced from the acreage. This transaction resulted in a $27 million ($16 million after-tax) gain, included in other operations and maintenance expense in Dominion Gas’ Consolidated Statements of Income.

In September 2015, Dominion Gas closed on an agreement with a natural gas producer to convey approximately 16,000 acres of Utica and Point Pleasant Shale development rights underneath one of its natural gas storage fields. The agreement provided for a payment to Dominion Gas, subject to customary adjustments, of $52 million and an overriding royalty interest in gas produced from the acreage. In September 2015, Dominion Gas received proceeds of $52 million associated with the conveyance of the acreage, resulting in a $52 million ($29 million after-tax) gain, included in other operations and maintenance expense in Dominion Gas’ Consolidated Statements of Income.

In November 2014, Dominion Gas closed on an agreement with a natural gas producer to convey over time approximately 24,000 acres of Marcellus Shale development rights underneath one of its natural gas storage fields. In connection with that agreement, in January 2016, Dominion Gas conveyed approximately 2,000 acres of Marcellus Shale development rights and received proceeds of $5 million and an overriding royalty interest in gas produced from the acreage. This transaction resulted in a $5 million ($3 million after-tax) gain, included in other operations and maintenance expense in Dominion Gas’ Consolidated Statements of Income.gain. Also in connection with that agreement, in July 2016, Dominion Gas conveyed to a natural gas producer approximately 2,000 acres of Marcellus Shale development rights underneath one of its natural gas storage fields and received proceeds of $5 million and an overriding royalty interest in gas produced from the acreage. This transaction resulted in a $5 million ($3 million after-tax) gain. These gains are included in other operations and maintenance expense in Dominion Gas’ Consolidated Statements of Income.

Note 4. Operating Revenue

The Companies’ operating revenue consists of the following:

 

   Three Months Ended
June 30,
   

Six Months Ended

June 30,

 
         2016               2015               2016               2015       
(millions)                

Dominion

        

Electric sales:

        

Regulated

  $1,718    $1,779    $3,560    $3,891  

Nonregulated

   335     351     724     757  

Gas sales:

        

Regulated

   26     31     91     147  

Nonregulated

   54     87     172     295  

Gas transportation and storage

   369     385     784     856  

Other

   96     114     188     210  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating revenue

  $2,598    $2,747    $5,519    $6,156  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Virginia Power

        

Regulated electric sales

  $1,718    $1,779    $3,560    $3,891  

Other

   58     34     106     59  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating revenue

  $1,776    $1,813    $3,666    $3,950  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Dominion Gas

        

Gas sales:

        

Regulated

  $12    $21    $41    $78  

Nonregulated

   6     1     7     4  

Gas transportation and storage

   301     321     652     733  

NGL revenue

   9     22     26     51  

Other

   40     30     73     60  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating revenue

  $368    $395    $799    $926  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

   Three Months Ended
September 30,
   Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
         2016               2015               2016               2015       
(millions)                

Dominion

        

Electric sales:

        

Regulated

  $2,147    $2,020    $5,707    $5,911  

Nonregulated

   399     388     1,123     1,145  

Gas sales:

        

Regulated

   46     21     137     168  

Nonregulated

   87     66     259     361  

Gas transportation and storage

   378     365     1,162     1,221  

Other

   75     111     263     321  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating revenue

  $3,132    $2,971    $8,651    $9,127  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Virginia Power

        

Regulated electric sales

  $2,147    $2,020    $5,707    $5,911  

Other

   64     38     170     97  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating revenue

  $2,211    $2,058    $5,877    $6,008  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Dominion Gas

        

Gas sales:

        

Regulated

  $28    $9    $69    $87  

Nonregulated

   1     1     8     5  

Gas transportation and storage

   303     302     955     1,035  

NGL revenue

   19     20     45     71  

Other

   31     33     104     93  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating revenue

  $382    $365    $1,181    $1,291  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Note 5. Income Taxes

For continuing operations, including noncontrolling interests, the statutory United States federal income tax rate reconciles to the Companies’ effective income tax rate as follows:

 

  Dominion Virginia Power Dominion Gas   Dominion Virginia Power Dominion Gas 

Six Months Ended June 30,

      2016         2015         2016         2015         2016         2015     

Nine Months Ended September 30,

      2016         2015         2016         2015         2016         2015     

United States statutory rate

   35.0 35.0  35.0 35.0  35.0 35.0   35.0 35.0  35.0 35.0  35.0 35.0

Increases (reductions) resulting from:

              

State taxes, net of federal benefit

   4.3   3.3    4.0   3.8    3.8   3.9     3.7   4.0    3.9   4.2    0.8   4.1  

Investment tax credits

   (9.9 (2.7  —      —      —      —       (10.4 (3.5  —      —      —      —    

Production tax credits

   (0.8 (0.8  (0.6 (0.5  —      —       (0.8 (0.8  (0.5 (0.5  —      —    

State legislative change

   (1.3  —      —      —      —      —       (0.8 (0.2  —      —      —      —    

Other, net

   (2.3 (1.0  (0.5 (0.7  (0.1  —       (2.1 (0.7  (0.5 (0.2  0.4   0.4  
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Effective tax rate

   25.0 33.8  37.9 37.6  38.7 38.9   24.6 33.8  37.9 38.5  36.2 39.5
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

AsIn 2016, Dominion’s effective tax rate reflects $23 million of Junepreviously unrecognized tax benefits resulting from a settlement with a tax authority ($12 million) and a legislative change ($11 million). The settlement is also reflected in Dominion Gas’ 2016 effective tax rate. Otherwise, as of September 30, 2016, there have been no material changes in the Companies’ unrecognized tax benefits or possible changes that could reasonably be expected to occur during the next twelve months. See Note 5 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in the Companies’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 for a discussion of these unrecognized tax benefits.2015.

Note 6. 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,

   Three Months Ended
September 30,
   Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
        2016               2015               2016               2015               2016               2015               2016               2015       
(millions, except EPS)                                

Net income attributable to Dominion

  $452    $413    $976    $949    $690    $593    $1,666    $1,542  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Average shares of common stock outstanding – Basic

   615.6     591.5     606.1     589.7     625.9     594.6     612.8     591.3  

Net effect of dilutive securities(1)

   1.4     1.0     1.5     1.5     0.1     0.9     1.0     1.4  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Average shares of common stock outstanding – Diluted

   617.0     592.5     607.6     591.2     626.0     595.5     613.8     592.7  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Earnings Per Common Share – Basic

  $0.73    $0.70    $1.61    $1.61    $1.10    $1.00    $2.72    $2.61  

Earnings Per Common Share – Diluted

  $0.73    $0.70    $1.61    $1.60    $1.10    $1.00    $2.71    $2.60  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

(1)Dilutive securities consist primarily of the 2013 Equity Units.Units for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015. See Note 14 in this report and Note 17 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in the Companies’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 for more information.

The 2014 Equity Units and 2016 Equity Units are potentially dilutive securities but were excluded from the calculation of diluted EPS for the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015, as the dilutive stock price threshold was not met.

Note 7. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

Dominion

The following table presents Dominion’s changes in AOCI by component, net of tax:

 

  Deferred Gains
and Losses on
Derivatives-
Hedging
Activities
 Unrealized
Gains and
Losses on
Investment
Securities
 Unrecognized
Pension and
Other
Postretirement
Benefit Costs
 Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
From Equity
Method
Investee
       Total         Deferred Gains
and Losses on
Derivatives-
Hedging
Activities
 Unrealized
Gains and
Losses on
Investment
Securities
 Unrecognized
Pension and
Other
Postretirement
Benefit Costs
 Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
From Equity
Method
Investee
       Total       
(millions)                        

Three Months Ended June 30, 2016

      

Three Months Ended September 30, 2016

      

Beginning balance

  $(241 $535   $(781 $(6 $(493

Other comprehensive income before reclassifications: gains

   14    31    15    —      60  

Amounts reclassified from AOCI(1): (gains) losses

   (34  (13  9    —      (38
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Net current-period other comprehensive income (loss)

   (20  18    24    —      22  
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Ending balance

  $(261 $553   $(757 $(6 $(471
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30, 2015

      

Beginning balance

  $(186 $517   $(789 $(5 $(463  $(146 $519   $(754 $(5 $(386

Other comprehensive income before reclassifications: gains (losses)

   (11  26    —      (1  14     (7 (59 (9 1   (74

Amounts reclassified from AOCI(1): (gains) losses

   (44  (8  8    —      (44   (53 (2 14    —     (41
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Net current-period other comprehensive income (loss)

   (55  18    8    (1  (30   (60 (61 5   1   (115
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Ending balance

  $(241 $535   $(781 $(6 $(493  $(206 $458   $(749 $(4 $(501
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30, 2015

      

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016

      

Beginning balance

  $(177 $542   $(769 $(5 $(409  $(176 $504   $(797 $(5 $(474

Other comprehensive income before reclassifications: gains (losses)

   92   (11 3    —     84     56    72    15    (1  142  

Amounts reclassified from AOCI(1): (gains) losses

   (61 (12 12    —     (61   (141  (23  25    —      (139
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

��

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Net current-period other comprehensive income (loss)

   31   (23 15    —     23     (85  49    40    (1  3  
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Ending balance

  $(146 $519   $(754 $(5 $(386  $(261 $553   $(757 $(6 $(471
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2016

      

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015

      

Beginning balance

  $(176 $504   $(797 $(5 $(474  $(178 $548   $(782 $(4 $(416

Other comprehensive income before reclassifications: gains (losses)

   42    41    —      (1  82     25   (55 (6  —     (36

Amounts reclassified from AOCI(1): (gains) losses

   (107  (10  16    —      (101   (53 (35 39    —     (49
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Net current-period other comprehensive income (loss)

   (65  31    16    (1  (19   (28 (90 33    —     (85
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Ending balance

  $(241 $535   $(781 $(6 $(493  $(206 $458   $(749 $(4 $(501
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2015

      

Beginning balance

  $(178 $548   $(782 $(4 $(416

Other comprehensive income before reclassifications: gains (losses)

   34   4   3   (1 40  

Amounts reclassified from AOCI(1): (gains) losses

   (2 (33 25    —     (10
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Net current-period other comprehensive income (loss)

   32   (29 28   (1 30  
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Ending balance

  $(146 $519   $(754 $(5 $(386
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

(1)See table below for details about these reclassifications.

The following table presents Dominion’s reclassifications out of AOCI by component:

 

Details About AOCI Components

  Amounts Reclassified
From AOCI
 

Affected Line Item in the Consolidated

Statements of Income

  Amounts Reclassified
From AOCI
 

Affected Line Item in the Consolidated

Statements of Income

(millions)        

Three Months Ended June 30, 2016

   

Three Months Ended September 30, 2016

   

Deferred (gains) and losses on derivatives-hedging activities:

      

Commodity contracts

  $(87 Operating revenue  $(64 Operating revenue
   2   Purchased gas   1   Purchased gas
   3   Electric fuel and other energy-related purchases   1   Electric fuel and other energy-related purchases

Interest rate contracts

   8   Interest and related charges   10   Interest and related charges

Foreign currency contracts

   2   Other income   (3 Other income
   (72   

 

  
   (55 

Tax

   28   Income tax expense   21   Income tax expense
  

 

    

 

  
  $(44   $(34 
  

 

    

 

  

Details About AOCI Components

  Amounts Reclassified
From AOCI
 

Affected Line Item in the Consolidated

Statements of Income

  Amounts Reclassified
From AOCI
 

Affected Line Item in the Consolidated

Statements of Income

(millions)        

Unrealized (gains) and losses on investment securities:

      

Realized (gain) loss on sale of securities

  $(20 Other income  $(25 Other income

Impairment

   7   Other income   5   Other income
  

 

    

 

  
   (13    (20 

Tax

   5   Income tax expense   7   Income tax expense
  

 

    

 

  
  $(8   $(13 
  

 

    

 

  

Unrecognized pension and other postretirement benefit costs:

      

Prior service (credit) costs

  $(3 Other operations and maintenance  $(4 Other operations and maintenance

Actuarial (gains) losses

   17   Other operations and maintenance   17   Other operations and maintenance
  

 

    

 

  
   14      13   

Tax

   (6 Income tax expense   (4 Income tax expense
  

 

    

 

  
  $8     $9   
  

 

    

 

  

Three Months Ended June 30, 2015

   

Three Months Ended September 30, 2015

   

Deferred (gains) and losses on derivatives-hedging activities:

      

Commodity contracts

  $(107 Operating revenue  $(87 Operating revenue
   2   Purchased gas   2   Purchased gas

Interest rate contracts

   3   Interest and related charges   2   Interest and related charges
  

 

    

 

  
   (102    (83 

Tax

   41   Income tax expense   30   Income tax expense
  

 

    

 

  
  $(61   $(53 
  

 

    

 

  

Unrealized (gains) and losses on investment securities:

      

Realized (gain) loss on sale of securities

  $(25 Other income  $(18 Other income

Impairment

   5   Other income   16   Other income
  

 

    

 

  
   (20    (2 

Tax

   8   Income tax expense   —     Income tax expense
  

 

    

 

  
  $(12   $(2 
  

 

    

 

  

Unrecognized pension and other postretirement benefit costs:

      

Prior service (credit) costs

  $(3 Other operations and maintenance  $(3 Other operations and maintenance

Actuarial (gains) losses

   24   Other operations and maintenance   24   Other operations and maintenance
  

 

    

 

  
   21      21   

Tax

   (9 Income tax expense   (7 Income tax expense
  

 

    

 

  
  $12     $14   
  

 

    

 

  

Six Months Ended June 30, 2016

   

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016

   

Deferred (gains) and losses on derivatives-hedging activities:

      

Commodity contracts

  $(201 Operating revenue  $(266 Operating revenue
   8   Purchased gas   9   Purchased gas
   6   Electric fuel and other energy-related purchases   8   Electric fuel and other energy-related purchases

Interest rate contracts

   11   Interest and related charges   21   Interest and related charges

Foreign currency contracts

   2   Other income   (1 Other income
  

 

    

 

  
   (174    (229 

Tax

   67   Income tax expense   88   Income tax expense
  

 

    

 

  
  $(107   $(141 
  

 

    

 

  

Unrealized (gains) and losses on investment securities:

   

Realized (gain) loss on sale of securities

  $(55 Other income

Impairment

   19   Other income
  

 

  
   (36 

Tax

   13   Income tax expense
  

 

  
  $(23 
  

 

  

Details About AOCI Components

  Amounts Reclassified
From AOCI
 

Affected Line Item in the Consolidated

Statements of Income

  Amounts Reclassified
From AOCI
 

Affected Line Item in the Consolidated

Statements of Income

(millions)        

Unrealized (gains) and losses on investment securities:

   

Realized (gain) loss on sale of securities

  $(30 Other income

Impairment

   14   Other income
  

 

  
   (16 

Tax

   6   Income tax expense
  

 

  
  $(10 
  

 

  

Unrecognized pension and other postretirement benefit costs:

      

Prior service (credit) costs

  $(7 Other operations and maintenance  $(11 Other operations and maintenance

Actuarial (gains) losses

   35   Other operations and maintenance   52   Other operations and maintenance
  

 

    

 

  
   28      41   

Tax

   (12 Income tax expense   (16 Income tax expense
  

 

    

 

  
  $16     $25   
  

 

    

 

  

Six Months Ended June 30, 2015

   

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015

   

Deferred (gains) and losses on derivatives-hedging activities:

      

Commodity contracts

  $(15 Operating revenue  $(103 Operating revenue
   7   Purchased gas
   (1 Electric fuel and other energy-related purchases   9   Purchased gas

Interest rate contracts

   5   Interest and related charges   7   Interest and related charges
  

 

    

 

  
   (4    (87 

Tax

   2   Income tax expense   34   Income tax expense
  

 

    

 

  
  $(2   $(53 
  

 

    

 

  

Unrealized (gains) and losses on investment securities:

      

Realized (gain) loss on sale of securities

  $(64 Other income  $(82 Other income

Impairment

   11   Other income   27   Other income
  

 

    

 

  
   (53    (55 

Tax

   20   Income tax expense   20   Income tax expense
  

 

    

 

  
  $(33   $(35 
  

 

    

 

  

Unrecognized pension and other postretirement benefit costs:

      

Prior service (credit) costs

  $(6 Other operations and maintenance  $(9 Other operations and maintenance

Actuarial (gains) losses

   49   Other operations and maintenance   73   Other operations and maintenance
  

 

    

 

  
   43      64   

Tax

   (18 Income tax expense   (25 Income tax expense
  

 

    

 

  
  $25     $39   
  

 

    

 

  

Dominion Gas

The following table presents Dominion Gas’ changes in AOCI by component, net of tax:

 

  Deferred Gains
and Losses on
Derivatives-
Hedging Activities
   Unrecognized
Pension and
Other
Postretirement
Benefit Costs
           Total           Deferred Gains
and Losses on
Derivatives-
Hedging Activities
   Unrecognized
Pension and
Other
Postretirement
Benefit Costs
         Total       
(millions)                        

Three Months Ended June 30, 2016

      

Beginning balance

  $(25  $(82  $(107

Other comprehensive income before reclassifications: losses

   (9   —       (9

Amounts reclassified from AOCI(1): losses

   —       1     1  
  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Net current-period other comprehensive income (loss)

   (9   1     (8
  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Ending balance

  $(34  $(81  $(115
  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30, 2015

      

Three Months Ended September 30, 2016

      

Beginning balance

  $(24  $(65  $(89  $(34  $(81  $(115

Other comprehensive income before reclassifications: gains

   3     —       3     9     —       9  

Amounts reclassified from AOCI(1): (gains) losses

   (1   1     —       (1   1     —    
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Net current-period other comprehensive income

   2     1     3     8     1     9  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Ending balance

  $(22  $(64  $(86  $(26  $(80  $(106
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2016

      

Three Months Ended September 30, 2015

      

Beginning balance

  $(22  $(64  $(86

Other comprehensive income before reclassifications: gains

   3     —       3  

Amounts reclassified from AOCI(1): (gains) losses

   (2   1     (1
  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Net current-period other comprehensive income

   1     1     2  
  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Ending balance

  $(21  $(63  $(84
  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016

      

Beginning balance

  $(17  $(82  $(99  $(17  $(82  $(99

Other comprehensive income before reclassifications: losses

   (15   —       (15   (6   —       (6

Amounts reclassified from AOCI(1): (gains) losses

   (2   1     (1   (3   2     (1
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Net current-period other comprehensive income (loss)

   (17   1     (16   (9   2     (7
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Ending balance

  $(34  $(81  $(115  $(26  $(80  $(106
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2015

      

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015

      

Beginning balance

  $(20  $(66  $(86  $(20  $(66  $(86

Other comprehensive income before reclassifications: losses

   (1   —       (1

Other comprehensive income before reclassifications: gains

   2     —       2  

Amounts reclassified from AOCI(1): (gains) losses

   (1   2     1     (3   3     —    
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Net current-period other comprehensive income (loss)

   (2   2     —       (1   3     2  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Ending balance

  $(22  $(64  $(86  $(21  $(63  $(84
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

(1)See table below for details about these reclassifications.

The following table presents Dominion Gas’ reclassifications out of AOCI by component:

 

Details About AOCI Components

  Amounts Reclassified
From AOCI
  

Affected Line Item in the Consolidated

Statements of Income

(millions)      

Three Months Ended June 30, 2016

   

Deferred (gains) and losses on derivatives-hedging activities:

   

Foreign currency contracts

  $2   Other income
  

 

 

  
   2   

Tax

   (2 Income tax expense
  

 

 

  
  $—     
  

 

 

  

Unrecognized pension and other postretirement benefit costs:

   

Actuarial (gains) losses

  $1   Other operations and maintenance
  

 

 

  
   1   

Tax

   —     Income tax expense
  

 

 

  
  $1   
  

 

 

  

Three Months Ended June 30, 2015

   

Deferred (gains) and losses on derivatives-hedging activities:

   

Commodity contracts

  $(1 Operating revenue
  

 

 

  
   (1 

Tax

   —     Income tax expense
  

 

 

  
  $(1 
  

 

 

  

Unrecognized pension and other postretirement benefit costs:

   

Actuarial (gains) losses

  $2   Other operations and maintenance
  

 

 

  
   2   

Tax

   (1 Income tax expense
  

 

 

  
  $1   
  

 

 

  

Six Months Ended June 30, 2016

   

Deferred (gains) and losses on derivatives-hedging activities:

   

Commodity contracts

  $(4 Operating revenue

Foreign currency contracts

   2   Other income
  

 

 

  
   (2 

Tax

   —     Income tax expense
  

 

 

  
  $(2 
  

 

 

  

Unrecognized pension and other postretirement benefit costs:

   

Actuarial (gains) losses

  $2   Other operations and maintenance
  

 

 

  
   2   

Tax

   (1 Income tax expense
  

 

 

  
  $1   
  

 

 

  

Six Months Ended June 30, 2015

   

Deferred (gains) and losses on derivatives-hedging activities:

   

Commodity contracts

  $(1 Operating revenue
  

 

 

  
   (1 

Tax

   —     Income tax expense
  

 

 

  
  $(1 
  

 

 

  

Unrecognized pension and other postretirement benefit costs:

   

Actuarial (gains) losses

  $4   Other operations and maintenance
  

 

 

  
   4   

Tax

   (2 Income tax expense
  

 

 

  
  $2   
  

 

 

  

Details About AOCI Components

  Amounts Reclassified
From AOCI
  

Affected Line Item in the Consolidated

Statements of Income

(millions)      

Three Months Ended September 30, 2016

   

Deferred (gains) and losses on derivatives-hedging activities:

   

Commodity contracts

  $(1 Operating revenue

Interest rate contracts

   1   Interest and related charges

Foreign currency contracts

   (3 Other income
  

 

 

  
   (3 

Tax

   2   Income tax expense
  

 

 

  
  $(1 
  

 

 

  

Unrecognized pension and other postretirement benefit costs:

   

Actuarial (gains) losses

  $2   Other operations and maintenance
  

 

 

  
   2   

Tax

   (1 Income tax expense
  

 

 

  
  $1   
  

 

 

  

Three Months Ended September 30, 2015

   

Deferred (gains) and losses on derivatives-hedging activities:

   

Commodity contracts

  $(3 Operating revenue
  

 

 

  
   (3 

Tax

   1   Income tax expense
  

 

 

  
  $(2 
  

 

 

  

Unrecognized pension and other postretirement benefit costs:

   

Actuarial (gains) losses

  $2   Other operations and maintenance
  

 

 

  
   2   

Tax

   (1 Income tax expense
  

 

 

  
  $1   
  

 

 

  

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016

   

Deferred (gains) and losses on derivatives-hedging activities:

   

Commodity contracts

  $(6 Operating revenue

Interest rate contracts

   2   Interest and related charges

Foreign currency contracts

   (1 Other income
  

 

 

  
   (5 

Tax

   2   Income tax expense
  

 

 

  
  $(3 
  

 

 

  

Unrecognized pension and other postretirement benefit costs:

   

Actuarial (gains) losses

  $4   Other operations and maintenance
  

 

 

  
   4   

Tax

   (2 Income tax expense
  

 

 

  
  $2   
  

 

 

  

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015

   

Deferred (gains) and losses on derivatives-hedging activities:

   

Commodity contracts

  $(4 Operating revenue
  

 

 

  
   (4 

Tax

   1   Income tax expense
  

 

 

  
  $(3 
  

 

 

  

Unrecognized pension and other postretirement benefit costs:

   

Actuarial (gains) losses

  $6   Other operations and maintenance
  

 

 

  
   6   

Tax

   (3 Income tax expense
  

 

 

  
  $3   
  

 

 

  

Note 8. Fair Value Measurements

The Companies’ fair value measurements are made in accordance with the policies discussed in Note 6 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in the Companies’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015. See Note 9 in this report for further information about the Companies’ derivatives and hedge accounting activities.

Dominion and Dominion Gas apply fair value measurements to foreign currency swaps used to manage the foreign currency exchange rate risk related to interest and principal payments denominated in foreign currencies. These swaps are designated as cash flow hedges for accounting purposes and are categorized as Level 2.

The inputs and assumptions used in measuring the fair value for foreign currency swaps include the following:

 

Foreign currency forward exchange rates

 

Credit quality of counterparties and the Companies

 

Notional value

 

Credit enhancements

 

Time value

The Companies enter into certain physical and financial forwards, futures, options and swaps, which are considered Level 3 as they have one or more inputs that are not observable and are significant to the valuation. The discounted cash flow method is used to value Level 3 physical and financial forwards and futures contracts. An option model is used to value Level 3 physical and financial options. The discounted cash flow model for forwards and futures calculates mark-to-market valuations based on forward market prices, original transaction prices, volumes, and risk-free rate of return, and credit spreads.return. The option model calculates mark-to-market valuations using variations of the Black-Scholes option model. The inputs into the models are the forward market prices, implied price volatilities, risk-free rate of return, the option expiration dates, the option strike prices, the original sales prices, and volumes. For Level 3 fair value measurements, forward market prices, credit spreads and implied price volatilities are considered unobservable. The unobservable inputs are developed and substantiated using historical information, available market data, third-party data, and statistical analysis. Periodically, inputs to valuation models are reviewed and revised as needed, based on historical information, updated market data, market liquidity and relationships, and changes in third-party pricing sources.

The following table presents Dominion’s quantitative information about Level 3 fair value measurements at JuneSeptember 30, 2016. The range and weighted average are presented in dollars for market price inputs and percentages for credit spreads and price volatility.

 

  Fair Value
(millions)
   

Valuation Techniques

  

Unobservable Input

  Range Weighted
Average(1)
   Fair Value
(millions)
   

Valuation Techniques

  

Unobservable Input

  Range Weighted
Average(1)
 

Assets

                  

Physical and financial forwards and futures:

                  

Natural gas(2)

  $123    Discounted cash flow  Market price (per Dth)(3)   (2) - 7    —      $85    Discounted cash flow  Market price (per Dth)(3)   (2) - 7    —    
      Credit spread(4)   1% - 6 3

FTRs

   6    Discounted cash flow  Market price (per MWh)(3)   (8) - 3   1     7    Discounted cash flow  Market price (per MWh)(3)   (6) - 6   1  

Physical and financial options:

                  

Natural gas

   8    Option model  Market price (per Dth)(3)   2 - 7   4     4    Option model  Market price (per Dth)(3)   2 - 7   3  
      Price volatility(5)   20% - 42 25      Price volatility(4)   19% - 46 24
  

 

          

 

        

Total assets

  $137           $96         
  

 

          

 

        

Liabilities

                  

Physical and financial forwards and futures:

                  

Natural gas(2)

  $5    Discounted cash flow  Market price (per Dth)(3)   (1) - 4   3    $4    Discounted cash flow  Market price (per Dth)(3)   (2) - 4   1  

FTRs

   7    Discounted cash flow  Market price (per MWh)(3)   (2) - 5   1     2    Discounted cash flow  Market price (per MWh)(3)   (11) - 6   1  

Physical and financial options:

                  

Natural gas

   1    Option model  Market price (per Dth)(3)   2 - 4   3     1    Option model  Market price (per Dth)(3)   2 - 4   3  
      Price volatility(5)   29% - 42 36      Price volatility(4)   30% - 46 38
  

 

          

 

        

Total liabilities

  $13           $7         
  

 

          

 

        

(1)Averages weighted by volume.
(2)Includes basis.
(3)Represents market prices beyond defined terms for Levels 1 and 2.
(4)Represents credit spreads unrepresented in published markets.
(5)Represents volatilities unrepresented in published markets.

Sensitivity of the fair value measurements to changes in the significant unobservable inputs is as follows:

 

Significant Unobservable Inputs

  

Position

  

Change to Input

  

Impact on Fair Value
Measurement

Market price  Buy  Increase (decrease)  Gain (loss)
Market price  Sell  Increase (decrease)  Loss (gain)
Price volatility  Buy  Increase (decrease)  Gain (loss)
Price volatility  Sell  Increase (decrease)  Loss (gain)
Credit spreadAssetIncrease (decrease)Loss (gain)

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:

 

      Level 1           Level 2           Level 3           Total           Level 1           Level 2           Level 3           Total     
(millions)                                

At June 30, 2016

        

At September 30, 2016

        

Assets

                

Derivatives:

                

Commodity

  $—      $192    $137    $329    $—      $172    $96    $268  

Interest rate

   —       25     —       25     —       19     —       19  

Foreign currency

   —       8     —       8  

Investments(1):

                

Equity securities:

                

United States:

                

Large cap

   2,617     —       —       2,617     2,712     —       —       2,712  

REIT

   67     —       —       67  

Other

   5     —       —       5     6     —       —       6  

REIT

   72     —       —       72  

Non-United States:

                

Large cap

   10     —       —       10     10     —       —       10  

Fixed income:

                

Corporate debt instruments

   —       498     —       498     —       518     —       518  

United States Treasury securities and agency debentures

   462     236     —       698     438     231     —       669  

State and municipal

   —       364     —       364     —       372     —       372  

Other

   —       112     —       112     —       109     —       109  

Cash equivalents and other

   5     —       —       5     8     —       —       8  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total assets

  $3,171    $1,427    $137    $4,735    $3,241    $1,429    $96    $4,766  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Liabilities

                

Derivatives:

                

Commodity

  $—      $87    $13    $100    $—      $104    $7    $111  

Interest rate

   —       366     —       366     —       307     —       307  

Foreign currency

   —       7     —       7     —       4     —       4  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total liabilities

  $—      $460    $13    $473    $—      $415    $7    $422  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

      Level 1           Level 2           Level 3           Total           Level 1           Level 2           Level 3           Total     
(millions)                                

At December 31, 2015

                

Assets

                

Derivatives:

                

Commodity

  $1    $249    $114    $364    $1    $249    $114    $364  

Interest rate

   —       24     —       24     —       24     —       24  

Investments(1):

                

Equity securities:

                

United States:

                

Large cap

   2,547     —       —       2,547     2,547     —       —       2,547  

REIT

   63     —       —       63  

Other

   5     —       —       5     5     —       —       5  

REIT

   63     —       —       63  

Non-United States:

                

Large cap

   10     —       —       10     10     —       —       10  

Fixed income:

                

Corporate debt instruments

   —       437     —       437     —       437     —       437  

United States Treasury securities and agency debentures

   458     201     —       659     458     201     —       659  

State and municipal

   —       376     —       376     —       376     —       376  

Other

   —       100     —       100     —       100     —       100  

Cash equivalents and other

   2     2     —       4     2     2     —       4  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total assets

  $3,086    $1,389    $114    $4,589    $3,086    $1,389    $114    $4,589  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Liabilities

                

Derivatives:

                

Commodity

  $—      $141    $19    $160    $—      $141    $19    $160  

Interest rate

   —       183     —       183     —       183     —       183  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total liabilities

  $—      $324    $19    $343    $—      $324    $19    $343  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

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

The following table presents the net change in Dominion’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,

   Three Months Ended
September 30,
   Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
        2016               2015               2016               2015               2016               2015               2016               2015       
(millions)                                

Beginning balance

  $109    $76    $95    $107    $124    $71    $95    $107  

Total realized and unrealized gains (losses):

                

Included in earnings

   (10   (5   (17   10     (7   (9   (23   1  

Included in other comprehensive income (loss)

   —       (1   3     (12   —       5     2     (7

Included in regulatory assets/liabilities

   15     (5   32     (29   (37   47     (5   18  

Settlements

   10     6     18     (8   9     10     27     1  

Transfers out of Level 3

   —       —       (7   3     —       (1   (7   3  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Ending balance

  $124    $71    $124    $71    $89    $123    $89    $123  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

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

  $—      $1    $—      $1  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

The following table presents Dominion’s classification of gains and losses included in earnings in the Level 3 fair value category. There were no unrealized gains or losses included in earnings in the Level 3 fair value category relating to assets/liabilities still held at the reporting date for the three months ended June 30, 2016 and 2015.

  Operating
Revenue
   Electric Fuel
and Other
Energy-
Related

Purchases
     Total       Operating
Revenue
   Electric Fuel
and Other
Energy-
Related

Purchases
     Total     
(millions)                    

Three Months Ended June 30, 2016

     

Three Months Ended September 30, 2016

     

Total gains (losses) included in earnings

  $—      $(10 $(10  $—      $(7 $(7
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30, 2015

     

Total gains (losses) included in earnings

  $—      $(5 $(5
  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2016

     

Three Months Ended September 30, 2015

     

Total gains (losses) included in earnings

  $—      $(17 $(17  $—      $(9 $(9

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

   —       —      —       —       1   1  
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2015

     

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016

     

Total gains (losses) included in earnings

  $—      $(23 $(23
  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015

     

Total gains (losses) included in earnings

  $2    $8   $10    $2    $(1 $1  

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

   1     (1  —       1     —     1  

Virginia Power

The following table presents Virginia Power’s quantitative information about Level 3 fair value measurements at JuneSeptember 30, 2016. The range and weighted average are presented in dollars for market price inputs and percentages for credit spreads and price volatility.

 

  Fair Value
(millions)
   

Valuation Techniques

  

Unobservable Input

  Range Weighted
Average(1)
   Fair Value
(millions)
   

Valuation Techniques

  

Unobservable Input

  Range Weighted
Average(1)
 

Assets

                  

Physical and financial forwards and futures:

                  

Natural gas(2)

  $121    Discounted cash flow  Market price (per Dth)(3)   (2) - 7    —      $81    Discounted cash flow  Market price (per Dth)(3)   (2) - 7    —    
      Credit spread(4)   1% - 6 3

FTRs

   6    Discounted cash flow  Market price (per MWh)(3)   (8) - 3   1     7    Discounted cash flow  Market price (per MWh)(3)   (6) - 6   1  

Physical and financial options:

                  

Natural gas

   5    Option model  Market price (per Dth)(3)   2 - 7   4     2    Option model  Market price (per Dth)(3)   2 - 7   3  
      Price volatility(5)   20% - 33 24
  

 

              Price volatility(4)   19% - 33 24

Total assets

  $132           $90         
  

 

          

 

        

Liabilities

                  

Physical and financial forwards and futures:

                  

FTRs

  $7    Discounted cash flow  Market price (per MWh)(3)   (2) - 5   1    $2    Discounted cash flow  Market price (per MWh)(3)   (11) - 6   1  
  

 

          

 

        

Total liabilities

  $7           $2         
  

 

          

 

        

 

(1)Averages weighted by volume.
(2)Includes basis.
(3)Represents market prices beyond defined terms for Levels 1 and 2.
(4)Represents credit spreads unrepresented in published markets.
(5)Represents volatilities unrepresented in published markets.

Sensitivity of the fair value measurements to changes in the significant unobservable inputs is as follows:

 

Significant Unobservable Inputs

  

Position

  

Change to Input

  

Impact on Fair

Value
Measurement

Market price  Buy  Increase (decrease)  Gain (loss)
Market price  SellIncrease (decrease)Loss (gain)
Credit spreadAsset  Increase (decrease)  Loss (gain)
Price volatility  Buy  Increase (decrease)  Gain (loss)
Price volatility  Sell  Increase (decrease)  Loss (gain)

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       Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
(millions)                                

At June 30, 2016

        

At September 30, 2016

        

Assets

                

Derivatives:

                

Commodity

  $—      $31    $132    $163    $—      $26    $90    $116  

Interest rate

   —       2     —       2  

Investments(1):

                

Equity securities:

                

United States large cap

   1,137     —       —       1,137     1,183     —       —       1,183  

REIT

   72     —       —       72     67     —       —       67  

Fixed income:

                

Corporate debt instruments

   —       283     —       283     —       298     —       298  

United States Treasury securities and agency debentures

   166     111     —       277     144     107     —       251  

State and municipal

   —       159     —       159     —       174     —       174  

Other

   —       48     —       48     —       29     —       29  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total assets

  $1,375    $632    $132    $2,139    $1,394    $636    $90    $2,120  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Liabilities

                

Derivatives:

                

Commodity

  $—      $10    $7    $17    $—      $22    $2    $24  

Interest rate

   —       257     —       257     —       267     —       267  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total liabilities

  $—      $267    $7    $274    $—      $289    $2    $291  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

At December 31, 2015

                

Assets

                

Derivatives:

                

Commodity

  $—      $13    $101    $114    $—      $13    $101    $114  

Interest rate

   —       13     —       13     —       13     —       13  

Investments(1):

                

Equity securities:

                

United States large cap

   1,100     —       —       1,100     1,100     —       —       1,100  

REIT

   63     —       —       63     63     —       —       63  

Fixed income:

                

Corporate debt instruments

   —       238     —       238     —       238     —       238  

United States Treasury securities and agency debentures

   180     79     —       259     180     79     —       259  

State and municipal

   —       175     —       175     —       175     —       175  

Other

   —       34     —       34     —       34     —       34  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total assets

  $1,343    $552    $101    $1,996    $1,343    $552    $101 ��  $1,996  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Liabilities

                

Derivatives:

                

Commodity

  $—      $19    $8    $27    $—      $19    $8    $27  

Interest rate

   —       59     —       59     —       59     —       59  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total liabilities

  $—      $78    $8    $86    $—      $78    $8    $86  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

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

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,

   Three Months Ended
September 30,
   Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
        2016               2015               2016               2015               2016               2015               2016               2015       
(millions)                                

Beginning balance

  $110    $78    $93    $102    $125    $73    $93    $102  

Total realized and unrealized gains (losses):

                

Included in earnings

   (9   (5   (17   8     (7   (10   (24   (1

Included in regulatory assets/liabilities

   15     (5   32     (29   (37   47     (5   18  

Settlements

   9     5     17     (8   7     10     24     1  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Ending balance

  $125    $73    $125    $73    $88    $120    $88    $120  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

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 sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015. There were no unrealized gains or 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 sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015.

Dominion Gas

The following table presents Dominion Gas’ assets and liabilities for derivatives 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             Level 1           Level 2           Level 3             Total       
(millions)                                

At June 30, 2016

  

At September 30, 2016

  

Assets

    

Commodity

  $—      $3    $—      $3    $—      $6    $—      $6  

Foreign currency

   —       8     —       8  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total Assets

  $—      $3    $—      $3    $—      $14    $—      $14  

Liabilities

    

Commodity

  $—      $5    $—      $5    $—      $2    $—      $2  

Foreign currency

   —       7     —       7     —       4     —       4  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total liabilities

  $—      $12    $—      $12    $—      $6    $—      $6  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

At December 31, 2015

    

Assets

    

Commodity

  $—      $5    $6    $11    $—      $5    $6    $11  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total Assets

  $—      $5    $6    $11    $—      $5    $6    $11  

Liabilities

    

Interest rate

  $—      $14    $—      $14    $—      $14    $—      $14  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total liabilities

  $—      $14    $—      $14    $—      $14    $—      $14  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

The following table presents the net change in Dominion Gas’ assets and liabilities for derivatives 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,

 
         2016               2015               2016               2015       
(millions)                

Beginning balance

  $—      $—      $6    $2  

Total realized and unrealized gains (losses):

  

Included in earnings

   —       (1   —       1  

Included in other comprehensive income (loss)

   —       —       2     (12

Settlements

   —       —       —       (1

Transfers out of Level 3

   —       —       (8   9  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ending balance

  $—      $(1  $—      $(1
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

   Three Months Ended
September 30,
   Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
         2016               2015               2016               2015       
(millions)                

Beginning balance

  $—      $(1  $6    $2  

Total realized and unrealized gains (losses):

  

Included in earnings

   —       —       —       1  

Included in other comprehensive income (loss)

   —       5     2     (7

Settlements

   —       —       —       (1

Transfers out of Level 3

   —       —       (8   9  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ending balance

  $—      $4    $—      $4  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The gains and losses included in earnings in the Level 3 fair value category were classified in operating revenue in Dominion Gas’ Consolidated Statements of Income for the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2015. There were no unrealized gains or 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 sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Substantially all of the Companies’ financial instruments are recorded at fair value, with the exception of the instruments described below, which 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, restricted cash and cash equivalents, customer, affiliated, and other receivables, short-term debt, affiliated current borrowings, payables to affiliates and accounts payable are representative of fair value because of the short-term nature of these instruments. For the Companies’ financial instruments that are not recorded at fair value, the carrying amounts and estimated fair values are as follows:

 

  June 30, 2016   December 31, 2015   September 30, 2016   December 31, 2015 
  Carrying
    Amount    
   Estimated
Fair
    Value(1)    
   Carrying
    Amount    
   Estimated
Fair
    Value(1)    
   Carrying
    Amount    
   Estimated
Fair
    Value(1)    
   Carrying
    Amount    
   Estimated
Fair
    Value(1)    
 
(millions)                                

Dominion

                

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

  $22,754    $25,400    $21,873    $23,210    $26,287    $29,077    $21,873    $23,210  

Junior subordinated notes(3)

   2,399     2,310     1,340     1,192     2,980     3,030     1,340     1,192  

Remarketable subordinated notes(3)

   982     1,037     2,080     2,129     2,371     2,392     2,080     2,129  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Virginia Power

                

Long-term debt, including securities due within one year(3)

  $9,661    $11,329    $9,368    $10,400    $9,642    $11,259    $9,368    $10,400  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Dominion Gas

                

Long-term debt, including securities due within one year(4)

  $3,941    $4,116    $3,269    $3,299    $3,945    $4,139    $3,269    $3,299  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

(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. All fair value measurements are classified as Level 2. 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)Carrying amount includes amounts which represent the unamortized debt issuance costs, discount and/or premium, and foreign currency remeasurement adjustments. At JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, includes the valuation of certain fair value hedges associated with fixed rate debt of $21$14 million and $7 million, respectively.
(3)Carrying amount includes amounts which represent the unamortized debt issuance costs, discount and/or premium.
(4)Carrying amount includes amounts which represent the unamortized debt issuance costs, discount and/or premium, and foreign currency remeasurement adjustments.

Note 9. Derivatives and Hedge Accounting Activities

The Companies’ accounting policies, objectives and strategies for using derivative instruments are discussed in Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in the Companies’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015. See Note 8 in this report for further information about fair value measurements and associated valuation methods for derivatives.

Derivative assets and liabilities are presented gross on the Companies’ Consolidated Balance Sheets. Dominion’s derivative contracts include both over-the-counter transactions and those that are executed on an exchange or other trading platform (exchange contracts) and centrally cleared. Dominion Gas’ and Virginia Power’s derivative contracts consist of over-the-counter

transactions. Over-the-counter contracts are bilateral contracts that are transacted directly with a counterparty. Exchange contracts utilize a financial intermediary, exchange, or clearinghouse to enter, execute, or clear the transactions. Certain over-the-counter and exchange contracts contain contractual rights of setoff through master netting arrangements, derivative clearing agreements, and contract default provisions. In addition, the contracts are subject to conditional rights of setoff through counterparty nonperformance, insolvency, or other conditions.

In general, most over-the-counter transactions and all exchange contracts are subject to collateral requirements. Types of collateral for over-the-counter and exchange contracts include cash, letters of credit, and in some cases other forms of security, none of which are subject to restrictions. Cash collateral is used in the table below to offset derivative assets and liabilities. Certain accounts receivable and accounts payable recognized on the Companies’ Consolidated Balance Sheets, as well as letters of credit and other forms of security, all of which are not included in the tables below, are subject to offset under master netting or similar arrangements and would reduce the net exposure.

Dominion

Balance Sheet Presentation

The tables below present Dominion’s derivative asset and liability balances by type of financial instrument, before and after the effects of offsetting:

 

  June 30, 2016   December 31, 2015   September 30, 2016   December 31, 2015 
  Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Assets
   Gross
Amounts
Offset in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Net Amounts of
Assets
Presented in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Assets
   Gross
Amounts
Offset in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Net Amounts of
Assets Presented
in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Assets
   Gross
Amounts
Offset in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Net Amounts of
Assets
Presented in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Assets
   Gross
Amounts
Offset in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Net Amounts of
Assets Presented
in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
 
(millions)                        

Commodity contracts:

                  

Over-the-counter

  $231    $—      $231    $217    $—      $217    $173    $—      $173    $217    $—      $217  

Exchange

   91     —       91     138     —       138     88     —       88     138     —       138  

Interest rate contracts:

            

Over-the-counter

   25     —       25     24     —       24     19     —       19     24     —       24  

Foreign currency contracts:

            

Over-the-counter

   8     —       8          —       —    
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total derivatives, subject to a master netting or similar arrangement

   347     —       347     379     —       379     288     —       288     379     —       379  

Total derivatives, not subject to a master netting or similar arrangement

   7     —       7     9     —       9     7     —       7     9     —       9  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total

  $354    $—      $354    $388    $—      $388    $295    $—      $295    $388    $—      $388  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

       September 30, 2016           December 31, 2015     
       Gross Amounts Not Offset
in the Consolidated
Balance Sheet
           Gross Amounts Not Offset
in the Consolidated
Balance Sheet
     
   Net Amounts of
Assets Presented
in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Financial
Instruments
   Cash
Collateral

Received
   Net
Amounts
   Net Amounts of
Assets Presented
in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Financial
Instruments
   Cash
Collateral
Received
   Net
Amounts
 
(millions)                

Commodity contracts:

              

Over-the-counter

  $173    $20    $—      $153    $217    $37    $—      $180  

Exchange

   88     63     —       25     138     82     —       56  

Interest rate contracts:

              

Over-the-counter

   19     10     —       9     24     22     —       2  

Foreign currency contracts:

              

Over-the-counter

   8     4     —       4     —       —       —       —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $288    $97    $—      $191    $379    $141    $—      $238  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

      June 30, 2016           December 31, 2015     
      Gross Amounts Not Offset
in the Consolidated
Balance Sheet
           Gross Amounts Not Offset
in the Consolidated
Balance Sheet
       September 30, 2016   December 31, 2015 
  Net Amounts of
Assets Presented
in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Financial
Instruments
   Cash
Collateral
Received
   Net
Amounts
   Net Amounts of
Assets Presented
in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Financial
Instruments
   Cash
Collateral
Received
   Net
Amounts
   Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Liabilities
   Gross
Amounts
Offset in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Net Amounts of
Liabilities
Presented in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Liabilities
   Gross
Amounts
Offset in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Net Amounts of
Liabilities
Presented in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
 
(millions)                                        

Commodity contracts:

                    

Over-the-counter

  $231    $16    $—      $215    $217    $37    $—      $180    $43    $—      $43    $70    $—      $70  

Exchange

   91     63     —       28     138     82     —       56     63     —       63     82     —       82  

Interest rate contracts:

                    

Over-the-counter

   25     15     —       10     24     22     —       2     307     —       307     183     —       183  

Foreign currency contracts:

            

Over-the-counter

   4     —       4     —       —       —    
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total derivatives, subject to a master netting or similar arrangement

   417     —       417     335     —       335  

Total derivatives, not subject to a master netting or similar arrangement

   5     —       5     8     —       8  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total

  $347    $94    $—      $253    $379    $141    $—      $238    $422    $—      $422    $343    $—      $343  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

   June 30, 2016   December 31, 2015 
   Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Liabilities
   Gross
Amounts
Offset in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Net Amounts of
Liabilities
Presented in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Liabilities
   Gross
Amounts
Offset in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Net Amounts of
Liabilities
Presented in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
 
(millions)            

Commodity contracts:

      

Over-the-counter

  $32    $—      $32    $70    $—      $70  

Exchange

   63     —       63     82     —       82  

Interest rate contracts:

      

Over-the-counter

   366     —       366     183     —       183  

Foreign currency contracts:

      

Over-the-counter

   7     —       7     —       —       —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total derivatives, subject to a master netting or similar arrangement

   468     —       468     335     —       335  

Total derivatives, not subject to a master netting or similar arrangement

   5     —       5     8     —       8  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $473    $—      $473    $343    $—      $343  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

      June 30, 2016           December 31, 2015           September 30, 2016           December 31, 2015     
      Gross Amounts Not Offset
in the Consolidated
Balance Sheet
           Gross Amounts Not Offset
in the Consolidated
Balance Sheet
           Gross Amounts Not Offset
in the Consolidated
Balance Sheet
           Gross Amounts Not Offset
in the Consolidated
Balance Sheet
     
  Net Amounts of
Liabilities
Presented in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Financial
Instruments
   Cash
Collateral
Paid
   Net
Amounts
   Net Amounts of
Liabilities
Presented in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Financial
Instruments
   Cash
Collateral
Paid
   Net
Amounts
   Net Amounts of
Liabilities
Presented in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Financial
Instruments
   Cash
Collateral
Paid
   Net
Amounts
   Net Amounts of
Liabilities
Presented in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Financial
Instruments
   Cash
Collateral
Paid
   Net
Amounts
 
(millions)                                

Commodity contracts:

                            

Over-the-counter

  $32    $16    $1    $15    $70    $37    $—      $33    $43    $20    $—      $23    $70    $37    $—      $33  

Exchange

   63     63     —       —       82     82     —       —       63     63     —       —       82     82     —       —    

Interest rate contracts:

                            

Over-the-counter

   366     15     —       351     183     22     —       161     307     10     —       297     183     22     —       161  

Foreign currency contracts:

                            

Over-the-counter

   7     —       —       7     —       —       —       —       4     4     —       —       —       —       —       —    
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total

  $468    $94    $1    $373    $335    $141    $—      $194    $417    $97    $—      $320    $335    $141    $—      $194  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Volumes

The following table presents the volume of Dominion’s derivative activity at JuneSeptember 30, 2016. 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 transactions, for which they represent the absolute value of the net volume of their long and short positions.

  Current   Noncurrent   Current   Noncurrent 

Natural Gas (bcf):

        

Fixed price(1)

   125     38     104     23  

Basis

   190     580     261     626  

Electricity (MWh):

        

Fixed price

   11,749,639     1,978,640     8,274,639     659,440  

FTRs

   99,882,813     —       72,352,190     —    

Liquids (Gal)(2)

   59,807,554     —       39,269,554     —    

Interest rate(3)

  $2,400,000,000    $2,100,000,000    $2,200,000,000    $1,600,000,000  

Foreign currency(3)(4)

  $—      $280,000,000    $—      $280,000,000  

 

(1)Includes options.
(2)Includes NGLs and oil.
(3)Maturity is determined based on final settlement period.
(4)Euro equivalent volumes are €250,000,000.

Ineffectiveness and AOCI

For the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015, gains or losses on hedging instruments determined to be ineffective and amounts excluded from the assessment of effectiveness 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.

The following table presents selected information related to gains (losses) on cash flow hedges included in AOCI in Dominion’s Consolidated Balance Sheet at JuneSeptember 30, 2016:

 

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

Commodities:

            

Gas

  $10    $9     22 months    $(2  $(2   39 months  

Electricity

   65     65     18 months     44     42     15 months  

Other

   (1   (1   9 months     (1   (1   6 months  

Interest rate

   (312   (23   381 months     (304   (26   378 months  

Foreign currency

   (3   (3   120 months     2     —       117 months  
  

 

   

 

     

 

   

 

   

Total

  $(241  $47      $(261  $13    
  

 

   

 

     

 

   

 

   

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, interest rates, and foreign currency exchange rates.

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

At June 30, 2016

      

At September 30, 2016

      

ASSETS

            

Current Assets

            

Commodity

  $67    $121    $188    $59    $105    $164  

Interest rate

   4     —       4     9     —       9  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total current derivative assets(1)

   71     121     192     68     105     173  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Noncurrent Assets

            

Commodity

   6     135     141     4     100     104  

Interest rate

   21     —       21     10     —       10  

Foreign currency

   8     —       8  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total noncurrent derivative assets(2)

   27     135     162     22     100     122  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total derivative assets

  $98    $256    $354    $90    $205    $295  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

LIABILITIES

            

Current Liabilities

            

Commodity

  $27    $61    $88    $22    $78    $100  

Interest rate

   178     —       178     182     —       182  

Foreign currency

   5     —       5     4     —       4  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total current derivative liabilities(3)

   210     61     271     208     78     286  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Noncurrent Liabilities

            

Commodity

   5     7     12     1     10     11  

Interest rate

   188     —       188     125     —       125  

Foreign currency

   2     —       2  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total noncurrent derivative liabilities(4)

   195     7     202     126     10     136  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total derivative liabilities

  $405    $68    $473    $334    $88    $422  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

At December 31, 2015

            

ASSETS

            

Current Assets

            

Commodity

  $101    $151    $252    $101    $151    $252  

Interest rate

   3     —       3     3     —       3  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total current derivative assets(1)

   104     151     255     104     151     255  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Noncurrent Assets

            

Commodity

   3     109     112     3     109     112  

Interest rate

   21     —       21     21     —       21  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total noncurrent derivative assets(2)

   24     109     133     24     109     133  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total derivative assets

  $128    $260    $388    $128    $260    $388  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

LIABILITIES

            

Current Liabilities

            

Commodity

  $32    $116    $148    $32    $116    $148  

Interest rate

   164     —       164     164     —       164  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total current derivative liabilities(3)

   196     116     312     196     116     312  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Noncurrent Liabilities

            

Commodity

   —       12     12     —       12     12  

Interest rate

   19     —       19     19     —       19  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total noncurrent derivative liabilities(4)

   19     12     31     19     12     31  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total derivative liabilities

  $215    $128    $343    $215    $128    $343  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

(1)Current derivative assets are presented in other current assets in Dominion’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.
(2)Noncurrent derivative assets are presented in other deferred charges and other assets in Dominion’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.
(3)Current derivative liabilities are presented in other current liabilities in Dominion’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.
(4)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)
   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, 2016

      

Three Months Ended September 30, 2016

      

Derivative type and location of gains (losses):

            

Commodity:

            

Operating revenue

    $87        $64    

Purchased gas

     (2       (1  

Electric fuel and other energy-related purchases

     (3       (1  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total commodity

  $12    $82    $—      $7    $62    $—    
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Interest rate(3)

   (23   (8   (108   3     (10   (16

Foreign currency(4)

   (7   (2   —       12     3     —    
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total

  $(18  $72    $(108  $22    $55    $(16
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30, 2015

      

Three Months Ended September 30, 2015

      

Derivative type and location of gains (losses):

            

Commodity:

            

Operating revenue

    $107        $87    

Purchased gas

     (2       (2  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total commodity

  $94    $105    $—      $64    $85    $—    
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Interest rate(3)

   57     (3   (91   (71   (2   (69
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total

  $151    $102    $(91  $(7  $83    $(69
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2016

      

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016

      

Derivative type and location of gains (losses):

            

Commodity:

            

Operating revenue

    $201        $266    

Purchased gas

     (8       (9  

Electric fuel and other energy-related purchases

     (6       (8  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total commodity

  $185    $187    $—      $193    $249    $—    
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Interest rate(3)

   (110   (11   (241   (107   (21   (258

Foreign currency(4)

   (7   (2   —       4     1     —    
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total

  $68    $174    $(241  $90    $229    $(258
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2015

      

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015

      

Derivative type and location of gains (losses):

            

Commodity:

            

Operating revenue

    $15        $103    

Purchased gas

     (7       (9  

Electric fuel and other energy-related purchases

     1    
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total commodity

  $54    $9    $3    $117    $94    $3  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Interest rate(3)

   (1   (5   42     (72   (7   (27
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total

  $53    $4    $45    $45    $87    $(24
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

(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 other income.

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

Six Months Ended

June 30,

   Three Months Ended
September 30,
   Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 

Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments

        2016               2015               2016               2015               2016               2015               2016               2015       
(millions)                                

Derivative type and location of gains (losses):

                

Commodity:

                

Operating revenue

  $(8  $15    $(6  $18    $25    $2    $19    $20  

Purchased gas

   8     (7   7     (9   (21   (3   (14   (12

Electric fuel and other energy-related purchases

   (9   3     (31   9     (12   (4   (43   5  

Other operations and maintenance

   1     —       —       —    

Interest rate(2)

   —       (1   —       (1
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total

  $(8  $11    $(30  $18    $(8  $(6  $(38  $12  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

(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.

Virginia Power

Balance Sheet Presentation

The tables below present Virginia Power’s derivative asset and liability balances by type of financial instrument, before and after the effects of offsetting:

 

  June 30, 2016   December 31, 2015  September 30, 2016 December 31, 2015 
  Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Assets
   Gross
Amounts
Offset in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Net Amounts of
Assets
Presented in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Assets
   Gross
Amounts
Offset in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Net Amounts of
Assets Presented
in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
  Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Assets
 Gross
Amounts
Offset in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
 Net Amounts of
Assets
Presented in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
 Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Assets
 Gross
Amounts
Offset in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
 Net Amounts of
Assets Presented
in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
 
(millions)                         

Commodity contracts:

            

Over-the-counter

  $127    $—      $127    $101    $—      $101   $88   $—     $88   $101   $—     $101  

Interest rate contracts:

           

Over-the-counter

   —       —       —       13     —       13    2    —      2   13    —     13  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Total derivatives, subject to a master netting or similar arrangement

   127     —       127     114     —       114    90    —      90   114    —     114  

Total derivatives, not subject to a master netting or similar arrangement

   36     —       36     13     —       13    28    —      28   13    —     13  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Total

  $163    $—      $163    $127    $—      $127   $118   $—     $118   $127   $—     $127  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

      June 30, 2016           December 31, 2015        September 30, 2016     December 31, 2015   
      Gross Amounts Not Offset
in the Consolidated
Balance Sheet
           Gross Amounts Not Offset
in the Consolidated
Balance Sheet
        Gross Amounts Not Offset
in the Consolidated
Balance Sheet
     Gross Amounts Not Offset
in the Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   
  Net Amounts of
Assets Presented
in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Financial
Instruments
   Cash
Collateral
Received
   Net
Amounts
   Net Amounts of
Assets Presented
in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Financial
Instruments
   Cash
Collateral
Received
   Net
Amounts
  Net Amounts of
Assets Presented
in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
 Financial
Instruments
 Cash
Collateral
Received
 Net
Amounts
 Net Amounts of
Assets Presented
in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
 Financial
Instruments
 Cash
Collateral
Received
 Net
Amounts
 
(millions)                         

Commodity contracts:

                

Over-the-counter

  $127    $7    $—      $120    $101    $3    $—      $98   $88   $2   $—     $86   $101   $3   $—     $98  

Interest rate contracts:

               

Over-the-counter

   —       —       —       —       13     10     —       3    2    —      —      2   13   10    —     3  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Total

  $127    $7    $—      $120    $114    $13    $—      $101   $90   $2   $—     $88   $114   $13   $—     $101  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  June 30, 2016   December 31, 2015  September 30, 2016 December 31, 2015 
  Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Liabilities
   Gross
Amounts
Offset in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Net Amounts of
Liabilities
Presented in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Liabilities
   Gross
Amounts
Offset in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Net Amounts of
Liabilities
Presented in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
  Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Liabilities
 Gross
Amounts
Offset in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
 Net Amounts of
Liabilities
Presented in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
 Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Liabilities
�� Gross
Amounts
Offset in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
 Net Amounts of
Liabilities
Presented in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
 
(millions)                         

Commodity contracts:

                

Over-the-counter

  $14    $—      $14    $5    $—      $5   $9   $—     $9   $5   $—     $5  

Interest rate contracts:

                

Over-the-counter

   257     —       257     59     —       59    267    —      267   59    —     59  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Total derivatives, subject to a master netting or similar arrangement

   271     —       271     64     —       64    276    —      276   64    —     64  

Total derivatives, not subject to a master netting or similar arrangement

   3     —       3     22     —       22    15    —      15   22    —     22  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Total

  $274    $—      $274    $86    $—      $86   $291   $—     $291   $86   $—     $86  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

      June 30, 2016           December 31, 2015        September 30, 2016       December 31, 2015     
      Gross Amounts Not Offset
in the Consolidated
Balance Sheet
           Gross Amounts Not Offset
in the Consolidated
Balance Sheet
        Gross Amounts Not Offset
in the Consolidated
Balance Sheet
       Gross Amounts Not Offset
in the Consolidated
Balance Sheet
     
  Net Amounts of
Liabilities
Presented in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Financial
Instruments
   Cash
Collateral
Paid
   Net
Amounts
   Net Amounts of
Liabilities
Presented in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Financial
Instruments
   Cash
Collateral
Paid
   Net
Amounts
  Net Amounts of
Liabilities
Presented in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
 Financial
Instruments
 Cash
Collateral
Paid
   Net
Amounts
 Net Amounts of
Liabilities
Presented in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
 Financial
Instruments
   Cash
Collateral
Paid
   Net
Amounts
 
(millions)                                                   

Commodity contracts:

                         

Over-the-counter

  $14    $7    $1    $6    $5    $3    $—      $2   $9   $2   $—      $7   $5   $3    $—      $2  

Interest rate contracts:

                       

Over-the-counter

   257     —       —       257     59     10     —       49    267    —      —       267   59   10     —       49  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total

  $271    $7    $1    $263    $64    $13    $—      $51   $276   $2   $—      $274   $64   $13    $—      $51  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Volumes

The following table presents the volume of Virginia Power’s derivative activity at JuneSeptember 30, 2016. 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 transactions, for which they represent the absolute value of the net volume of their long and short positions.

 

  Current   Noncurrent   Current   Noncurrent 

Natural Gas (bcf):

        

Fixed price(1)

   42     16     32     12  

Basis

   67     538     126     558  

Electricity (MWh):

        

FTRs

   97,710,646     —       70,978,901     —    

Interest rate

  $700,000,000    $1,100,000,000    $1,200,000,000    $600,000,000  

 

(1)Includes options.

Ineffectiveness and AOCI

For the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015, gains or losses on hedging instruments determined to be ineffective were not material.

The following table presents selected information related to gains (losses) on cash flow hedges included in AOCI in Virginia Power’s Consolidated Balance Sheet at JuneSeptember 30, 2016:

 

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

Interest rate

  $(21  $(1   381 months    $(22  $(1   378 months  
  

 

   

 

     

 

   

 

   

Total

  $(21  $(1    $(22  $(1  
  

 

   

 

     

 

   

 

   

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 interest rates.

Fair Value and Gains and Losses on Derivative Instruments

The following table presents the fair values of Virginia Power’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  Fair Value – Derivatives
under Hedge
Accounting
 Fair Value –Derivatives
not under Hedge
Accounting
 Total Fair Value 
(millions)                   

At June 30, 2016

      

At September 30, 2016

   

ASSETS

         

Current Assets

         

Commodity

  $—      $34    $34   $—     $25   $25  

Interest rate

  2    —      2  
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Total current derivative assets(1)

   —       34     34    2    25    27  
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Noncurrent Assets

         

Commodity

   —       129     129    —      91    91  
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Total noncurrent derivative assets(2)

   —       129     129    —      91    91  
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Total derivative assets

  $—      $163    $163   $2   $116   $118  
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

LIABILITIES

         

Current Liabilities

         

Commodity

  $—      $12    $12   $—     $19   $19  

Interest rate

   69     —       69    142    —      142  
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Total current derivative liabilities(3)

   69     12     81    142    19    161  
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Noncurrent Liabilities

         

Commodity

   —       5     5    —      5    5  

Interest rate

   188     —       188    125    —      125  
 

 

  

 

  

 

 

Total noncurrent derivatives liabilities(4)

   188     5     193    125    5    130  
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Total derivative liabilities

  $257    $17    $274   $267   $24   $291  
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

At December 31, 2015

         

ASSETS

         

Current Assets

         

Commodity

  $—      $18    $18   $—     $18   $18  
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Total current derivative assets(1)

   —       18     18    —     18   18  
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Noncurrent Assets

         

Commodity

   —       96     96    —     96   96  

Interest rate

   13     —       13   13    —     13  
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Total noncurrent derivative assets(2)

   13     96     109   13   96   109  
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Total derivative assets

  $13    $114    $127   $13   $114   $127  
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

LIABILITIES

         

Current Liabilities

         

Commodity

  $—      $23    $23   $—     $23   $23  

Interest rate

   57     —       57   57    —     57  
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Total current derivative liabilities(3)

   57     23     80   57   23   80  
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Noncurrent Liabilities

         

Commodity

   —       4     4    —     4   4  

Interest rate

   2     —       2   2    —     2  
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Total noncurrent derivative liabilities(4)

   2     4     6   2   4   6  
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Total derivative liabilities

  $59    $27    $86   $59   $27   $86  
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

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

The following tables present the gains and losses on Virginia Power’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)
   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, 2016

      

Three Months Ended September 30, 2016

      

Derivative type and location of gains (losses):

            

Interest rate(3)

  $(10  $—      $(108  $(2  $—      $(16
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total

  $(10  $—      $(108  $(2  $—      $(16
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30, 2015

      

Three Months Ended September 30, 2015

      

Derivative type and location of gains (losses):

            

Interest rate(3)

  $11    $—      $91    $(9  $—      $(69
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total

  $11    $—      $91    $(9  $—      $(69
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2016

      

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016

      

Derivative type and location of gains (losses):

            

Interest rate(3)

  $(24  $(1  $(241  $(26  $(1  $(258
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total

  $(24  $(1  $(241  $(26  $(1  $(258
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2015

      

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015

      

Derivative type and location of gains (losses):

            

Commodity:

            

Electric fuel and other energy-related purchases

    $(1      $(1  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total commodity

  $—      $(1  $3    $—      $(1  $3  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Interest rate(3)

   5     —       42     (4   —       (27
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total

  $5    $(1  $45    $(4  $(1  $(24
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

(1)Amounts deferred into AOCI have no associated effect in Virginia Power’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 Virginia Power’s Consolidated Statements of Income.
(3)Amounts recorded in Virginia Power’s Consolidated Statements of Income are classified in interest and related charges.

 

  Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income on  Derivatives(1)   Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income on  Derivatives(1) 
  

Three Months Ended

June 30,

   

Six Months Ended

June 30,

   Three Months Ended
September 30,
   Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 

Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments

        2016               2015               2016               2015               2016               2015               2016               2015       
(millions)                                

Derivative type and location of gains (losses):

                

Commodity(2)

  $(10  $5    $(30  $12    $(10  $(6  $(40  $6  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total

  $(10  $5    $(30  $12    $(10  $(6  $(40  $6  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

(1)Includes derivative activity amortized out of regulatory assets/liabilities. Amounts deferred into regulatory assets/liabilities have no associated effect in Virginia Power’s Consolidated Statements of Income.
(2)Amounts recorded in Virginia Power’s Consolidated Statements of Income are classified in electric fuel and other energy-related purchases.

Dominion Gas

Balance Sheet Presentation

The tables below present Dominion Gas’ derivative asset and liability balances by type of financial instrument, before and after the effects of offsetting.

 

  June 30, 2016   December 31, 2015   September 30, 2016   December 31, 2015 
  Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Assets
   Gross
Amounts
Offset in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Net Amounts of
Assets
Presented in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Assets
   Gross
Amounts
Offset in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Net Amounts of
Assets
Presented in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Assets
   Gross
Amounts
Offset in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Net Amounts of
Assets
Presented in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Assets
   Gross
Amounts
Offset in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Net Amounts of
Assets
Presented in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
 
(millions)                        

Commodity contracts:

            

Over-the-counter

  $3    $—      $3    $11    $—      $11    $6    $—      $6    $11    $—      $11  

Foreign currency contracts:

            

Over-the-counter

   8     —       8     —       —       —    
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total derivatives, subject to a master netting or similar arrangement

  $3    $—      $3    $11    $—      $11    $14    $—      $14    $11    $—      $11  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

      June 30, 2016       December 31, 2015           September 30, 2016           December 31, 2015     
      Gross Amounts Not Offset
in the Consolidated
Balance Sheet
           Gross Amounts Not Offset
in the Consolidated
Balance Sheet
           Gross Amounts Not Offset
in the Consolidated
Balance Sheet
           Gross Amounts Not Offset
in the Consolidated
Balance Sheet
     
  Net Amounts of
Assets
Presented
in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Financial
Instruments
   Cash
Collateral
Received
   Net
Amounts
   Net Amounts of
Assets
Presented in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Financial
Instruments
   Cash
Collateral
Received
   Net
Amounts
   Net Amounts of
Assets
Presented

in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Financial
Instruments
   Cash
Collateral
Received
   Net
Amounts
   Net Amounts of
Assets
Presented in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Financial
Instruments
   Cash
Collateral
Received
   Net
Amounts
 
(millions)                                            

Commodity contracts:

                      

Over-the-counter

  $3    $3    $—      $—      $11    $—      $—      $11    $6    $1    $—      $5    $11    $—      $—      $11  

Foreign currency contracts:

              

Over-the-counter

   8     4     —       4     —       —       —       —    
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total

  $3    $3    $—      $—      $11    $—      $—      $11    $14    $5    $—      $9    $11    $—      $—      $11  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

  June 30, 2016   December 31, 2015   September 30, 2016   December 31, 2015 
  Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Liabilities
   Gross
Amounts
Offset in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Net Amounts of
Liabilities
Presented in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Liabilities
   Gross
Amounts
Offset in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Net Amounts
of Liabilities
Presented in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Liabilities
   Gross
Amounts
Offset in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Net Amounts of
Liabilities
Presented in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Liabilities
   Gross
Amounts
Offset in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Net Amounts
of Liabilities
Presented in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
 
(millions)                        

Commodity contracts:

            

Over-the-counter

  $5    $—      $5    $—      $—      $—      $2    $—      $2    $—      $—      $—    

Interest rate contracts:

                

Over-the-counter

   —       —       —       14     —       14     —       —       —       14     —       14  

Foreign currency contracts:

                

Over-the-counter

   7     —       7     —       —       —       4     —       4     —       —       —    
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

     

 

   

 

     

 

   

 

 

Total derivatives, subject to a master netting or similar arrangement

  $12    $—      $12    $14    $—      $14    $6    $—      $6    $14    $—      $14  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

      June 30, 2016           December 31, 2015           September 30, 2016           December 31, 2015     
      Gross Amounts Not Offset
in the Consolidated
Balance Sheet
           Gross Amounts Not Offset
in the Consolidated
Balance Sheet
           Gross Amounts Not Offset
in the Consolidated
Balance Sheet
           Gross Amounts Not Offset
in the Consolidated
Balance Sheet
     
  Net Amounts of
Liabilities
Presented in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Financial
Instruments
   Cash
Collateral
Paid
   Net
Amounts
   Net Amounts of
Liabilities
Presented in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Financial
Instruments
   Cash
Collateral
Paid
   Net
Amounts
   Net Amounts of
Liabilities
Presented in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Financial
Instruments
   Cash
Collateral
Paid
   Net
Amounts
   Net Amounts of
Liabilities
Presented in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
   Financial
Instruments
   Cash
Collateral
Paid
   Net
Amounts
 
(millions)                                        

Commodity contracts

                    

Over-the-counter

  $5    $3    $—      $2    $—      $—      $—      $—      $2    $1    $—      $1    $—      $—      $—      $—    

Interest rate contracts:

                        

Over-the-counter

   —       —       —       —       14     —       —       14     —       —       —       —       14     —       —       14  

Foreign currency contracts:

                        

Over-the-counter

   7     —       —       7     —       —       —       —       4     4     —       —       —       —       —       —    
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total

  $12    $3    $—      $9    $14    $—      $—      $14    $6    $5    $—      $1    $14    $—      $—      $14  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Volumes

The following table presents the volume of Dominion Gas’ derivative activity at JuneSeptember 30, 2016. 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 transactions, for which they represent the absolute value of the net volume of their long and short positions.

 

  Current   Noncurrent   Current   Noncurrent 

Natural Gas (bcf):

    

Fixed price

   7     —       6     —    

Basis

   7     —       6     —    

NGLs (Gal)

   52,247,554     —       33,095,554     —    

Foreign currency(1)

  $—      $280,000,000    $—      $280,000,000  

 

(1)Maturity is determined based on final settlement period. Euro equivalent volumes are €250,000,000.

Ineffectiveness and AOCI

For the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015, gains or losses on hedging instruments determined to be ineffective were not material.

The following table presents selected information related to losses on cash flow hedges included in AOCI in Dominion Gas’ Consolidated Balance Sheet at JuneSeptember 30, 2016:

 

  AOCI
After-Tax
   Amounts Expected
to be Reclassified
to Earnings During
the Next 12

MonthsAfter-Tax
   Maximum
Term
   AOCI
After-Tax
   Amounts Expected
to be Reclassified
to Earnings During
the Next 12
Months After-Tax
   Maximum
Term
 
(millions)                        

Commodities:

            

NGLs

  $(1  $(1   9 months    $(1  $(1   6 months 

Interest rate

   (30   (4   342 months     (27   (2   339 months  

Foreign currency

   (3   (3   120 months     2     —       117 months  
  

 

   

 

     

 

   

 

   

Total

  $(34  $(8    $(26  $(3  
  

 

   

 

     

 

   

 

   

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, interest rates, and foreign currency rates.

Fair Value and Gains and Losses on Derivative Instruments

The following tables present the fair values of Dominion Gas’ 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   Fair Value-Derivatives
Under Hedge
Accounting
   Fair Value-Derivatives
Not Under Hedge
Accounting
   Total Fair Value 
(millions)                        

At June 30, 2016

      

At September 30, 2016

      

ASSETS

            

Current Assets

            

Commodity

  $2    $1    $3    $1    $5    $6  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total current derivative assets(1)

   2     1     3     1     5     6  
  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Noncurrent Assets

      

Foreign currency

   8     —       8  
  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total noncurrent derivative assets(2)

   8     —       8  
    

 

   

 

     

 

   

 

 

Total derivative assets

  $2    $1    $3    $9    $5    $14  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

LIABILITIES

            

Current Liabilities

            

Commodity

  $4    $1    $5    $2    $—      $2  

Foreign currency

   5     —       5     4     —       4  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total current derivative liabilities(3)

   9     1     10     6     —       6  
  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Noncurrent Liabilities

      

Foreign currency

   2     —       2  
  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total noncurrent derivative liabilities(4)

   2     —       2  
    

 

   

 

     

 

   

 

 

Total derivative liabilities

  $11    $1    $12    $6    $—      $6  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

At December 31, 2015

            

ASSETS

            

Current Assets

            

Commodity

  $10    $—      $10    $10    $—      $10  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total current derivative assets(1)

   10     —       10     10     —       10  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Noncurrent Assets

            

Commodity

   1     —       1     1     —       1  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total noncurrent derivatives assets(2)

   1     —       1     1     —       1  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total derivative assets

  $11    $—      $11    $11    $—      $11  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

LIABILITIES

            

Noncurrent Liabilities

            

Interest rate

  $14    $—      $14    $14    $—      $14  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total noncurrent derivative liabilities(4)

   14     —       14     14     —       14  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total derivative liabilities

  $14    $—      $14    $14    $—      $14  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

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

The following table presents the gains and losses on Dominion Gas’ 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
   Amount of Gain
(Loss) Recognized in
AOCI on
Derivatives
(Effective Portion)(1)
   Amount of Gain
(Loss) Reclassified
From AOCI

to Income
 
(millions)                

Three Months Ended June 30, 2016

    

Three Months Ended September 30, 2016

    

Derivative Type and Location of Gains (Losses):

        

Commodity

  $(6  $—    

Commodity:

    

Operating revenue

    $1  
    

 

 

Total commodity

  $—      $1  
  

 

   

 

 

Interest rate(2)

   —       (1

Foreign currency(3)

   (7   (2   12     3  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total

  $(13  $(2  $12    $3  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30, 2015

    

Three Months Ended September 30, 2015

    

Derivative Type and Location of Gains (Losses):

        

Commodity:

        

Operating revenue

    $1      $3  
    

 

     

 

 

Total commodity

  $—      $1    $11    $3  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Interest rate(2)

   4     —       (7   —    
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total

  $4    $1    $4    $3  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2016

    

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016

    

Derivative Type and Location of Gains (Losses)

        

Commodity:

        

Operating revenue

    $4      $6  
    

 

     

 

 

Total commodity

  $(7  $4    $(7  $6  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Interest rate(2)

   (9   —       (8   (2

Foreign currency(3)

   (7   (2   4     1  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total

  $(23  $2    $(11  $5  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2015

    

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015

    

Derivative Type and Location of Gains (Losses)

        

Commodity:

        

Operating revenue

    $1      $4  
    

 

     

 

 

Total commodity

  $(2  $1    $10    $4  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Interest rate(2)

   (8   —    
  

 

   

 

 

Total

  $(2  $1    $2    $4  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

(1)Amounts deferred into AOCI have no associated effect in Dominion Gas’ Consolidated Statements of Income.
(2)Amounts recorded in Dominion Gas’ Consolidated Statements of Income are classified in interest and related charges.
(3)Amounts recorded in Dominion Gas’ Consolidated Statements of Income are classified in other income.

 

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

Six Months Ended

June 30,

   

Three Months Ended

September 30,

   

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

 

Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments

        2016               2015               2016               2015               2016               2015               2016               2015       
(millions)                                

Derivative Type and Location of Gains (Losses):

                

Commodity:

                

Operating revenue

  $(2  $3    $(2  $4    $5    $1    $3    $5  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total

  $(2  $3    $(2  $4    $5    $1    $3    $5  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Note 10. 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 $104$103 million and $100 million at JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively.

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

At June 30, 2016

       

At September 30, 2016

       

Marketable equity securities:

              

United States large cap

  $1,326    $1,251    $—     $2,577    $1,361    $1,312    $—     $2,673  

REIT

   61     11     —      72     59     8     —      67  

Marketable debt securities:

              

Corporate bonds

   474     25     (1  498     493     26     (1  518  

United States Treasury securities and agency debentures

   672     26     —      698     645     21     —      666  

State and municipal

   290     31     —      321     306     27     —      333  

Other

   108     —       —      108     89     —       —      89  

Cost method investments

   69     —       —      69     69     —       —      69  

Cash equivalents and other(2)

   (12   —       —      (12   12     —       —      12  
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total

  $2,988    $1,344    $(1)(3)  $4,331    $3,034    $1,394    $(1)(3)  $4,427  
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

At December 31, 2015

              

Marketable equity securities:

              

United States large cap

  $1,295    $1,213    $—     $2,508    $1,295    $1,213    $—     $2,508  

REIT

   59     4     —     63     59     4     —     63  

Marketable debt securities:

              

Corporate bonds

   433     11     (7 437     433     11     (7 437  

United States Treasury securities and agency debentures

   654     8     (4 658     654     8     (4 658  

State and municipal

   312     22     —     334     312     22     —     334  

Other

   99     —       —     99     99     —       —     99  

Cost method investments

   70     —       —     70     70     —       —     70  

Cash equivalents and other(2)

   14     —       —     14     14     —       —     14  
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total

  $2,936    $1,258    $(11)(3)  $4,183    $2,936    $1,258    $(11)(3)  $4,183  
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

 

(1)Included in AOCI and the nuclear decommissioning trust regulatory liability.
(2)Includes pending purchases of securities of $16 million and pending sales of securities of $9 million and $12 million at JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively.
(3)The fair value of securities in an unrealized loss position was $90$156 million and $592 million at JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively.

The fair value of Dominion’s marketable debt securities held in nuclear decommissioning trust funds at JuneSeptember 30, 2016 by contractual maturity is as follows:

 

   Amount 
(millions)    

Due in one year or less

  $212  

Due after one year through five years

   458  

Due after five years through ten years

   390  

Due after ten years

   565  
  

 

 

 

Total

  $1,625  
  

 

 

 

   Amount 
(millions)    

Due in one year or less

  $199  

Due after one year through five years

   475  

Due after five years through ten years

   365  

Due after ten years

   567  
  

 

 

 

Total

  $1,606  
  

 

 

 

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,

   Three Months Ended
September 30,
   Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
        2016               2015               2016               2015               2016               2015               2016               2015       
(millions)                                

Proceeds from sales

  $341    $243    $709    $580    $300    $357    $1,009    $937  

Realized gains(1)

   37     44     62     100     40     65     102     165  

Realized losses(1)

   15     12     34     29     9     40     43     69  

 

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

Other-than-temporaryDominion recorded other-than-temporary impairment losses on investments held in nuclear decommissioning trust funds for Dominion were not material for the three and six months ended June 30, 2016 and 2015.as follows:

   Three Months Ended
September 30,
   Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
         2016               2015               2016               2015       
(millions)                

Total other-than-temporary impairment losses(1)

  $9    $29    $34    $55  

Losses recorded to the nuclear decommissioning trust regulatory liability

   (4   (10   (15   (21

Losses recognized in other comprehensive income (before taxes)

   —       (3   (1   (7
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net impairment losses recognized in earnings

  $5    $16    $18    $27  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(1)Amounts include other-than-temporary impairment losses for debt securities of less than $1 million and $3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and $2 million and $7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

Virginia Power

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

At June 30, 2016

       

At September 30, 2016

       

Marketable equity securities:

              

United States large cap

  $590    $546    $—     $1,136    $606    $576    $—     $1,182  

REIT

   61     11     —      72     59     8     —      67  

Marketable debt securities:

              

Corporate bonds

   271     13     (1  283     285     13     —      298  

United States Treasury securities and agency debentures

   270     7     —      277     246     5     —      251  

State and municipal

   141     17     —      158     158     15     —      173  

Other

   48     —       —      48     29     —       —      29  

Cost method investments

   69     —       —      69     69     —       —      69  

Cash equivalents and other(2)

   (13   —       —      (13   5     —       —      5  
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total

  $1,437    $594    $(1)(3)  $2,030    $1,457    $617    $—  (3)  $2,074  
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

At December 31, 2015

              

Marketable equity securities:

              

United States large cap

  $574    $525    $—     $1,099    $574    $525    $—     $1,099  

REIT

   59     4     —     63     59     4     —     63  

Marketable debt securities:

              

Corporate bonds

   237     5     (4 238     237     5     (4 238  

United States Treasury securities and agency debentures

   260     1     (2 259     260     1     (2 259  

State and municipal

   162     13     (1 174     162     13     (1 174  

Other

   34     —       —     34     34     —       —     34  

Cost method investments

   70     —       —     70     70     —       —     70  

Cash equivalents and other(2)

   8     —       —     8     8     —       —     8  
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total

  $1,404    $548    $(7)(3)  $1,945    $1,404    $548    $(7)(3)  $1,945  
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

 

(1)Included in AOCI and the nuclear decommissioning trust regulatory liability.
(2)Includes pending purchases of securities of $13 million and pending sales of securities of $4 million and $8 million at JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively.
(3)The fair value of securities in an unrealized loss position was $66$91 million and $281 million at JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively.

The fair value of Virginia Power’s marketable debt securities held in nuclear decommissioning trust funds at JuneSeptember 30, 2016 by contractual maturity is as follows:

 

  Amount   Amount 
(millions)        

Due in one year or less

  $71    $51  

Due after one year through five years

   207     228  

Due after five years through ten years

   218     202  

Due after ten years

   270     270  
  

 

   

 

 

Total

  $766    $751  
  

 

   

 

 

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

 

  Three Months Ended
June 30,
   Six Months Ended
June 30,
   Three Months Ended
September 30,
   Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
      2016           2015           2016           2015           2016           2015           2016           2015     
(millions)                                

Proceeds from sales

  $154    $76    $347    $209    $131    $198    $478    $407  

Realized gains(1)

   18     19     30     37     18     45     48     82  

Realized losses(1)

   7     4     17     15     4     18     21     33  

 

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

Other-than-temporary impairment losses on investments held in nuclear decommissioning trust funds for Virginia Power were not material for the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015.

Equity Method Investments

Dominion

In October 2016, Dominion purchased an additional 3% membership interest in Atlantic Coast Pipeline from Duke for $14 million, which adjusted Dominion’s and Duke’s membership interest to 48% and 47%, respectively.

Dominion Gas

Iroquois

Dominion Gas’ equity earnings totaled $9$14 million and $12$17 million for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Dominion Gas received distributions from this investment of $11$17 million and $12$26 million for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively. At JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, the carrying amount of Dominion Gas’ investment of $98$97 million and $102 million, respectively, exceeded its share of underlying equity in net assets by $8 million. The difference reflects equity method goodwill and is not being amortized. In May 2016, Dominion Gas sold 0.65% of the non-controlling partnership interest in Iroquois to TransCanada for approximately $7 million, which resulted in a $5 million ($3 million after-tax) gain.gain, included in other income in Dominion Gas’ Consolidated Statements of Income.

Note 11. Regulatory Assets and Liabilities

Regulatory assets and liabilities include the following:

 

       June 30, 2016        December 31, 2015   September 30, 2016   December 31, 2015 
(millions)                

Dominion

        

Regulatory assets:

        

Deferred rate adjustment clause costs(1)

  $95    $90    $101    $90  

Deferred nuclear refueling outage costs(2)

   61     75     60     75  

Deferred cost of fuel used in electric generation(3)

   5     111     3     111  

Other

   60     75     86     75  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Regulatory assets-current(4)

   221     351     250     351  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Unrecognized pension and other postretirement benefit costs(5)

   992     1,015     981     1,015  

Derivatives(6)

   351     110     366     110  

Deferred rate adjustment clause costs(1)

   342     295     271     295  

PJM transmission rates(7)

   192     192     192     192  

Income taxes recoverable through future rates(8)

   137     126     130     126  

Other

   203     127  
  

 

   

 

 

Regulatory assets-non-current

   2,143     1,865  
  

 

   

 

 

Total regulatory assets

  $2,393    $2,216  
  

 

   

 

 

Regulatory liabilities:

    

Deferred cost of fuel used in electric generation(3)

  $62    $—    

PIPP(9)

   26     46  

Other

   36     54  
  

 

   

 

 

Regulatory liabilities-current(10)

   124     100  
  

 

   

 

 

Provision for future cost of removal and AROs(11)

   1,412     1,120  

Nuclear decommissioning trust(12)

   882     804  

Derivatives(6)

   76     79  

Deferred cost of fuel used in electric generation(3)

   27     97  

Other

   200     185  
  

 

   

 

 

Regulatory liabilities-non-current

   2,597     2,285  
  

 

   

 

 

Total regulatory liabilities

  $2,721    $2,385  
  

 

   

 

 

        June 30, 2016        December 31, 2015 
(millions)        

Other

   136     127  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Regulatory assets-non-current

   2,150     1,865  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total regulatory assets

  $2,371    $2,216  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Regulatory liabilities:

    

Deferred cost of fuel used in electric generation(3)

  $89    $—    

PIPP(9)

   25     46  

Other

   47     54  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Regulatory liabilities-current(10)

   161     100  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Provision for future cost of removal and AROs(11)

   1,148     1,120  

Nuclear decommissioning trust(12)

   852     804  

Derivatives(6)

   108     79  

Deferred cost of fuel used in electric generation(3)

   26     97  

Other

   184     185  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Regulatory liabilities-non-current

   2,318     2,285  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total regulatory liabilities

  $2,479    $2,385  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Virginia Power

    

Regulatory assets:

    

Deferred rate adjustment clause costs(1)

  $72    $80  

Deferred nuclear refueling outage costs(2)

   61     75  

Deferred cost of fuel used in electric generation(3)

   5     111  

Other

   55     60  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Regulatory assets-current

   193     326  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivatives(6)

   351     110  

Deferred rate adjustment clause costs(1)

   254     213  

PJM transmission rates(7)

   192     192  

Income taxes recoverable through future rates(8)

   106     97  

Other

   63     55  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Regulatory assets-non-current

   966     667  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total regulatory assets

  $1,159    $993  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Regulatory liabilities:

    

Deferred cost of fuel used in electric generation(3)

  $89    $—    

Other

   23     35  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Regulatory liabilities-current(10)

   112     35  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Provision for future cost of removal(11)

   913     890  

Nuclear decommissioning trust(12)

   852     804  

Derivatives(6)

   108     79  

Deferred cost of fuel used in electric generation(3)

   26     97  

Other

   57     59  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Regulatory liabilities-non-current

   1,956     1,929  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total regulatory liabilities

  $2,068    $1,964  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Dominion Gas

    

Regulatory assets:

    

Deferred rate adjustment clause costs(1)

  $23    $10  

Other

   2     13  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Regulatory assets-current(4)

   25     23  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Unrecognized pension and other postretirement benefit costs(5)

   277     282  

Deferred rate adjustment clause costs(1)

   88     82  

       June 30, 2016        December 31, 2015   September 30, 2016   December 31, 2015 
(millions)                

Virginia Power

    

Regulatory assets:

    

Deferred rate adjustment clause costs(1)

  $85    $80  

Deferred nuclear refueling outage costs(2)

   60     75  

Deferred cost of fuel used in electric generation(3)

   3     111  

Other

   49     60  
  

 

   

 

 

Regulatory assets-current

   197     326  
  

 

   

 

 

Derivatives(6)

   366     110  

PJM transmission rates(7)

   192     192  

Deferred rate adjustment clause costs(1)

   176     213  

Income taxes recoverable through future rates(8)

   99     97  

Other

   64     55  
  

 

   

 

 

Regulatory assets-non-current

   897     667  
  

 

   

 

 

Total regulatory assets

  $1,094    $993  
  

 

   

 

 

Regulatory liabilities:

    

Deferred cost of fuel used in electric generation(3)

  $62    $—    

Other

   13     35  
  

 

   

 

 

Regulatory liabilities-current

   75     35  
  

 

   

 

 

Provision for future cost of removal(11)

   932     890  

Nuclear decommissioning trust(12)

   882     804  

Derivatives(6)

   76     79  

Deferred cost of fuel used in electric generation(3)

   27     97  

Other

   50     59  
  

 

   

 

 

Regulatory liabilities-non-current

   1,967     1,929  
  

 

   

 

 

Total regulatory liabilities

  $2,042    $1,964  
  

 

   

 

 

Dominion Gas

    

Regulatory assets:

    

Deferred rate adjustment clause costs(1)

  $16    $10  

Other

   6     13  
  

 

   

 

 

Regulatory assets-current(4)

   22     23  
  

 

   

 

 

Unrecognized pension and other postretirement benefit costs(5)

   275     282  

Deferred rate adjustment clause costs(1)

   91     82  

Income taxes recoverable through future rates(8)

   20     20     21     20  

Other

   66     65     82     65  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Regulatory assets-non-current(13)

   451     449     469     449  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total regulatory assets

  $476    $472    $491    $472  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Regulatory liabilities:

        

PIPP(9)

  $25    $46    $26    $46  

Other

   18     9     13     9  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Regulatory liabilities-current(10)

   43     55     39     55  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Provision for future cost of removal and AROs(11)

   174     170     173     170  

Other

   39     31     44     31  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Regulatory liabilities-non-current(14)

   213     201     217     201  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total regulatory liabilities

  $256    $256    $256    $256  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

(1)Reflects deferrals under the electric transmission FERC formula rate and the deferral of costs associated with certain current and prospective rider projects for Virginia Power. Reflects deferrals of costs associated with certain current and prospective rider projects for Dominion Gas. See Note 12 for more information.

(2)Legislation enacted in Virginia in April 2014 requires Virginia Power to defer operation and maintenance costs incurred in connection with the refueling of any nuclear-powered generating plant. These deferred costs will be amortized over the refueling cycle, not to exceed 18 months.
(3)Primarily reflects deferred fuel expenses for the Virginia jurisdiction of Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s generation operations. See Note 12 for more information.
(4)Current regulatory assets are presented in other current assets in Dominion’s and Dominion Gas’ Consolidated Balance Sheets.
(5)Represents unrecognized pension and other postretirement employee benefit costs expected to be recovered through future rates generally over the expected remaining service period of plan participants by certain of Dominion’s and Dominion Gas’ rate-regulated subsidiaries.
(6)For jurisdictions subject to cost-based rate regulation, changes in the fair value of derivative instruments result in the recognition of regulatory assets or regulatory liabilities as they are expected to be recovered from or refunded to customers.
(7)Reflects amounts related to PJM transmission cost allocation matter. See Note 12 for more information.
(8)Amounts to be recovered through future rates to pay income taxes that become payable when rate revenue is provided to recover AFUDC-equity and depreciation of property, plant and equipment for which deferred income taxes were not recognized for ratemaking purposes, including amounts attributable to tax rate changes.
(9)Under PIPP, eligible customers can make reduced payments based on their ability to pay. The difference between the customer’s total bill and the PIPP plan amount is deferred and collected or returned annually under the PIPP rate adjustment clause according to East Ohio tariff provisions.
(10)Current regulatory liabilities are presented in other current liabilities in the Companies’Dominion’s and Dominion Gas’ Consolidated Balance Sheets.
(11)Rates charged to customers by the Companies’ regulated businesses include a provision for the cost of future activities to remove assets that are expected to be incurred at the time of retirement.
(12)Primarily reflects a regulatory liability representing amounts collected from Virginia jurisdictional customers and placed in external trusts (including income, losses and changes in fair value thereon) for the future decommissioning of Virginia Power’s utility nuclear generation stations, in excess of the related AROs.
(13)Noncurrent regulatory assets are presented in other deferred charges and other assets in Dominion Gas’ Consolidated Balance Sheets.
(14)Noncurrent regulatory liabilities are presented in other deferred credits and other liabilities in Dominion Gas’ Consolidated Balance Sheets.

At JuneSeptember 30, 2016, $293$299 million of Dominion’s, $272$234 million of Virginia Power’s and $18$23 million of Dominion Gas’ regulatory assets represented past expenditures on which they do not currently earn a return. TheseThe majority of these expenditures are expected to be recovered within the next two years.

Note 12. Regulatory Matters

Regulatory Matters Involving Potential Loss Contingencies

As a result of issues generated in the ordinary course of business, the Companies are involved in various regulatory matters. Certain regulatory matters may ultimately result in a loss; however, as such matters are in an initial procedural phase, involve uncertainty as to the outcome of pending reviews or orders, and/or involve significant factual issues that need to be resolved, it is not possible for the Companies to estimate a range of possible loss. For matters for which the Companies cannot estimate a range of possible loss, a statement to this effect is made in the description of the matter. Other matters may have progressed sufficiently through the regulatory process such that the Companies are able to estimate a range of possible loss. For regulatory matters 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. Any estimated range is based on currently available information, involves elements of judgment and significant uncertainties and may not represent the Companies’ maximum

possible loss exposure. The circumstances of such regulatory matters will change from time to time and actual results may vary significantly from the current estimate. For current matters not specifically reported below, management does not anticipate that the outcome from such matters would have a material effect on the Companies’ financial position, liquidity or results of operations.

FERC - Electric

Under the Federal Power Act, FERC regulates wholesale sales and transmission of electricity in interstate commerce by public utilities. Dominion’s merchant generators sell electricity in the PJM, MISO, CAISO and ISO-NE wholesale markets, and to wholesale purchasers in the states of Tennessee, Georgia, California and Utah, under Dominion’s market-based sales tariffs authorized by FERC. Virginia Power purchases and, under its FERC market-based rate authority, sells electricity in the

wholesale market. In addition, Virginia Power has FERC approval of a tariff to sell wholesale power at capped rates based on its embedded cost of generation. This cost-based sales tariff could be used to sell to loads within or outside Virginia Power’s service territory. Any such sales would be voluntary.

Rates

In April 2008, FERC granted an application for Virginia Power’s electric transmission operations to establish a forward-looking formula rate mechanism that updates transmission rates on an annual basis and approved an ROE of 11.4%, effective as of January 1, 2008. The formula rate is designed to recover the expected revenue requirement for each calendar year and is updated based on actual costs. The FERC-approved formula method, which is based on projected costs, allows Virginia Power to earn a current return on its growing investment in electric transmission infrastructure.

In March 2010, Old Dominion Electric Cooperative and North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation filed a complaint with FERC against Virginia Power claiming, among other issues, that the incremental costs of undergrounding certain transmission line projects were unjust, unreasonable and unduly discriminatory or preferential and should be excluded from Virginia Power’s transmission formula rate. A settlement of the other issues raised in the complaint was approved by FERC in May 2012.

In March 2014, FERC issued an order excluding from Virginia Power’s transmission rates for wholesale transmission customers located outside Virginia the incremental costs of undergrounding certain transmission line projects. FERC found it is not just and reasonable for non-Virginia wholesale transmission customers to be allocated the incremental costs of undergrounding the facilities because the projects are a direct result of Virginia legislation and Virginia Commission pilot programs intended to benefit the citizens of Virginia. The order is retroactively effective as of March 2010 and will cause the reallocation of the costs charged to wholesale transmission customers with loads outside Virginia to wholesale transmission customers with loads in Virginia. FERC determined that there was not sufficient evidence on the record to determine the magnitude of the underground increment and held a hearing to determine the appropriate amount of undergrounding cost to be allocated to each wholesale transmission customer in Virginia. While Virginia Power cannot predict the outcome of the hearing, it is not expected to have a material effect on results of operations.

PJM Transmission Rates

In April 2007, FERC issued an order regarding its transmission rate design for the allocation of costs among PJM transmission customers, including Virginia Power, for transmission service provided by PJM. For new PJM-planned transmission facilities that operate at or above 500 kV, FERC established a PJM regional rate design where customers pay according to each customer’s share of the region’s load. For recovery of costs of existing facilities, FERC approved the existing methodology whereby a customer pays the cost of facilities located in the same zone as the customer. A number of parties appealed the order to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

In August 2009, the court issued its decision affirming the FERC order with regard to the existing facilities, but remanded to FERC the issue of the cost allocation associated with the new facilities 500 kV and above for further consideration by FERC. On remand, FERC reaffirmed its earlier decision to allocate the costs of new facilities 500 kV and above according to the customer’s share of the region’s load. A number of parties filed appeals of the order to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. In June 2014, the court again remanded the cost allocation issue to FERC. In December 2014, FERC issued an order setting an evidentiary hearing and settlement proceeding regarding the cost allocation issue. The hearing only concerns the costs of new facilities approved by PJM prior to February 1, 2013. Transmission facilities approved after February 1, 2013 are allocated on a hybrid cost allocation method approved by FERC and not subject to any court review.

In June 2016, PJM, the PJM transmission owners and state commissions representing substantially all of the load in the PJM market submitted a settlement to FERC to resolve the outstanding issues regarding this matter. Under the terms of the settlement, Virginia Power would be required to pay approximately $200 million to PJM over the next 10 years. Although the settlement agreement has not been accepted by FERC, and the settlement is opposed by a small group of parties to the

proceeding, Virginia Power believes it is probable it will be required to make payment as an outcome of the settlement. Accordingly, as of JuneSeptember 30, 2016, Virginia Power has recorded a contingent liability of $200 million in other deferred credits and other liabilities, which is offset by a $192 million regulatory asset for the amount that will be recovered through retail rates in Virginia. The remaining $8 million was recorded in other operations and maintenance expense in the Consolidated Statement of Income for the year ended December 31, 2015.

Other Regulatory Matters

Other than the following matters, there have been no significant developments regarding the pending regulatory matters disclosed in Note 13 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in the Companies’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 and Note 12 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in the Companies’ Quarterly ReportReports on Form 10-Q for the quarterquarters ended March 31, 2016.

Regulation Act Legislation

In February 2016, certain industrial customers of APCo petitioned the Virginia Commission to issue a declaratory judgment that Virginia legislation enacted in 2015 keeping APCo’s base rates unchanged until at least 2020 (and Virginia Power’s base rates unchanged until at least 2022) is unconstitutional, and to require APCo to make biennial review filings in 2016 and 2018. Virginia Power intervened to support the constitutionality of this legislation. In July 2016, the Virginia Commission held in a divided opinion that this legislation is constitutional, and the industrial customers appealed this order to the Supreme Court of Virginia. This appeal is pending.June 30, 2016.

2015 Biennial ReviewVirginia Regulation

In May 2016, the Supreme Court of Virginia denied the Attorney General’s unopposed motion to suspend briefing in the previously granted appeals from the Virginia Commission’s orders in Virginia Power’s 2015 biennial review case. The Supreme Court of Virginia later granted leave for the industrial customer appellants to withdraw their appeals, thus concluding this matter.

Virginia Fuel Expenses

In May 2016, Virginia Power submitted its annual fuel factor to the Virginia Commission orderedto recover an estimated $1.4 billion in Virginia Power’s proposedjurisdictional projected fuel expenses for the rate decrease to become effectiveyear beginning July 1, 2016 on an interim basis.2016. Virginia Power’s proposed fuel rate represents a fuel revenue decrease of $286 million when applied to projected kilowatt-hour sales for the period July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017. This case is pending.

Solar Facility Projects

In October 2015, Virginia Power filed an application with the Virginia Commission for CPCNs to construct and operate the Scott Solar, Whitehouse, and Woodland solar facilities and related distribution-level interconnection facilities. Virginia Power also applied for approval of Rider US-2 to recover the costs of these projects, which would increase Dominion’s renewable generation by a combined 56 MW at an estimated cost of approximately $130 million, excluding financing costs. In June 2016, the Virginia Commission granted the requested CPCNs and approved a $4 million revenue requirement, subject to true-up on a cost of service basis using a 9.6% ROE for Rider US-2 for the rate year beginning September 1, 2016.

In August 2016, Virginia Power filed an application with the Virginia Commission for a CPCN to construct and operate the Oceana solar facility and related distribution interconnection facilities on land owned by the United States Navy. The facility would begin commercial operations in late 2017 and increase Dominion’s renewable generation by approximately 18 MW at an estimated cost of approximately $40 million, excluding financing costs. The facility is the subject of a public-private partnership whereby the Commonwealth of Virginia, a non-jurisdictional customer, will compensate Virginia Power for the facility’s net electrical energy output. Virginia Power will retire renewable energy certificates on the Commonwealth’s behalf in an amount equal to those generated by the facility. There is no rate adjustment clause associated with this CPCN filing, nor will any costs of the project be recovered from jurisdictional customers. This case is pending.Power’s proposed fuel rate.

Rate Adjustment Clauses

Below is a discussion of significant riders associated with various Virginia Power projects:

 

The Virginia Commission previously approved Rider SBW in conjunction with the Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center.Brunswick County. In JuneOctober 2016, Virginia Power proposed a $254$134 million revenue requirement for the rate year beginning AprilSeptember 1, 2017, which represents a $3$14 million increase over the previous year. This mattercase is pending.

 

The Virginia Commission previously approved Rider RUS-2 in conjunction with Bear Garden.the Scott Solar, Whitehouse, and Woodland solar facilities. In JuneOctober 2016, Virginia Power proposed a $75 million revenue requirement for the rate year beginning April 1, 2017, which represents a $1 million increase over the previous year. This matter is pending.

The Virginia Commission previously approved Rider W in conjunction with Warren County. In June 2016, Virginia Power proposed a $126 million revenue requirement for the rate year beginning April 1, 2017, which represents a $9 million increase over the previous year. This matter is pending.

The Virginia Commission previously approved Rider B in conjunction with the conversion of three power stations to biomass. In June 2016, Virginia Power proposed a $28 million revenue requirement for the rate year beginning April 1, 2017, which represents a $1 million decrease over the previous year. This matter is pending.

The Virginia Commission previously approved Rider GV in conjunction with Greensville County. In June 2016, Virginia Power proposed a $89 million revenue requirement for the rate year beginning April 1, 2017, which represents a $49 million increase over the previous year. This matter is pending.

The Virginia Commission previously approved Rider BW in conjunction with Brunswick County. In June 2016, the Virginia Commission approved a $119$10 million revenue requirement for the rate year beginning September 1, 2016. It also established2017, which represents a 10.6% ROE for Rider BW effective September 1, 2016.$6 million increase over the previous year. This case is pending.

 

The Virginia Commission previously approved Rider T1 concerning transmission rates.Riders C1A and C2A in connection with cost recovery for DSM programs. In MayOctober 2016, Virginia Power proposed a $639 million total revenue requirement of $45 million for the rate year beginning July 1, 2017. Virginia Power also proposed two new energy efficiency programs for Virginia Commission approval with a requested five-year cost cap of $178 million for those programs. Virginia Power further proposed to extend an existing energy efficiency program for an additional two years under current funding, and an existing peak shaving program for an additional five years with an additional $5 million cost cap. This case is pending.

Virginia Power previously filed for Virginia Commission approval of a revised Rider U in conjunction with cost recovery to move certain electric distribution facilities underground as authorized by prior Virginia legislation. In August 2016, the Virginia Commission approved a net $20 million revenue requirement and a 9.6% ROE for the rate year beginning September 1, 2016, which representsand an additional $2 million in credits for each of the 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 rate years. The order limited the total investment in Phase One of Virginia Power’s proposed program to $140 million, with $123 million recoverable through Rider U.

Electric Transmission Project

Virginia Power previously filed an application with the Virginia Commission for a $1 million increase overCPCN to construct and operate in Loudoun County, Virginia, a new approximately 230 kV Poland Road substation, and a new approximately four mile overhead 230 kV double circuit transmission line between the revenues projected to be produced duringexisting 230 kV Loudoun-Brambleton line and the rate year under current rates.Poland Road substation. In JulyAugust 2016, the Virginia Commission approved Virginia Power’s proposed total revenue requirement.granted a CPCN to construct and operate the project along a revised route.

North Anna

Virginia Power is considering the construction of a third nuclear unit at a site located at North Anna nuclear power station. If Virginia Power decides to build a new unit, it must first receive a COL from the NRC, approval of the Virginia Commission and certain environmental permits and other approvals. The COL is expected in 2017. Virginia Power has not yet committed to building a new nuclear unit at North Anna nuclear power station.

The motions and petitions filedRequests by BREDL prior to April 2015 werefor a contested NRC hearing on Virginia Power’s COL application have been dismissed, and under a previous rulingin September 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the NRC, the contested portionDistrict of the COL proceeding remains terminated. The NRC is required to conduct a hearing in all COL proceedings,Columbia dismissed with prejudice petitions for judicial review that BREDL and if a new contention is not admitted, the mandatory NRC hearing will be uncontested.

In April 2015, BREDLother organizations had filed a new motion and petition challenging the NRC’s reliance on itsa rule generically assessing the environmental impacts of continued onsite storage of spent nuclear fuel in licensing proceedings. The BREDL filings were substantially the same as those filed in other COL proceedings in which final environmental impact statements were issued prior to promulgation of the continued storage rule, like North Anna 3. In June 2015, the NRC denied the April 2015 motion and petition.

In August 2015, BREDL filed a petition in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit seeking review of the NRC’s June 2015 decision, and Virginia Power intervened. This petition and nine similar petitions relating to other NRCvarious licensing proceedings, were held in abeyance pendingincluding Virginia Power’s COL proceeding. This dismissal followed the outcome of the ongoing judicial review of the NRC’s continued storage rule before the same court. InCourt’s June 2016 decision inNew York v. NRC, the court upheldupholding the NRC’s continued storage rule. In Julyrule and August 2016 the petitioners inNew York v. NRC petitioneddenial of requests for rehearing en bancbanc. Therefore, the contested portion of the COL proceeding is closed. The NRC is required to conduct a hearing in all COL proceedings. This mandatory NRC hearing will be uncontested.

In August 2016, Virginia Power received a 60-day notice of intent to sue from the Sierra Club alleging Endangered Species Act violations. The notice alleges that the United States Army Corps of Engineers failed to conduct adequate environmental and consultation reviews, related to a potential third nuclear unit located at North Anna, prior to issuing a CWA section 404 permit to Virginia Power in September 2011. Virginia Power is currently unable to make an estimate of the potential impacts to its consolidated financial statements related to this matter.

North Carolina Regulation

In March 2016, Virginia Power filed its base rate case and schedules with the North Carolina Commission. Virginia Power proposed a non-fuel, base rate increase of $51 million effective November 1, 2016 with an ROE of 10.5%. In October 2016, Virginia Power entered into a stipulation and settlement agreement for a non-fuel, base rate increase of $35 million with an ROE of 9.9% effective November 1, 2016, on their challengea temporary basis subject to refund, with any permanent rates ordered by the North Carolina Commission effective January 1, 2017. This case is pending.

In August 2016, Virginia Power submitted its annual filing to the continued storage rule, andNorth Carolina Commission to adjust the court ordered that BREDL’s August 2015 petition pertainingfuel component of its electric rates. Virginia Power proposed a total $36 million decrease to the applicationfuel component of this rule to North Anna 3, andits electric rates for the similar petitions relating to other NRC proceedings, continue to be held in abeyance until the court’s disposition of the rehearing petition.rate year beginning January 1, 2017. This case is pending.

Ohio Regulation

PIPP Plus ProgramPIR

Under the Ohio PIPP Plus Program, eligible customers can make reduced payments based on their ability to pay their bill. The difference between the customer’s total bill and the PIPP amount is deferred and collected under the PIPP Rider in accordance with the rules of the Ohio Commission. In July 2016, East Ohio’s annual update of the PIPP Rider was automatically approved by the Ohio Commission after a 45 day waiting period from the date of the filing. The revised rider rate reflects the recovery over the twelve-month period from July 2016 through June 2017 of projected deferred program costs of approximately $32 million from April 2016 through June 2017, net of a refund for over-recovery of accumulated arrearages of approximately $28 million as of March 31, 2016.

UEX Rider

2008, East Ohio has approval for a UEX Rider through which it recovers the bad debt expensebegan PIR, aimed at replacing approximately 25% of most customers not participating in the PIPP Plus Program. The UEX Rider is adjusted annually to achieve dollar for dollar recovery of East Ohio’s actual write-offs of uncollectible amounts.its pipeline system. In May 2016,March 2015, East Ohio filed an application with the Ohio Commission requesting approval to extend the PIR program for an additional five years and to increase the annual capital investment, with corresponding increases in the annual rate-increase caps. In September 2016, the Ohio Commission approved a stipulation filed jointly by East Ohio and the Staff of the Ohio Commission to settle East Ohio’s pending application. As requested, the PIR Program and associated cost recovery will continue for another five-year term, calendar years 2017 through 2021, and East Ohio will be permitted to increase its UEX Riderannual capital expenditures to reflect a refund$200 million by 2018 and 3% per year thereafter subject to the cost recovery rate increase caps proposed by East Ohio. Costs associated with calendar year 2016 investment will be recovered under the existing terms.

PSMP

In November 2016, the Ohio Commission approved East Ohio’s request to defer the operation and maintenance costs associated with implementing PSMP of over-recovered accumulated bad debt expense of approximately $8up to $15 million as of March 31, 2016, and recovery of prospective net bad debt expense projected to total approximately $19 million for the twelve-month period from April 2016 to March 2017. This case is pending.per year.

West Virginia Regulation

In May 2016, Hope filed a PREP application with the West Virginia Commission requesting approval of a projected capital investment for 2017 of $27 million as part of a total five-year projected capital investment of $152 million. TheIn September 2016, Hope reached a settlement with all parties to the case agreeing to new PREP customer rates, would be effectivefor the year beginning November 1, 2016. This case is pending.2016, that provide for projected revenue of $2 million related to capital investments of $20 million and $27 million for 2016 and 2017, respectively. In October 2016, the West Virginia Commission approved the settlement.

Dominion CarolinaFERC - Gas

In JuneAugust 2016, DCGDominion Gas received FERC authorization to construct and operate the approximately $45 million Columbia to EastoverLeidy South Project facilities, which arefacilities. Service under the 20-year contracts is expected to be placed into servicecommence in the fourth quarter of 2016.2017. The project is expected to cost approximately $210 million and provide 155,000 Dths per day of firm transportation service from Clinton County, Pennsylvania to Loudoun County, Virginia.

Note 13. Variable Interest Entities

The primary beneficiary of a VIE is required to consolidate the VIE and to disclose certain information about its significant variable interests in the VIE. The primary beneficiary of a VIE is the entity that has both: 1) the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance and 2) the obligation to absorb losses or receive benefits from the entity that could potentially be significant to the VIE.

Dominion

As of September 30, 2016, Dominion owns the general partner interest and 64.8%65.0% of the limited partnership interests in Dominion Midstream, which owns a preferred equity interest and the general partner interest in Cove Point. Additionally, Dominion owns the manager and 67% of the membership interest in certain merchant solar facilities, as discussed in Note 2. Dominion has concluded that these entities are VIEs due to the limited partners or members lacking the characteristics of a controlling financial interest. Dominion is the primary beneficiary of Dominion Midstream and the merchant solar facilities, and Dominion Midstream is the primary beneficiary of Cove Point, as they have the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact their economic performance as well as the obligation to absorb losses and benefits which could be significant to them.

Dominion has an initial 45%owns a 48% membership interest in Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Atlantic Coast Pipeline is focused on constructing an approximately 600-mile natural gas pipeline running from West Virginia through Virginia to North Carolina, which is expected to be in service in the second half of 2019. See Note 9 to the Companies’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended

December 31, 2015 for more details regarding the nature of this entity. Dominion concluded that Atlantic Coast Pipeline is a VIE because it has insufficient equity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support. Dominion has concluded that it is not the primary beneficiary of Atlantic Coast Pipeline as it does not have the power to direct the activities of Atlantic Coast Pipeline that most significantly impact its economic performance, as the power to direct is shared among multiple unrelated parties. Dominion is obligated to provide capital contributions based on its ownership percentage. Dominion’s maximum exposure to loss is limited to its current and future investment.

Dominion and Virginia Power

Dominion and Virginia Power’s nuclear decommissioning trust funds and Dominion’s rabbi trusts hold investments in limited partnerships or similar type entities (see Note 10 for further details). Dominion and Virginia Power concluded that these partnership investments are VIEs due to the limited partners lacking the characteristics of a controlling financial interest. Dominion and Virginia Power have concluded neither is the primary beneficiary as they do not have the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact these VIEs’ economic performance. Dominion and Virginia Power are obligated to provide capital contributions to the partnerships as required by each partnership agreement based on their ownership percentages. Dominion and Virginia Power’s maximum exposure to loss is limited to their current and future investments.

Dominion and Dominion Gas

Dominion previously concluded that Iroquois was a VIE because a non-affiliated Iroquois equity holder had the ability during a limited period of time to transfer its ownership interests to another Iroquois equity holder or its affiliate. At the end of the first quarter of 2016, such right no longer existed and, as a result, Dominion concluded that Iroquois is no longer a VIE.

Virginia Power

Virginia Power had long-term power and capacity contracts with five non-utility generators; however, contracts with two of these generators expired in 2015, leaving three non-utility generators with an aggregate summer generation capacity of approximately 418 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 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 2017 to 2021. Virginia Power is not subject to any risk of loss from these potential VIEs other than its remaining purchase commitments which totaled $357$320 million as of JuneSeptember 30, 2016. Virginia Power paid $37 million and $55$52 million for electric capacity and $5$11 million and $23 million for electric energy to these entities in the

three months ended June 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Virginia Power paid $74 million and $108 million for electric capacity and $12 million and $60$17 million for electric energy to these entities in the sixthree months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Virginia Power paid $111 million and $160 million for electric capacity and $23 million and $77 million for electric energy to these entities in the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

Dominion Gas

DTI has been engaged to oversee the construction of, and to subsequently operate and maintain, the projects undertaken by Atlantic Coast Pipeline based on the overall direction and oversight of Atlantic Coast Pipeline’s members. An affiliate of DTI holds a membership interest in Atlantic Coast Pipeline, therefore DTI is considered to have a variable interest in Atlantic Coast Pipeline. The members of Atlantic Coast Pipeline hold the power to direct the construction, operations and maintenance activities of the entity. DTI has concluded it is not the primary beneficiary of Atlantic Coast Pipeline as it does not have the power to direct the activities of Atlantic Coast Pipeline that most significantly impact its economic performance. DTI has no obligation to absorb any losses of the VIE. See Note 17 for information about associated related party receivable balances.

Virginia Power and Dominion Gas

Virginia Power and Dominion Gas purchased shared services from DRS, an affiliated VIE, of $74$80 million and $29$31 million for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016, $83$73 million and $30$27 million for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2015, $188$268 million and $64$95 million for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and $166$239 million and $58$85 million for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2015, respectively. Virginia Power and Dominion Gas determined that neither is the primary beneficiary of DRS as neither has both the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact its economic performance as well as the obligation to absorb losses and benefits which could be significant to it. DRS provides accounting, legal, finance and certain administrative and technical services to all Dominion subsidiaries, including Virginia Power and Dominion Gas. Virginia Power and Dominion Gas have no obligation to absorb more than their allocated shares of DRS costs.

Note 14. Significant Financing Transactions

Credit Facilities and Short-term Debt

The Companies 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.

Dominion

At JuneSeptember 30, 2016, Dominion’s commercial paper and letters of credit outstanding, as well as its capacity available under credit facilities, were as follows:

 

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

Joint revolving credit facility(1)

  $5,000    $3,437    $—      $1,563    $5,000    $3,073    $—      $1,927  

Joint revolving credit facility(1)

   500     —       52     448     500     —       60     440  

Revolving multi-year credit facility(2)

   500     24     —       476  

Revolving 364-day credit facility(2)

   250     —       —       250  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total

  $5,500    $3,437    $52    $2,011    $6,250    $3,097    $60    $3,093  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

(1)In May 2016, the maturity dates for these facilities were extended from April 2019 to April 2020. These credit facilities can be used by the Companies to support bank borrowings and the issuance of commercial paper, as well as to support up to a combined $2.0 billion of letters of credit.
(2)These Dominion Questar facilities were terminated in October 2016.

Virginia Power

Virginia Power’s short-term financing is supported through its access as co-borrower to the two joint revolving credit facilities. These credit facilities can be used for working capital, as support for the combined commercial paper programs of the Companies and for other general corporate purposes.

At JuneSeptember 30, 2016, Virginia Power’s share of commercial paper and letters of credit outstanding under its joint credit facilities with Dominion and Dominion Gas, were as follows:

 

  Facility
Limit(1)
   Outstanding
Commercial
Paper
   Outstanding
Letters of
Credit
   Facility
Limit(1)
   Outstanding
Commercial
Paper
   Outstanding
Letters of
Credit
 
(millions)                        

Joint revolving credit facility(1)

  $5,000    $1,423    $—      $5,000    $965    $—    

Joint revolving credit facility(1)

   500     —       —       500     —       —    
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total

  $5,500    $1,423    $—      $5,500    $965    $—    
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

(1)The full amount of the facilities is available to Virginia Power, less any amounts outstanding to co-borrowers Dominion and Dominion Gas. Sub-limits for Virginia Power are set within the facility limit but can be changed at the option of the Companies multiple times per year. At JuneSeptember 30, 2016, the aggregate sub-limit for Virginia Power was $2.0 billion. If Virginia Power has liquidity needs in excess of its sub-limit, the sub-limit may be changed or such needs may be satisfied through short-term intercompany borrowings from Dominion. In May 2016, the maturity dates for these facilities were extended from April 2019 to April 2020. These credit facilities can be used to support bank borrowings and the issuance of commercial paper, as well as to support up to $2.0 billion (or the sub-limit, whichever is less) of letters of credit.

In addition to the credit facility commitments mentioned above, Virginia Power also has a $120 million credit facility. In May 2016, the maturity date for this facility was extended from April 2019 to April 2020. As of JuneSeptember 30, 2016, this facility supports $119$100 million of certain variable rate tax-exempt financings of Virginia Power. In October 2016, this facility was reduced from $120 million to $100 million.

Dominion Gas

Dominion Gas’ short-term financing is supported by its access as co-borrower to the two joint revolving credit facilities. These credit facilities can be used for working capital, as support for the combined commercial paper programs of the Companies and for other general corporate purposes.

At JuneSeptember 30, 2016, Dominion Gas’ share of commercial paper and letters of credit outstanding under its joint credit facilities with Dominion and Virginia Power were as follows:

 

  Facility
Limit(1)
   Outstanding
Commercial
Paper
   Outstanding
Letters of
Credit
   Facility
Limit(1)
   Outstanding
Commercial
Paper
   Outstanding
Letters of
Credit
 
(millions)                        

Joint revolving credit facility(1)

  $1,000    $238    $—      $1,000    $60    $—    

Joint revolving credit facility(1)

   500     —       —       500     —       —    
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total

  $1,500    $238    $—      $1,500    $60    $—    
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

(1)A maximum of a combined $1.5 billion of the facilities is available to Dominion Gas, assuming adequate capacity is available after giving effect to uses by co-borrowers Dominion and Virginia Power. Sub-limits for Dominion Gas are set within the facility limit but can be changed at the option of the Companies multiple times per year. At June 30,In September 2016, the aggregate sub-limit for Dominion Gas was decreased from $1.0 billion.billion to $750 million. If Dominion Gas has liquidity needs in excess of its sub-limit, the sub-limit may be changed or such needs may be satisfied through short-term intercompany borrowings from Dominion. In May 2016, the maturity dates for these facilities were extended from April 2019 to April 2020. These credit facilities 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.

Remarketable Subordinated Notes

In March 2016 and May 2016, Dominion successfully remarketed the $550 million 2013 Series A 1.07% RSNs due 2021 and the $550 million 2013 Series B 1.18% RSNs due 2019, respectively, pursuant to the terms of the related 2013 Equity Units. In connection with the remarketings, the interest rate on the Series A and Series B junior subordinated notes was reset to 4.104% and 2.962%, respectively, payable on a semi-annual basis and Dominion ceased to have the ability to redeem the notes at its option or defer interest payments. At JuneSeptember 30, 2016, the securities are included in junior subordinated notes in Dominion’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. Dominion did not receive any proceeds from the remarketings. Remarketing proceeds belonged to the investors holding the related 2013 Equity Units and were temporarily used to purchase a portfolio of treasury securities. Upon maturity of each portfolio, the proceeds were applied on behalf of investors on the related stock purchase contract settlement date to pay the purchase price to Dominion for issuance of 8.5 million shares of its common stock on both April 1, 2016 and July 1, 2016. See Issuance of Common Stock below for a description of common stock issued by Dominion in April 2016 and July 2016 under the stock purchase contracts.

In August 2016, Dominion issued $1.4 billion of 2016 Equity Units, initially in the form of 2016 Series A Corporate Units. The Corporate Units are listed on the NYSE under the symbol DCUD. The net proceeds were used to finance the Dominion Questar Combination. See Note 3 for more information.

Each 2016 Series A Corporate Unit consists of a stock purchase contract, a 1/40 interest in a 2016 Series A-1 RSN issued by Dominion and a 1/40 interest in a 2016 Series A-2 RSN issued by Dominion. The stock purchase contracts obligate the holders to purchase shares of Dominion common stock at a future settlement date prior to the relevant RSN maturity date. The purchase price to be paid under the stock purchase contracts is $50 per Corporate Unit and the number of shares to be purchased will be determined under a formula based upon the average closing price of Dominion common stock near the settlement date. The RSNs are pledged as collateral to secure the purchase of common stock under the related stock purchase contracts.

Dominion makes quarterly interest payments on the RSNs and quarterly contract adjustment payments on the stock purchase contracts, at the rates described below. Dominion may defer payments on the stock purchase contracts and the RSNs for one or more consecutive periods but generally not beyond the purchase contract settlement date. If payments are deferred, Dominion may not make any cash distributions related to its capital stock, including dividends, redemptions, repurchases, liquidation payments or guarantee payments. Also, during the deferral period, Dominion may not make any payments on or redeem or repurchase any debt securities that are equal in right of payment with, or subordinated to, the RSNs.

Dominion has recorded the present value of the stock purchase contract payments as a liability offset by a charge to equity. Interest payments on the RSNs are recorded as interest expense and stock purchase contract payments are charged against the liability. Accretion of the stock purchase contract liability is recorded as imputed interest expense. In calculating diluted EPS, Dominion applies the treasury stock method to the 2016 Equity Units. These securities did not have an effect on diluted EPS for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016.

Under the terms of the stock purchase contracts, assuming no anti-dilution or other adjustments, Dominion will issue between 15.0 million and 18.7 million shares of its common stock in August 2019. A total of 23.1 million shares of Dominion’s common stock has been reserved for issuance in connection with the stock purchase contracts.

Selected information about Dominion’s 2016 Equity Units is presented below:

Issuance Date

  Units
Issued
   Total Net
Proceeds
   Total Long-
term Debt
   RSN Annual
Interest Rate(1)
  Stock Purchase
Contract
Annual Rate
  Stock Purchase
Contract
Liability
   Stock Purchase
Contract
Settlement
Date
   RSN Maturity
Date(2)
 
(millions, except interest rates)                       

8/15/2016

   28    $1,374.8    $1,400.0     2.000  4.750 $190.6     8/15/2019    

(1)Annual interest rate applies to each of the Series A-1 RSNs and Series A-2 RSNs.
(2)The maturity dates of the $700 million Series A-1 RSNs and $700 million Series A-2 RSNs are August 15, 2021 and August 15, 2024, respectively.

Enhanced Junior Subordinated Notes

In the first quarter of 2016, Dominion purchased and cancelled $38 million and $4 million of the June 2006 hybrids and the September 2006 hybrids, respectively.

In July 2016, Dominion launched a tender offer to purchase up to $200 million in aggregate of additional June 2006 hybrids and September 2006 hybrids, which expired on August 1, 2016. In connection with the tender offer, Dominion purchased and cancelled $125 million and $74 million of the June 2006 hybrids and the September 2006 hybrids, respectively. All purchases were conducted in compliance with the applicable replacement capital covenants. Also in July 2016, Dominion issued $800 million of 5.25% July 2016 hybrids. The proceeds were used for general corporate purposes, including to finance the tender offer. The July 2016 hybrids are listed on the New York Stock ExchangeNYSE under the symbol DRUA.

From time to time, Dominion may reduce its outstanding debt and level of interest expense through redemption of debt securities prior to maturity and repurchases in the open market, in privately negotiated transactions, through additional tender offers or otherwise.

Long-term Debt

In May 2016, Dominion Gas issued $150 million of private placement 3.8% Senior Notessenior notes that mature in 2031. In June 2016, Dominion Gas issued $250 million of private placement 2.875% Senior Notessenior notes that mature in 2023. Also in June 2016, Dominion Gas issued €250 million of private placement 1.45% Senior Notessenior notes that mature in 2026. The notes were recorded at $280 million at issuance and included in long-term debt in the Consolidated Balance Sheets at $278$281 million at JuneSeptember 30, 2016.

In August 2016, Dominion issued $500 million of 1.60% senior notes, $400 million of 2.0% senior notes and $400 million of 2.85% senior notes that mature in 2019, 2021 and 2026, respectively. The net proceeds were used to finance the Dominion Questar Combination. See Note 3 for more information.

In September 2016, Dominion issued $300 million of private placement 1.50% senior notes that mature in 2018.

Short-term Notes

In September 2016, Dominion borrowed $1.2 billion under a private placement term loan agreement that matures in September 2017 and bears interest at a variable rate. The net proceeds were used to finance the Dominion Questar Combination. See Note 3 for more information. In November 2016, Dominion Midstream completed the issuance and public offering of common units for net proceeds of $348 million. Accordingly, $348 million of the borrowings under the private placement term loan are included in long-term debt in Dominion’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Issuance of Common Stock

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

In December 2014, Dominion filed an SEC shelf registration for the sale of debt and equity securities including the ability to sell common stock through an at-the-market program. Also in December 2014, Dominion entered into four separate sales agency agreements to effect sales under the program and pursuant to which it may offer from time to time up to $500 million aggregate amount of its common stock. Sales of common stock can be made by means of privately negotiated transactions, as transactions on the New York Stock ExchangeNYSE at market prices or in such other transactions as are agreed upon by Dominion and the sales agents and in conformance with applicable securities laws. Following issuances during the first and second quarters of 2015, Dominion has the ability to issue up to approximately $200 million of stock under the 2014 sales agency agreements; however, no additional issuances have occurred under these agreements in 2016.

In both April 2016 and July 2016, Dominion issued 8.5 million shares under the related stock purchase contract entered into as part of Dominion’s 2013 Equity Units. Additionally, Dominion completed a market issuance of equity in April 2016 of 10.2 million shares and receipt ofreceived proceeds of $756 million through a registered underwritten public offering. In connection with receiptA portion of thesethe net proceeds was used to finance the acquisition financing commitmentsDominion Questar Combination. See Note 3 for the Questar Combination were reduced from $3.9 billion to $3.14 billion in April 2016.more information.

Note 15. Commitments and Contingencies

As a result of issues generated in the ordinary course of business, the Companies 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 for which the Companies cannot estimate a range of possible loss, 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. Any accrued liability is recorded on a gross basis with a receivable also recorded for any probable insurance recoveries. Estimated ranges of loss are inclusive of legal fees and net of any anticipated insurance recoveries. Any estimated range is based on currently available information and involves elements of judgment and significant uncertainties. Any estimated range of possible loss may 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 the financial position, liquidity or results of operations of the Companies.

Environmental Matters

The Companies 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

CAA

The CAA, as amended, is a comprehensive program utilizing a broad range of regulatory tools to protect and preserve the nation’s air quality. At a minimum, states are required to establish regulatory programs to address all requirements of the CAA. However, states may choose to develop regulatory programs that are more restrictive. Many of the Companies’ facilities are subject to the CAA’s permitting and other requirements.

MATS

In December 2011, the EPA issued MATS for coal- and oil-fired electric utility steam generating units. The rule establishes strict emission limits for mercury, particulate matter as a surrogate for toxic metals and hydrogen chloride as a surrogate for acid gases. The rule includes a limited use provision for oil-fired units with annual capacity factors under 8% that provides an exemption from emission limits, and allows compliance with operational work practice standards. Compliance was required by April 16, 2015, with certain limited exceptions. However, in June 2014, the VDEQ granted a one-year MATS compliance extension for two coal-fired units at Yorktown power station to defer planned retirements and allow for continued operation of the units to address reliability concerns while necessary electric transmission upgrades are being completed. These coal units will need to continue operating until at least April 2017 due to delays in transmission upgrades needed to maintain electric reliability, which based on assumptions about the timing for required agency actions and construction schedules are expected to be completed by no earlier than the second quarter of 2017.reliability. Therefore, in October 2015, Virginia Power submitted a request to the EPA for an additional one year compliance extension under an EPA Administrative Order. The order was signed by the EPA in April 2016 allowing the Yorktown power station units to operate for up to one additional year, as required to maintain reliable power availability while transmission upgrades are being made.

In June 2015, the United States Supreme Court issued a decision holding that the EPA failed to take cost into account when the agency first decided to regulate the emissions from coal- and oil-fired plants, and remanded the MATS rule back to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. However, the Supreme Court did not vacate or stay the effective date and implementation of the MATS rule. In November 2015, in response to the Supreme Court decision, the EPA proposed a supplemental finding that consideration of cost does not alter the agency’s previous conclusion that it is appropriate and necessary to regulate coal- and oil-fired electric utility steam generating units under Section 112 of the CAA. In December 2015, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals issued an order remanding the MATS rulemaking proceeding back to the EPA without setting aside judgment, noting that EPA had represented it was on track to issue a final finding regarding its consideration of cost. In April 2016, the EPA issued a final supplemental finding that consideration of costs does not alter its

conclusion regarding appropriateness and necessity for the regulation. These actions do not change Virginia Power’s plans to close coal units at Yorktown power station by April 2017 or the need to complete necessary electricity transmission upgrades by 2017.which are expected to be in service approximately 20 months following receipt of all required permits and approvals for construction. Since the MATS rule remains in effect and Dominion is complying with the requirements of the rule, Dominion does not expect any adverse impacts to its operations at this time.

CAIR

The EPA established CAIR with the intent to require significant reductions in SO2 and NOX emissions from electric generating facilities. In July 2008, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued a ruling vacating CAIR. In December 2008, the Court denied rehearing, but also issued a decision to remand CAIR to the EPA. In July 2011, the EPA issued a replacement rule for CAIR, called CSAPR, that required 28 states to reduce power plant emissions that cross state lines. CSAPR established new SO2 and NOX emissions cap and trade programs that were completely independent of the current ARP. Specifically, CSAPR required 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.

CSAPR

Following numerous petitions by industry participants for review and a successful motion for stay, in October 2014, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ordered that the EPA’s motion to lift the stay of CSAPR be granted. Further, the Court granted the EPA’s request to shift the CSAPR compliance deadlines by three years, so that Phase 1 emissions budgets (which would have gone into effect in 2012 and 2013) will applyapplied in 2015 and 2016, and Phase 2 emissions budgets will apply in 2017 and beyond. CSAPR replaced CAIR beginning in January 2015. In September 2016, the EPA issued a revision to CSAPR that reduces the ozone season NO X emission budgets in 22 states beginning in 2017. The cost to comply with CSAPR, including the recent revision to the CSAPR ozone season NOx program, is not expected to be material to Dominion’s or Virginia Power’s Consolidated Financial Statements. Future outcomes of any additional litigation and/or any action to issue a revised rule, including the EPA’s recent proposal to reduce the ozone season NOX emission budgets beginning in 2017, could affect the assessment regarding cost of compliance.

Ozone Standards

In October 2015, the EPA issued a final rule tightening the ozone standard, set in 2008, from 75-ppb to 70-ppb. To comply with the 2008 standard, in April 2016 Virginia Power submitted the NOX Reasonable Available Control Technology analysis for Unit 5 at Possum Point power station. The EPA is expected to complete attainment designations for a new standard by December 2017 and states will have until 2020 or 2021 to develop plans to address the new standard. To comply with the 2008 standard, in April 2016 Dominion submitted the NOX Reasonable Available Control Technology analysis for Unit 5 at Possum Point power station. Until the states have developed implementation plans, the Companies are unable to predict whether or to what extent the new rules will ultimately require additional controls. However, if significant expenditures are required to implement additional controls, it could adversely affect the Companies’ results of operations and cash flows.

NOx and VOC Emissions

In April 2014, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection issued proposed regulations to reduce NOX and VOC emissions from combustion sources. The regulations were finalized in April 2016. To comply with the regulations, Dominion Gas anticipates installing emission control systems on existing engines at several compressor stations in Pennsylvania. The compliance costs associated with engineering and installation of controls and compliance demonstration with the regulation are expected to be approximately $25 million.

NSPS

In August 2012, the EPA issued the first NSPS impacting new and modified facilities in the natural gas production and gathering sectors and made revisions to the NSPS for natural gas processing and transmission facilities. These rules establish equipment performance specifications and emissions standards for control of VOC emissions for natural gas production wells, tanks, pneumatic controllers, and compressors in the upstream sector. In September 2015, the EPA issued a proposed NSPS (for the oil and natural gas sector) to regulate methane and VOC emissions from new and modified facilities in transmission and storage, gathering and boosting, production and processing facilities. The proposed regulation was finalized in June 2016. All projects which commenced construction after September 2015 will be required to comply with this regulation. Dominion and Dominion Gas are implementing the final regulation. Dominion currently estimates the potential impacts on results of operations, financial condition and/or cash flows related to this matter to be immaterial.and Dominion Gas isare still evaluating whether potential impacts on results of operations, financial condition and/or cash flows related to this matter will be material.

Methane Emissions

In January 2015, as part of its Climate Action Plan, the EPA announced plans to reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas sector including natural gas processing and transmission sources. In July 2015, the EPA announced the next generation of its voluntary Natural Gas STAR program, the Natural Gas STAR Methane Challenge Program. The proposed program covers the entire natural gas sector from production to distribution, with more emphasis on transparency and increased reporting for both annual emissions and reductions achieved through implementation measures. In March 2016, Dominion and Dominion Questar

joined the EPA as a founding partnerpartners in this program for its distribution companies, East Ohio and Hope, DTI and DTI.Questar Gas. In September 2016, Dominion and Dominion Questar, prior to the Dominion Questar Combination, submitted implementation plans for participation in the Methane Challenge Program to the EPA.

In March 2016, as part of President Obama’sits Climate Action Plan, the EPA began development of regulations for reducing methane emissions from existing sources in the oil and natural gas sectors. In June 2016 and September 2016, the EPA issued a draft Information Collection Request to collect information on existing sources upstream of distribution in this sector. The final Information Collection Request is expected in the fourth quarter of 2016. Depending on the results of this Information Collection Request effort, the EPA may propose new regulations on existing sources. Dominion and Dominion Gas cannot currently estimate the potential impacts on results of operations, financial condition and/or cash flows related to this matter.

Climate Change Legislation and Regulation

In October 2013, the United States Supreme Court granted petitions filed by several industry groups, states, and the United States Chamber of Commerce seeking review of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit’s June 2012 decision upholding the EPA’s regulation of GHG emissions from stationary sources under the CAA’s permitting programs. In June 2014, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the EPA lacked the authority under the CAA to require PSD or Title V permits for stationary sources based solely on GHG emissions. However, the Court upheld the EPA���sEPA’s ability to require BACT for GHG for sources that are otherwise subject to PSD or Title V permitting for conventional pollutants. In July 2014, the EPA issued a memorandum specifying that it will no longer apply or enforce federal regulations or EPA-approved PSD state implementation plan provisions that require new and modified stationary sources to obtain a PSD permit when GHGs are the only pollutant that would be emitted at levels that exceed the permitting thresholds. In August 2015, the EPA published a final rule rescinding the requirement for all new and modified major sources to obtain permits based solely on their GHG emissions. In addition, the EPA stated that it will continue to use the existing thresholds to apply to sources that are otherwise subject to PSD for conventional pollutants until it completes a new rulemaking either justifying and upholding those thresholds or setting new ones. Some states have issued interim guidance that follows the EPA guidance. DueIn August 2016, the EPA issued a draft rule proposing to uncertainty regarding what additional actions states may takereaffirm that a source’s obligation to amend their existing regulationsobtain a PSD or Title V permit for GHGs is triggered only if such permitting requirements are first triggered by non-GHG, or conventional, pollutants that are regulated by the New Source Review program, and what actionto set a significant emissions rate at 75,000 tons per year of CO2 equivalent emissions under which a source would not be required to apply BACT for its GHG emissions. Until the EPA ultimately takes to address the Court ruling under a newfinal action on this rulemaking, the Companies cannot predict the impact to their financial statements at this time.statements.

In July 2011, the EPA signed a final rule deferring the need for PSD and Title V permitting for CO2 emissions for biomass projects. This rule temporarily deferred for a period of up to three years the consideration of CO2 emissions from biomass projects when determining whether a stationary source meets the PSD and Title V applicability thresholds, including those for the application of BACT. The deferral policy expired in July 2014. In July 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated this rule; however, a mandate making this decision effective has not been issued. Virginia Power converted three coal-fired generating stations, Altavista, Hopewell and Southampton, to biomass during the CO2 deferral period. It is unclear how the court’s decision or the EPA’s final policy regarding the treatment of specific feedstock will affect biomass sources that were permitted during the deferral period; however, the expenditures to comply with any new requirements could be material to Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s financial statements.

Water

The CWA, as amended, is a comprehensive program requiring a broad range of regulatory tools including a permit program to authorize and regulate discharges to surface waters with strong enforcement mechanisms. The Companies must comply with applicable aspects of the CWA programs at their operating facilities.

In October 2014, the final regulations under Section 316(b) of the CWA that govern existing facilities and new units at existing facilities that employ a cooling water intake structure and that have flow levels exceeding a minimum threshold became effective. The rule establishes a national standard for impingement based on seven compliance options, but forgoes the creation of a single technology standard for entrainment. Instead, the EPA has delegated entrainment technology decisions to state regulators. State regulators are to make case-by-case entrainment technology determinations after an examination of five mandatory facility-specific factors, including a social cost-benefit test, and six optional facility-specific factors. The rule governs all electric generating stations with water withdrawals above two MGD, with a heightened entrainment analysis for those facilities over 125 MGD. Dominion and Virginia Power have 14 and 11 facilities, respectively, that may be subject to the final regulations. Dominion anticipates that it will have to install impingement control technologies at many of these stations that have once-through cooling systems. Dominion and Virginia Power are currently evaluating the need or potential for entrainment controls under the final 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. While the impacts of this rule could be material to Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s results of operations, financial condition and/or cash flows, the existing regulatory framework in Virginia provides rate recovery mechanisms that could substantially mitigate any such impacts for Virginia Power.

In September 2015, the EPA released a final rule to revise the Effluent Limitations Guidelines for the Steam Electric Power Generating Category. The final rule establishes updated standards for wastewater discharges that apply primarily at coal and oil steam generating stations. Affected facilities are required to convert from wet to dry or closed cycle coal ash management, improve existing wastewater treatment systems and/or install new wastewater treatment technologies in order to meet the new discharge limits. Virginia Power has eight facilities that may be subject to additional wastewater treatment requirements associated with the final rule. The expenditures to comply with these new requirements are expected to be material.

Solid and Hazardous Waste

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 United States 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 jointly, severally and strictly 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 United States government concerning their liability for cleanup costs, or voluntarily begin a site investigation and site remediation under state oversight.

From time to time, Dominion, Virginia Power, or Dominion Gas 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, Virginia Power, or Dominion Gas 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. Except as noted below, theThe Companies do not believe thisthese matters will have a material effect on results of operations, financial condition and/or cash flows.

In September 2011, the EPA issued a UAO to Virginia Power and 22 other parties, pursuant to CERCLA, ordering specific remedial action of certain areas at the Ward Transformer Superfund site located in Raleigh, North Carolina. Virginia Power does not believe it isIn September 2016, the United States, on behalf of the EPA, lodged a liable party under CERCLA based on its alleged connectionproposed Remedial Design/Remedial Action Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, settling claims related to the site. In November 2011, Virginia Powersite between the EPA and a number of other parties, notifiedincluding Virginia Power. The Consent Decree identifies Virginia Power as a non-performing cash-out party to the EPA that they are decliningsettlement and, once approved by the court, would resolve Virginia Power’s alleged liability under CERCLA with respect to undertake the work set forth insite, including liability pursuant to the UAO.

The EPA may seek to enforce a UAO in court pursuant to its enforcement authority under CERCLA, and may seek recoveryultimate outcome of its costs in undertaking removal or remedial action. Ifthis matter depends on the court determines that a respondent failed to comply withapproval of the UAO without sufficient cause, the EPA may also seek civil penalties of up to $37,500 per day for the violation and punitive damages of up to three times the costs incurredConsent Decree by the EPA asCourt, and cannot be predicted at this time; however, this matter is not expected to have a result of the party’s failure to comply with the UAO.material effect on Virginia Power is currently unable to make an estimate of the potential financial statement impacts related to the Ward Transformer matter.Power.

Dominion has determined that it is associated with 1719 former manufactured gas plant sites, three of which pertain to Virginia Power and 12 of which pertain to Dominion Gas. 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 former sites with which the Companies are 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. Virginia Power is currently evaluating the nature and extent of the contamination from this site as well as potential remedial options. Preliminary costs for options under evaluation for the site range from $1 million to $22 million. Due to the uncertainty surrounding the other sites, the Companies are unable to make an estimate of the potential financial statement impacts.

See below for discussion on ash pond and landfill closure costs.

Other Legal Matters

The Companies are defendants in a number of lawsuits and claims involving unrelated incidents of property damage and personal injury. Due to the uncertainty surrounding these matters, the Companies are unable to make an estimate of the potential financial statement impacts; however, they could have a material impact on results of operations, financial condition and/or cash flows.

Appalachian Gateway

Pipeline Contractor Litigation

Following the completion of the Appalachian Gateway project in 2012, DTI received multiple change order requests and other claims for additional payments from a pipeline contractor for the project. In July 2013, DTI filed a complaint in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia for breach of contract as well as accounting and declaratory relief. The contractor filed a motion to dismiss, or in the alternative, a motion to transfer venue to Pennsylvania and/or West Virginia, where the pipelines were constructed. DTI filed an opposition to the contractor’s motion in August 2013. In November 2013, the court granted the contractor’s motion on the basis that DTI must first comply with the dispute resolution process. In July 2015, the contractor filed a complaint against DTI in United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. In August 2015, DTI filed a motion to dismiss, or in the alternative, a motion to transfer venue to Virginia. In March 2016, the Pennsylvania court granted the motion to dismiss and transferred the case to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. In April 2016, the Virginia court issued an order staying the proceedings and ordering mediation. A mediation occurred in May 2016 but was unsuccessful. In July 2016, DTI filed a motion to dismiss. This case is pending. DTI has accrued a liability of $6 million for this matter. Dominion Gas cannot currently estimate additional financial statement impacts, but there could be a material impact to its financial condition and/or cash flows.

Gas Producers Litigation

In connection with the Appalachian Gateway project, Dominion Field Services, Inc. entered into contracts for firm purchase rights with a group of small gas producers. In June 2016, the gas producers filed a complaint in the Circuit Court of Marshall County, West Virginia against Dominion, DTI and Dominion Field Services, Inc., among other defendants, claiming that the contracts are unenforceable and seeking compensatory and punitive damages. During the third quarter of 2016, Dominion, DTI and Dominion Field Services, Inc. were served with the complaint. Also in the third quarter of 2016, Dominion and DTI, with the consent of the other defendants, removed the case to the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia. In October 2016, the defendants filed a motion to dismiss. This case is pending. Dominion and Dominion Gas cannot currently estimate financial statement impacts, but there could be a material impact to their financial condition and/or cash flows.

Ash Pond and Landfill Closure Costs

In September 2014, Virginia Power received a notice from the Southern Environmental Law Center on behalf of the Potomac Riverkeeper and Sierra Club alleging CWA violations at Possum Point power station. The notice alleges unpermitted discharges to surface water and groundwater from Possum Point power station’s historical and active ash storage facilities. A similar notice from the Southern Environmental Law Center on behalf of the Sierra Club was subsequently received related to Chesapeake power station. In December 2014, Virginia Power offered to close all of its coal ash ponds and landfills at Possum Point power station, Chesapeake and Bremo power stations as settlement of the potential litigation. While the issue is open to potential further negotiations, the Southern Environmental Law Center declined the offer as presented in January 2015 and, in March 2015, filed a lawsuit related to its claims of the alleged CWA violations at Chesapeake power station. Virginia Power filed a motion to dismiss in April 2015, which was denied in November 2015. A trial was held in June 2016. This case is pending. As a result of the December 2014 settlement offer, Virginia Power recognized a charge of $121 million in other operations and maintenance expense in its Consolidated Statements of Income in the Companies’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014.

In April 2015, the EPA’s final rule regulating the management of CCRs stored in impoundments (ash ponds) and landfills was published in the Federal Register. The final rule regulates CCR landfills, existing ash ponds that still receive and manage CCRs, and inactive ash ponds that do not receive, but still store CCRs. Virginia Power currently operates inactive ash ponds, existing ash ponds, and CCR landfills subject to the final rule at eight different facilities. The enactment of the final rule in April 2015 created a legal obligation for Virginia Power to retrofit or close all of its inactive and existing ash ponds over a certain period of time, as well as perform required monitoring, corrective action, and post-closure care activities as necessary. In April 2016, the EPA announced a partial settlement with certain environmental and industry organizations that had challenged the final CCR rule in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. As part of the settlement, certain exemptions included in the final rule for inactive ponds that closed by April 2018 will be removed, resulting in inactive ponds ultimately being subject to the same requirements as existing ponds. In June 2016, the court issued an order approving the settlement, which requires the EPA to modify provisions in the final CCR rule concerning inactive ponds. In August 2016, the EPA issued a final rule, effective October 2016, extending certain compliance deadlines in the final CCR rule for inactive ponds. Virginia Power does not believe this changethese changes will substantially impact its closure plans for inactive ponds.

In 2015, Virginia Power recorded a $386 million ARO related to future ash pond and landfill closure costs. Recognition of the ARO also resulted in a $99 million incremental charge recorded in other operations and maintenance expense in its Consolidated Statement of Income, a $166 million increase in property, plant, and equipment associated with asset retirement costs, and a $121 million reduction in other noncurrent liabilities related to reversal of the contingent liability described above since the ARO obligation created by the final CCR rule represents similar activities. Virginia Power is in the process of

obtaining the necessary permits to complete the work. In February and March 2016, respectively, two parties filed administrative appeals in the Circuit Court for the City of Richmond challenging certain provisions, relating to ash pond dewatering activities, of Possum Point power station’s wastewater discharge permit issued by the VDEQ in January 2016. One of those parties withdrew its appeal in June 2016. Virginia Power cannot predictIn November 2016, the financial impact associated withcourt dismissed the remaining appeal, but believes that it will not be material.appeal. The actual AROs related to the CCR rule may vary substantially from the estimates used to record the increased obligation in 2015.

Cove Point

Dominion is constructing the Liquefaction Project at the Cove Point facility, which would enable the facility to liquefy domestically-produced natural gas and export it as LNG. In September 2014, FERC issued an order granting authorization for Cove Point to construct, modify and operate the Liquefaction Project. In October 2014, several parties filed a motion with FERC to stay the order and requested rehearing. In May 2015, FERC denied the requests for stay and rehearing.

Two parties have separately filed petitions for review of the FERC order in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which petitions have beenwere consolidated. Separately, one party requested a stay of the FERC order until the judicial proceedings are complete, which the court denied in June 2015.

In July 2016, the court denied one party’s petition for review of the FERC order authorizing the Liquefaction Project. The court also issued a decision remanding the other party’s petition for review of the FERC order to FERC for further explanation of FERC’s decision that a previous transaction with an existing import shipper was not unduly discriminatory. Cove Point believes that on remand FERC will be able to justify its decision.

In September 2013, the DOE granted Non-FTA Authorization approval for the export of up to 0.77 bcfe/day of natural gas to countries that do not have an FTA for trade in natural gas. In June 2016, a party filed a petition for review of this approval in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. This case is pending.

FERC

The FERC staff in the Office of Enforcement, Division of Investigations, is conducting a non-public investigation of Virginia Power’s offers of combustion turbines generators into the PJM day-ahead markets from April 2010 through September 2014. The FERC staff notified Virginia Power of its preliminary findings relating to Virginia Power’s alleged violation of FERC’s rules in connection with these activities. Virginia Power has provided its response to the FERC staff’s preliminary findings letter explaining why Virginia Power’s conduct was lawful and refuting any allegation of wrongdoing. Virginia Power is cooperating fully with the investigation; however, it cannot currently predict whether or to what extent it may incur a material liability.

Greensville County

Virginia Power is constructing Greensville County and related transmission interconnection facilities. In July 2016, the Sierra Club filed an administrative appeal in the Circuit Court for the City of Richmond challenging certain provisions in Greensville County’s PSD air permit issued by VDEQ in June 2016. Virginia Power is currently unable to make an estimate of the potential impacts to its consolidated financial statements related to this matter.

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. These events have resulted in significant nuclear safety reviews required by the NRC and industry groups such as the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations. Like other United States nuclear operators, Dominion has been gathering supporting data and participating in industry initiatives focused on the ability to respond to and mitigate the consequences of 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 and in October 2011 the NRC staff prioritized these recommendations into Tiers 1, 2 and 3, with the Tier 1 recommendations consisting of actions which the staff determined should be started without unnecessary delay. In December 2011, the NRC Commissioners approved the agency staff’s prioritization and recommendations, and that same month an appropriations act directed the NRC to require reevaluation of external hazards (not limited to seismic and flooding hazards) as soon as possible.

Based on the prioritized recommendations, in March 2012, the NRC issued orders and information requests requiring specific reviews and actions to all operating reactors, construction permit holders and combined license holders based on the lessons learned from the Fukushima Daiichi event. The orders applicable to Dominion requiring implementation of safety enhancements related to mitigation strategies to respond to extreme natural events resulting in the loss of power at plants, and enhancing spent fuel pool instrumentation have been implemented. The information requests issued by the NRC request each reactor to reevaluate the seismic and external flooding hazards at their site using present-day methods and information, conduct

walkdowns of their facilities to ensure protection against the hazards in their current design basis, and to reevaluate their emergency communications systems and staffing levels. The walkdowns of each unit have been completed, audited by the NRC

and found to be adequate. Reevaluation of the emergency communications systems and staffing levels was completed as part of the effort to comply with the orders. Reevaluation of the seismic and external flooding hazards is expected to continue through 2018. Dominion and Virginia Power do not currently expect that compliance with the NRC’s information requests will materially impact their financial position, results of operations or cash flows during the implementation period. The NRC staff is evaluating the implementation of the longer term Tier 2 and Tier 3 recommendations. Dominion and Virginia Power do not expect material financial impacts related to compliance with Tier 2 and Tier 3 recommendations.

Guarantees, Surety Bonds and Letters of Credit

Dominion

At JuneSeptember 30, 2016, Dominion had issued $73 million of guarantees, primarily to support equity method investees. No significant amounts related to these guarantees have been recorded. As of JuneSeptember 30, 2016, Dominion’s exposure under these guarantees was $43 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 the 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.

At JuneSeptember 30, 2016, Dominion had issued the following subsidiary guarantees:

 

  Stated Limit       Value(1)       Stated Limit   Value(1) 
(millions)                

Subsidiary debt(2)

  $27    $27    $27    $27  

Commodity transactions(3)

   2,074     864     2,081     874  

Nuclear obligations(4)

   189     81     169     94  

Cove Point(5)

   1,900     —       1,900     —    

Solar(6)

   1,514     244     1,847     539  

Other(7)

   420     28     783     60  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total

  $6,124    $1,244    $6,807    $1,594  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

(1)Represents the estimated portion of the guarantee’s stated limit that is utilized as of JuneSeptember 30, 2016 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)Guarantee of debt of a DEI subsidiary. In the event of default by the subsidiary, Dominion would be obligated to repay such amounts.
(3)Guarantees related to commodity commitments of certain subsidiaries, including subsidiaries of Virginia Power, Dominion Gas 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)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 nuclear power station (in the event of a prolonged outage) and Kewaunee nuclear power station, respectively, as part of satisfying certain NRC requirements concerned with ensuring adequate funding for the operations of nuclear power stations. The agreement for Kewaunee nuclear power station also provides for funds through the completion of decommissioning.
(5)Guarantees related to Cove Point, in support of terminal services, transportation and construction. Two of the guarantees have no stated limit, one guarantee has a $150 million limit, and one guarantee has a $1.75 billion aggregate limit with an annual draw limit of $175 million.
(6)Includes guarantees related to facilitate the development of solar projects including guarantees that do not have stated limits. Also includes guarantees related to solar projects entered into by DEI on behalf of certain subsidiaries to facilitate the acquisition and development of solar projects.subsidiaries.
(7)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. As of JuneSeptember 30, 2016, Dominion’s maximum remaining cumulative exposure under these equity funding agreements is $45$36 million through 2019 and its maximum annual future contributions could range from approximately $4 million to $19 million. The value provided includes certain guarantees that do not have stated limits.

Additionally, at JuneSeptember 30, 2016, Dominion had purchased $120$147 million of surety bonds, including $69$70 million at Virginia Power and $21 million at Dominion Gas, and authorized the issuance of letters of credit by financial institutions of $52$60 million to facilitate commercial transactions by its subsidiaries with third parties. Under the terms of surety bonds, the Companies are obligated to indemnify the respective surety bond company for any amounts paid.

Note 16. Credit Risk

The Companies’ accounting policies for credit risk are discussed in Note 23 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in the Companies’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015.

At JuneSeptember 30, 2016, Dominion’s credit exposure related to energy marketing and price risk management activities totaled $111$96 million. Of this amount, investment grade counterparties, including those internally rated, represented 88%70%. No single counterparty, whether investment grade or non-investment grade, exceeded $31$21 million of exposure. At September 30, 2016, Virginia Power’s exposure related to sales to wholesale customers totaled $23 million. Of this amount, investment grade counterparties, including those internally rated, represented 35%. No single counterparty, whether investment grade or non-investment grade, exceeded $4 million of exposure.

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 JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, Dominion would have been required to post an additional $4$7 million and $12 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 not posted any collateral at JuneSeptember 30, 2016 or December 31, 2015 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 JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 was $13$18 million and $49 million, respectively, which does not include the impact of any offsetting asset positions. Credit-related contingent provisions for Virginia Power and Dominion Gas were not material as of JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015. See Note 9 for further information about derivative instruments.

Note 17. Related-Party Transactions

Virginia Power and Dominion Gas engage in related-party transactions primarily with other Dominion subsidiaries (affiliates). Virginia Power’s and Dominion Gas’ 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 and Dominion Gas are included in Dominion’s consolidated federal income tax return. Dominion’s transactions with equity method investments are described in Note 10. A discussion of significant related-party transactions follows.

Virginia Power

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 physical forwards and options, to manage commodity price risks associated with purchases of natural gas. As of JuneSeptember 30, 2016, Virginia Power’s derivative assets and liabilities with affiliates were each $36$28 million and $3$15 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2015, Virginia Power’s derivative assets and liabilities with affiliates were $13 million and $22 million, respectively. See Note 9 for more information.

Virginia Power participates in certain Dominion benefit plans described in Note 18. In Virginia Power’s Consolidated Balance Sheets at JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, amounts due to Dominion associated with these benefit plans included in other deferred credits and other liabilities were $356$376 million and $316 million, respectively, and amounts due from Dominion at JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 included in other deferred charges and other assets were $98$111 million and $77 million, respectively.

DRS and other affiliates provide accounting, legal, finance and certain administrative and technical services to Virginia Power. In addition, Virginia Power provides certain services to affiliates, including charges for facilities and equipment usage.

Presented below are Virginia Power’s significant transactions with DRS and other affiliates:

 

  Three Months Ended
June 30,
   

Six Months Ended

June 30,

   Three Months Ended
September 30,
   Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
        2016               2015               2016               2015               2016               2015               2016               2015       
(millions)                                

Commodity purchases from affiliates

  $99    $94    $244    $346    $172    $123    $416    $469  

Services provided by affiliates(1)

   102     107     242     217     105     96     347     313  

Services provided to affiliates

   7     5     12     10     5     5     17     15  

 

(1)Includes capitalized expenditures of $38$32 million for both the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and $77$109 million and $73$105 million for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

Virginia Power has borrowed funds from Dominion under short-term borrowing arrangements. Virginia Power had no short-term demand note borrowings from Dominion as of JuneSeptember 30, 2016. There were $376 million in short-term demand note borrowings from Dominion as of December 31, 2015. Virginia Power had no outstanding borrowings under the Dominion money pool for its nonregulated subsidiaries as of JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015. Interest charges related to Virginia Power’s borrowings from Dominion were immaterial for the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015.

There were no issuances of Virginia Power’s common stock to Dominion for the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015.

Dominion Gas

Transactions with Related Parties

Dominion Gas transacts with affiliates for certain quantities of natural gas and other commodities at market prices in the ordinary course of business. Additionally, Dominion Gas provides transportation and storage services to affiliates. Dominion Gas also enters into certain other contracts with affiliates, which are presented separately from contracts involving commodities or services. As of JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, all of Dominion Gas’ commodity derivatives were with affiliates. See Notes 7 and 9 for more information.

Dominion Gas participates in certain Dominion benefit plans as described in Note 18. In Dominion Gas’ Consolidated Balance Sheets at JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, amounts due from Dominion associated with these benefit plans included in noncurrent pension and other postretirement benefit assets were $674$686 million and $652 million, respectively, and amounts due to Dominion at June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 included in other deferred credits and other liabilities were immaterial. There were no such amounts due to Dominion at September 30, 2016.

DRS and other affiliates provide accounting, legal, finance and certain administrative and technical services to Dominion Gas. Dominion Gas provides certain services to related parties, including technical services. The amounts recognized for these services were as follows:

 

  Three Months Ended
June 30,
   Six Months Ended
June 30,
   Three Months Ended
September 30,
   Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
        2016               2015               2016               2015               2016               2015               2016               2015       
(millions)                                

Purchases of natural gas and transportation and storage services from affiliates

  $2    $2    $5    $4    $2    $3    $7    $7  

Sales of natural gas and transportation and storage services to affiliates

   18     17     35     35     16     17     51     52  

Services provided by related parties(1)

   33     34     72     68     36     30     108     99  

Services provided to related parties(2)

   33     25     60     45     34     30     94     75  

 

(1)Includes capitalized expenditures of $14$13 million and $15$16 million for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and $24$37 million and $40 million for both the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015.2015, respectively.
(2)Amounts primarily attributable to Atlantic Coast Pipeline.

The following table presents affiliated and related-party activity reflected in Dominion Gas’ Consolidated Balance Sheets:

 

       June 30, 2016        December 31, 2015   September 30, 2016   December 31, 2015 
(millions)                

Other receivables(1)

  $8    $7    $9    $7  

Customer receivables from related parties

   10     4     1     4  

Imbalances receivable from affiliates(2)

   3     1     1     1  

Affiliated notes receivable(3)

   16     14     17     14  

(1)Represents amounts due from Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a related-party VIE.
(2)Amounts are presented in other current assets in Dominion Gas’ Consolidated Balance Sheets.
(3)Amounts are presented in other deferred charges and other assets in Dominion Gas’ Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Dominion Gas’ borrowings under the intercompany revolving credit agreement with Dominion were immaterial and $95 million as of JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively. Interest charges related to Dominion Gas’ total borrowings from Dominion were immaterial for the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015.

Note 18. Employee Benefit Plans

In the first quarter of 2016, the Companies announced an organizational design initiative that will reduce their total workforces during 2016. The goal of the organizational design initiative was to streamline leadership structure and push decision making lower while also improving efficiency. During the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016, Dominion recorded a $65 million ($40 million after-tax) charge, including $33 million ($20 million after-tax) at Virginia Power and $8 million ($5 million after-tax) at Dominion Gas, primarily reflected in other operations and maintenance expense in their Consolidated Statements of Income due to severance pay and other costs related to the organizational design initiative. The terms of the severance under the organizational design initiative were consistent with the Companies’ existing severance plans.

Dominion

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

 

  Pension Benefits   Other Postretirement
Benefits
   Pension Benefits   Other Postretirement
Benefits
 
        2016               2015               2016               2015               2016               2015               2016               2015       
(millions)                                

Three Months Ended June 30,

        

Three Months Ended September 30,

        

Service cost

  $30    $32    $7    $10  

Interest cost

   79     71     16     17  

Expected return on plan assets

   (141   (132   (28   (29

Amortization of prior service credit

   —       —       (9   (7

Amortization of net actuarial loss

   29     40     2     1  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Net periodic benefit cost (credit)

  $(3  $11    $(12  $(8
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

        

Service cost

  $28    $31    $8    $10    $87    $95    $23    $30  

Interest cost

   78     72     17     16     234     215     50     50  

Expected return on plan assets

   (139   (133   (30   (30   (419   (398   (87   (88

Amortization of prior service cost (credit)

   1     1     (7   (6   1     1     (23   (20

Amortization of net actuarial loss

   27     40     2     2     84     120     5     4  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Net periodic benefit cost (credit)

  $(5  $11    $(10  $(8  $(13  $33    $(32  $(24
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

        

Service cost

  $57    $63    $16    $20  

Interest cost

   155     144     34     33  

Expected return on plan assets

   (278   (266   (59   (59

Amortization of prior service cost (credit)

   1     1     (14   (13

Amortization of net actuarial loss

   55     80     3     3  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Net periodic benefit cost (credit)

  $(10  $22    $(20  $(16
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Plan Amendment and Remeasurement

In the third quarter of 2016, Dominion remeasured an other postretirement benefit plan as a result of an amendment that changed post-65 retiree medical coverage for certain current and future Local 50 retirees effective April 1, 2017. The remeasurement resulted in a decrease in Dominion’s accumulated postretirement benefit obligation of $37 million. The impact of the remeasurement on net periodic benefit credit was recognized prospectively from the remeasurement date and is expected to increase the net periodic benefit credit for 2016 by $9 million. The discount rate used for the remeasurement was 3.71% and the demographic and mortality assumptions were updated using plan-specific studies and mortality improvement scales. The expected long-term rate of return used was consistent with the measurement as of December 31, 2015.

Employer Contributions

During the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016, Dominion made no contributions to its defined benefit pension plans or other postretirement benefit plans. Dominion expects to contribute approximately $12 million to its other postretirement benefit plans through VEBAs during the remainder of 2016.

Dominion Gas

Dominion Gas participates in certain Dominion benefit plans as described in Note 21 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in the Companies’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015. See Note 17 for more information.

The components of Dominion Gas’ provision for net periodic benefit credit for employees represented by collective bargaining units were as follows:

 

  Pension Benefits   Other Postretirement
Benefits
   Pension Benefits   Other Postretirement
Benefits
 
        2016               2015               2016               2015               2016               2015               2016               2015 ��     
(millions)                                

Three Months Ended June 30,

        

Three Months Ended September 30,

        

Service cost

  $4    $4    $2    $1    $3    $4    $1    $2  

Interest cost

   7     7     4     4     7     7     3     3  

Expected return on plan assets

   (34   (32   (7   (6   (33   (31   (5   (6

Amortization of net actuarial loss

   4     5     1     —       3     5     —       1  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Net periodic benefit credit

  $(19  $(16  $—      $(1  $(20  $(15  $(1  $—    
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

        

Nine Months Ended September 30,

        

Service cost

  $7    $7    $3    $3    $10    $11    $4    $5  

Interest cost

   15     14     7     7     22     21     10     10  

Expected return on plan assets

   (67   (63   (12   (12   (100   (94   (17   (18

Amortization of net actuarial loss

   7     10     1     1     10     15     1     2  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Net periodic benefit credit

  $(38  $(32  $(1  $(1  $(58  $(47  $(2  $(1
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Employer Contributions

During the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016, Dominion Gas made no contributions to its defined benefit pension plans or other postretirement benefit plans. Dominion Gas expects to contribute approximately $12 million to its other postretirement benefit plans through VEBAs, for both employees represented by collective bargaining units and employees not represented by collective bargaining units, during the remainder of 2016.

Note 19. Operating Segments

The Companies are organized primarily on the basis of products and services sold in the United States. A description of the operations included in the Companies’ primary operating segments is as follows:

 

Primary Operating Segment

  

Description of Operations

  

Dominion

  

Virginia

Power

  

Dominion
Gas

DVP  Regulated electric distribution  X  X  
  Regulated electric transmission  X  X  
Dominion Generation  Regulated electric fleet  X  X  
  Merchant electric fleet  X    
Dominion Energy  Gas transmission and storage(1)  X    X
  Gas distribution and storage  X    X
  Gas gathering and processing  X    X
  LNG import and storage  X    
  Nonregulated retail energy marketing(2)  X    

 

(1)Includes remaining producer services activities for Dominion.
(2)As a result of Dominion’s decision to realign its business units effective for 2015 year-end reporting, nonregulated retail energy marketing operations were moved from the Dominion Generation segment to the Dominion Energy segment.

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

Dominion

The Corporate and Other Segment of Dominion includes its corporate, service company and other functions (including unallocated debt) and the net impact of operations that are discontinued or sold. In addition, Corporate and Other includes specific items attributable to Dominion’s operating segments that are not included in profit measures evaluated by executive management in assessing the segments’ performance or in allocating resources.

In the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016, Dominion reported an after-tax net expense of $37$63 million for specific items in the Corporate and Other segment, with $26$22 million of these net expenses attributable to its operating segments. In the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2015, Dominion reported an after-tax net expense of $64$82 million for specific items in the Corporate and Other segment, with $62$80 million of these net expenses attributable to its operating segments.

The net expense for specific items attributable to Dominion’s operating segments in 2016 primarily related to the impact of the following item:items:

 

A $59 million ($36 million after-tax) charge related to an organizational design initiative, attributable to:

 

DVP ($5 million after-tax);

 

Dominion Energy ($12 million after-tax); and

 

Dominion Generation ($19 million after-tax).; partially offset by

A $29 million ($18 million after-tax) net gain on investments held in nuclear decommissioning trust funds, attributable to Dominion Generation.

The net expense for specific items in 2015 primarily related to the impact of the following items, all of which were attributable to Dominion Generation:

 

An $85 million ($52 million after-tax) write-off of deferred fuel costs associated with Virginia legislation enacted in February 2015;

 

A $45 million ($28 million after-tax) charge related to incremental future ash pond and landfill closure costs at certain utility generation facilities due to the enactment of the final CCR rule in April 2015; and

 

A $17 million ($10 million after-tax) billing adjustment related to PJM; partially offset by

 

A $45$39 million ($2825 million after-tax) net gain on investments held in nuclear decommissioning trust funds.

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

 

      DVP       Dominion
Generation(1)
   Dominion
Energy(1)
   Corporate
and Other
 Adjustments/
Eliminations(1)
 Consolidated
Total
       DVP       Dominion
Generation(1)
   Dominion
Energy(1)
   Corporate
and Other
 Adjustments/
Eliminations(1)
 Consolidated
Total
 
(millions)                                        

Three Months Ended June 30, 2016

          

Total revenue from external customers

  $512    $1,564    $391    $3   $128   $2,598  

Intersegment revenue

   6     2     124     133    (265  —    
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

Total operating revenue

   518     1,566     515     136    (137  2,598  

Net income attributable to Dominion

   104     171     162     15    —      452  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30, 2015

          

Three Months Ended September 30, 2016

          

Total revenue from external customers

  $500    $1,652    $463    $4   $128   $2,747    $614    $1,947    $359    $2   $210   $3,132  

Intersegment revenue

   5     6     115     144   (270  —       6     2     205     144    (357  —    
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

Total operating revenue

   505     1,658     578     148   (142 2,747     620     1,949     564     146    (147  3,132  

Net income (loss) attributable to Dominion

   117     250     129     (83  —     413     139     650     135     (234  —      690  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2016

          

Three Months Ended September 30, 2015

          

Total revenue from external customers

  $1,068    $3,257    $876    $6   $312   $5,519    $539    $1,892    $377    $—     $163   $2,971  

Intersegment revenue

   11     5     302     325    (643  —       4     2     159     128   (293  —    
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

Total operating revenue

   1,079     3,262     1,178     331    (331  5,519     543     1,894     536     128   (130 2,971  

Net income (loss) attributable to Dominion

   224     416     348     (12  —      976     125     390     153     (75  —     593  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2015

          

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016

          

Total revenue from external customers

  $1,064    $3,641    $999    $(9 $461   $6,156    $1,682    $5,204    $1,235    $8   $522   $8,651  

Intersegment revenue

   10     9     425     286   (730  —       17     7     507     469    (1,000  —    
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

Total operating revenue

   1,074     3,650     1,424     277   (269 6,156     1,699     5,211     1,742     477    (478  8,651  

Net income (loss) attributable to Dominion

   257     512     356     (176  —     949     363     1,066     483     (246  —      1,666  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015

          

Total revenue from external customers

  $1,603    $5,533    $1,376    $(9 $624   $9,127  

Intersegment revenue

   14     11     584     414   (1,023  —    
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

Total operating revenue

   1,617     5,544     1,960     405   (399 9,127  

Net income (loss) attributable to Dominion

   382     902     509     (251  —     1,542  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

(1)2015 amounts have been recast to reflect nonregulated retail energy marketing operations in the Dominion Energy segment.

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

Virginia Power

The Corporate and Other Segment of Virginia Power primarily includes specific items attributable to its operating segments that are not included in profit measures evaluated by executive management in assessing the segments’ performance or in allocating resources.

In the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016, Virginia Power reported an after-tax net expense of $19$18 million for specific items in the Corporate and Other segment, all of which was attributable to its operating segments. In the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2015, Virginia Power reported an after-tax net expense of $87$101 million for specific items in the Corporate and Other segment, all of which was attributable to its operating segments.

The net expense for specific items attributable to Virginia Power’s operating segments in 2016 primarily related to the impact of the following item:

 

A $33 million ($20 million after-tax) charge related to an organizational design initiative, attributable to:

 

DVP ($5 million after-tax); and

 

Dominion Generation ($15 million after-tax).

The net expense for specific items in 2015 primarily related to the impact of the following items, all of which were attributable to Dominion Generation:

 

An $85 million ($52 million after-tax) write-off of deferred fuel costs associated with Virginia legislation enacted in February 2015;

 

A $45 million ($28 million after-tax) charge related to incremental future ash pond and landfill closure costs at certain utility generation facilities due to the enactment of the final CCR rule in April 2015; and

 

A $15 million ($9 million after-tax) billing adjustment related to PJM.

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

 

      DVP       Dominion
Generation
   Corporate
and Other
   Consolidated
Total
       DVP       Dominion
Generation
   Corporate
and Other
   Consolidated
Total
 
(millions)                                

Three Months Ended June 30, 2016

        

Three Months Ended September 30, 2016

        

Operating revenue

  $512    $1,264    $—      $1,776    $617    $1,594    $—      $2,211  

Net income

   104     174     2     280     140     359     4     503  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30, 2015

        

Three Months Ended September 30, 2015

        

Operating revenue

  $502    $1,311    $—      $1,813    $541    $1,523    $(6  $2,058  

Net income (loss)

   117     155     (26   246     125     273     (13   385  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2016

        

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016

        

Operating revenue

  $1,069    $2,597    $—      $3,666    $1,686    $4,191    $—      $5,877  

Net income (loss)

   222     340     (19   543     362     699     (15   1,046  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2015

        

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015

        

Operating revenue

  $1,069    $2,896    $(15  $3,950    $1,610    $4,419    $(21  $6,008  

Net income (loss)

   257     345     (87   515     382     618     (100   900  

Dominion Gas

The Corporate and Other Segment of Dominion Gasprimarily includes specific items attributable to Dominion Gas’ operating segment that are not included in profit measures evaluated by executive management in assessing the segment’s performance or in allocating resources and the effect of certain items recorded at Dominion Gas as a result of Dominion’s basis in the net assets contributed.

In the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016, Dominion Gas reported an after-tax net expensebenefit of $2$5 million for specific items in the Corporate and Other segment, allwith after-tax net expense of which was$7 million attributable to its operating segment. In the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2015, Dominion Gas reported no amounts for specific items in the Corporate and Other segment.

The net expense for specific items in 2016 primarily related to an $8 million ($5 million after-tax) charge related to an organizational design initiative.

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

 

  Dominion
    Energy    
   Corporate
and Other
   Consolidated
Total
   Dominion
    Energy    
   Corporate
and Other
   Consolidated
Total
 
(millions)                        

Three Months Ended June 30, 2016

      

Three Months Ended September 30, 2016

      

Operating revenue

  $382    $—      $382  

Net income

   77     6     83  
  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30, 2015

      

Operating revenue

  $368    $—      $368    $365    $    $365  

Net income (loss)

   108     (3   105     113     (2   111  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30, 2015

      

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016

      

Operating revenue

  $395    $—      $395    $1,181    $—      $1,181  

Net income (loss)

   87     (2   85     288     (2   286  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2016

      

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015

      

Operating revenue

  $799    $—      $799    $1,291    $—      $1,291  

Net income (loss)

   211     (8   203     364     (7   357  
  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2015

      

Operating revenue

  $926    $—      $926  

Net income (loss)

   251     (5   246  

ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

MD&A discusses Dominion’s results of operations and general financial condition and Virginia Power’s and Dominion Gas’ results of operations. MD&A should be read in conjunction with the Companies’ Consolidated Financial Statements. Virginia Power and Dominion Gas meet the conditions to file under the reduced disclosure format, and therefore have omitted certain sections of MD&A.

Contents of MD&A

MD&A consists of the following information:

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

Accounting Matters - Dominion

 

Dominion

 

Results of Operations

 

Segment Results of Operations

 

Virginia Power

 

Results of Operations

Dominion Gas

 

Results of Operations

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources - Dominion

 

Future Issues and Other Matters - Dominion

Forward-Looking Statements

This report contains statements concerning the Companies’ 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,” “continue,” “target” or other similar words.

The Companies 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 events and other natural disasters, including hurricanes, high winds, severe storms, earthquakes, flooding and changes in water temperatures and availability that can cause outages and property damage to facilities;

 

Federal, state and local legislative and regulatory developments, including changes in federal and state tax laws and regulations;

 

Changes to federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations, including those related to climate change, 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;

 

Changes in implementation and enforcement practices of regulators relating to environmental standards and litigation exposure for remedial activities;

 

Difficulty in anticipating mitigation requirements associated with environmental and other regulatory approvals;

 

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 at facilities in which the Companies have an ownership interest;

 

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

 

Counterparty credit and performance risk;

 

Global 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, including risks related to obligations created by the default of other participants;

 

Fluctuations in the value of investments held in nuclear decommissioning trusts by Dominion and Virginia Power and in benefit plan trusts by Dominion and Dominion Gas;

Fluctuations in interest rates or foreign currency exchange rates;

 

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;

 

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

 

Impacts of acquisitions, including the recently completed Dominion Questar Combination, divestitures, transfers of assets to joint ventures or Dominion Midstream, and retirements of assets based on asset portfolio reviews;

 

The expected timing and likelihood of completion of the Questar Combination, including the terms and conditions of any required regulatory approvals;

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

 

The timing and execution of Dominion Midstream’s growth strategy;

 

Changes in rules for regional transmission organizations and independent system operators in which Dominion and Virginia Power participate, including changes in rate designs, changes in FERC’s interpretation of market rules and new and evolving capacity models;

 

Political and economic conditions, including inflation and deflation;

 

Domestic terrorism and other threats to the Companies’ physical and intangible assets, as well as threats to cybersecurity;

 

Changes in demand for the Companies’ services, including industrial, commercial and residential growth or decline in the Companies’ service areas, changes in supplies of natural gas delivered to Dominion and Dominion Gas’ pipeline and processing systems, failure to maintain or replace customer contracts on favorable terms, changes in customer growth or usage patterns, including as a result of energy conservation programs, the availability of energy efficient devices and the use of distributed generation methods;

 

Additional competition in industries in which the Companies operate, including in electric markets in which Dominion’s merchant generation facilities operate, and competition in the development, construction and ownership of certain electric transmission facilities in Virginia Power’s service territory in connection with FERC Order 1000;

 

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 and Dominion Gas;

 

Changes in operating, maintenance and construction costs;

 

Timing and receipt of regulatory approvals necessary for planned construction or expansion projects and compliance with conditions associated with such regulatory approvals;

 

The inability to complete planned construction, conversion or expansion projects at all, or with the outcomes or within the terms and time frames initially anticipated;

 

Adverse outcomes in litigation matters or regulatory proceedings; and

 

The impact of operational hazards, including adverse developments with respect to pipeline and plant safety or integrity, equipment loss, malfunction or failure, operator error, and other catastrophic events.

Additionally, other risks that could cause actual results to differ from predicted results are set forth in Item 1A. Risk Factors in the Companies’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015.

The Companies’ 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. The Companies 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 JuneSeptember 30, 2016, there have been no significant changes with regard to the critical accounting policies and estimates disclosed in MD&A in the Companies’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015. 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 and employee benefit plans.

Dominion

Results of Operations

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

 

        2016               2015           $ Change           2016               2015           $ Change   
(millions, except EPS)                        

Second Quarter

      

Third Quarter

      

Net income attributable to Dominion

  $452    $413    $39    $690    $593    $97  

Diluted EPS

   0.73     0.70     0.03     1.10     1.00     0.10  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Year-To-Date

            

Net income attributable to Dominion

  $976    $949    $27    $1,666    $1,542    $124  

Diluted EPS

   1.61     1.60     0.01     2.71     2.60     0.11  

Overview

SecondThird Quarter 2016 vs. 2015

Net income attributable to Dominion increased 9%16%, primarily due to the absence of charges related to ash pond and landfill closure costs at certain utility generation facilities, a decreasehigher renewable energy investment tax credits, an increase in electric utility capacity related expenses andsales to retail customers from an increase in cooling degree days and the new PJM capacity performance market effective June 2016. These increases were partially offset by transaction and transition costs due to the Dominion Questar Combination.

Year-To-Date 2016 vs. 2015

Net income attributable to Dominion increased 8%, primarily due to higher renewable energy investment tax credits and the new PJM capacity performance market effective June 2016. These increases were partially offset by a decrease in gains from agreements to convey shale development rights underneath several natural gas storage fields. These increases were partially offset by a decrease in electric utility sales to retail customers from a reduction in cooling degree days.

Year-To-Date 2016 vs. 2015

Net income attributable to Dominion increased 3%, primarilyfields and transaction and transition costs due to the absence of the write-off of deferred fuel costs associated with Virginia legislation enacted in February 2015 and higher anticipated renewable energy investment tax credits. These increases were partially offset by a decrease in electric utility sales to retail customers from reductions in cooling and heating degree days and organizational design initiative costs.Dominion Questar Combination.

Analysis of Consolidated Operations

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

 

  Second Quarter Year-To-Date   Third Quarter Year-To-Date 
        2016               2015           $ Change         2016               2015           $ Change           2016             2015           $ Change         2016               2015           $ Change   
(millions)                                          

Operating revenue

  $2,598    $2,747    $(149 $5,519    $6,156    $(637  $3,132   $2,971    $161   $8,651    $9,127    $(476

Electric fuel and other energy-related purchases

   551     591     (40  1,185     1,544     (359   606   636     (30  1,791     2,180     (389

Purchased electric capacity

   45     90     (45  113     184     (71

Purchased (excess) electric capacity

   (6 75     (81  107     259     (152

Purchased gas

   56     111     (55  175     361     (186   77   85     (8  252     446     (194
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Net revenue

   1,946     1,955     (9  4,046     4,067     (21   2,455   2,175     280    6,501     6,242     259  
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Other operations and maintenance

   665     709     (44  1,368     1,311     57     765   564     201    2,133     1,875     258  

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

   361     339     22    712     682     30     400   355     45    1,112     1,037     75  

Other taxes

   139     134     5    303     299     4     145   133     12    448     432     16  

Other income

   72     56     16    126     116     10     63   11     52    189     127     62  

Interest and related charges

   239     221     18    465     444     21     250   230     20    715     674     41  

Income tax expense

   152     190     (38  331     489     (158   230   305     (75  561     794     (233

An analysis of Dominion’s results of operations follows:

SecondThird Quarter 2016 vs. 2015

Net revenue decreased 1%increased 13%, primarily reflecting:

 

A $25$272 million increase from electric utility operations, primarily reflecting:

An $81 million electric capacity benefit, primarily due to the new PJM capacity performance market effective June 2016 ($70 million) and the expiration of non-utility generator contracts in 2015 ($16 million);

An increase from rate adjustment clauses ($78 million); and

An increase in sales to retail customers from an increase in cooling degree days ($74 million); and

A $32 million increase due to the Dominion Questar Combination; partially offset by

A $22 million decrease from merchant generation operations, primarily due to lower volumes mainlyrealized prices.

Other operations and maintenance increased 36%, primarily reflecting:

A $51 million increase due to the Dominion Questar Combination, including $40 million of transaction and transition costs;

A $50 million increase in salaries, wages and benefits;

A $47 million decrease in gains from agreements to convey shale development rights underneath several natural gas storage fields; and

A $21 million increase due to labor contract renegotiations as well as costs resulting from a union workforce temporary work stoppage.

Depreciation, depletion and amortizationincreased planned13%, primarily due to various expansion projects being placed into service ($32 million) and unplanned outage daysthe Dominion Questar Combination ($9 million).

Other income increased $52 million, primarily due to higher realized gains (including investment income) on nuclear decommissioning trust funds ($25 million) and an increase in the second quarter of 2016earnings from equity method investments ($5915 million).

Income tax expense decreased 25%, primarily due to higher renewable energy investment tax credits ($63 million) and a settlement with a tax authority ($12 million), partially offset by higher realized pricespre-tax income ($1421 million) and an increase due to additional solar generating facilities ($9 million); and.

Year-To-Date 2016 vs. 2015

Net revenue increased 4%, primarily reflecting:

 

An $8 million decrease from regulated natural gas transmission operations, primarily due to decreased demand charges.

These decreases were partially offset by a $30A $355 million increase from electric utility operations, primarily reflecting:

 

A net decrease$147 million electric capacity benefit, primarily due to the new PJM capacity performance market effective June 2016 ($92 million) and the expiration of non-utility generator contracts in capacity related expenses2015 ($4356 million);

An increase from rate adjustment clauses ($33129 million); and

 

An increaseThe absence of an $85 million write-off of deferred fuel costs associated with Virginia legislation enacted in sales to customers due to the effect of changes in customer usage and other factors ($7 million);February 2015; partially offset by

 

A decrease in sales to retail customers from a reduction in cooling and heating degree days ($58 million).

Other operations and maintenance decreased 6%, primarily reflecting:

The absence of a $45 million charge related to ash pond and landfill closure costs at certain utility generation facilities;; and

 

AnA $32 million increase in gains from agreementsdue to convey shale development rights underneath several natural gas storage fields ($34 million).the Dominion Questar Combination.

These decreasesincreases were partially offset by:

 

A $40$61 million increase in planned outage costsdecrease from merchant generation operations, primarily due to an increase in scheduledlower volumes from planned and unplanned outage days at certain merchant generation facilities;($63 million) and lower realized prices ($34 million), partially offset by additional solar generating facilities placed into service ($27 million);

 

A $16 million increase in storm damage and service restoration costs.

Income tax expense decreased 20%, primarily due to higher anticipated renewable energy investment tax credits ($21 million) and the impact of a state legislative change ($17 million).

Year-To-Date 2016 vs. 2015

Net revenue decreased 1%, primarily reflecting:

A $42$36 million decrease from regulated natural gas distribution operations, primarily due to a decrease in rate adjustment clause revenue related to low income assistance programs ($3433 million) and a decrease in sales to customers due to a reduction in heating degree days ($11 million);

A $39 million decrease from merchant generation operations, primarily due to lower volumes mainly from increased planned and unplanned outage days ($63 million), partially offset by an increase due to additional solar generating facilitiesin AMR and PIR program revenues ($1612 million); and

 

A $27 million decrease from regulated natural gas transmission operations, primarily due to:

 

A $31$24 million decrease in gas transportation and storage activities, primarily due to decreased demand charges ($1929 million), and decreased fuel retained ($11 million) and decreased regulated gas sales ($13 million), partially offset by the acquisition of DCG activitiesand related expansion projects ($1012 million); and

 

A $9$17 million decrease in NGL activities, due to decreased volumes ($712 million) and prices ($25 million); partially offset by

 

A $15$17 million increase due toin services performed for Atlantic Coast Pipeline.

These decreases were partially offset by an $83 million increase from electric utility operations, primarily reflecting:

The absence of an $85 million write-off of deferred fuel costs associated with Virginia legislation enacted in February 2015;

A net decrease in capacity related expenses ($66 million); and

An increase from rate adjustment clauses ($51 million); partially offset by

A decrease in sales to retail customers from reductions in cooling and heating degree days ($132 million).

Other operations and maintenance increased 4%14%, primarily reflecting:

 

Organizational design initiative costs ($64 million);

A $78 million decrease in gains from agreements to convey shale development rights underneath several natural gas storage fieldsfields;

A $58 million increase due to the Dominion Questar Combination, including $47 million of transaction and transition costs;

Organizational design initiative costs ($3164 million);

 

A $39$47 million increase in salaries, wages and benefits;

A $38 million increase in planned outage costs primarily due to an increase in scheduled outage days at certain merchant generation facilities;

 

A $19$28 million increase in storm damage and service restoration costs;

A $21 million increase due to labor contract renegotiations as well as costs resulting from a union workforce temporary work stoppage; and

 

A $15$17 million increase due toin services performed for Atlantic Coast Pipeline. These expenses are billed to Atlantic Coast Pipeline and do not significantly impact net income.

These increases were partially offset by:

 

The absence of a $45 million charge related to ash pond and landfill closure costs at certain utility generation facilities; and

 

A $33 million decrease in bad debt expense at regulated natural gas distribution operations primarily related to low income assistance programs ($34 million).programs. These bad debt expenses are recovered through rates and do not impact net income.

Other incomeincreased 49%, primarily due to an increase in earnings from equity method investments ($43 million) and an increase in AFUDC costs associated with rate-regulated projects ($9 million).

Income tax expensedecreased 32%29%, primarily due to higher anticipated renewable energy investment tax credits ($90153 million), lower pretaxpre-tax income ($4827 million) and, the impact of a state legislative change ($17 million) and a settlement with a tax authority ($12 million).

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   Net Income attributable to Dominion Diluted EPS 
        2016             2015         $ Change         2016             2015         $ Change           2016             2015         $ Change         2016             2015         $ Change   
(millions, except EPS)                            

Second Quarter

       

Third Quarter

       

DVP

  $104   $117   $(13 $0.17   $0.20   $(0.03  $139   $125   $14   $0.22   $0.21   $0.01  

Dominion Generation(1)

   171   250   (79  0.28   0.42   (0.14   650   390   260    1.04   0.66   0.38  

Dominion Energy(1)

   162   129   33    0.26   0.22   0.04     135   153   (18  0.21   0.26   (0.05
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Primary operating segments

   437   496   (59  0.71   0.84   (0.13   924   668   256    1.47   1.13   0.34  

Corporate and Other

   15   (83 98    0.02   (0.14 0.16     (234 (75 (159  (0.37 (0.13 (0.24
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Consolidated

  $452   $413   $39   $0.73   $0.70   $0.03    $690   $593   $97   $1.10   $1.00   $0.10  
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Year-To-Date

              

DVP

  $224   $257   $(33 $0.37   $0.43   $(0.06  $363   $382   $(19 $0.59   $0.64   $(0.05

Dominion Generation(1)

   416   512   (96  0.69   0.87   (0.18   1,066   902   164    1.74   1.52   0.22  

Dominion Energy(1)

   348   356   (8  0.57   0.60   (0.03   483   509   (26  0.78   0.86   (0.08
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Primary operating segments

   988   1,125   (137  1.63   1.90   (0.27   1,912   1,793   119    3.11   3.02   0.09  

Corporate and Other

   (12 (176 164    (0.02 (0.30 0.28     (246 (251 5    (0.40 (0.42 0.02  
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Consolidated

  $976   $949   $27   $1.61   $1.60   $0.01    $1,666   $1,542   $124   $2.71   $2.60   $0.11  
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

(1)2015 amounts have been recast to reflect nonregulated retail energy marketing operations in the Dominion Energy segment.

DVP

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

 

  Second Quarter Year-To-Date   Third Quarter Year-To-Date 
      2016           2015       % Change     2016           2015       % Change       2016           2015       % Change     2016           2015       % Change 

Electricity delivered (million MWh)

   18.9     20.1     (6)%   40.1     43.0     (7)%    24.1     22.6     7  64.2     65.6     (2)% 

Degree days (electric distribution service area):

                      

Cooling

   425     645     (34  429     645     (33   1,326     1,174     13    1,755     1,819     (4

Heating

   367     214     71    2,247     2,578     (13   —       —       —      2,247     2,578     (13

Average electric distribution customer accounts (thousands)(1)

   2,545     2,521     1    2,543     2,519     1     2,552     2,526     1    2,546     2,522     1  

 

(1)Period average.

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

 

  

Second Quarter

2016 vs. 2015

Increase (Decrease)

   

Year-To-Date

2016 vs. 2015

Increase (Decrease)

   

Third Quarter

2016 vs. 2015

Increase (Decrease)

   

Year-To-Date

2016 vs. 2015

Increase (Decrease)

 
     Amount            EPS            Amount            EPS            Amount            EPS            Amount            EPS       
(millions, except EPS)                                

Regulated electric sales:

                

Weather

  $(11  $(0.02  $(26  $(0.04  $12    $0.02    $(14  $(0.02

Other

   —       —       (5   (0.01   5     0.01     —       —    

FERC transmission equity return

   10     0.02     21     0.04     9     0.01     30     0.05  

Storm damage and service restoration

   (10   (0.02   (12   (0.02   (5   (0.01   (17   (0.03

Depreciation and amortization

   (2   —       (7   (0.01

Other

   (2   —       (11   (0.02   (5   (0.01   (11   (0.02

Share dilution

   —       (0.01   —       (0.01   —       (0.01   —       (0.02
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Change in net income contribution

  $(13  $(0.03  $(33  $(0.06  $14    $0.01    $(19  $(0.05
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Dominion Generation

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

 

  Second Quarter Year-To-Date   Third Quarter Year-To-Date 
      2016           2015       % Change     2016           2015       % Change       2016           2015       % Change     2016           2015       % Change 

Electricity supplied (million MWh):

                      

Utility

   20.1     20.4     (1)%   42.3     43.3     (2)%    24.8     22.9     8  67.1     66.2     1

Merchant

   6.2     6.6     (6  13.3     13.0     2     7.9     7.6     4    21.2     20.6     3  

Degree days (electric utility service area):

                      

Cooling

   425     645     (34  429     645     (33   1,326     1,174     13    1,755     1,819     (4

Heating

   367     214     71    2,247     2,578     (13   —       —       —      2,247     2,578     (13

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

 

  Second Quarter
2016 vs. 2015
Increase (Decrease)
   Year-To-Date
2016 vs. 2015
Increase (Decrease)
   

Third Quarter

2016 vs. 2015

Increase (Decrease)

   

Year-To-Date

2016 vs. 2015

Increase (Decrease)

 
     Amount            EPS            Amount            EPS            Amount            EPS            Amount            EPS       
(millions, except EPS)                                

Regulated electric sales:

                

Weather

  $(23  $(0.04  $(54  $(0.09  $32    $0.05    $(22  $(0.04

Other

   5     0.01     2     —       10     0.02     12     0.02  

Renewable energy investment tax credits(1)

   (30   (0.05   (31   (0.05   212     0.35     182     0.31  

Capacity related expenses

   26     0.04     40     0.07  

Electric capacity

   49     0.08     89     0.16  

Outage costs

   (24   (0.04   (23   (0.04   1     —       (22   (0.04

Merchant generation margin

   (20   (0.03   (28   (0.05   (14   (0.02   (42   (0.07

Rate adjustment clause equity return

   10     0.02     16     0.03     2     —       18     0.03  

Depreciation and amortization

   (5   (0.01   (15   (0.03

Other

   (23   (0.04   (18   (0.03   (27   (0.04   (36   (0.06

Share dilution

   —       (0.01   —       (0.02   —       (0.05   —       (0.06
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Change in net income contribution

  $(79  $(0.14  $(96  $(0.18  $260    $0.38    $164    $0.22  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

(1)Tax credit is reflected in Generation segment once project is placed into service.

Dominion Energy

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

 

  Second Quarter Year-To-Date   Third Quarter Year-To-Date 
      2016           2015       % Change     2016           2015       % Change       2016           2015       % Change     2016           2015       % Change 

Gas distribution throughput (bcf):

           

Gas distribution throughput (bcf)(1):

           

Sales

   3     3     —    16     19     (16)%    2     2     —    18     21     (14)% 

Transportation

   99     90     10    258     252     2     106     89     19    364     341     7  

Heating degree days (gas distribution service area)

   729     568     28    3,413     4,143     (18

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

           

Heating degree days (gas distribution service area):

           

Eastern region

   22     48     (54  3,435     4,191     (18

Western region(1)

   39     —       100    39     —       100  

Average gas distribution customer accounts (thousands)(1)(2):

           

Sales

   224     231     (3  233     239     (3   472     234     102    329     237     39  

Transportation

   1,079     1,069     1    1,073     1,065     1     1,069     1,050     2    1,072     1,060 ��   1  

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

   1,376     1,288     7    1,364     1,269     7  

Average retail energy marketing customer accounts (thousands)(2)

   1,377     1,319     4    1,368     1,285     6  

 

(1)Includes Dominion Questar effective September 2016.
(2)Period average.

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

 

  Second Quarter
2016 vs. 2015
Increase (Decrease)
   Year-To-Date
2016 vs. 2015
Increase (Decrease)
   

Third Quarter

2016 vs. 2015

Increase (Decrease)

   

Year-To-Date

2016 vs. 2015

Increase (Decrease)

 
     Amount            EPS            Amount            EPS            Amount            EPS            Amount            EPS       
(millions, except EPS)                                

Gas distribution margin:

                

Weather

  $1    $—      $(7  $(0.01  $—      $—      $(7  $(0.01

Other

   1     —       6     0.01     5     0.01     11     0.02  

Assignment of shale development rights

   21     0.04     (20   (0.03   (27   (0.06   (47   (0.09

Retail energy marketing operations

   6     0.01     9     0.01  

Dominion Questar Combination

   5     0.01     5     0.01  

Other

   4     —       4     —       (1   —       12     0.02  

Share dilution

   —       (0.01   —       (0.01   —       (0.01   —       (0.03
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Change in net income contribution

  $33    $0.04    $(8  $(0.03  $(18  $(0.05  $(26  $(0.08
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Corporate and Other

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

 

  Second Quarter Year-To-Date   Third Quarter Year-To-Date 
      2016         2015     $ Change     2016         2015     $ Change       2016         2015     $ Change     2016         2015     $ Change 
(millions, except EPS)                            

Specific items attributable to operating segments

  $12   $(17 $29   $(26 $(62 $36    $4   $(18 $22   $(22 $(80 $58  

Specific items attributable to corporate operations

   (1 1   (2  (11 (2 (9   (30  —     (30  (41 (2 (39
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Total specific items

   11   (16 27    (37 (64 27     (26 (18 (8  (63 (82 19  

Other corporate operations:

              

Renewable energy investment tax credits

   51   4   47    132   10   122     (143 5   (148  (11 15   (26

Other

   (47 (71 24    (107 (122 15     (65 (62 (3  (172 (184 12  
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Total other corporate operations

   4   (67 71    25   (112 137     (208 (57 (151  (183 (169 (14
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Total net income (expense)

  $15   $(83 $98   $(12 $(176 $164  

Total net expense

  $(234 $(75 $(159 $(246 $(251 $5  

EPS impact

  $0.02   $(0.14 $0.16   $(0.02 $(0.30 $0.28    $(0.37 $(0.13 $(0.24 $(0.40 $(0.42 $0.02  
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Total Specific Items

Corporate and Other includes specific items attributable to Dominion’s primary operating segments that are not included in profit measures evaluated by executive management in assessing those segments’ performance or in allocating resources. See Note 19 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in this report for discussion of these items in more detail. Corporate and Other also includes specific items attributable to the Corporate and Other segment. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, this primarily included $46 million and $50 million, respectively, of after-tax transaction and transition costs associated with the Dominion Questar Combination.

Virginia Power

Results of Operations

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

 

  Second Quarter   Year-To-Date   Third Quarter   Year-To-Date 
      2016           2015       $ Change       2016           2015       $ Change       2016           2015       $ Change       2016           2015       $ Change 
(millions)                                                

Net income

  $280    $246    $34    $543    $515    $28    $503    $385    $118    $1,046    $900    $146  

Overview

SecondThird Quarter 2016 vs. 2015

Net income increased 14%31%, primarily due to the absence of charges related to ash pond and landfill closure costs at certain utility generation facilities, a decrease in capacity related expenses and an increase in rate adjustment clause revenue. These increases were partially offset by a decrease in sales to retail customers from a reductionan increase in cooling degree days.days and the new PJM capacity performance market effective June 2016.

Year-To-Date 2016 vs. 2015

Net income increased 5%16%, primarily due to an increase in rate adjustment clause revenue, the new PJM capacity performance market effective June 2016 and the absence of thea write-off of deferred fuel costs associated with Virginia legislation enacted in February 2015, a decrease in capacity related expenses and a decrease in charges related to ash pond and landfill closure costs at certain utility generation facilities. These increases were partially offset by a decrease in sales to retail customers from reductions in cooling and heating degree days.2015.

Analysis of Consolidated Operations

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

 

  Second Quarter Year-To-Date   Third Quarter Year-To-Date 
      2016           2015       $ Change     2016           2015       $ Change       2016         2015       $ Change     2016           2015       $ Change 
(millions)                                          

Operating revenue

  $1,776    $1,813    $(37 $3,666    $3,950    $(284  $2,211   $2,058    $153   $5,877    $6,008    $(131

Electric fuel and other energy-related purchases

   475     497     (22  1,011     1,307     (296   516   554     (38  1,527     1,861     (334

Purchased electric capacity

   45     90     (45  113     184     (71

Purchased (excess) electric capacity

   (6 75     (81  107     259     (152
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Net revenue

   1,256     1,226     30    2,542     2,459     83     1,701   1,429     272    4,243     3,888     355  
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Other operations and maintenance

   386     445     (59  836     841     (5   443   375     68    1,279     1,216     63  

Depreciation and amortization

   247     231     16    495     469     26     270   244     26    765     713     52  

Other taxes

   70     69     1    144     143     1     74   69     5    218     212     6  

Other income

   18     21     (3  34     36     (2   13   13     —      47     49     (2

Interest and related charges

   113     108     5    227     216     11     118   116     2    345     332     13  

Income tax expense

   178     148     30    331     311     20     306   253     53    637     564     73  

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

SecondThird Quarter 2016 vs. 2015

Net revenue increased 2%19%, primarily reflecting:

 

A net decreaseAn $81 million electric capacity benefit, primarily due to the new PJM capacity performance market effective June 2016 ($70 million) and the expiration of non-utility generator contracts in capacity related expenses2015 ($4316 million);

 

An increase from rate adjustment clauses ($3378 million); and

 

An increase in sales to customers due to the effect of changes in customer usage and other factors ($7 million); partially offset by

A decrease in sales to retail customers from a reductionan increase in cooling degree days ($5874 million).

Other operations and maintenance decreased 13%increased 18%, primarily reflecting:

 

The absence of a $45A $27 million charge related to ash pond and landfill closure costs at certain utility generation facilities; and

A $10 million decreaseincrease in salaries, wages and benefits and general administrative expenses; partially offset by

An $11 million increase due to union workforce contract renegotiations;

 

A $16$9 million increase in storm damage and service restoration costs.costs; and

A $9 million increase in certain electric transmission-related expenditures. These expenses are primarily recovered through state and FERC rates and do not impact net income.

Depreciation and amortization increased 11%, primarily due to various expansion projects being placed into service.

Income tax expense increased 20%21%, primarily due to higher pre-tax income.

Year-To-Date 2016 vs. 2015

Net revenue increased 3%9%, primarily reflecting:

A $147 million electric capacity benefit, primarily due to the new PJM capacity performance market effective June 2016 ($92 million) and the expiration of non-utility generator contracts in 2015 ($56 million);

An increase from rate adjustment clauses ($129 million); and

 

The absence of an $85 million write-off of deferred fuel costs associated with Virginia legislation enacted in February 2015;

A net decrease in capacity related expenses ($66 million); and

An increase from rate adjustment clauses ($51 million); partially offset by

 

A decrease in sales to retail customers from a reduction in cooling and heating degree days ($13258 million).

Other operations and maintenance decreased 1%increased 5%, primarily reflecting:

A $38 million increase in salaries, wages and benefits and general administrative expenses;

Organizational design initiative costs ($32 million);

A $28 million increase in storm damage and service restoration costs; and

An $11 million increase due to union workforce contract renegotiations; partially offset by

 

The absence of a $45 million charge related to ash pond and landfill closure costs at certain utility generation facilities;facilities.

A $6 million decrease in certain electric transmission-related expenditures. These expenses areIncome tax expense increased 13%, primarily recovered through state and FERC rates and do not impact net income; and

due to higher pre-tax income.

A $6 million decrease in outside services; partially offset by

Organizational design initiative costs ($32 million); and

A $19 million increase in storm damage and service restoration costs.

Dominion Gas

Results of Operations

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

 

  Second Quarter   Year-To-Date   Third Quarter Year-To-Date 
      2016           2015       $ Change       2016           2015       $ Change       2016           2015       $ Change     2016           2015       $ Change 
(millions)                                              

Net income

  $105    $85    $20    $203    $246    $(43  $83    $111    $(28 $286    $357    $(71

Overview

SecondThird Quarter 2016 vs. 2015

Net income increased 24%decreased 25%, primarily due to an increasea decrease in gains from agreements to convey shale development rights underneath several natural gas storage fields.

Year-To-Date 2016 vs. 2015

Net income decreased 17%20%, primarily due to a decrease in gas transportation and storage activities and a decrease in gains from agreements to convey shale development rights underneath several natural gas storage fields.fields and a decrease in gas transportation and storage activities.

Analysis of Consolidated Operations

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

 

  Second Quarter Year-To-Date   Third Quarter Year-To-Date 
      2016           2015       $ Change     2016           2015       $ Change       2016           2015       $ Change     2016           2015       $ Change 
(millions)                                            

Operating revenue

  $368    $395    $(27 $799    $926    $(127  $382    $365    $17   $1,181    $1,291    $(110

Purchased gas

   16     21     (5  50     95     (45   21     8     13    71     103     (32

Other energy-related purchases

   1     7     (6  4     13     (9   4     4     —      8     17     (9
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Net revenue

   351     367     (16  745     818     (73   357     353     4    1,102     1,171     (69
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Other operations and maintenance

   74     124     (50  198     198     —       133     63     70    331     261     70  

Depreciation and amortization

   52     53     (1  95     104     (9   55     53     2    150     157     (7

Other taxes

   39     37     2    91     92     (1   36     35     1    127     127     —    

Other income

   9     4     5    15     13     2     7     4     3    22     17     5  

Interest and related charges

   23     18     5    45     35     10     23     18     5    68     53     15  

Income tax expense

   67     54     13    128     156     (28   34     77     (43  162     233     (71

An analysis of Dominion Gas’ results of operations follows:

SecondThird Quarter 2016 vs. 2015

Net revenuedecreased 4% increased 1%, primarily reflecting:

 

A $12$7 million increase from regulated natural gas distribution operations, primarily due to an increase in AMR and PIR program revenues; partially offset by

A $2 million decrease from regulated natural gas transmission operations, primarily reflecting:

 

A $17 million decrease in gas transportation and storage activities, primarily due to decreased demand charges; and

A $3An $8 million decrease in NGL activities, primarily due to decreased volumes;volumes ($5 million) and prices ($3 million); partially offset by

 

An $8A $2 million increase due toin services performed for Atlantic Coast Pipeline; and

 

A $5$2 million decrease fromincrease in gas transportation and storage activities, primarily due to increased regulated natural gas distribution operations, primarily reflecting a decrease in rate adjustment clause revenue related to low income assistance programssales ($719 million), partially offset by an increase in AMRdecreased demand charges ($8 million) and PIR program revenuesincreased fuel costs ($28 million).

Other operations and maintenance decreased 40%,increased $70 million, primarily reflecting:

 

An increaseA $47 million decrease in gains from agreements to convey shale development rights underneath several natural gas storage fields ($34 million);fields;

An $8 million increase due to union workforce temporary work stoppage;

 

A decrease in bad debt expense at regulated natural gas distribution operations primarily related to low income assistance programs ($7 million). These bad debt expenses are recovered through rates and do not impact net income; and

A $8$4 million decreaseincrease in salaries, wages and benefits and general administrative expenses; partially offset byand

 

An $8A $2 million increase due toin services performed for Atlantic Coast Pipeline. These expenses are billed to Atlantic Coast Pipeline and do not significantly impact net income.

Other incomeincreased $5 million, primarily due to a gain on the sale of 0.65% of the non-controlling partnership interest in Iroquois.

Interest and related chargesincreased 28%, primarily due to higher interest expense on long-term debt resulting from a debt issuancethe issuances of senior notes in November 2015.2015 and the second quarter of 2016.

Income tax expenseincreased 24%decreased 56%, primarily reflecting higherlower pre-tax income.income ($29 million) and a settlement with a tax authority ($12 million).

Year-To-Date 2016 vs. 2015

Net revenuedecreased 9%6%, primarily reflecting:

 

AnA $38 million decrease from regulated natural gas transmission operations, primarily reflecting:

A $39 million decrease in gas transportation and storage activities, primarily due to decreased demand charges ($29 million) and decreased fuel retained ($10 million); and

A $17 million decrease in NGL activities, due to decreased volumes ($12 million) and prices ($5 million); partially offset by

A $17 million increase in services performed for Atlantic Coast Pipeline; and

A $31 million decrease from regulated natural gas distribution operations, primarily reflecting:

 

A decrease in rate adjustment clause revenue related to low income assistance programs ($3433 million); and

 

A decrease in sales to customers due to a reduction in heating degree days ($6 million); partially offset by

 

An increase in AMR and PIR program revenues ($712 million); and.

A $36 million decrease from regulated natural gas transmission operations, primarily reflecting:

A $41 million decrease in gas transportation and storage activities, primarily due to decreased demand charges ($21 million), decreased regulated gas sales ($13 million) and decreased fuel retained ($10 million); and

A $9 million decrease in NGL activities, due to decreased volumes ($7 million) and prices ($2 million); partially offset by

A $15 million increase due to services performed for Atlantic Coast Pipeline.

Other operations and maintenance expense was $198 million for both the six months ended June 30, 2016 and 2015. These amounts reflect the impact of the following items:increased 27%, primarily reflecting:

 

A decrease in bad debt expense at regulated natural gas distribution operations primarily related to low income assistance programs ($34 million). These bad debt expenses are recovered through rates and do not impact net income;

A $9$78 million decrease in salaries, wages and benefits and general administrative expenses;

A decrease in gains from agreements to convey shale development rights underneath several natural gas storage fields ($31 million);fields;

 

A $15$17 million increase due toin services performed for Atlantic Coast Pipeline. These expenses are billed to Atlantic Coast Pipeline and do not significantly impact net income; and

 

Organizational design initiative costs ($810 million).; and

An $8 million increase due to union workforce temporary work stoppage; partially offset by

A $33 million decrease in bad debt expense at regulated natural gas distribution operations primarily related to low income assistance programs. These bad debt expenses are recovered through rates and do not impact net income.

Other incomeincreased 29%, primarily due to a gain on the sale of 0.65% of the non-controlling partnership interest in Iroquois.

Interest and related chargesincreased 29%28%, primarily due to higher interest expense on long-term debt resulting from a debt issuancethe issuances of senior notes in November 2015.2015 and the second quarter of 2016.

Income tax expensedecreased 18%30%, primarily reflecting lower pre-tax income.income ($56 million) and a settlement with a tax authority ($12 million).

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Dominion depends on both internal and external sources of liquidity to provide working capital and as a bridge to long-term debt financings. 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.

In September 2015, Dominion initiated a program to purchase from the market up to $50 million of common units representing limited partner interests in Dominion Midstream. The common units may be acquired by Dominion over the 12 month period following commencement of the program at the discretion of management.Midstream, which expired in September 2016. During the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016, Dominion purchased approximately 489,000658,000 common units for $13$17 million. Dominion still has the ability to purchase $12 million of common units under the program.

Given the sufficiency of operating and other cash flows at the Dominion level, no dividends were declared or paid to Dominion by either Virginia Power or Dominion Gas during the first quarter of 2016. During the second quarter of 2016, no dividends were declared or paid to Dominion by Virginia Power. During the third quarter of 2016, no dividends were declared or paid to Dominion by either Virginia Power or Dominion Gas.

At JuneSeptember 30, 2016, Dominion had $2.0$3.1 billion of unused capacity under its credit facilities. See Note 14 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for more information.

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

 

          2016                   2015                   2016                   2015         
(millions)                

Cash and cash equivalents at January 1

  $607    $318    $607    $318  

Cash flows provided by (used in):

        

Operating activities

   2,018     2,160     3,386     3,453  

Investing activities

   (3,725   (3,084   (9,029   (4,350

Financing activities

   1,477     877     5,287     817  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

   (230   (47   (356   (80
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at June 30

  $377    $271  

Cash and cash equivalents at September 30

  $251    $238  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Operating Cash Flows

Net cash provided by Dominion’s operating activities decreased $142$67 million, primarily due to higherchanges in net margin collateral requirements and the impact from unfavorable weather in 2016,higher operations and maintenance expenses, partially offset by the benefit from the new PJM capacity performance market, higher deferred fuel cost recoveries in its Virginia jurisdiction.jurisdiction, 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.

Dominion’s 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 the Companies’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015.

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 JuneSeptember 30, 2016 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
   Gross Credit
Exposure
   Credit
Collateral
   Net Credit
Exposure
 
(millions)                        

Investment grade(1)

  $87    $31    $56    $55    $15    $40  

Non-investment grade(2)

   2     —       2     4     —       4  

No external ratings:

            

Internally rated - investment grade(3)

   11     —       11     7     —       7  

Internally rated - non-investment grade(4)

   11     1     10     30     —       30  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total

  $111    $32    $79    $96    $15    $81  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

(1)Designations as investment grade are based upon minimum credit ratings assigned by Moody’s Investors Service and Standard & Poor’s. The five largest counterparty exposures, combined, for this category represented approximately 63%49% of the total net credit exposure.
(2)The five largest counterparty exposures, combined, for this category represented approximately 2%6% of the total net credit exposure.
(3)The five largest counterparty exposures, combined, for this category represented approximately 11%9% of the total net credit exposure.
(4)The five largest counterparty exposures, combined, for this category represented approximately 4%16% of the total net credit exposure.

Investing Cash Flows

Net cash used in Dominion’s investing activities increased $641 million,$4.7 billion, primarily due to the Dominion Questar Combination and higher capital expenditures, and the restricted cash for the Questar Combinations, partially offset by the absencesabsence of Dominion’s acquisition of DCG in 2015 and the acquisition of fewer solar development projects in 2015.2016.

Financing Cash Flows and Liquidity

Dominion relies on capital markets as significant sources of funding for capital requirements not satisfied by cash provided by its operations. As discussed further inCredit Ratingsand Debt Covenants in MD&A in the Companies’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, the 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 for certain issuances.

Dominion currently 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 Dominion to use automatic shelf registration statements to register any offering of securities, other than those for exchange offers or business combination transactions.

Net cash provided by Dominion’s financing activities increased $600 million,$4.5 billion, primarily reflecting an increase inhigher net debt issuances and higher common stock issuances.issuances in connection with the Dominion Questar Combination.

See NoteNotes 3 and 14 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in this report for further information regarding Dominion’s credit facilities, liquidity and significant financing transactions.

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 theCredit Ratings section of MD&A in the Companies’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, there is a discussion on the use of capital markets by Dominion as well as the impact of credit ratings on the accessibility and costs of using these markets.

In March 2016, Fitch Ratings Ltd. and Standard & Poor’s changed the rating for Dominion’s junior subordinated debt securities to account for its inability to defer interest payments on the remarketed 2013 Series A RSNs. Junior subordinated debt securities with an interest deferral feature are rated one notch lower by Fitch Ratings Ltd. and Standard & Poor’s (BBB-) than

junior subordinated debt securities without an interest deferral feature (BBB). See Note 14 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of the remarketed notes. As of JuneSeptember 30, 2016, there have been no additional changes in Dominion’s credit ratings.

Debt Covenants

In theDebt Covenants section of MD&A in the Companies’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, there is a discussion on the various covenants present in the enabling agreements underlying Dominion’s debt. As of JuneSeptember 30, 2016, there have been no material changes to debt covenants, nor any events of default under Dominion’s debt covenants. Pursuant to a waiver received in April 2016 and in connection with the closing of the Dominion Questar Combination, the 65% maximum debt to total capital ratio in Dominion’s credit agreements will,has, with respect to Dominion only, and upon closing of the Questar Combination, bebeen temporarily increased to 70% until the end of the fourth fiscal quarter following closing (including the fiscal quarter in which the closing occurs).ending June 30, 2017.

Future Cash Payments for Contractual Obligations and Planned Capital Expenditures

AsOther than debt and financing obligations associated with the Dominion Questar Combination discussed in Note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements, as of JuneSeptember 30, 2016, there have been no material changes outside the ordinary course of business to Dominion’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, 2015.

Use of Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of JuneSeptember 30, 2016, with the exception of the leasing arrangement described herein, there have been no material changes in the off-balance sheet arrangements disclosed in MD&A in the Companies’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015.

Leasing Arrangement

In July 2016, Dominion signed an agreement with a lessor to construct and lease a new corporate office property in Richmond, Virginia. The lessor is providing equity and has obtained financing commitments from debt investors to fund the project costs, totaling $365 million. The project is expected to be completed by mid-2019. Dominion has been appointed to act as the

construction agent for the lessor, during which time Dominion will request cash draws from the the lessor and debt investors to fund all project costs. If the project is terminated under certain events of default, Dominion could be required to pay up to 89.9% of the then funded amount. For specific full recourse events, Dominion could be required to pay up to 100% of the then funded amount.

The five-year lease term will commence once construction is substantially complete and the facility is able to be occupied. At the end of the initial lease term, Dominion can (i) extend the term of the lease for an additional five years, subject to the approval of the participants, at current market terms, (ii) purchase the property for an amount equal to the project costs or, (iii) subject to certain terms and conditions, sell the property to a third party using commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the highest cash purchase price for the property. If the project is sold and the proceeds from the sale are insufficient to repay the investors for the project costs, Dominion may be required to make a payment to the lessor, up to 87% of project costs, for the difference between the project costs and sale proceeds.

The respective transactions have been structured so that Dominion is not considered the owner during construction for financial accounting purposes and, therefore, will not reflect the construction activity in its consolidated financial statements. The financial accounting treatment of the lease agreement will be impacted by the new accounting standard issued in February 2016. Dominion will be considered the owner of the leased property for tax purposes, and as a result, will be entitled to tax deductions for depreciation and interest expense.

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 Consolidated Financial Statements that may impact future results of operations, financial condition and/or cash flows. This section should be read in conjunction withItem 1. Business andFuture Issues and Other Matters in MD&A in the Companies’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 andFuture Issues and Other Matters in MD&A in the Companies’ Quarterly ReportReports on Form 10-Q for the quarterquarters ended March 31, 2016 and June 30, 2016.

Environmental Matters

Dominion is 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 22 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in the Companies’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, and Note 15 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in the Companies’ Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2016, June 30, 2016 and in this report for additional information on various environmental matters.

In August 2015, the EPA issued final carbon standards for existing fossil fuel power plants. Known as the Clean Power Plan, the rule uses a set of measures for reducing emissions from existing sources that includes efficiency improvements at coal plants, displacing coal-fired generation with increased utilization of natural gas combined cycle units and expanding renewable resources. The new rule requires states to impose standards of performance limits for existing fossil fuel-fired electric generating units or equivalent statewide intensity-based or mass-based CO2 binding goals or limits. States are required to submit interim plans to the EPA by September 2016 identifying how they will comply with the rule, with final plans due by September 2018. The EPA also proposed a federal plan and model trading rules that, when finalized, states can adopt or that would be put in place if, in response to the final guidelines, a state either does not submit a state plan or its plan is not approved by the EPA. Virginia Power’s most recent integrated resources plan filed in May 2016 includes four alternative plans that represent plausible compliance strategies with the rule as proposed, and which include additional coal unit retirements and additional low or zero-carbon resources. The final rule has been challenged in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. In February 2016, the United States Supreme Court issued a stay of the Clean Power Plan until the disposition of the petitions challenging the rule now before the Court of Appeals, and, if such petitions are filed in the future, before the United States Supreme Court. Dominion does not know whether these legal challenges will impact the submittal deadlines for the state implementation plans. Also in February 2016, the Governor of Virginia announced that it will continue development of a state plan. Until all court challenges have been resolved, the state plans are developed and the EPA approves the plans, Dominion cannot predict the potential financial statement impacts. However, Dominion believes the potential expenditures to comply based on the four alternative plans discussed in the most recent integrated resources plan will be material.

Legal Matters

See Item 3. Legal Proceedings in the Companies’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, Notes 12 and 15 to the Consolidated Financial Statements andItem 1. Legal Proceedingsin the Companies’ Quarterly ReportReports on Form 10-Q for the quarterquarters ended March 31, 2016, June 30, 2016 and Notes 12 and 15 to the Consolidated Financial Statements andItem 1. Legal Proceedings in this report for additional information on various legal matters.

Collective Bargaining Agreement

In April 2016, the labor contract between Dominion and Local 69 expired. In August 2016, the parties reached a tentative agreement for a new labor contract, however, the agreement was not submitted to members of Local 69 for approval. In September 2016, following a temporary lock out of union members, Local 69 agreed to not strike at DTI and Hope at least through April 1, 2017. In exchange, DTI and Hope agreed to recall the union members to work and not lock them out during that period. Contract negotiations resumed in October 2016 and are continuing. Local 69 represents about 759 DTI employees in West Virginia, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Virginia and about 151 Hope employees in West Virginia.

Regulatory Matters

See Note 13 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in the Companies’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, and Note 12 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in the Companies’ Quarterly ReportReports on Form 10-Q for the quarterquarters ended March 31, 2016, June 30, 2016 and in this report for additional information on various regulatory matters.

Electric Transmission Project

In August 2016, Virginia Power filed an application with the Virginia Commission for a CPCN to rebuild and operate in multiple Virginia counties approximately 28 miles of the existing 500 kV transmission line between the Carson switching station and a terminus located near the Rogers Road switching station under construction in Greensville County, Virginia, along with associated work at the Carson switching station. The total estimated cost of the project is approximately $53 million. This case is pending.

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 in this report. The reader’s attention is directed to those paragraphs for discussion of various risks and uncertainties that may impact the Companies.

Market Risk Sensitive Instruments and Risk Management

The Companies’ 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 and Dominion’s and Dominion Gas’ natural gas procurement and marketing 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 and future issuances of debt. In addition, the Companies 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% change in commodity prices or interest rates.

Commodity Price Risk

To manage price risk, Dominion and Virginia Power hold commodity-based derivative instruments held for non-trading purposes associated with purchases and sales of electricity, natural gas and other energy-related products and Dominion Gas holds commodity-based financial derivative instruments held for non-trading purposes associated with purchases and sales of natural gas and other energy-related products.

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 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 changedecrease in commodity prices would have resulted in a decrease in fair value of $20$34 million and $24 million of Dominion’s commodity-based derivative instruments as of JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively.

A hypothetical 10% decrease in commodity prices would have resulted in a decrease in the fair value of $54$51 million and $42 million of Virginia Power’s commodity-based derivative instruments as of JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively.

A hypothetical 10% increase in commodity prices would have resulted in a decrease in fair value of $6$4 million and $5 million of Dominion Gas’ commodity-based derivative instruments as of JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively.

The impact of a change in energy commodity prices on the Companies’ commodity-based 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-based financial 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. Physical commodity-based derivative instruments will be recognized as a gross revenue or expense based upon the transaction price and volume.

Interest Rate Risk

The Companies 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 the Companies, a hypothetical 10% increase in market interest rates would not have resulted in a material change in earnings at JuneSeptember 30, 2016 or December 31, 2015.

The Companies may also use forward-starting interest rate swaps and interest rate lock agreements as anticipatory hedges.

As of JuneSeptember 30, 2016, Dominion and Virginia Power had $3.1$2.8 billion and $1.8 billion, 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 $52$2 million and $42$46 million, respectively, in the fair value of Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s interest rate derivatives at JuneSeptember 30, 2016. As of December 31, 2015, Dominion, Virginia Power and Dominion Gas had $4.6 billion, $2.0 billion and $250 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 $71 million, $52 million and $2 million, respectively, in the fair value of Dominion’s, Virginia Power’s and Dominion Gas’ interest rate derivatives at December 31, 2015.

In June 2016, Dominion Gas entered into foreign currency swaps with the purpose of hedging the foreign currency exchange risk associated with Euro denominated debt. As of JuneSeptember 30, 2016, Dominion Gas had $280 million (€250 million) in aggregate notional amounts of these foreign currency swaps outstanding. A hypothetical 10% increase in market interest rates would not have resulted in a material change$4 million decrease in earningsthe fair value of Dominion Gas’ foreign currency swaps at JuneSeptember 30, 2016.

The impact of a change in interest rates on the Companies’ 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 gains and/or 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 Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Consolidated Balance Sheets at fair value.

Dominion recognized net realized gains (including investment income) on nuclear decommissioning and rabbi trust investments of $67$113 million and $102$134 million for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and $184 million for the year ended December 31, 2015. 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. Dominion recorded in AOCI and regulatory liabilities, a net increase in unrealized gains on these investments of $98$146 million for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016. Dominion recorded in AOCI2016, and regulatory liabilities, a net decrease in unrealized gains on these investments of $62$260 million and $157 million for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2015 and $157 million for the year ended December 31, 2015.2015, respectively.

Virginia Power recognized net realized gains (including investment income) on nuclear decommissioning trust investments of $32$51 million and $38$67 million for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and $88 million for the year ended December 31, 2015. 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 $53$77 million for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016. Virginia Power recorded in AOCI2016, and regulatory liabilities, a net decrease in unrealized gains on these investments of $21$123 million and $76 million for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2015 and $76 million for the year ended December 31, 2015.2015, respectively.

Dominion sponsors pension and other postretirement employee benefit plans that hold investments in trusts to fund employee benefit payments. Virginia Power and Dominion Gas employees participate in these plans. Differences between actual and expected returns on plan assets are accumulated and amortized during future periods. As such, any investment-related declines in these trusts will result in future increases in the net periodic cost recognized for employee benefit plans and will be included in the determination of the amount of cash to be contributed to the employee benefit plans.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

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

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

Dominion is currently in the process of integrating Dominion Questar’s operations, processes and internal controls. See Note 3 for more information relating to the Dominion Questar Combination.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

From time to time, the Companies 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.

In January 2015, DTI received a draft consent agreement from the EPA in connection with alleged violations of certain CAA monitoring and permitting requirements at the Hastings facility. The draft consent agreement included a proposed penalty of approximately $160,000. In September 2016, DTI and the EPA finalized a consent agreement and final order resolving this matter, which included a final penalty of $98,000.

In January 2016, Virginia Power self-reported a release of mineral oil from the Crystal City substation and began extensive cleanup. In February 2016, Virginia Power received a notice of violation from the VDEQ relating to this matter. Virginia Power has assumed the role of responsible party and is continuing to cooperate with ongoing requirements for investigative and corrective action. In September 2016, Virginia Power received a proposed consent order from the VDEQ related to this matter. The proposed consent order includes a penalty of approximately $260,000, which is inclusive of both the Crystal City substation oil release and an oil release from another Virginia Power facility in 2016. The portion of the penalty attributable to the other facility represents less than $100,000 of the total proposed penalty. Virginia Power has agreed to the terms of the proposed consent order, which is subject to final approval by the Virginia State Water Control Board.

See the following for discussions on various environmental and other regulatory proceedings to which the Companies are a party, which information is incorporated herein by reference:

 

  Notes 13 and 22 to the Consolidated Financial Statements andFuture Issues and Other Matters in MD&A in the Companies’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015.

 

Notes 12 and 15 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in the Companies’ Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2016.

 

Notes 12 and 15 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in the Companies’ Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2016.

Notes 12 and 15 in this report.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

The Companies 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 the Companies’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, 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 the Companies’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015. 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, seeForward-Looking Statements in MD&A in this report.

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

Dominion

ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

 

Period

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

4/1/16-4/30/16

   1,639    $75.39     —      19,629,059 shares/

$1.18 billion

5/1/16-5/31/16

   6,739     71.47     —      19,629,059 shares/

$1.18 billion

6/1/16-6/30/16

   1,527     71.68     —      19,629,059 shares/

$1.18 billion

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

Total

   9,905    $72.15     —      19,629,059 shares/

$1.18 billion

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

Period

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

7/1/16-7/31/16

   5,751    $77.86     —      19,629,059 shares/

$1.18 billion

8/1/16-8/31/16

   848     77.58     —      19,629,059 shares/

$1.18 billion

9/1/16-9/30/16

   178     74.06     —      19,629,059 shares/

$1.18 billion

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

Total

   6,777    $77.73     —      19,629,059 shares/

$1.18 billion

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

(1)In April, MayJuly, August and JuneSeptember 2016, 1,6395,751 shares, 6,739848 shares and 1,527178 shares, respectively, were tendered by employees to satisfy tax withholding obligations on vested restricted 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.

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

  Dominion  Virginia
Power
  Dominion
Gas
  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 October 30, 2014 (Exhibit 3.1.b, Form 10-Q filed November 3, 2014, File No. 1-2255).    X  
  3.1.c  Articles of Organization of Dominion Gas Holdings, LLC (Exhibit 3.1, Form S-4 filed April 4, 2014, File No. 333-195066).      X
  3.2.a  Dominion Resources, Inc. Amended and Restated Bylaws, effective December 17, 2015 (Exhibit 3.1, Form 8-K filed December 17, 2015, 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  
  3.2.c  Operating Agreement of Dominion Gas Holdings, LLC dated as of September 12, 2013 (Exhibit 3.2, Form S-4 filed April 4, 2014, File No. 333-195066).      X
  4  Dominion Resources, Inc., Virginia Electric and Power Company and Dominion Gas Holdings, LLC 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  X
  4.1  Indenture, dated as of OctoberJune 1, 2013,2015, between Dominion Gas Holdings, LLCResources, Inc. and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee (Exhibit 4.1, Form S-48-K filed April 4, 2014,June 15, 2015, File No. 333-195066)1-8489); First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of OctoberJune 1, 20132015 (Exhibit 4.2, Form S-48-K filed April 4, 2014,June 15, 2015, File No. 333-195066)1-8489); Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of OctoberSeptember 1, 20132015 (Exhibit 4.3,4.2, Form S-48-K filed April 4, 2014,September 24, 2015, File No. 333-195066)1-8489); Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of OctoberFebruary 1, 20132016 (Exhibit 4.4,4.7, Form S-410-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015 filed April 4, 2014,February 26, 2016, File No. 333-195066)1-8489); Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of DecemberAugust 1, 20142016 (Exhibit 4.2, Form 8-K filed December 8, 2014,August 9, 2016, File No. 333-195066)1-8489); Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of DecemberAugust 1, 20142016 (Exhibit 4.3, Form 8-K filed December 8, 2014,August 9, 2016, File No. 333-195066)1-8489); Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of DecemberAugust 1, 20142016 (Exhibit 4.4, Form 8-K filed December 8, 2014,August 9, 2016, File No. 333-195066)1-8489); Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 1, 2015 (Exhibit 4.2, Form 8-K filed November 17, 2015, File No. 001-37591); Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 1, 2016 (filed herewith); Ninth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 1, 2016 (filed herewith); Tenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of JuneSeptember 1, 2016 (filed herewith).  X    X
  4.2  Junior Subordinated Indenture II, dated June 1, 2006, between Dominion Resources, Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon (successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.), as Trustee (Exhibit 4.1, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2006 filed August 3, 2006, File No. 1-8489); First Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 1, 2006 (Exhibit 4.2, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2006 filed August 3, 2006, File No. 1-8489); Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 1, 2006 (Exhibit 4.2, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006 filed November 1, 2006, File No. 1-8489); Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 1, 2013 (Exhibit 4.3, Form 8-K filed June 7, 2013, File No. 1-8489); Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 1, 2013 (Exhibit 4.4, Form 8-K filed June 7, 2013, File No. 1-8489); Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 1, 2014 (Exhibit 4.3, Form 8-K filed July 1, 2014, File No. 1-8489); Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 1, 2014 (Exhibit 4.3, Form 8-K filed October 3, 2013, File No. 1-8489); Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated March 7, 2016 (Exhibit 4.4, Form 8-K filed March 7, 2016, File No. 1-8489); Ninth Supplemental Indenture, dated May 26, 2016 (Exhibit 4.4, Form 8-K filed May 26, 2016, File No. 1-8489); Tenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 1, 2016 (Exhibit 4.3, Form 8-K filed July 19, 2016, File No. 1-8489); Eleventh Supplemental Indenture, dated August 1, 2016 (Exhibit 4.3, Form 8-K filed August 15, 2016, File No. 1-8489); Twelfth Supplemental Indenture, dated August 1, 2016 (Exhibit 4.4, Form 8-K filed August 15, 2016, File No. 1-8489).  X    
12.1  4.3  Ratio of earnings to fixed charges for Dominion Resources, Inc. (filed herewith)2016 Series A Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated August 15, 2016, between the Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Purchase Contract Agent, Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary (Exhibit 4.7, Form 8-K filed August 15, 2016, File No. 1-8489).  X    

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

  Dominion  Virginia
Power
  Dominion
Gas
  12.1Ratio of earnings to fixed charges for Dominion Resources, Inc. (filed herewith).X
  12.2  Ratio of earnings to fixed charges for Virginia Electric and Power Company (filed herewith).    X  
  12.3  Ratio of earnings to fixed charges for Dominion Gas Holdings, LLC (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  
  31.e  Certification by Chief Executive Officer of Dominion Gas Holdings, LLC pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).      X
  31.f  Certification by Chief Financial Officer of Dominion Gas Holdings, LLC 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  
  32.c  Certification to the Securities and Exchange Commission by Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Dominion Gas Holdings, LLC as required by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (furnished herewith).      X
  99  Condensed consolidated earnings statements (filed herewith).  X  X  X
101  The following financial statements from Dominion Resources, Inc.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016, filed on August 3,November 9, 2016, formatted in XBRL: (i) Consolidated Statements of Income, (ii) Consolidated Balance Sheets, (iii) Consolidated Statement of Equity, (iv) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, (v) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (vi) the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. The following financial statements from Virginia Electric and Power Company’s and Dominion Gas Holdings, LLC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016, filed on August 3,November 9, 2016, formatted in XBRL: (i) Consolidated Statements of Income, (ii) Consolidated Balance Sheets, (iii) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, (iv) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (v) the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.  X  X  X

*Indicates management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement

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

August 3,November 9, 2016   

/s/ Michele L. Cardiff

   

Michele L. Cardiff

Vice President, Controller and

Chief Accounting Officer

   

VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY

Registrant

August 3,November 9, 2016   

/s/ Michele L. Cardiff

   

Michele L. Cardiff

Vice President, Controller and

Chief Accounting Officer

   

DOMINION GAS HOLDINGS, LLC

Registrant

August 3,November 9, 2016   

/s/ Michele L. Cardiff

   

Michele L. Cardiff

Vice President, Controller and

Chief Accounting Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

  Dominion  Virginia
Power
  Dominion
Gas
  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 October 30, 2014 (Exhibit 3.1.b, Form 10-Q filed November 3, 2014, File No. 1-2255).    X  
  3.1.c  Articles of Organization of Dominion Gas Holdings, LLC (Exhibit 3.1, Form S-4 filed April 4, 2014, File No. 333-195066).      X
  3.2.a  Dominion Resources, Inc. Amended and Restated Bylaws, effective December 17, 2015 (Exhibit 3.1, Form 8-K filed December 17, 2015, 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  
  3.2.c  Operating Agreement of Dominion Gas Holdings, LLC dated as of September 12, 2013 (Exhibit 3.2, Form S-4 filed April 4, 2014, File No. 333-195066).      X
  4  Dominion Resources, Inc., Virginia Electric and Power Company and Dominion Gas Holdings, LLC 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  X
  4.1  Indenture, dated as of OctoberJune 1, 2013,2015, between Dominion Gas Holdings, LLCResources, Inc. and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee (Exhibit 4.1, Form S-48-K filed April 4, 2014,June 15, 2015, File No. 333-195066)1-8489); First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of OctoberJune 1, 20132015 (Exhibit 4.2, Form S-48-K filed April 4, 2014,June 15, 2015, File No. 333-195066)1-8489); Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of OctoberSeptember 1, 20132015 (Exhibit 4.3,4.2, Form S-48-K filed April 4, 2014,September 24, 2015, File No. 333-195066)1-8489); Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of OctoberFebruary 1, 20132016 (Exhibit 4.4,4.7, Form S-410-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015 filed April 4, 2014,February 26, 2016, File No. 333-195066)1-8489); Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of DecemberAugust 1, 20142016 (Exhibit 4.2, Form 8-K filed December 8, 2014,August 9, 2016, File No. 333-195066)1-8489); Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of DecemberAugust 1, 20142016 (Exhibit 4.3, Form 8-K filed December 8, 2014,August 9, 2016, File No. 333-195066)1-8489); Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of DecemberAugust 1, 20142016 (Exhibit 4.4, Form 8-K filed December 8, 2014,August 9, 2016, File No. 333-195066)1-8489); Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 1, 2015 (Exhibit 4.2, Form 8-K filed November 17, 2015, File No. 001-37591); Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 1, 2016 (filed herewith); Ninth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 1, 2016 (filed herewith); Tenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of JuneSeptember 1, 2016 (filed herewith).  X    X
  4.2  Junior Subordinated Indenture II, dated June 1, 2006, between Dominion Resources, Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon (successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.), as Trustee (Exhibit 4.1, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2006 filed August 3, 2006, File No. 1-8489); First Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 1, 2006 (Exhibit 4.2, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2006 filed August 3, 2006, File No. 1-8489); Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 1, 2006 (Exhibit 4.2, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006 filed November 1, 2006, File No. 1-8489); Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 1, 2013 (Exhibit 4.3, Form 8-K filed June 7, 2013, File No. 1-8489); Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 1, 2013 (Exhibit 4.4, Form 8-K filed June 7, 2013, File No. 1-8489); Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 1, 2014 (Exhibit 4.3, Form 8-K filed July 1, 2014, File No. 1-8489); Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 1, 2014 (Exhibit 4.3, Form 8-K filed October 3, 2013, File No. 1-8489); Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated March 7, 2016 (Exhibit 4.4, Form 8-K filed March 7, 2016, File No. 1-8489); Ninth Supplemental Indenture, dated May 26, 2016 (Exhibit 4.4, Form 8-K filed May 26, 2016, File No. 1-8489); Tenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 1, 2016 (Exhibit 4.3, Form 8-K filed July 19, 2016, File No. 1-8489); Eleventh Supplemental Indenture, dated August 1, 2016 (Exhibit 4.3, Form 8-K filed August 15, 2016, File No. 1-8489); Twelfth Supplemental Indenture, dated August 1, 2016 (Exhibit 4.4, Form 8-K filed August 15, 2016, File No. 1-8489).X

Exhibit

Number

Description

DominionVirginia
Power
Dominion
Gas
  4.32016 Series A Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated August 15, 2016, between the Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Purchase Contract Agent, Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary (Exhibit 4.7, Form 8-K filed August 15, 2016, File No. 1-8489).  X    
12.1  Ratio of earnings to fixed charges for Dominion Resources, Inc. (filed herewith).  X    

Exhibit

Number

Description

DominionVirginia
Power
Dominion
Gas
  12.2  Ratio of earnings to fixed charges for Virginia Electric and Power Company (filed herewith).    X  
  12.3  Ratio of earnings to fixed charges for Dominion Gas Holdings, LLC (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  
  31.e  Certification by Chief Executive Officer of Dominion Gas Holdings, LLC pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).      X
  31.f  Certification by Chief Financial Officer of Dominion Gas Holdings, LLC 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  
  32.c  Certification to the Securities and Exchange Commission by Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Dominion Gas Holdings, LLC as required by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (furnished herewith).      X
  99  Condensed consolidated earnings statements (filed herewith).  X  X  X
101  The following financial statements from Dominion Resources, Inc.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016, filed on August 3,November 9, 2016, formatted in XBRL: (i) Consolidated Statements of Income, (ii) Consolidated Balance Sheets, (iii) Consolidated Statement of Equity, (iv) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, (v) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (vi) the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. The following financial statements from Virginia Electric and Power Company’s and Dominion Gas Holdings, LLC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended JuneSeptember 30, 2016, filed on August 3,November 9, 2016, formatted in XBRL: (i) Consolidated Statements of Income, (ii) Consolidated Balance Sheets, (iii) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, (iv) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (v) the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.  X  X  X

*Indicates management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement

 

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