Exhibit 5

                            HUNTON & WILLIAMS


                            September 15, 1995


Dominion Resources, Inc.
Richmond, Virginia 23261

    Re:  Dominion Subsidiary Savings Plan

Gentlemen:

    With respect to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Dominion 
Resources, Inc. (the Company) in connection with the proposed issuance and 
sale of shares of Common Stock, without par value (the Common Stock), 
pursuant to the above-referenced employee benefit plan (the Plan), we are of
the opinion that the Company is a corporation duly organized and existing 
under the laws of Virginia and has the corporate power to conduct
its business and issue the Common Stock.

    We are further of the opinion that the issuance and sale of the Common Stock
has been authorized by the Board of Directors and that when the steps 
mentioned in the next paragraph below shall have been taken, (a) all 
requisite corporate and governmental authorization will have been given for 
the issuance and sale of the Common Stock (except such governmental 
authorization as may be necessary under the Blue Sky laws of the several
States) and (b) the shares of Common Stock will be validly issued, fully paid 
and nonassessable.

    The steps to be taken as indicated in the preceding paragraph are:

    (1) Compliance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; and

    (2) The issuance and sale of the Common Stock in accordance with the terms
and conditions of the Plan.

    We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5 to the 
Registration Statement.

                                       Very truly yours,

                                       HUNTON & WILLIAMS