FORM 10-Q
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 10-Q

 

 

(Mark one)

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

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2011

or

 

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

For the transition period from              to             

 

 

 

Commission File

Number

  

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

principal executive offices and registrants’ telephone number

  

I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number

001-08489

   DOMINION RESOURCES, INC.    54-1229715

001-02255

   VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY    54-0418825
  

120 Tredegar Street

Richmond, Virginia 23219

(804) 819-2000

  

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

 

 

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

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

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

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

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

Dominion Resources, Inc.

 

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

Virginia Electric and Power Company

 

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

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

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

At September 30, 2011, the latest practicable date for determination, Dominion Resources, Inc. had 569,611,030 shares of common stock outstanding and Virginia Electric and Power Company had 274,723 shares of common stock outstanding. Dominion Resources, Inc. is the sole holder of Virginia Electric and Power Company’s common stock.

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

 

 

 


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COMBINED INDEX

 

         Page
Number
 
 

Glossary of Terms

     PAGE 3   
  PART I. Financial Information   
Item 1.  

Financial Statements

     PAGE 6   
Item 2.  

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

     PAGE 49   
Item 3.  

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

     PAGE 65   
Item 4.  

Controls and Procedures

     PAGE 66   
  PART II. Other Information   
Item 1.  

Legal Proceedings

     PAGE 66   
Item 1A.  

Risk Factors

     PAGE 67   
Item 2.  

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

     PAGE 67   
Item 6.  

Exhibits

     PAGE 68   

 

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GLOSSARY OF TERMS

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

 

Abbreviation or Acronym

  

Definition

2009 Base Rate Review

  

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

AFUDC

  

Allowance for funds used during construction

AOCI

  

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

ARO

  

Asset retirement obligation

ARP

  

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

ASLB

  

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board

bcf

  

Billion cubic feet

Bear Garden

  

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

Brayton Point

  

Brayton Point power station

BREDL

  

Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League

CAA

  

Clean Air Act

CAIR

  

Clean Air Interstate Rule

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

Companies

  

Dominion and Virginia Power, collectively

CONSOL

  

CONSOL Energy, Inc.

Cooling degree days

  

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

Cove Point

  

Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP

CSAPR

  

Cross State Air Pollution Rule

CWA

  

Clean Water Act

DEI

  

Dominion Energy, Inc.

DOE

  

Department of Energy

Dominion

  

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

Dominion Direct®

  

A dividend reinvestment and open enrollment direct stock purchase plan

DRS

  

Dominion Resources Services, Inc.

DSM

  

Demand-side management

DTI

  

Dominion Transmission, Inc.

DVP

  

Dominion Virginia Power operating segment

East Ohio

  

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

E&P

  

Exploration & production

EPA

  

Environmental Protection Agency

EPS

  

Earnings per share

 

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Abbreviation or Acronym

  

Definition

Fairless

  

Fairless power station

FERC

  

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Fowler Ridge

  

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

FTRs

  

Financial transmission rights

GAAP

  

U.S. generally accepted accounting principles

GHG

  

Greenhouse gas

Heating degree days

  

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

IRP

  

Integrated Resource Plan

ISO

  

Independent system operator

June 2006 hybrids

  

2006 Series A Enhanced Junior Subordinated Notes due 2066

Juniper

  

Juniper Capital L.P.

Kewaunee

  

Kewaunee nuclear power station

Kincaid

  

Kincaid power station

LNG

  

Liquefied natural gas

Local 12502

  

United Steelworkers, Local 12502

Local G-555

  

The Gas Workers Union, Local G-555, Utility Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO

Manchester Street

  

Manchester Street power station

MD&A

  

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

Medicare Act

  

The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003

Medicare Part D

  

Prescription drug benefit introduced in the Medicare Act

Millstone

  

Millstone nuclear power station

Moody’s

  

Moody’s Investors Service

Mt. Storm-to-Doubs line

  

Virginia Power project to rebuild approximately 96 miles of an existing 500-kilovolt transmission line in Virginia and West Virginia

MW

  

Megawatt

MWh

  

Megawatt hour

NAAQS

  

National Ambient Air Quality Standard

NedPower

  

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

NGLs

  

Natural gas liquids

NHSM

  

Non-hazardous secondary material

North Anna

  

North Anna nuclear power station

North Carolina Commission

  

North Carolina Utilities Commission

NOX

  

Nitrogen oxide

NPDES

  

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

NRC

  

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

ODEC

  

Old Dominion Electric Cooperative

Ohio Commission

  

Public Utilities Commission of Ohio

 

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Abbreviation or Acronym

  

Definition

OPEB

  

Other Postretirement Employee Benefits

Peoples

  

The Peoples Natural Gas Company

PIR

  

Pipeline Infrastructure Replacement program deployed by East Ohio

PJM

  

PJM Interconnection, LLC

PNG Companies LLC

  

An indirect subsidiary of SteelRiver Infrastructure Fund North America

RCCs

  

Replacement Capital Covenants

Regulation Act

  

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

RGGI

  

Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Rider B

  

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

Rider R

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

Rider S

  

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

Rider W

  

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

  

Rate adjustment clauses associated with the recovery of costs related to certain DSM programs

ROE

  

Return on equity

RPS

  

Renewable Portfolio Standard

RTO

  

Regional transmission organization

Salem Harbor

  

Salem Harbor power station

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 the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

State Line

  

State Line power station

Surry

  

Surry nuclear power station

TGP

  

Tennessee Gas Pipeline

U.S.

  

United States of America

UAO

  

Unilateral Administrative Order

VIE

  

Variable interest entity

Virginia City Hybrid Energy
Center

  

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

Virginia Commission

  

Virginia State Corporation Commission

Virginia Power

  

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

Virginia Settlement Approval
Order

  

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

VPDES

  

Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

VSWCB

  

Virginia State Water Control Board

Yorktown

  

Yorktown power station

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

DOMINION RESOURCES, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(Unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
     Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2011      2010      2011      2010  
(millions, except per share amounts)                            

Operating Revenue

   $ 3,803       $ 3,950       $ 11,201       $ 11,451   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Operating Expenses

           

Electric fuel and other energy-related purchases

     1,243         1,180         3,270         3,164   

Purchased electric capacity

     109         116         344         333   

Purchased gas

     335         367         1,342         1,550   

Other operations and maintenance

     885         788         2,523         2,709   

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

     268         263         785         794   

Other taxes

     130         117         416         405   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     2,970         2,831         8,680         8,955   

Gain on sale of Appalachian E&P operations

     —           —           —           2,467   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income from operations

     833         1,119         2,521         4,963   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other income

     16         63         112         109   

Interest and related charges

     249         229         692         600   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income from continuing operations including noncontrolling interests before income tax expense

     600         953         1,941         4,472   

Income tax expense

     204         374         722         1,803   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income from continuing operations including noncontrolling interests

     396         579         1,219         2,669   

Loss from discontinued operations(1)

     —           —           —           (147
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Income Including Noncontrolling Interests

     396         579         1,219         2,522   

Noncontrolling Interests

     4         4         12         12   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Income Attributable to Dominion

   $ 392       $ 575       $ 1,207       $ 2,510   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Amounts Attributable to Dominion:

           

Income from continuing operations, net of tax

   $ 392       $ 575       $ 1,207       $ 2,657   

Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax

     —           —           —           (147
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net income attributable to Dominion

   $ 392       $ 575       $ 1,207       $ 2,510   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Earnings Per Common Share – Basic

           

Income from continuing operations

   $ 0.69       $ 0.98       $ 2.10       $ 4.49   

Loss from discontinued operations

     —           —           —           (0.25
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net income attributable to Dominion

   $ 0.69       $ 0.98       $ 2.10       $ 4.24   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Earnings Per Common Share – Diluted

           

Income from continuing operations

   $ 0.69       $ 0.98       $ 2.10       $ 4.48   

Loss from discontinued operations

     —           —           —           (0.25
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net income attributable to Dominion

   $ 0.69       $ 0.98       $ 2.10       $ 4.23   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Dividends declared per common share

   $ 0.4925       $ 0.4575       $ 1.4775       $ 1.3725   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) Includes income tax expense of $13 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010.

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

 

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DOMINION RESOURCES, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited)

 

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

ASSETS

    

Current Assets

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 212      $ 62   

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

     1,646        2,158   

Other receivables (less allowance for doubtful accounts of $8 and $9)

     228        88   

Inventories

     1,326        1,163   

Derivative assets

     598        739   

Other

     1,257        1,190   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

     5,267        5,400   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investments

    

Nuclear decommissioning trust funds

     2,799        2,897   

Investment in equity method affiliates

     559        571   

Restricted cash equivalents

     204        400   

Other

     290        283   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investments

     3,852        4,151   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Property, Plant and Equipment

    

Property, plant and equipment

     42,155        39,855   

Accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization

     (13,744     (13,142
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total property, plant and equipment, net

     28,411        26,713   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Deferred Charges and Other Assets

    

Goodwill

     3,141        3,141   

Regulatory assets

     1,410        1,446   

Other

     1,949        1,966   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total deferred charges and other assets

     6,500        6,553   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 44,030      $ 42,817   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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

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

 

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DOMINION RESOURCES, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS—(Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

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

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

    

Current Liabilities

    

Securities due within one year

   $ 1,327      $ 497   

Short-term debt

     783        1,386   

Accounts payable

     1,138        1,562   

Accrued interest, payroll and taxes

     647        849   

Other

     1,601        1,479   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     5,496        5,773   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Long-Term Debt

    

Long-term debt

     15,418        14,023   

Junior subordinated notes payable to affiliates

     268        268   

Enhanced junior subordinated notes

     1,467        1,467   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total long-term debt

     17,153        15,758   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Deferred Credits and Other Liabilities

    

Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits

     5,130        4,708   

Asset retirement obligations

     1,654        1,577   

Regulatory liabilities

     1,251        1,392   

Other

     1,457        1,355   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total deferred credits and other liabilities

     9,492        9,032   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     32,141        30,563   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Commitments and Contingencies (see Note 15)

    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Subsidiary Preferred Stock Not Subject to Mandatory Redemption

     257        257   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Common Shareholders’ Equity

    

Common stock – no par(2)

     5,171        5,715   

Other paid-in capital

     182        194   

Retained earnings

     6,778        6,418   

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     (499     (330
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total common shareholders’ equity

     11,632        11,997   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 44,030      $ 42,817   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) Dominion’s Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2010 has been derived from the audited Consolidated Financial Statements at that date.
(2) 1 billion shares authorized; 570 million and 581 million shares outstanding at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively.

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

 

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DOMINION RESOURCES, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited)

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

   2011     2010  
(millions)             

Operating Activities

    

Net income including noncontrolling interests

   $ 1,219      $ 2,522   

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

    

Gain from sale of Appalachian E&P operations

     —          (2,467

Loss from sale of Peoples

     —          113   

Charges (payments) related to workforce reduction program

     (93     261   

Impairment of merchant generation facility

     55        163   

Depreciation, depletion and amortization (including nuclear fuel)

     951        946   

Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits

     643        310   

Contribution to employee pension plans

     —          (250

Rate refunds

     (64     (413

Other adjustments

     (3     (20

Changes in:

    

Accounts receivable

     527        360   

Inventories

     (162     (23

Deferred fuel and purchased gas costs

     (60     (147

Prepayments

     (53     274   

Accounts payable

     (419     (51

Accrued interest, payroll and taxes

     (201     270   

Margin deposit assets and liabilities

     (92     (23

Other operating assets and liabilities

     150        59   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

     2,398        1,884   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investing Activities

    

Plant construction and other property additions

     (2,616     (2,509

Proceeds from the sale of Appalachian E&P operations

     —          3,450   

Proceeds from the sale of Peoples

     —          741   

Proceeds from sale of securities

     1,404        1,938   

Purchases of securities

     (1,459     (2,470

Restricted cash equivalents

     196        —     

Other

     111        75   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

     (2,364     1,225   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financing Activities

    

Repayment of short-term debt, net

     (602     (1,195

Issuance and remarketing of long-term debt

     2,245        550   

Repayment of long-term debt

     (74     (414

Issuance of common stock

     37        66   

Repurchase of common stock

     (601     (900

Common dividend payments

     (848     (810

Subsidiary preferred dividend payments

     (12     (12

Other

     (29     2   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     116        (2,713
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase in cash and cash equivalents

     150        396   

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

     62        50   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

   $ 212      $ 446   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Cash Flow Information

    

Significant noncash investing activities:

    

Accrued capital expenditures

   $ 237      $ 192   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

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

 

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VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(Unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
     Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2011      2010      2011      2010  
(millions)                            

Operating Revenue

   $ 2,177       $ 2,111       $ 5,691       $ 5,561   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Operating Expenses

           

Electric fuel and other energy-related purchases

     746         694         1,922         1,915   

Purchased electric capacity

     108         116         342         331   

Other operations and maintenance:

           

Affiliated suppliers

     79         85         229         293   

Other

     435         319         943         947   

Depreciation and amortization

     184         171         533         499   

Other taxes

     57         53         172         170   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     1,609         1,438         4,141         4,155   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income from operations

     568         673         1,550         1,406   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other income

     25         25         64         67   

Interest and related charges

     114         88         290         259   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income before income tax expense

     479         610         1,324         1,214   

Income tax expense

     182         230         508         472   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Income

     297         380         816         742   

Preferred dividends

     4         4         12         12   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Balance available for common stock

   $ 293       $ 376       $ 804       $ 730   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

 

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VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited)

 

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

ASSETS

    

Current Assets

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 24      $ 5   

Customer receivables (less allowance for doubtful accounts of $11 at both dates)

     964        905   

Other receivables (less allowance for doubtful accounts of $8 and $6)

     137        54   

Inventories (average cost method)

     732        597   

Prepayments

     71        65   

Other

     450        355   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

     2,378        1,981   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investments

    

Nuclear decommissioning trust funds

     1,285        1,319   

Restricted cash equivalents

     38        169   

Other

     3        4   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investments

     1,326        1,492   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Property, Plant and Equipment

    

Property, plant and equipment

     28,986        27,607   

Accumulated depreciation and amortization

     (10,088     (9,712
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total property, plant and equipment, net

     18,898        17,895   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Deferred Charges and Other Assets

    

Intangible assets

     176        212   

Regulatory assets

     387        370   

Other

     130        312   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total deferred charges and other assets

     693        894   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 23,295      $ 22,262   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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

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

 

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VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS—(Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

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

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDER’S EQUITY

     

Current Liabilities

     

Securities due within one year

   $ 15       $ 15   

Short-term debt

     550         600   

Accounts payable

     455         499   

Payables to affiliates

     84         76   

Affiliated current borrowings

     215         103   

Accrued interest, payroll and taxes

     287         214   

Other

     651         571   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     2,257         2,078   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Long-Term Debt

     6,853         6,702   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Deferred Credits and Other Liabilities

     

Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits

     3,074         2,672   

Asset retirement obligations

     705         669   

Regulatory liabilities

     1,029         1,174   

Other

     266         203   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total deferred credits and other liabilities

     5,074         4,718   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     14,184         13,498   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Commitments and Contingencies (see Note 15)

     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Preferred Stock Not Subject to Mandatory Redemption

     257         257   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Common Shareholder’s Equity

     

Common stock – no par(2)

     5,738         5,738   

Other paid-in capital

     1,111         1,111   

Retained earnings

     1,990         1,634   

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     15         24   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total common shareholder’s equity

     8,854         8,507   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholder’s equity

   $ 23,295       $ 22,262   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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

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

 

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VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

   2011     2010  
(millions)             

Operating Activities

    

Net income

   $ 816      $ 742   

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

    

Charges (payments) related to workforce reduction program

     (41     98   

Depreciation and amortization (including nuclear fuel)

     625        584   

Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits

     449        399   

Rate refunds

     (64     (413

Contribution to employee pension plans

     —          (119

Other adjustments

     9        (32

Changes in:

    

Accounts receivable

     14        (38

Affiliated accounts receivable and payable

     7        1   

Inventories

     (135     10   

Deferred fuel expenses

     (58     (126

Accounts payable

     6        80   

Accrued interest, payroll and taxes

     72        66   

Prepayments

     (6     (62

Other operating assets and liabilities

     3        48   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

     1,697        1,238   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investing Activities

    

Plant construction and other property additions

     (1,392     (1,579

Purchases of nuclear fuel

     (169     (114

Purchases of securities

     (850     (976

Proceeds from sales of securities

     838        959   

Restricted cash equivalents

     131        —     

Other

     11        2   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

     (1,431     (1,708
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financing Activities

    

Repayment of short-term debt, net

     (50     (342

Issuance of affiliated current borrowings, net

     112        897   

Remarketing/issuance of long-term debt

     160        300   

Repayment of long-term debt

     (10     (11

Common dividend payments

     (448     (360

Preferred dividend payments

     (12     (12

Other

     1        1   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     (247     473   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase in cash and cash equivalents

     19        3   

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

     5        19   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

   $ 24      $ 22   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Cash Flow Information

    

Significant noncash investing and financing activities:

    

Accrued capital expenditures

   $ 86      $ 114   

Settlement of debt and issuance of common stock to Dominion

     —          636   

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

 

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COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

Note 1. Nature of Operations

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

Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies

As permitted by the rules and regulations of the SEC, Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s accompanying unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements contain certain condensed financial information and exclude certain footnote disclosures normally included in annual audited consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. These unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 and their Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2011.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Note 3. Dispositions

Sale of Appalachian E&P Operations

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

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

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

 

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Sale of Peoples

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

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

 

     Three Months  Ended
September 30,
2010
     Nine Months  Ended
September 30,
2010
 
(millions)              

Operating revenue

   $ —         $ 67   

Income (loss) before income taxes

     —           (134

Note 4. Ceiling Test

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

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

Note 5. Operating Revenue

The Companies’ operating revenue consists of the following:

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
     Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2011      2010      2011      2010  
(millions)                            

Dominion

           

Electric sales:

           

Regulated

   $ 2,136       $ 2,083       $ 5,594       $ 5,488   

Nonregulated

     915         1,072         2,650         2,857   

Gas sales:

           

Regulated

     25         25         208         209   

Nonregulated

     281         375         1,220         1,502   

Gas transportation and storage

     291         289         1,151         1,070   

Other

     155         106         378         325   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total operating revenue

   $ 3,803       $ 3,950       $ 11,201       $ 11,451   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Virginia Power

           

Regulated electric sales

   $ 2,136       $ 2,083       $ 5,594       $ 5,488   

Other

     41         28         97         73   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total operating revenue

   $ 2,177       $ 2,111       $ 5,691       $ 5,561   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Note 6. Income Taxes

Continuing Operations

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

 

     Dominion     Virginia Power  

Nine Months Ended September 30,

   2011     2010     2011     2010  

U.S. statutory rate

     35.0     35.0     35.0     35.0

Increases (reductions) resulting from:

        

State taxes, net of federal benefit

     3.6        4.5        3.9        3.9   

Legislative changes

     —          1.2        —          1.3   

Other, net

     (1.4     (0.4     (0.5     (1.3
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Effective tax rate

     37.2     40.3     38.4     38.9
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

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

See Note 6 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, for a discussion of the Companies’ unrecognized tax benefits. During the nine months ended September 30, 2011, Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s unrecognized tax benefits changed as follows:

 

     Dominion     Virginia Power  
(millions)             

Balance at January 1, 2011

   $ 307      $ 117   

Increases – prior period positions

     24        17   

Decreases – prior period positions

     (53 )     (33

Current period positions

     41        23   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at September 30, 2011

   $ 319      $ 124   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

With the expiration of statutes of limitations, completion of audits and possible settlements with tax authorities, it is reasonably possible that unrecognized tax benefits could decrease during the next 12 months by up to $60 million for Dominion and up to $30 million for Virginia Power. In addition, based on Dominion’s decision in October 2011 to file tax refund claims involving uncertainty in the reporting of asset dispositions, unrecognized tax benefits increased by $96 million.

Discontinued Operations

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

 

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Note 7. Earnings Per Share

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

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
     Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2011      2010      2011      2010  
(millions, except EPS)                            

Net income attributable to Dominion

   $ 392       $ 575       $ 1,207       $ 2,510   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average shares of common stock outstanding – Basic

     569.4         585.0         574.2         591.7   

Net effect of potentially dilutive securities(1)

     1.8         1.4         1.4         1.1   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average shares of common stock outstanding – Diluted

     571.2         586.4         575.6         592.8   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Earnings Per Common Share – Basic

   $ 0.69       $ 0.98       $ 2.10       $ 4.24   

Earnings Per Common Share – Diluted

   $ 0.69       $ 0.98       $ 2.10       $ 4.23   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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

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

Note 8. Comprehensive Income

The following table presents Dominion’s total comprehensive income:

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2011     2010     2011     2010  
(millions)                         

Net income including noncontrolling interests

   $ 396      $ 579      $ 1,219      $ 2,522   

Other comprehensive income (loss):

        

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

     (94 )(1)      (56     (172 )(1)      (61

Other, net of tax

     (76 )(2)      70 (3)      3        86 (3) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income (loss)

     (170     14        (169     25   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive income including noncontrolling interests

     226        593        1,050        2,547   

Noncontrolling interests

     4        4        12        12   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income attributable to Dominion

   $ 222      $ 589      $ 1,038      $ 2,535   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) Primarily reflects unfavorable changes in fair value due to a decrease in interest rates.
(2) Primarily reflects a net decrease in unrealized gains on investments held in nuclear decommissioning trusts.
(3) Primarily reflects a net increase in unrealized gains on investments held in nuclear decommissioning trusts.

 

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

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2011     2010     2011     2010  
(millions)                         

Net income

   $ 297      $ 380      $ 816      $ 742   

Other comprehensive income (loss):

        

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

     (3     (1     (4     (9

Other, net of tax

     (8     6        (5     2   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income (loss)

     (11     5        (9     (7
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income

   $ 286      $ 385      $ 807      $ 735   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Note 9. Fair Value Measurements

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

At September 30, 2011, Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s net balance of commodity derivatives categorized as Level 3 fair value measurements was a net liability of $42 million and $21 million, respectively. A hypothetical 10% increase in commodity prices would increase Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Level 3 net liability by $100 million and $7 million, respectively, while a hypothetical 10% decrease in commodity prices would decrease Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Level 3 net liability by $101 million and $7 million, respectively.

Non-recurring Fair Value Measurements

In September 2010, Virginia Power evaluated its SO2 emissions allowances not expected to be consumed by its generating units for potential impairment due to the significant decline in market prices since the July 2010 release of the EPA’s proposed replacement rule for CAIR, ultimately known as CSAPR. As a result of this evaluation, Virginia Power recorded an impairment charge of $13 million ($8 million after-tax) in other operations and maintenance expense in its Consolidated Statement of Income, to write down its SO2 emissions allowances not expected to be consumed to their estimated fair value of less than $1 million. In the third quarter of 2011, Dominion and Virginia Power evaluated their SO2 emissions allowances not expected to be consumed by generating units for potential impairment due to the EPA’s issuance of CSAPR as discussed in Note 15. Prior to the issuance of CSAPR, Dominion and Virginia Power held $57 million and $43 million, respectively, of SO2 emissions allowances obtained for ARP and CAIR compliance. Due to CSAPR’s establishment of a new allowance program and the elimination of CAIR, Dominion and Virginia Power have more SO2 emissions allowances than needed for ARP compliance. As a result of this evaluation, Dominion and Virginia Power recorded an impairment charge of $57 million ($34 million after-tax) and $43 million ($26 million after-tax), respectively, in other operations and maintenance expense in their Consolidated Statements of Income, to write down these emissions allowances to their estimated fair value of less than $1 million. To estimate the value of these emissions allowances in both impairment tests, Dominion utilized a market approach by obtaining broker quotes to validate CSAPR’s impact on emissions allowance prices. However, due to limited market activity for future SO2 vintage year allowances, these are considered a Level 3 fair value measurement.

In June 2010, Dominion evaluated State Line for impairment due to the station’s relatively low level of profitability combined with the EPA’s issuance of a new stringent 1-hour primary NAAQS for SO2 that would likely require significant environmental capital expenditures in the future. As a result of this evaluation, Dominion recorded an impairment charge of $163 million ($95 million after-tax) in other operations and maintenance expense in its Consolidated Statement of Income, to write down State Line’s long-lived assets to their estimated fair value of $59 million. During March 2011, Dominion determined that it was unlikely that State Line would participate in the May 2011 PJM capacity base residual auction that would commit State Line’s capacity from June 2014 through May 2015. This determination reflected an expectation that margins for coal-fired generation will remain compressed in the 2014 and 2015 period in combination with the expectation that State Line may be impacted during the same time period by environmental regulations that would likely require significant capital expenditures. As a result, Dominion evaluated State Line for impairment since it was more likely than not that State Line would be retired before the end of its previously estimated useful life. As a result of this evaluation, Dominion recorded an impairment charge of $55 million ($39 million after-tax) reflected in other operations and maintenance expense in its Consolidated Statement of Income, to write down State Line’s long-lived assets to their estimated fair value of less than $1 million. As management was not aware of any recent market transactions for comparable assets with sufficient transparency to develop a market approach to fair value, Dominion used the income approach (discounted cash flows) to estimate the fair value of State Line’s long-lived assets in both impairment tests. These were considered Level 3 fair value measurements due to the use of significant unobservable inputs including estimates of future power and other commodity prices.

 

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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  
(millions)                            

At September 30, 2011

           

Assets

           

Derivatives:

           

Commodity

   $ 34       $ 623       $ 107       $ 764   

Interest rate

     —           103         —           103   

Investments(1):

           

Equity securities:

           

U.S.:

           

Large cap

     1,551         —           —           1,551   

Other

     45         —           —           45   

Non-U.S.:

           

Large cap

     11         —           —           11   

Fixed Income:

           

Corporate debt instruments

     —           310         —           310   

U.S. Treasury securities and agency debentures

     309         175         —           484   

State and municipal

     —           296         —           296   

Other

     —           29         —           29   

Cash equivalents and other

     1         69         —           70   

Restricted cash equivalents

     —           204         —           204   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 1,951       $ 1,809       $ 107       $ 3,867   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities

           

Derivatives:

           

Commodity

   $ 7       $ 728       $ 149       $ 884   

Interest Rate

     —           236         —           236   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

   $ 7       $ 964       $ 149       $ 1,120   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

At December 31, 2010

           

Assets

           

Derivatives:

           

Commodity

   $ 62       $ 734       $ 47       $ 843   

Interest rate

     —           54         —           54   

Investments(1):

           

Equity securities:

           

U.S.:

           

Large cap

     1,709         —           —           1,709   

Other

     56         —           —           56   

Non-U.S.:

           

Large cap

     12         —           —           12   

Fixed Income:

           

Corporate debt instruments

     —           327         —           327   

U.S. Treasury securities and agency debentures

     228         165         —           393   

State and municipal

     —           286         —           286   

Other

     —           19         —           19   

Cash equivalents and other

     25         97         —           122   

Restricted cash equivalents

     —           400         —           400   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

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

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities

           

Derivatives:

           

Commodity

   $ 12       $ 716       $ 97       $ 825   

Interest rate

             5                 5   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

   $ 12       $ 721       $ 97       $ 830   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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

 

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

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2011     2010     2011     2010  
(millions)                         

Beginning balance

   $ (122   $ 32      $ (50   $ (66

Total realized and unrealized gains (losses):

        

Included in earnings

     (16     27        (24     40   

Included in other comprehensive income (loss)

     75        (65     16        20   

Included in regulatory assets/liabilities

     (3     (13     (35     1   

Settlements

     24        (23     47        (41

Transfers out of Level 3

     —          25        4        29   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ending balance

   $ (42   $ (17   $ (42   $ (17
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

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

   $ 7      $ 4      $ 29      $ (3

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

 

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

Three Months Ended September 30, 2011

        

Total gains (losses) included in earnings

   $ (8   $ (8   $ —        $ (16

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

     7        —          —          7   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30, 2010

        

Total gains (losses) included in earnings

   $ 5      $ 22      $ —        $ 27   

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

     4        —          —          4   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011

        

Total gains (losses) included in earnings

   $ (8   $ (16   $ —        $ (24

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

     29        —          —          29   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010

        

Total gains (losses) included in earnings

   $ (5   $ 49      $ (4   $ 40   

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

     (3     —          —          (3
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Virginia Power

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

 

     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  
(millions)                            

At September 30, 2011

           

Assets

           

Derivatives:

           

Commodity

   $ —         $ 1       $ 2       $ 3   

Investments(1):

           

Equity securities:

           

U.S.:

           

Large cap

     613         —           —           613   

Other

     20         —           —           20   

Fixed income:

           

Corporate debt instruments

     —           189         —           189   

U.S. Treasury securities and agency debentures

     146         50         —           196   

State and municipal

     —           100         —           100   

Other

     —           22         —           22   

Cash equivalents and other

     —           47         —           47   

Restricted cash equivalents

     —           38         —           38   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 779       $ 447       $ 2       $ 1,228   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities

           

Derivatives:

           

Commodity

   $ —         $ 6       $ 23       $ 29   

Interest Rate

     —           82         —           82   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

   $ —         $ 88       $ 23       $ 111   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

At December 31, 2010

           

Assets

           

Derivatives:

           

Commodity

   $ —         $ 12       $ 15       $ 27   

Investments(1):

           

Equity securities:

           

U.S.:

           

Large cap

     676         —           —           676   

Other

     25         —           —           25   

Fixed Income:

           

Corporate debt instruments

     —           215         —           215   

U.S. Treasury securities and agency debentures

     80         63         —           143   

State and municipal

     —           102         —           102   

Other

     —           15         —           15   

Cash equivalents and other

     10         61         —           71   

Restricted cash equivalents

     —           169         —           169   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 791       $ 637       $ 15       $ 1,443   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities

           

Derivatives:

           

Commodity

   $ —         $ 5       $ 1       $ 6   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

   $ —         $ 5       $ 1       $ 6   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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

 

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

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2011     2010     2011     2010  
(millions)                         

Beginning balance

   $ (18   $ 5      $ 14      $ (10

Total realized and unrealized gains (losses):

        

Included in earnings

     (8     22        (16     48   

Included in regulatory assets/liabilities

     (3     (13     (35     2   

Settlements

     8        (22     16        (48
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ending balance

   $ (21   $ (8   $ (21   $ (8
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

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 nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010. There were no unrealized gains and losses included in earnings in the Level 3 fair value category relating to assets/liabilities still held at the reporting date for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

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

 

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

Dominion

           

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

   $ 16,745       $ 19,381       $ 14,520       $ 16,112   

Junior subordinated notes payable to affiliates

     268         275         268         261   

Enhanced junior subordinated notes

     1,467         1,539         1,467         1,560   

Subsidiary preferred stock(3)

     257         262         257         249   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Virginia Power

           

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

   $ 6,868       $ 8,233       $ 6,717       $ 7,489   

Preferred stock(3)

     257         262         257         249   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) Fair value is estimated using market prices, where available, and interest rates currently available for issuance of debt with similar terms and remaining maturities. The carrying amount of debt issues with short-term maturities and variable rates refinanced at current market rates is a reasonable estimate of their fair value.
(2) Includes amounts which represent the unamortized discount and premium. At September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, includes the valuation of certain fair value hedges associated with Dominion’s fixed rate debt of approximately $103 million and $49 million, respectively.
(3) Includes issuance expenses of $2 million at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010.

Note 10. Derivatives and Hedge Accounting Activities

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

 

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Dominion

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

 

     Current      Noncurrent  

Natural Gas (bcf):

     

Fixed price(1)

     257         67   

Basis

     891         405   

Electricity (MWh):

     

Fixed price(1)

     20,137,147         23,255,392   

FTRs

     78,993,580         779,328   

Capacity (MW)

     155,416         289,585   

Liquids (gallons)(2)

     138,516,000         281,064,000   

Interest rate

   $ 1,600,000,000       $ 2,690,000,000   

 

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

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

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

 

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

Commodities:

      

Gas

   $ (19   $ (7     39 months   

Electricity

     38        21        51 months   

NGLs

     (39     (24     39 months   

Other

     6        1        44 months   

Interest rate

     (107     (5     375 months   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

Total

   $ (121   $ (14  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

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

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

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

 

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Fair Value and Gains and Losses on Derivative Instruments

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

 

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

September 30, 2011

        

ASSETS

        

Current Assets

        

Commodity

   $ 150       $ 412       $ 562   

Interest rate

     36         —           36   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current derivative assets

     186         412         598   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Noncurrent Assets

        

Commodity

     105         97         202   

Interest rate

     67         —           67   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total noncurrent derivative assets(1)

     172         97         269   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total derivative assets

   $ 358       $ 509       $ 867   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

        

Current Liabilities

        

Commodity

   $ 186       $ 476       $ 662   

Interest rate

     124         7         131   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current derivative liabilities(2)

     310         483         793   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Noncurrent Liabilities

        

Commodity

     119         103         222   

Interest rate

     74         31         105   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total noncurrent derivative liabilities(3)

     193         134         327   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total derivative liabilities

   $ 503       $ 617       $ 1,120   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

December 31, 2010

        

ASSETS

        

Current Assets

        

Commodity

   $ 291       $ 425       $ 716   

Interest rate

     23         —           23   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current derivative assets

     314         425         739   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Noncurrent Assets

        

Commodity

     44         83         127   

Interest rate

     31         —           31   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total noncurrent derivative assets(1)

     75         83         158   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total derivative assets

   $ 389       $ 508       $ 897   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

        

Current Liabilities

        

Commodity

   $ 178       $ 455       $ 633   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current derivative liabilities(2)

     178         455         633   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Noncurrent Liabilities

        

Commodity

     86         106         192   

Interest rate

     5         —           5   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total noncurrent derivative liabilities(3)

     91         106         197   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total derivative liabilities

   $ 269       $ 561       $ 830   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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

 

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

 

Derivatives in cash flow hedging relationships

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

Three Months Ended September 30, 2011

      

Derivative Type and Location of Gains (Losses)

      

Commodity:

      

Operating revenue

     $ 28     

Purchased gas

       (7  

Electric fuel and other energy-related purchases

       2     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total commodity

   $ 69        23      $ (1
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Interest rate(3)

     (204     (8     (76
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ (135   $ 15      $ (77
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30, 2010

      

Derivative Type and Location of Gains (Losses)

      

Commodity:

      

Operating revenue

     $ 88     

Purchased gas

       (6  

Electric fuel and other energy-related purchases

       4     

Purchased electric capacity

       1     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total commodity

   $ (5     87      $ (6
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Interest rate(3)

     —          —          1   

Foreign currency(4)

     —          —          —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ (5   $ 87      $ (5
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011

      

Derivative Type and Location of Gains (Losses)

      

Commodity:

      

Operating revenue

     $ 88     

Purchased gas

       (61  

Electric fuel and other energy-related purchases

       4     

Purchased electric capacity

       1     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total commodity

   $ (24     32      $ (10
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Interest rate(3)

     (236     (8     (76
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ (260   $ 24      $ (86
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010

      

Derivative Type and Location of Gains (Losses)

      

Commodity:

      

Operating revenue

     $ 383     

Purchased gas

       (122  

Electric fuel and other energy-related purchases

       (4  

Purchased electric capacity

       3     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total commodity

   $ 277        260      $ (17
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Interest rate(3)

     (3     109        (23

Foreign currency(4)

     —          1        (2
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 274      $ 370      $ (42
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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

 

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

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

   2011     2010     2011     2010  
(millions)                         

Derivative Type and Location of Gains (Losses)

        

Commodity

        

Operating revenue

   $ 15      $ 45      $ 56      $ 71   

Purchased gas

     (10     (13     (28     (42

Electric fuel and other energy-related purchases

     (8     23        (16     48   

Interest rate(2)

     (4     —          (4     (37
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ (7   $ 55      $ 8      $ 40   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(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

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

 

     Current      Noncurrent  

Natural Gas (bcf):

     

Fixed price

     8         —     

Basis

     4         —     

Electricity (MWh):

     

Fixed price

     614,400         —     

FTRs

     78,565,145         779,328   

Capacity (MW)

     122,000         182,500   

Interest rate

   $ 800,000,000       $ 490,000,000   

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

Gains (losses) on cash flow hedges included in AOCI in Virginia Power’s Consolidated Balance Sheet at September 30, 2011 were not material.

 

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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  
(millions)                     

September 30, 2011

        

ASSETS

        

Current Assets

        

Commodity

   $ 1       $ 2       $ 3   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current derivative assets(1)

     1         2         3   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total derivative assets

   $ 1       $ 2       $ 3   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

        

Current Liabilities

        

Commodity

   $ 3       $ 24       $ 27   

Interest rate

     34         7         41   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current derivative liabilities(2)

     37         31         68   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Noncurrent Liabilities

        

Commodity

     2         —           2   

Interest rate

     10         31         41   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total noncurrent derivative liabilities(3)

     12         31         43   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total derivative liabilities

   $ 49       $ 62       $ 111   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

December 31, 2010

        

ASSETS

        

Current Assets

        

Commodity

   $ 12       $ 15       $ 27   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current derivative assets(1)

     12         15         27   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total derivative assets

   $ 12       $ 15       $ 27   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

        

Current Liabilities

        

Commodity

   $ 2       $ 1       $ 3   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current derivative liabilities(2)

     2         1         3   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Noncurrent Liabilities

        

Commodity

     3         —           3   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total noncurrent derivative liabilities(3)

     3         —           3   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total derivative liabilities

   $ 5       $ 1       $ 6   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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

 

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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)
 
(millions)                   

Three Months Ended September 30, 2011

      

Derivative Type and Location of Gains (Losses)

      

Commodity:

      

Electric fuel and other energy-related purchases

     $ (1  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total commodity

   $ (1     (1   $ (1
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Interest rate(3)

     (5     —          (76
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ (6   $ (1   $ (77
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30, 2010

      

Derivative Type and Location of Gains (Losses)

      

Commodity:

      

Purchased electric capacity

     $ 1     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total commodity

   $ (1     1      $ (6
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Interest rate(3)

     —          —          1   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ (1   $ 1      $ (5
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011

      

Derivative Type and Location of Gains (Losses)

      

Commodity:

      

Purchased electric capacity

     $ 1     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total commodity

   $ (1     1      $ (10
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Interest rate(3)

     (5     1        (76
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ (6   $ 2      $ (86
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010

      

Derivative Type and Location of Gains (Losses)

      

Commodity:

      

Electric fuel and other energy-related purchases

     $ (1  

Purchased electric capacity

       3     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total commodity

   $ (2     2      $ (17
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Interest rate(3)

     (1     9        (23

Foreign currency(4)

     —          —          (2
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ (3   $ 11      $ (42
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(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 are recorded in interest and related charges in Virginia Power’s Consolidated Statements of Income.
(4) Amounts are recorded in electric fuel and other energy-related purchases in Virginia Power’s Consolidated Statements of Income.

 

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

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

   2011     2010      2011     2010  
(millions)                          

Derivative Type and Location of Gains (Losses)

         

Commodity(2)

   $ (8   $ 22       $ (16   $ 49   

Interest rate(3)

     (4     —           (4     (3
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ (12   $ 22       $ (20   $ 46   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(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 are recorded in electric fuel and other energy-related purchases in Virginia Power’s Consolidated Statements of Income.
(3) Amounts are recorded in interest and related charges in Virginia Power’s Consolidated Statements of Income.

Note 11. Investments

Dominion

Equity and Debt Securities

Rabbi Trust Securities

Marketable equity and debt securities and cash equivalents held in Dominion’s rabbi trusts and classified as trading totaled $89 million and $93 million at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. Net unrealized losses on trading securities totaled $5 million and $1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively. Net unrealized losses on trading securities totaled $1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. Cost-method investments held in Dominion’s rabbi trusts totaled $17 million and $18 million at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively.

 

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Decommissioning Trust Securities

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

 

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

(millions)

          

September 30, 2011

          

Marketable equity securities

          

U.S.:

          

Large Cap

   $ 1,147       $ 377       $ —        $ 1,524   

Other

     36         4         —          40   

Marketable debt securities:

          

Corporate bonds

     294         18         (2     310   

U.S. Treasury securities and agency debentures

     460         24         (1     483   

State and municipal

     237         18         —          255   

Other

     29         1         (1     29   

Cost method investments

     113         —           —          113   

Cash equivalents and other(2)

     45         —           —          45   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 2,361       $ 442       $ (4 )(3)    $ 2,799   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

December 31, 2010

          

Marketable equity securities:

          

U.S.:

          

Large Cap

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

Other

     39         11         —          50   

Marketable debt securities:

          

Corporate bonds

     310         18         (1     327   

U.S. Treasury securities and agency debentures

     380         12         (1     391   

State and municipal

     244         7         (4     247   

Other

     19         —           —          19   

Cost method investments

     108         —           —          108   

Cash equivalents and other(2)

     79         —           —          79   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

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

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) Included in AOCI and the decommissioning trust regulatory liability.
(2) Includes pending purchases of securities of $23 million and $43 million at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively.
(3) The fair value of securities in an unrealized loss position was $158 million and $252 million at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively.

 

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

 

     Amount       
(millions)          

Due in one year or less

   $ 93      

Due after one year through five years

     304      

Due after five years through ten years

     316      

Due after ten years

     364      
  

 

 

    

Total

   $ 1,077      
  

 

 

    

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

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
     Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2011      2010      2011      2010  
(millions)                            

Proceeds from sales

   $ 465       $ 398       $ 1,404       $ 1,538   

Realized gains(1)

     23         16         55         89   

Realized losses(1)

     62         4         82         58   

 

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

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

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2011     2010     2011     2010  
(millions)                         

Total other-than-temporary impairment losses(1)

   $ 54      $ 4      $ 69      $ 52   

Losses recorded to decommissioning trust regulatory liability

     (16     (1     (22     (17

Losses recognized in other comprehensive income (before taxes)

     (2     —          (3     (2
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net impairment losses recognized in earnings

   $ 36      $ 3      $ 44      $ 33   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) Amount includes other-than-temporary impairment losses for debt securities of $3 million and $1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, and $5 million and $4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

 

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Virginia Power

Decommissioning Trust Securities

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

 

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

(millions)

          

September 30, 2011

          

Marketable equity securities:

          

U.S.:

          

Large Cap

   $ 459       $ 154       $ —        $ 613   

Other

     18         2         —          20   

Marketable debt securities:

          

Corporate bonds

     180         10         (1     189   

U.S. Treasury securities and agency debentures

     189         7         —          196   

State and municipal

     93         7         —          100   

Other

     22         1         (1     22   

Cost method investments

     113         —           —          113   

Cash equivalents and other(2)

     32         —           —          32   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 1,106       $ 181       $ (2 )(3)     $ 1,285   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

December 31, 2010

          

Marketable equity securities

          

U.S.:

          

Large Cap

   $ 469       $ 207       $ —        $ 676   

Other

     20         5         —          25   

Marketable debt securities:

          

Corporate bonds

     205         10         —          215   

U.S. Treasury securities and agency debentures

     141         2         —          143   

State and municipal

     103         1         (2     102   

Other

     15         —           —          15   

Cost method investments

     108         —           —          108   

Cash equivalents and other(2)

     35         —           —          35   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

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

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) Included in AOCI and the decommissioning trust regulatory liability.
(2) Includes pending purchases of securities of $14 million and $35 million at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively.
(3) The fair value of securities in an unrealized loss position was $101 million and $159 million at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively.

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

 

     Amount       
(millions)          

Due in one year or less

   $ 11      

Due after one year through five years

     164      

Due after five years through ten years

     199      

Due after ten years

     133      
  

 

 

    

Total

   $ 507      
  

 

 

    

 

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

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
     Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2011      2010      2011      2010  
(millions)                            

Proceeds from sales

   $ 242       $ 248       $ 838       $ 959   

Realized gains(1)

     10         6         21         43   

Realized losses(1)

     22         1         30         21   

 

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

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

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2011     2010     2011     2010  

(millions)

        

Total other-than-temporary impairment losses(1)

   $ 19      $ 2      $ 26      $ 21   

Losses recorded to decommissioning trust regulatory liability

     (16     (1     (22     (17
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net impairment losses recognized in earnings

   $ 3      $ 1      $ 4      $ 4   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) Amount includes other-than-temporary impairment losses for debt securities of $2 million and $1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, and $4 million and $2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Note 12. Regulatory Matters

Other than the following matters, there have been no significant developments regarding the pending regulatory matters disclosed in Note 14 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 and Note 12 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2011.

Virginia Regulation

Biennial Review

In connection with its current biennial review of Virginia Power’s base rates, terms and conditions, the Virginia Commission will determine whether Virginia Power’s earnings for the 2009 and 2010 test years, considered as a whole, were within 50 basis points of the authorized ROE of 11.9% established in the Virginia Settlement Approval Order. The Virginia Commission will also authorize an ROE for Virginia Power that will be applied to Riders R, S, C1 and C2, as well as Riders W and B if approved, and that will be used to measure base rate earnings prospectively. In September 2011, the Virginia Commission conducted an evidentiary hearing related to the biennial review. In its testimony presented as part of the proceeding, the Virginia Commission staff proposed making several regulatory accounting and other adjustments to Virginia Power’s earnings. If the Virginia Commission were to accept all of these proposed adjustments, Virginia Power would have earned an ROE of 14.11% during the 2009 and 2010 test years, resulting in a total credit to customers of approximately $143 million. Virginia Power believes that the adjustments proposed by the Virginia Commission staff were improper and inconsistent with prior Virginia Power regulatory precedent and the terms of the 2010 Virginia Settlement Approval Order. Due to the uncertainty surrounding the Virginia Commission’s final ruling and since Virginia Power believes it earned an ROE of 12.1%, which is within the allowed range, during the 2009 and 2010 test years, Virginia Power has not recognized a liability related to the staff’s recommendation as of September 30, 2011.

Virginia Power is requesting authorization of a prospective ROE of 12.5%, inclusive of a performance incentive of 100 basis points as provided for by the Regulation Act. In its filed and direct testimony presented as part of the evidentiary hearing, the Virginia Commission staff recommended a prospective ROE of 10.67%, inclusive of an RPS performance incentive of 50 basis points. The staff’s recommended ROE is equal to the minimum ROE permitted by the staff’s interpretation of the Regulation Act. Pursuant to the Regulation Act, Virginia Power’s authorized ROE, exclusive of any performance or other statutory incentive, can be no lower than the average of the returns reported for the three previous years by not less than a majority of comparable utilities in the Southeastern U.S., with certain limitations as described in the Regulation Act.

A final order in the 2011 biennial review for base rates must be issued no later than November 30, 2011.

 

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DSM Riders C1 and C2

In September 2011, Virginia Power filed with the Virginia Commission an application for approval of six new energy efficiency DSM programs. Virginia Power also filed an annual update to Riders C1 and C2, with a proposed revenue requirement of approximately $86 million for the period May 1, 2012 through April 30, 2013. This revenue requirement includes the new DSM programs, five previously-approved DSM programs, and a previously-approved electric vehicle pilot program. The proposed revenue requirement represents an approximately $68 million increase over the revenue requirement approved in the 2010 Riders C1 and C2 proceeding and includes approximately $26 million to recover projected lost revenues associated with energy efficiency programs. The filing utilizes a 12.5% placeholder ROE pending the Virginia Commission’s determination in the 2011 biennial review.

Mt. Storm-to-Doubs Line

In September 2011, the Virginia Commission approved Virginia Power’s application to rebuild its portion of the Mt. Storm-to-Doubs line. Subject to applicable state and federal regulatory approvals, Virginia Power’s portion of the rebuild project is expected to cost approximately $350 million and is expected to be completed by June 2015.

North Anna COL

Virginia Power is considering the construction of a third nuclear unit at a site located at North Anna, which Virginia Power owns along with ODEC. In February 2011, ODEC informed Virginia Power of its intent to no longer participate in the development of a potential new unit at North Anna. Virginia Power and ODEC are currently working together to finalize the terms and conditions of such withdrawal.

Virginia Power has not yet committed to building a new nuclear unit at North Anna. If Virginia Power decides to build the new unit, it must first receive a COL from the NRC, the approval of the Virginia Commission and certain environmental permits and other approvals. Virginia Power continues to pursue the COL from the NRC. The current NRC schedule for issuance of the COL is 2013.

The NRC is required to conduct a hearing in all COL proceedings. In August 2008, the ASLB of the NRC permitted BREDL to intervene in the proceeding. All of BREDL’s previous contentions in this proceeding have been dismissed. In September 2011, BREDL submitted a new proposed contention seeking to litigate issues related to the August 2011 Mineral, Virginia earthquake. In October 2011, the ASLB granted a motion filed by Virginia Power, BREDL and the NRC staff to hold any ruling on this proposed contention in abeyance until Virginia Power completes an assessment of this earthquake. No other persons have sought to intervene in the proceeding. If a new contention is not admitted, the mandatory NRC hearing will be uncontested with respect to other issues.

On April 14, 2011, twenty-one organizations and individuals that had previously intervened opposing various reactor licensing proceedings filed a petition requesting that the NRC suspend all decisions regarding reactor licensing and design certification pending completion of an NRC task force review of the events at Fukushima, Japan, among other requested relief. The North Anna 3 COL proceeding is one of the pending proceedings identified in this petition, and BREDL served the petition in the North Anna 3 COL proceeding on April 18, 2011. In September 2011, the NRC denied the petitioners’ requests to suspend licensing and design certification proceedings. The only relief granted was the petitioners’ request that the NRC perform a safety analysis of the regulatory implications of the Fukushima event to the extent it is doing so.

North Carolina Regulation

In August 2011, Virginia Power filed its annual fuel expense recovery application with the North Carolina Commission. The application requests a revenue increase of approximately $37 million, including approximately $14 million of previously deferred fuel costs. If approved, revised fuel rates would go into effect January 1, 2012.

FERC Gas Regulation

Ellisburg-to-Craigs Project

In September 2011, FERC approved DTI’s proposed Ellisburg-to-Craigs project. The project is expected to have capacity of approximately 150,000 dekatherms per day, which will be leased by TGP to move Marcellus shale natural gas supplies from TGP’s 300 Line pipeline system in northern Pennsylvania to its 200 Line pipeline system in upstate New York. The project is expected to cost approximately $46 million. Subject to receipt of FERC approval to commence construction, construction of additional compression facilities and a new measurement and regulating station is expected to begin in March 2012, with a projected in-service date of November 2012.

 

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Northeast Expansion Project

In August 2011, DTI received FERC authorization for the Northeast Expansion Project. The project is expected to provide approximately 200,000 dekatherms per day of firm transportation services for CONSOL’s Marcellus Shale natural gas production from various receipt points in central and southwestern Pennsylvania to a nexus of market pipelines and storage facilities in Leidy, Pennsylvania. The project is expected to cost approximately $100 million. Subject to receipt of FERC approval to commence construction, construction of new compression facilities at three existing compressor stations in central Pennsylvania is expected to begin in March 2012, with a projected in-service date of November 2012.

Ohio Regulation

In March 2011, East Ohio filed a request with the Ohio Commission to accelerate the PIR program. In August 2011, the Ohio Commission approved the stipulation filed in East Ohio’s accelerated PIR proceeding. The stipulation provides for an increase in annual PIR capital investment from the current level of approximately $120 million stepping up to approximately $160 million by 2013. In addition, the stipulation provides for cost recovery over a five-year period commencing upon the approval of the Ohio Commission. In accordance with the stipulation, East Ohio requested the dismissal of its appeal at the Ohio Supreme Court regarding its opposition to the Ohio Commission’s order concerning East Ohio’s first year PIR cost recovery charge.

In August 2011, East Ohio submitted its annual application to adjust the cost recovery charge under the previously approved PIR program. A supplement to the application was filed in September 2011. The proposed recovery charge includes actual costs and a return related to investments made through June 30, 2011. A settlement agreement filed with the Ohio Commission in October 2011 supports the revenue requirement of $37 million reflected in the application.

Note 13. Variable Interest Entities

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

Virginia Power has long-term power and capacity contracts with four non-utility generators with an aggregate summer generation capacity of approximately 870 MW. These contracts contain certain variable pricing mechanisms in the form of partial fuel reimbursement that Virginia Power considers to be variable interests. After an evaluation of the information provided by these entities, Virginia Power was unable to determine whether they were VIEs. However, the information they provided, as well as Virginia Power’s knowledge of generation facilities in Virginia, enabled Virginia Power to conclude that, if they were VIEs, it would not be the primary beneficiary. This conclusion reflects Virginia Power’s determination that its variable interests do not convey the power to direct the most significant activities that impact the economic performance of the entities during the remaining terms of Virginia Power’s contracts and for the years the entities are expected to operate after its contractual relationships expire. The contracts expire at various dates ranging from 2015 to 2021. Virginia Power is not subject to any risk of loss from these potential VIEs other than its remaining purchase commitments which totaled $1.4 billion as of September 30, 2011. Virginia Power paid $52 million and $53 million for electric capacity and $38 million and $46 million for electric energy to these entities in the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Virginia Power paid $156 million and $160 million for electric capacity and $103 million and $120 million for electric energy to these entities in the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Virginia Power purchased shared services from DRS, an affiliated VIE, of approximately $100 million and $104 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, and $292 million and $352 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Virginia Power determined that it is not the most closely associated entity with DRS and therefore not the primary beneficiary. DRS provides accounting, legal, finance and certain administrative and technical services to all Dominion subsidiaries, including Virginia Power. Virginia Power has no obligation to absorb more than its allocated share of DRS costs.

As discussed in Note 23 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, Dominion leases the Fairless generating facility in Pennsylvania, which began commercial operations in June 2004. The lease expires in 2013 and, at that time, Dominion may renew the lease on terms mutually agreeable to Dominion and the lessor, Juniper, based on original project costs and current market conditions; purchase Fairless at its original construction cost ($898 million) plus 51% of any appraised value in excess of original construction cost; or sell Fairless, on behalf of Juniper, to an independent third party. As an operating lease, the asset and related borrowings used to finance the construction of the asset are not included in the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2011 or December 31, 2010.

Juniper was formed in 2003 as a limited partnership and was organized for the purpose of acquiring and constructing a number of assets for lease. Such assets were financed with proceeds from the issuance of bank debt, privately placed long-term debt and partnership capital received from Juniper’s general and limited partners. Dominion has no voting equity interest in Juniper. Because Juniper had been deemed a business, Dominion was not required to evaluate whether Juniper was a VIE.

 

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Through September 30, 2011, Juniper held various power plant leases, including Fairless. In October 2011, the last lease, other than Fairless, expired and the related asset was sold by Juniper. With Fairless being it’s sole remaining asset, Juniper no longer qualified as a business as of October 2011, which required that Dominion determine whether Juniper is a VIE. Dominion concluded Juniper is a VIE because the entity’s capitalization is insufficient to support its operations, the power to direct the most significant activities of the entity are not performed by the equity holders, and Dominion, through its residual value guarantee as disclosed in Note 15 of this report, guarantees a portion of the residual value of Fairless. The activities that most significantly impact Juniper’s economic performance relate to the operation of Fairless. These decisions are made by Dominion and as such, Dominion is considered the primary beneficiary.

Accordingly, Dominion will consolidate Juniper in the fourth quarter of 2011 and expects to record, at fair value, approximately $1 billion of property, plant and equipment, $900 million of debt and $100 million of noncontrolling interests. The debt is non-recourse to Dominion and is secured by Juniper’s assets. Dominion has not provided any financial or other support to Juniper in the current period that it was not previously contractually required to provide.

Note 14. Significant Financing Transactions

Credit Facilities and Short-term Debt

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

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

 

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

Joint revolving credit facility(1)

   $ 3,000       $ 783       $ —         $ 2,217   

Joint revolving credit facility(2)

     500         —           127         373   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 3,500       $ 783       $ 127       $ 2,590   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) This credit facility was entered into in September 2010 with an original maturity date of September 2013. Effective October 1, 2011, pricing was amended and the maturity date was extended to September 2016. This credit facility can be used to support bank borrowings and the issuance of commercial paper, as well as to support up to $1.5 billion of letters of credit.
(2) This credit facility was entered into in September 2010 with an original maturity date of September 2013. Effective October 1, 2011, pricing was amended and the maturity date was extended to September 2016. This credit facility can be used to support bank borrowings, commercial paper and letter of credit issuances.

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

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

 

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

Joint revolving credit facility(1)

   $ 1,000       $ 550       $ —         $ 450   

Joint revolving credit facility(2)

     250         —           56         194   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 1,250       $ 550       $ 56       $ 644   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) This credit facility was entered into in September 2010 with an original maturity date of September 2013. Effective October 1, 2011, pricing was amended and the maturity date was extended to September 2016. This credit facility can be used to support bank borrowings and the issuance of commercial paper, as well as to support up to $1.5 billion (or the sub-limit, whichever is less) of letters of credit. Virginia Power’s applicable sub-limit under this credit facility can be increased or decreased multiple times per year.
(2) This credit facility was entered into in September 2010 with an original maturity date of September 2013. Effective October 1, 2011, pricing was amended and the maturity date was extended to September 2016. This credit facility can be used to support bank borrowings, commercial paper and letter of credit issuances. Virginia Power’s applicable sub-limit under this credit facility can be increased or decreased multiple times per year.

 

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In addition to the credit facility commitments disclosed above, Virginia Power also has a $120 million credit facility that was entered into in September 2010 with an original maturity date of September 2013. Effective October 1, 2011, pricing was amended and the maturity date was extended to September 2016. This facility supports certain tax-exempt financings of Virginia Power.

Long-term Debt

In August 2011, Dominion issued $500 million of 4.9% senior notes that mature in 2041 and $450 million of 1.95% senior notes that mature in 2016. The proceeds were used for general corporate purposes including the repayment of short-term debt.

In December 2010, Brayton Point borrowed $160 million and $75 million in connection with the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency Recovery Zone Facility Bonds, Series 2010 A and the Solid Waste Disposal Revenue Bonds, Series 2010 B, respectively, which mature in 2041. The proceeds are being used to finance certain qualifying facilities at Brayton Point. Due to unfavorable market conditions, Dominion acquired the bonds upon issuance in December 2010 with the intention of remarketing them to third parties at a later time. At December 31, 2010, these bonds had not been remarketed and thus were not reflected on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. In July 2011, the Series 2010 B bonds were remarketed to a third party using a remarketing process, and bear interest at a variable rate for the first five years, after which they will bear interest at a market rate to be determined at that time. In August 2011, the Series 2010 A bonds were remarketed to third parties using a remarketing process, and bear interest at a coupon rate of 2.25% for the first five years, after which they will bear interest at a market rate to be determined at that time.

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

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

Convertible Securities

At September 30, 2011, Dominion had $165 million of outstanding contingent convertible senior notes that are convertible by holders into a combination of cash and shares of Dominion’s common stock under certain circumstances. The conversion feature requires that the principal amount of each note be repaid in cash, while amounts payable in excess of the principal amount will be paid in common stock. The conversion rate is subject to adjustment upon certain events such as subdivisions, splits, combinations of common stock or the issuance to all common stock holders of certain common stock rights, warrants or options and certain dividend increases. As of September 30, 2011, the conversion rate has been adjusted, primarily due to individual dividend payments above the level paid at issuance, to 28.8178 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of senior notes, which represents a conversion price of $34.70.

The senior notes are eligible for conversion during any calendar quarter when the closing price of Dominion’s common stock was equal to or higher than 120% of the conversion price for at least 20 out of the last 30 consecutive trading days of the preceding quarter. During the nine months ended September 30, 2011 approximately $37 million of the contingent convertible senior notes were converted by holders. The senior notes are eligible for conversion during the fourth quarter of 2011.

Issuance of Common Stock

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

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

 

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During the nine months ended September 30, 2011, Dominion issued approximately 1 million shares of common stock and received cash proceeds of $37 million through the exercise of employee stock options.

Repurchase of Common Stock

In the first quarter of 2011, Dominion announced that it expected to repurchase between $600 million and $700 million of common stock with cash tax savings resulting from the extension of the bonus depreciation allowance discussed in Note 6 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010. During the nine months ended September 30, 2011, Dominion repurchased approximately 13 million shares of common stock for approximately $601 million on the open market under this program, at an average price of $46.37 per share. In October 2011, Dominion determined that it does not plan to repurchase additional shares under this program.

Note 15. Commitments and Contingencies

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

Environmental Matters

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

Air

In July 2011, the EPA issued a final replacement rule for CAIR, called CSAPR, that requires 27 states to reduce power plant emissions that cross state lines. CSAPR establishes new SO2 and NOx emissions cap and trade programs that are completely independent of the current ARP. Specifically, CSAPR requires reductions in SO2 and NOx emissions from fossil fuel-fired electric generating units of 25 MW or more through annual NOx emissions caps, NOx emissions caps during the ozone season (May 1 through September 30) and annual SO2 emission caps with differing requirements for two groups of affected states.

Prior to the issuance of CSAPR, Dominion and Virginia Power held $57 million and $43 million, respectively, of SO2 emissions allowances obtained for ARP and CAIR compliance. Due to CSAPR’s establishment of a new allowance program and the elimination of CAIR, Dominion and Virginia Power have more SO2 emissions allowances than needed for ARP compliance, which resulted in the impairment of these allowances in the third quarter of 2011. See Note 9 for further details of the impairments.

With respect to Dominion’s generation fleet, the impact of the rule is not expected to be material. However, a large number of petitions for review of CSAPR have been filed in federal court and it is anticipated that there will be significant litigation of this rule. In addition, the EPA has proposed, but not yet finalized, changes to the rule. Accordingly, future outcomes of litigation and/or final action to modify the rule could affect this assessment.

The CAA 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 Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s facilities are subject to the CAA’s permitting and other requirements.

 

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

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

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

Water

In October 2003, the EPA and the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection each issued new NPDES permits for Brayton Point. The new permits contained identical conditions that in effect require the installation of cooling towers to address concerns over the withdrawal and discharge of cooling water. Currently, Dominion is constructing the cooling towers and estimates the total cost to install these cooling towers at approximately $600 million, with remaining expenditures of approximately $100 million included in its planned capital expenditures through 2012.

In October 2007, the VSWCB issued a renewed VPDES permit for North Anna. BREDL, and other persons, appealed the VSWCB’s decision to the Richmond Circuit Court, challenging several permit provisions related to North Anna’s discharge of cooling water. In February 2009, the court ruled that the VSWCB was required to regulate the thermal discharge from North Anna into the waste heat treatment facility. Virginia Power filed a motion for reconsideration with the court in February 2009, which was denied. The final order was issued by the court in September 2009. The court’s order allows North Anna to continue to operate pursuant to the currently issued VPDES permit. In October 2009, Virginia Power filed a Notice of Appeal of the court’s order with the Richmond Circuit Court, initiating the appeals process to the Virginia Court of Appeals. In June 2010, the Virginia Court of Appeals reversed the Richmond Circuit Court’s September 2009 order. The Virginia Court of Appeals held that the lower court had applied the wrong standard of review, and that the VSWCB’s determination not to regulate the station’s thermal discharge into the waste heat treatment facility was lawful. In July 2010, BREDL and the other original appellants filed a petition for appeal to the Supreme Court of Virginia requesting that it review the Court of Appeals’ decision. In December 2010, the Supreme Court of Virginia granted BREDL’s petition. Briefing on the merits of the case was completed in February 2011. The court has scheduled oral arguments for October 31, 2011. Dominion is currently unable to make an estimate of the potential financial statement impacts related to this matter. However, an adverse resolution could ultimately require significant capital expenditures which could have a material effect on Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s results of operations, financial condition and/or cash flows.

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

Solid and Hazardous Waste

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

 

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solid waste incinerators rather than industrial or utility boilers and would have to comply with the EPA’s more stringent emission standards for solid waste incinerators. Dominion and Virginia Power have several electric generating units that combust fuel materials that may be subject to the rule. Some units use a technology that combusts residual coal in fly ash to recover additional energy from unburned carbon. This technology also produces a final ash product that is marketable for beneficial reuse in cement production. Because of the uncertainty associated with the rule’s potential applicability to this and other processes, in June 2011, Dominion filed a petition for review with the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit challenging the final rule. In October 2011, the EPA announced that it would initiate additional rulemaking proceedings to revise the final rule. Although Dominion cannot predict the outcome of this matter at this time, it is not expected to have a material effect on results of operations, financial condition, and/or cash flows.

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

From time to time, Dominion or Virginia Power may be identified as a potentially responsible party to a Superfund site. The EPA (or a state) can either allow such a party to conduct and pay for a remedial investigation, feasibility study and remedial action or conduct the remedial investigation and action itself and then seek reimbursement from the potentially responsible parties. Each party can be held jointly, severally and strictly liable for the cleanup costs. These parties can also bring contribution actions against each other and seek reimbursement from their insurance companies. As a result, Dominion or Virginia Power may be responsible for the costs of remedial investigation and actions under the Superfund law or other laws or regulations regarding the remediation of waste. Except as noted below, the Companies do not believe this 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, ordering specific remedial action of certain areas at the Ward Transformer Superfund site located in Raleigh, North Carolina. Virginia Power does not believe it is a liable party under CERCLA based on its alleged connection to the site. Virginia Power has until early November 2011 to respond to the EPA regarding its willingness to undertake the work set forth in the UAO.

The EPA may seek to enforce a UAO in court pursuant to its enforcement authority under CERCLA, and may seek recovery of its costs in undertaking removal or remedial action. If the court determines that a respondent failed to comply with 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 incurred by EPA as a result of the party’s failure to comply with the UAO. Virginia Power is currently unable to make an estimate of the potential financial statement impacts related to the Ward Transformer matter.

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

Climate Change Legislation and Regulation

Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut, among other states, have joined the RGGI, a multi-state effort to reduce CO2 emissions in the Northeast implemented through state specific regulations. Under the initiative, aggregate CO2 emissions from power plants in participating states are required to be stabilized at current levels from 2009 to 2015. Further reductions from current levels would be required to be phased in starting in 2016 such that by 2019 there would be a 10% reduction in participating state power plant CO2 emissions. During 2011 and possibly continuing through 2012, RGGI will undergo a program review which could impact regulations and implementation of RGGI. The impact of this program review on Dominion’s fossil fired generation operations in RGGI states is unknown at this time. Dominion is currently unable to make an estimate of the potential financial statement impacts related to these matters.

 

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Three of Dominion’s facilities, Brayton Point, Salem Harbor and Manchester Street, are subject to RGGI. Beginning with calendar year 2009, RGGI requires that Dominion cover each ton of CO2 direct stack emissions from these facilities with either an allowance or an offset. The allowances can be purchased through auction or through a secondary market. Dominion has participated in RGGI allowance auctions to date and has procured allowances to meet its estimated compliance requirements under RGGI for 2009, 2010, 2011 and partially for 2012, therefore Dominion does not expect compliance with RGGI to have a material impact on its results of operations or financial condition. However, during August 2011, a lawsuit was filed in New York seeking to retroactively rescind RGGI participation by that state. Currently, a percentage of Dominion’s RGGI allowances have been acquired from New York. The acquisition cost of these allowances totaled approximately $34 million, of which the majority have been expensed as consumed. If Dominion is unable to tender New York allowances for RGGI compliance or RGGI does not exchange these allowances for other state allowances, replacement allowances would have to be purchased for 2009 through 2011 compliance. Dominion cannot predict the outcome of the case at this time. Dominion is currently unable to make an estimate of the potential financial statement impacts related to these matters.

In August 2011, the EPA announced a delay in the schedule for proposing regulations which would establish GHG performance standards for new, modified and existing fossil-fired electric generating units. Regulations were expected to be proposed by July 2011 and finalized by May 2012. The schedule for a proposed rulemaking is now delayed beyond October 2011.

Guarantees

Dominion

At September 30, 2011, Dominion had issued $86 million of guarantees, primarily to support equity method investees. No significant amounts related to these guarantees have been recorded. As of September 30, 2011, Dominion’s exposure under these guarantees was $54 million, primarily related to certain reserve requirements associated with non-recourse financing.

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

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

 

     Stated Limit      Value(1)  
(millions)              

Subsidiary debt(2)

   $ 363       $ 363   

Commodity transactions(3)

     3,182         429   

Lease obligation for power generation facility(4)

     748         748   

Nuclear obligations(5)

     231         50   

Other(6)

     517         141   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 5,041       $ 1,731   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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

 

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Spent Nuclear Fuel

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

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

The Companies continue to recognize receivables for certain spent nuclear fuel-related costs that they believe are probable of recovery from the DOE. At September 30, 2011, Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s receivables for spent nuclear fuel-related costs totaled $99 million and $75 million, respectively. The Companies will continue to manage their spent fuel until it is accepted by the DOE.

Surety Bonds and Letters of Credit

As of September 30, 2011, Dominion had purchased $151 million of surety bonds, including $62 million at Virginia Power, and authorized the issuance of standby letters of credit by financial institutions of $127 million, including $56 million at Virginia Power, to facilitate commercial transactions by its subsidiaries with third parties. Under the terms of the surety bonds, the Companies are obligated to indemnify the respective surety bond company for any amounts paid.

Merchant Generation Operations

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

During the second quarter of 2011, Dominion announced that State Line would shut down by mid-2014, and that it would cease operating two of the four units at Salem Harbor by the end of 2011 and plans to retire all four units on June 1, 2014. In the second quarter of 2011, Dominion recorded a $17 million ($11 million after-tax) charge in other operations and maintenance expense for severance costs related to the expected closings of these merchant generation facilities. In August 2011, Dominion announced that State Line would shut down in the first quarter of 2012, given a continued decline in power prices and the expected cost to comply with CSAPR. During the third quarter of 2011, Dominion recorded a $15 million ($10 million after-tax) charge in other operations and maintenance expense related to the accelerated closure of State Line.

 

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PJM Ancillary Service Revenues

In September 2011, PJM identified the need to adjust its calculations of certain ancillary service revenues paid to a number of generators. PJM is currently in the process of performing the required recalculations and Virginia Power has accrued a liability of $35 million, which represents its best estimate of future billing adjustments from PJM related to revenues recognized in 2010 and 2011.

Note 16. Credit Risk

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

At September 30, 2011, Dominion’s gross credit exposure totaled $364 million. After the application of collateral, credit exposure is unchanged. Of this amount, investment grade counterparties, including those internally rated, represented 79%. One counterparty exposure represents 10% of Dominion’s total exposure and is a large financial institution rated investment grade.

Credit-Related Contingent Provisions

The majority of Dominion’s derivative instruments contain credit-related contingent provisions. These provisions require Dominion to provide collateral upon the occurrence of specific events, primarily a credit rating downgrade. If the credit-related contingent features underlying these instruments that are in a liability position and not fully collateralized with cash were fully triggered as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, Dominion would have been required to post an additional $66 million and $88 million, respectively, of collateral to its counterparties. The collateral that would be required to be posted includes the impacts of any offsetting asset positions and any amounts already posted for derivatives, non-derivative contracts and derivatives elected under the normal purchases and normal sales exception, per contractual terms. Dominion had posted $81 million in collateral, including $53 million of letters of credit, at September 30, 2011 and $54 million in collateral, including $19 million of letters of credit, at December 31, 2010, related to derivatives with credit-related contingent provisions that are in a liability position and not fully collateralized with cash. The collateral posted includes any amounts paid related to non-derivative contracts and derivatives elected under the normal purchases and normal sales exception, per contractual terms. The aggregate fair value of all derivative instruments with credit-related contingent provisions that are in a liability position and not fully collateralized with cash as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 was $209 million and $210 million, respectively, which does not include the impact of any offsetting asset positions. See Note 10 for further information about derivative instruments.

Note 17. Related Party Transactions

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

Transactions with Affiliates

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

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

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
     Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2011      2010      2011      2010  
(millions)                            

Commodity purchases from affiliates

   $ 150       $ 150       $ 302       $ 306   

Services provided by affiliates

     101         106         294         355   

Virginia Power has borrowed funds from Dominion under short-term borrowing arrangements. Virginia Power’s outstanding borrowings, net of repayments, under the Dominion money pool for its nonregulated subsidiaries totaled $166 million and $24 million as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. Virginia Power’s short-term demand note borrowings from Dominion were $49 million and $79 million as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010. Virginia Power’s interest charges related to its borrowings from Dominion were immaterial for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010.

 

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In March, September and October 2010, Virginia Power issued 14,600, 6,700 and 8,900 shares of its common stock to Dominion for approximately $433 million, $203 million and $277 million, respectively. The proceeds were used to pay down short-term demand note borrowings from Dominion.

Note 18. Employee Benefit Plans

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

 

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

Three Months Ended September 30,

        

Service cost

   $ 27      $ 25      $ 12      $ 13   

Interest cost

     65        66        24        26   

Expected return on plan assets

     (110     (103     (21     (17

Amortization of prior service cost (credit)

     —          1        (3     (2

Amortization of net loss

     24        15        3        3   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net periodic benefit cost

   $ 6      $ 4      $ 15      $ 23   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

        

Service cost

   $ 81      $ 77      $ 36      $ 41   

Interest cost

     194        200        71        76   

Expected return on plan assets

     (331     (308     (60     (52

Amortization of prior service cost (credit)

     2        3        (10     (5

Amortization of net loss

     72        45        9        9   

Settlements and curtailments(1)

     —          84        (1     37   

Special termination benefits(2)

     —          10        —          1   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net periodic benefit cost

   $ 18      $ 111      $ 45      $ 107   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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

Employer Contributions

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

Note 19. Operating Segments

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

 

Primary Operating Segment

  

Description of Operations

  

Dominion

  

Virginia Power

DVP

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

Dominion Generation

   Regulated electric fleet    X    X
   Merchant electric fleet    X   

Dominion Energy

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

 

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

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

In the nine months ended September 30, 2011, Dominion reported after-tax net expenses of $213 million for specific items in the Corporate and Other segment, with $217 million of these net expenses attributable to its operating segments. In the nine months ended September 30, 2010, Dominion reported after-tax net benefits of $905 million for specific items in the Corporate and Other segment, with $1.1 billion of these net benefits attributable to its operating segments.

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

 

 

A $121 million ($74 million after-tax) charge reflecting restoration costs associated with damage caused by Hurricane Irene, primarily attributable to DVP;

 

 

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

 

 

A $57 million ($34 million after-tax) charge related to the impairment of SO2 emissions allowances not expected to be consumed due to CSAPR, attributable to Dominion Generation; and

 

 

A $56 million ($32 million after-tax) loss from the operations of Kewaunee, attributable to Dominion Generation. Kewaunee’s results of operations have been reflected in the Corporate and Other segment due to Dominion’s decision in the first quarter of 2011 to pursue the sale of Kewaunee.

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

   

DVP ($67 million after-tax);

 

   

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

 

   

Dominion Generation ($115 million after-tax);

 

 

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

 

 

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

The Corporate and Other Segment of Virginia Power primarily includes certain specific items that are not included in profit measures evaluated by executive management in assessing segment performance or allocating resources among the segments. In the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, Virginia Power reported after-tax net expenses of $126 million and $149 million, respectively, for specific items attributable to its operating segments in the Corporate and Other segment.

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

 

 

A $121 million ($74 million after-tax) charge reflecting restoration costs associated with damage caused by Hurricane Irene, primarily attributable to DVP; and

 

 

A $43 million ($26 million after-tax) charge related to the impairment of SO2 emissions allowances not expected to be consumed due to CSAPR, attributable to Dominion Generation.

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

 

 

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

 

   

DVP ($63 million after-tax); and

 

   

Dominion Generation ($60 million after-tax).

 

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

 

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

Three Months Ended September 30,

               

2011

               

Total revenue from external customers

   $ 922       $ 2,142       $ 290       $ 23      $ 426      $ 3,803   

Intersegment revenue

     21         114         341         149        (625     —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating revenue

     943         2,256         631         172        (199     3,803   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to Dominion

     125         394         95         (222     —          392   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

2010

               

Total revenue from external customers

   $ 907       $ 2,312       $ 367       $ (6   $ 370      $ 3,950   

Intersegment revenue

     16         114         339         172        (641     —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating revenue

     923         2,426         706         166        (271     3,950   

Net income (loss) attributable to Dominion

     107         487         92         (111     —          575   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

               

2011

               

Total revenue from external customers

   $ 2,801       $ 5,765       $ 1,503       $ 96      $ 1,036      $ 11,201   

Intersegment revenue

     134         271         843         443        (1,691     —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating revenue

     2,935         6,036         2,346         539        (655     11,201   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to Dominion

     389         886         368         (436     —          1,207   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

2010

               

Total revenue from external customers

   $ 2,697       $ 6,121       $ 1,667       $ 28      $ 938      $ 11,451   

Intersegment revenue

     123         324         906         571        (1,924     —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating revenue

     2,820         6,445         2,573         599        (986     11,451   

Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax

     —           —           —           (147     —          (147
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income attributable to Dominion

     333         1,088         353         736        —          2,510   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

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

 

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

 

     DVP      Dominion
Generation
     Corporate
and Other
    Consolidated
Total
 
(millions)                           

Three Months Ended September 30,

          

2011

          

Operating revenue

   $ 484       $ 1,704       $ (11   $ 2,177   

Net income (loss)

     127         289         (119     297   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

2010

          

Operating revenue

   $ 453       $ 1,658       $ —        $ 2,111   

Net income (loss)

     102         286         (8     380   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

          

2011

          

Operating revenue

   $ 1,367       $ 4,336       $ (12   $ 5,691   

Net income (loss)

     342         598         (124     816   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

2010

          

Operating revenue

   $ 1,253       $ 4,308       $ —        $ 5,561   

Net income (loss)

     300         589         (147     742   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

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

Contents of MD&A

MD&A consists of the following information:

 

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

 

Accounting Matters

 

 

Dominion

 

   

Results of Operations

 

   

Segment Results of Operations

 

 

Virginia Power

 

   

Results of Operations

 

   

Segment Results of Operations

 

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

 

Future Issues and Other Matters

Forward-Looking Statements

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

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

Federal, state and local legislative and regulatory developments;

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

Unplanned outages of the Companies’ facilities;

 

 

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

 

 

Counterparty credit and performance risk;

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

Fluctuations in interest rates;

 

 

Changes in federal and state tax laws and regulations;

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

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Political and economic conditions, including inflation and deflation;

 

 

Domestic terrorism and other threats to the Companies’ physical and intangible assets, as well as threats to cybersecurity;

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

Adverse outcomes in litigation matters.

Additionally, other risks that could cause actual results to differ from predicted results are set forth in Item 1A. Risk Factors in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 and in Part II, Item 1A. Risk Factors of their Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011.

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

Accounting Matters

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

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

Dominion

Results of Operations

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

 

     2011      2010      $ Change  
(millions, except EPS)                     

Third Quarter

        

Net income attributable to Dominion

   $ 392       $ 575       $ (183

Diluted EPS

     0.69         0.98         (0.29

Year-To-Date

        

Net income attributable to Dominion

   $ 1,207       $ 2,510       $ (1,303

Diluted EPS

     2.10         4.23         (2.13

Overview

Third Quarter 2011 vs. 2010

Net income attributable to Dominion decreased by $183 million. The primary drivers include lower margins from merchant generation operations, restoration costs associated with damage caused by Hurricane Irene and a charge related to the impairment of SO2 emissions allowances not expected to be consumed due to CSAPR.

Year-To-Date 2011 vs. 2010

Net income attributable to Dominion decreased by $1.3 billion. Unfavorable drivers include the absence of a gain on the sale of Dominion’s Appalachian E&P operations recorded in 2010, lower margins from merchant generation operations, restoration costs associated with damage caused by Hurricane Irene and the impact of less favorable weather on Dominion’s electric utility operations. Favorable drivers include the absence of charges related to a workforce reduction program and a loss on the sale of Peoples, both recorded in 2010, the impact of rate adjustment clauses on Dominion’s electric utility operations and a decrease in impairment charges related to State Line.

 

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Analysis of Consolidated Operations

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

 

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

Operating revenue

   $ 3,803       $ 3,950       $ (147   $ 11,201       $ 11,451      $ (250

Electric fuel and other energy-related purchases

     1,243         1,180         63        3,270         3,164        106   

Purchased electric capacity

     109         116         (7     344         333        11   

Purchased gas

     335         367         (32     1,342         1,550        (208
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net revenue

     2,116         2,287         (171     6,245         6,404        (159
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other operations and maintenance

     885         788         97        2,523         2,709        (186

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

     268         263         5        785         794        (9

Other taxes

     130         117         13        416         405        11   

Gain on sale of Appalachian E&P operations

     —           —           —          —           2,467        (2,467

Other income

     16         63         (47     112         109        3   

Interest and related charges

     249         229         20        692         600        92   

Income tax expense

     204         374         (170     722         1,803        (1,081

Loss from discontinued operations

     —           —           —          —           (147     147   

An analysis of Dominion’s results of operations follows:

Third Quarter 2011 vs. 2010

Net revenue decreased 7% primarily reflecting:

 

 

A $144 million decrease from merchant generation operations, primarily reflecting:

 

   

A decline at certain nuclear generation facilities ($72 million) largely due to a decrease in realized prices ($60 million) and decreased generation ($15 million); and

 

   

A decline at certain fossil generation facilities ($72 million) largely due to lower generation ($45 million) and a decrease in realized prices ($34 million); and

 

 

A $34 million decrease in producer services primarily related to unfavorable price changes on economic hedging positions, partially offset by higher physical margins, all associated with natural gas aggregation, marketing and trading activities.

These decreases were partially offset by:

 

 

A $22 million increase from electric utility operations primarily reflecting:

 

   

The impact of rate adjustment clauses ($48 million); and

 

   

An increase in capacity revenues and a decrease in capacity expense ($12 million); partially offset by

 

   

A decrease in sales to retail customers primarily due to a decrease in cooling degree days ($19 million); and

 

   

A $16 million decrease related to PJM ancillary revenues reflecting anticipated billing adjustments from PJM for certain ancillary revenues recognized in 2011 and 2010 ($35 million), partially offset by other ancillary revenue increases ($19 million).

Other operations and maintenance increased 12%, primarily reflecting:

 

 

A $121 million increase due to restoration costs associated with damage caused by Hurricane Irene; and

 

 

A $44 million increase in impairment charges related to excess SO2 emission allowances resulting from CSAPR; partially offset by

 

 

A $68 million decrease in salaries, wages and benefits.

Other income decreased 75%, primarily reflecting net realized losses (net of investment income) on nuclear decommissioning trust funds in 2011 versus net realized gains (including investment income) on nuclear decommissioning trust funds in 2010.

Income tax expense decreased 45%, primarily reflecting lower pre-tax income in 2011.

 

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Year-To-Date 2011 vs. 2010

Net revenue decreased 2%, primarily reflecting:

 

 

A $286 million decrease from merchant generation operations, primarily reflecting:

 

   

A decline at certain fossil generation facilities ($145 million) largely due to lower generation ($78 million), and a decrease in realized prices ($66 million); and

 

   

A decline at certain nuclear generation facilities ($141 million) largely due to a decrease in realized prices ($154 million), partially offset by increased generation ($18 million);

 

 

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

These decreases were partially offset by:

 

 

A $112 million increase from electric utility operations primarily reflecting:

 

   

The impact of rate adjustment clauses ($139 million); and

 

   

A $12 million increase due to ancillary revenues received from PJM ($47 million), partially offset by anticipated billing adjustments from PJM for certain ancillary revenues recognized in 2011 and 2010 ($35 million); partially offset by

 

   

The impact ($45 million) of a decrease in sales to retail customers primarily due to a decrease in cooling degree days ($118 million), partially offset by an increase in sales due to the effect of favorable economic conditions on customer usage and other factors ($73 million); and

 

 

An $87 million increase from regulated natural gas distribution operations primarily reflecting increased rider revenue related to low income assistance programs ($64 million) and increased customer usage charges ($23 million);

 

 

A $28 million increase in retail energy marketing activities primarily due to the impact of a decrease in purchased gas expense, partially offset by an increase in purchased electric expense; and

 

 

A $22 million increase from Dominion’s gas transmission business primarily related to an increase in revenue from NGLs.

Other operations and maintenance decreased 7%, primarily reflecting:

 

 

A $398 million decrease primarily due to the absence of charges recorded in 2010 related to a workforce reduction program; and

 

 

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

These decreases were partially offset by:

 

 

A $121 million increase due to restoration costs associated with damage caused by Hurricane Irene;

 

 

A $64 million increase in bad debt expense at regulated natural gas distribution operations, primarily related to low income assistance programs. These expenses are recovered through rates and do not impact net income;

 

 

A $64 million increase in planned outage costs primarily due to an increase in scheduled outage days at certain merchant generation facilities; and

 

 

A $44 million increase in impairment charges related to excess SO2 emission allowances resulting from CSAPR.

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

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

Income tax expense decreased 60%, primarily reflecting lower federal and state taxes largely due to the absence of a gain from the sale of Dominion’s Appalachian E&P operations recorded in 2010.

Loss from discontinued operations reflects the sale of Peoples in February 2010.

 

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Segment Results of Operations

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

 

           Net Income attributable to Dominion            Diluted EPS  

Third Quarter

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

DVP

   $ 125      $ 107      $ 18      $ 0.22      $ 0.18      $ 0.04   

Dominion Generation

     394        487        (93     0.69        0.83        (0.14

Dominion Energy

     95        92        3        0.17        0.16        0.01   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Primary operating segments

     614        686        (72     1.08        1.17        (0.09

Corporate and Other

     (222     (111     (111     (0.39     (0.19     (0.20
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Consolidated

   $ 392      $ 575      $ (183   $ 0.69      $ 0.98      $ (0.29
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Year-To-Date                                     

DVP

   $ 389      $ 333      $ 56      $ 0.68      $ 0.56      $ 0.12   

Dominion Generation

     886        1,088        (202     1.54        1.84        (0.30

Dominion Energy

     368        353        15        0.64        0.59        0.05   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Primary operating segments

     1,643        1,774        (131     2.86        2.99        (0.13

Corporate and Other

     (436     736        (1,172     (0.76     1.24        (2.00
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Consolidated

   $ 1,207      $ 2,510      $ (1,303   $ 2.10      $ 4.23      $ (2.13
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

DVP

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

 

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

Electricity delivered (million MWh)

     23.1         23.5         (2 )%      63.9         64.8         (1 )% 

Degree days (electric distribution service area):

                

Cooling

     1,238         1,317         (6     1,869         2,041         (8

Heating

     12         —           100        2,302         2,323         (1

Average electric distribution customer accounts (thousands)(1)

     2,438         2,424         1        2,436         2,420         1   

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

     2,181         2,072         5        2,154         2,019         7   

 

(1) Period average.

 

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

 

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

FERC transmission equity return

   $ 12      $ 0.03      $ 32      $ 0.05   

Storm damage and service restoration – electric distribution operations

     6        0.01        9        0.02   

Salaries, wages and benefits expense

     7        0.01        14        0.02   

Retail energy marketing operations

     (9     (0.02     14        0.03   

Regulated electric sales:

        

Weather

     (3     (0.01     (22     (0.04

Other

     (3     (0.01     7        0.01   

Other

     8        0.02        2        0.01   

Share accretion

     —          0.01        —          0.02   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net income contribution

   $ 18      $ 0.04      $ 56      $ 0.12   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Dominion Generation

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

 

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

Electricity supplied (million MWh):

                

Utility

     23.1         23.5         (2 )%      63.9         64.8         (1 )% 

Merchant(1)

     11.7         12.7         (8     33.6         35.6         (6

Degree days (electric utility service area):

                

Cooling

     1,238         1,317         (6     1,869         2,041         (8

Heating

     12         —           100        2,302         2,323         (1

 

(1) Includes 1.2 and 3.3 million MWh for the quarter and year-to-date periods ended September 30, 2011, respectively, and 1.2 and 3.7 million MWh for the quarter and year-to-date periods ended September 30, 2010, respectively, related to Kewaunee.

 

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

 

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

Merchant generation margin

   $ (87   $ (0.14   $ (160   $ (0.28

Regulated electric sales:

        

Weather

     (9     (0.02     (50     (0.08

Other

     3        0.01        41        0.07   

Kewaunee 2010 earnings(1)

     (4     (0.01     (19     (0.03

Rate adjustment clause equity return

     6        0.01        25        0.04   

Outage costs

     5        0.01        (22     (0.04

Other

     (7     (0.02     (17     (0.03

Share accretion

     —          0.02        —          0.05   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net income contribution

   $ (93   $ (0.14   $ (202   $ (0.30
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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

Dominion Energy

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

 

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

Gas distribution throughput (bcf):

                

Sales

     2         2         —       22         20         10

Transportation

     33         32         3        188         168         12   

Heating degree days (gas distribution service area)

     88         78         13        3,844         3,461         11   

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

                

Sales

     251         256         (2     253         258         (2

Transportation

     1,029         1,029         —          1,044         1,043         —     

 

(1) Period average.

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

 

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

Gas transmission margin

   $ 6      $ 0.01      $ 9      $ 0.02   

Gas distribution margin

     5        0.01        13        0.02   

E&P disposed operations

     —          —          (17     (0.03

Producer services margin

     (17     (0.03     6        0.01   

Other

     9        0.01        4        0.01   

Share accretion

     —          0.01        —          0.02   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net income contribution

   $ 3      $ 0.01      $ 15      $ 0.05   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Corporate and Other

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

 

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

Specific items attributable to operating segments

   $ (161   $ (4   $ (157   $ (217   $ 1,061      $ (1,278

Specific items attributable to corporate operations:

            

Peoples discontinued operations

     —          —          —          —          (147     147   

Other

     12        (24     36        4        (9     13   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total specific items

     (149     (28     (121     (213     905        (1,118

Other corporate operations

     (73     (83     10        (223     (169     (54
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total net benefit (expense)

   $ (222   $ (111   $ (111   $ (436   $ 736      $ (1,172
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

EPS impact

   $ (0.39   $ (0.19   $ (0.20   $ (0.76   $ 1.24      $ (2.00
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Specific Items

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

Other Corporate Operations

Year-To-Date 2011 vs. 2010

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

 

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Virginia Power

Results of Operations

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

 

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

Net income

   $ 297       $ 380       $ (83   $ 816       $ 742       $ 74   

Overview

Third Quarter 2011 vs. 2010

Net income decreased by $83 million largely due to the impact of restoration costs associated with damage caused by Hurricane Irene, a charge related to the impairment of SO2 emissions allowances not expected to be consumed due to CSAPR and less favorable weather, partially offset by the impact of rate adjustment clauses.

Year-To-Date 2011 vs. 2010

Net income increased by $74 million. Favorable drivers include the absence of charges related to a workforce reduction program recorded in 2010, the impact of rate adjustment clauses and the impact of favorable economic conditions and other factors. Unfavorable drivers include the impact of restoration costs associated with damage caused by Hurricane Irene and less favorable weather.

 

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Analysis of Consolidated Operations

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

 

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

Operating revenue

   $ 2,177       $ 2,111       $ 66      $ 5,691       $ 5,561       $ 130   

Electric fuel and other energy-related purchases

     746         694         52        1,922         1,915         7   

Purchased electric capacity

     108         116         (8     342         331         11   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net revenue

     1,323         1,301         22        3,427         3,315         112   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other operations and maintenance

     514         404         110        1,172         1,240         (68

Depreciation and amortization

     184         171         13        533         499         34   

Other taxes

     57         53         4        172         170         2   

Other income

     25         25         —          64         67         (3

Interest and related charges

     114         88         26        290         259         31   

Income tax expense

     182         230         (48     508         472         36   

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

Third Quarter 2011 vs. 2010

Net revenue increased 2%, primarily reflecting:

 

 

The impact of rate adjustment clauses ($48 million); and

 

 

An increase in capacity revenues and a decrease in capacity expense ($12 million); partially offset by

 

 

A decrease in sales to retail customers primarily due to a decrease in cooling degree days ($19 million); and

 

 

A $16 million decrease related to PJM ancillary revenues reflecting anticipated billing adjustments from PJM for certain ancillary revenues recognized in 2011 and 2010 ($35 million), partially offset by other ancillary revenue increases ($19 million).

Other operations and maintenance increased 27%, primarily reflecting:

 

 

A $121 million increase due to restoration costs associated with damage caused by Hurricane Irene; and

 

 

A $30 million increase in impairment charges related to excess SO2 emission allowances resulting from CSAPR.

These increases were partially offset by:

 

 

A $15 million decrease in salaries, wages and benefits as well as certain administrative and general costs; and

 

 

A $13 million decrease in planned outage costs due to fewer scheduled outage days at certain electric utility generation facilities.

Interest and related charges increased 30%, primarily due to an increase in interest accrued relating to resolutions with taxing authorities ($11 million), an increase related to unfavorable changes on interest rate derivatives ($4 million), lower capitalized interest related to AFUDC as a result of construction and expansion projects ($4 million) and an overrecovery related to the debt portion of FERC transmission rates ($3 million).

Income tax expense decreased 21%, primarily reflecting lower pre-tax income in 2011.

Year-To-Date 2011 vs. 2010

Net revenue increased 3%, primarily reflecting:

 

 

The impact of rate adjustment clauses ($139 million); and

 

 

A $12 million increase due to ancillary revenues received from PJM ($47 million), partially offset by anticipated billing adjustments from PJM for certain ancillary revenues recognized in 2011 and 2010 ($35 million); partially offset by

 

 

The impact ($45 million) of a decrease in sales to retail customers primarily due to a decrease in cooling degree days ($118 million), partially offset by an increase in sales due to the effect of favorable economic conditions on customer usage and other factors ($73 million).

 

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Other operations and maintenance decreased 5%, primarily reflecting:

 

 

A $236 million decrease primarily due to the absence of charges recorded in 2010 related to a workforce reduction program; partially offset by

 

 

A $121 million increase due to restoration costs associated with damage caused by Hurricane Irene; and

 

 

A $30 million increase in impairment charges related to excess SO2 emission allowances resulting from CSAPR.

Interest and related charges increased 12%, primarily reflecting an overrecovery related to the debt portion of FERC transmission rates ($10 million), the absence of a benefit recorded in 2010 resulting from the discontinuance of hedge accounting for certain interest rate derivatives ($6 million), an increase related to unfavorable changes on interest rate derivatives ($4 million), lower capitalized interest related to AFUDC as a result of construction and expansion projects ($5 million) and an increase from additional pollution control bond issuances in late 2010 ($4 million).

Segment Results of Operations

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

 

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

DVP

   $ 127      $ 102      $ 25      $ 342      $ 300      $ 42   

Dominion Generation

     289        286        3        598        589        9   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Primary operating segments

     416        388        28        940        889        51   

Corporate and Other

     (119     (8     (111     (124     (147     23   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Consolidated

   $ 297      $ 380      $ (83   $ 816      $ 742      $ 74   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

DVP

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

 

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

Electricity delivered (million MWh)

     23.1         23.5         (2 )%      63.9         64.8         (1 )% 

Degree days (electric distribution service area):

                

Cooling

     1,238         1,317         (6     1,869         2,041         (8

Heating

     12         —           100        2,302         2,323         (1

Average electric distribution customer accounts (thousands)(1)

     2,438         2,424         1        2,436         2,420         1   

 

(1) Period average.

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

 

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

Increase
(Decrease)
 
(millions)             

FERC transmission equity return

   $ 12      $ 32   

Storm damage and service restoration – electric distribution operations

     6        9   

Salaries, wages and benefits expense

     7        14   

Regulated electric sales:

    

Weather

     (3     (22

Other

     (3     7   

Other

     6        2   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net income contribution

   $ 25      $ 42   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Dominion Generation

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

 

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

Electricity supplied (million MWh):

     23.1         23.5         (2 )%      63.9         64.8         (1 )% 

Degree days (electric utility service area):

                

Cooling

     1,238         1,317         (6     1,869         2,041         (8

Heating

     12         —           100        2,302         2,323         (1

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

 

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

Outage costs

   $ 8      $ (2

Rate adjustment clause equity return

     6        25   

Regulated electric sales:

    

Weather

     (9     (50

Other

     3        41   

Other

     (5     (5
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net income contribution

   $ 3      $ 9   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Corporate and Other

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

Liquidity and Capital Resources

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

At September 30, 2011, Dominion had $2.6 billion of unused capacity under its credit facilities, including $644 million of unused capacity under joint credit facilities available to Virginia Power.

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

 

     2011     2010  
(millions)             

Cash and cash equivalents at January 1

   $ 62      $ 50   

Cash flows provided by (used in):

    

Operating activities

     2,398        1,884   

Investing activities

     (2,364     1,225   

Financing activities

     116        (2,713
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

     150        396   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at September 30

   $ 212      $ 446   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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

 

     2011     2010  
(millions)             

Cash and cash equivalents at January 1

   $ 5      $ 19   

Cash flows provided by (used in):

    

Operating activities

     1,697        1,238   

Investing activities

     (1,431     (1,708

Financing activities

     (247     473   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

     19        3   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at September 30

   $ 24      $ 22   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating Cash Flows

Net cash provided by Dominion’s operating activities increased by $514 million, primarily due to lower income tax payments, lower rate refunds related to the Virginia Settlement Approval Order and the absence of a contribution to pension plans made in 2010, partially offset by lower merchant generation margins, the impact of less favorable weather on electric utility operations, the absence of E&P operations and net changes in other working capital items.

Net cash provided by Virginia Power’s operating activities increased by $459 million, primarily due to lower income tax payments, lower rate refunds related to the Virginia Settlement Approval Order and the absence of a contribution to the Dominion pension plans made in 2010. The increase was partially offset by the impact of less favorable weather and net changes in other working capital items.

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

The Companies’ operations are subject to risks and uncertainties that may negatively impact the timing or amounts of operating cash flows, which are discussed in Item 1A. Risk Factors in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 and Item 1A. Risk Factors in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011.

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 September 30, 2011 for these activities. Gross credit exposure for each counterparty is calculated prior to the application of collateral and represents outstanding receivables plus any unrealized on- or off-balance sheet exposure, taking into account contractual netting rights.

 

     Gross  Credit
Exposure
     Credit
Collateral
     Net Credit
Exposure
 
(millions)                     

Investment grade(1)

   $ 210       $ —         $ 210   

Non-investment grade(2)

     5         —           5   

No external ratings:

        

Internally rated—investment grade(3)

     77         —           77   

Internally rated—non-investment grade(4)

     72         —           72   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 364       $ —         $ 364   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) Designations as investment grade are based upon minimum credit ratings assigned by Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s. The five largest counterparty exposures, combined, for this category represented approximately 29% of the total net credit exposure.
(2) The five largest counterparty exposures, combined, for this category represented approximately 1% of the total net credit exposure.
(3) The five largest counterparty exposures, combined, for this category represented approximately 12% of the total net credit exposure.
(4) The five largest counterparty exposures, combined, for this category represented approximately 12% of the total net credit exposure.

 

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

Investing Cash Flows

For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, net cash used in Dominion’s investing activities was $2.4 billion as compared to net cash provided by investing activities of $1.2 billion in 2010, primarily reflecting the absence of the proceeds received from the sale of Dominion’s Appalachian E&P operations in April 2010 and the sale of Peoples in February 2010, partially offset by restricted cash reimbursements received in 2011 for the purpose of funding certain qualifying construction projects.

Net cash used in Virginia Power’s investing activities decreased by $277 million, primarily due to lower capital expenditures and restricted cash reimbursements for the purpose of funding certain qualifying construction projects.

Financing Cash Flows and Liquidity

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

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

For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, net cash provided by Dominion’s financing activities was $116 million as compared to net cash used in financing activities of $2.7 billion in 2010, mainly reflecting the use of proceeds from the sales of Dominion’s Appalachian E&P operations and Peoples to repay debts in 2010.

Net cash used in Virginia Power’s financing activities was $247 million as compared to net cash provided by financing activities of $473 million in 2010, primarily reflecting lower net debt issuances in 2011 as compared to 2010 as a result of higher cash flow from operations, partially offset by higher dividend payments to Dominion.

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

Credit Ratings

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

Debt Covenants

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

In September 2011, Dominion amended the RCCs of the June 2006 hybrids and September 2006 hybrids to expand the measurement period for consideration of proceeds from the sale of common stock issuances from 180 days to 365 days.

Future Cash Payments for Contractual Obligations and Planned Capital Expenditures

As of September 30, 2011, there have been no material changes outside the ordinary course of business to Dominion’s or Virginia Power’s contractual obligations as disclosed in MD&A in the Companies’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.

 

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As of September 30, 2011, Dominion’s planned capital expenditures for 2012 and 2013 are expected to total approximately $4.2 billion and $3.8 billion, respectively, and Virginia Power’s planned capital expenditures for 2012 and 2013 are expected total approximately $2.5 billion and $2.9 billion, respectively. The decrease in planned capital expenditures, as compared to the amounts originally forecasted in the Companies’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, primarily reflects a change in the timing of expenditures related to environmental regulation.

Use of Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

Leasing Arrangement

Dominion leases the Fairless generating facility in Pennsylvania, which began commercial operations in June 2004. The lease expires in 2013 and, at that time, Dominion may renew the lease on terms mutually agreeable to Dominion and the lessor based on original project costs and current market conditions; purchase Fairless at its original construction cost ($898 million) plus 51% of any appraised value in excess of original construction cost; or sell Fairless, on behalf of the lessor, to an independent third party. As an operating lease, the asset and related borrowings used to finance the construction of the asset are not included in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Through September 30, 2011, the lessor held two power plant leases, including Fairless. In October 2011, the last lease, other than Fairless, expired and the related asset was sold by Juniper. As a result, Dominion will begin consolidating Juniper in the fourth quarter of 2011.

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

Future Issues and Other Matters

The following discussion of future issues and other information includes current developments of previously disclosed matters and new issues arising during the period covered by, and subsequent to, the dates of Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Consolidated Financial Statements that may impact the Companies’ future results of operations, financial condition and/or cash flows. This section should be read in conjunction with Item 1. Business and Future Issues and Other Matters in Item 7. MD&A in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 and Future Issues and Other Matters in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2011.

Regulatory Matters

See Note 14 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 and Note 12 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2011, June 30, 2011 and in this report for additional information on various regulatory matters.

Environmental Matters

Dominion and Virginia Power are subject to costs resulting from a number of federal, state and local laws and regulations designed to protect human health and the environment. These laws and regulations affect future planning and existing operations. They can result in increased capital, operating and other costs as a result of compliance, remediation, containment and monitoring obligations. See Note 23 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 and Note 15 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2011, June 30, 2011 and in this report for additional information on various environmental matters.

Air

In September 2011, the EPA announced a delay from 2011 to 2014 of its impending rulemaking to revise the ozone NAAQS, therefore NOx controls that may have been required by the rulemaking are also expected to be delayed. However, the EPA’s decision to delay the rulemaking has been challenged in federal court and the length of delay in possible NOx controls, if any, will depend on the outcome of that litigation.

Nuclear Matters

In August 2011, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake near Mineral, Virginia caused the two reactors at North Anna to shut down immediately, as designed. Some of the earthquake’s vibrations briefly exceeded North Anna’s licensing design basis at certain frequencies, however, Virginia Power’s inspections have shown no significant damage to equipment at the station from the earthquake. The reactors were placed in cold shutdown condition pending completion of NRC inspection and review. The restart of the two reactors is subject to NRC approval, which Virginia Power believes is likely to occur in the fourth quarter of 2011.

 

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Legal Matters

See Item 3. Legal Proceedings in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 and Part II, Item 1. Legal Proceedings in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2011 and in this report for additional information on various legal matters.

Integrated Resource Plan

Virginia Power is required to file an IRP with the Virginia Commission every two years to demonstrate how the company plans to meet projected electric demand in the next 15 years. Due to anticipated changes in federal environmental regulations currently in draft form, in September 2011, Virginia Power announced that its latest IRP incorporated the following likely actions:

 

 

The coal-fired Chesapeake power station would likely close by 2016. Two of the four units are expected to be shut down by 2015 and the remaining two units likely would be shut down a year later;

 

 

One coal-fired unit at Yorktown would likely close by 2015 and a second coal-fired unit would likely be converted to natural gas; and

 

 

New air emissions controls may need to be installed on Yorktown Unit 3 and Possum Point power station Unit 5, two large oil-burning units that provide power primarily during peak demand times, depending on the final versions of federal regulations.

A final decision regarding the above generating units will be made once the proposed environmental rules are finalized.

Cove Point Export and Re-Export Projects

In September 2011, Cove Point filed the first part of a two-part domestic export authorization request with the DOE for Cove Point. The DOE approved the request in October 2011. The approval allows for long-term, multi-contract authority to liquefy for export domestically-produced LNG from the Cove Point terminal up to the equivalent of approximately 1 bcf of natural gas per day over a twenty-five year period. The approval also allows for Cove Point to act as an agent for third parties to liquefy for export domestically-produced LNG to other countries that (i) have a free trade agreement with the U.S. that includes natural gas, and (ii) possess the capacity to import LNG via ocean-going carriers.

Cove Point filed the second part of the domestic export authorization application in October 2011. In the application, Cove Point requested authority to export domestically-produced LNG to other countries (i) with which the U.S. does not prohibit free trade, but does not have a free trade agreement that includes natural gas, and (ii) that possess the capacity to import LNG via ocean-going carriers.

Cove Point is not yet committed to operating an LNG export facility. Cove Point intends to further secure customer commitments before proceeding, and regulatory approvals will also be required. Subject to a final decision on pursuing the project, as well as securing applicable regulatory approvals, construction of liquefaction facilities to convert natural gas into LNG could begin in 2014 and could be completed by the end of 2016.

In addition to the domestic export project, in August 2011, Cove Point filed an application with the DOE seeking blanket authority to re-export foreign-sourced LNG from the Cove Point terminal. Such re-exportation would be up to a cumulative total of the equivalent of 150 bcf of natural gas over a two-year period. If approved, Cove Point would be permitted to act as an agent for third parties to re-export LNG to other countries (i) other than those with which the U.S. prohibits free trade, and (ii) that possess the capacity to import LNG via ocean-going carriers. Subject to the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, the re-export project is expected to be in service in 2012.

Collective Bargaining Agreements

In August 2011, members of the Local G-555, representing about 1,200 employees at East Ohio, ratified a new three-year labor contract with East Ohio. The current agreement remains in effect through its term ending June 15, 2012. The new contract runs through June 15, 2015.

In September 2011, members of the Local 12502, representing about 85 employees at State Line, agreed to extend the expiration date of the labor contract until March 2013. In August 2011, Dominion announced that it plans to cease operations at State Line in 2012.

 

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ITEM 3.

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE

DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

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

Market Risk Sensitive Instruments and Risk Management

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

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

Commodity Price Risk

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

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

A hypothetical 10% unfavorable change in commodity prices of Dominion’s non-trading commodity-based financial derivative instruments would have resulted in a decrease in fair value of approximately $217 million and $183 million as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. A hypothetical 10% unfavorable change in commodity prices of Dominion’s commodity-based financial derivative instruments held for trading purposes would have resulted in a decrease in fair value of approximately $16 million and $5 million as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively.

A hypothetical 10% unfavorable change in commodity prices of Virginia Power’s non-trading commodity-based financial derivatives would not have resulted in a material change to earnings as of September 30, 2011 or December 31, 2010.

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

Interest Rate Risk

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

 

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Additionally, Dominion and Virginia Power may use forward-starting interest rate swaps and interest rate lock agreements as anticipatory hedges. As of September 30, 2011, Dominion and Virginia Power had $2.29 billion and $1.29 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 approximately $34 million and $17 million, respectively, in the fair value of Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s interest rate derivatives at September 30, 2011. None of these interest rate derivatives were outstanding at December 31, 2010.

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

Investment Price Risk

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

Dominion recognized net realized gains (including investment income) on nuclear decommissioning and rabbi trust investments of $22 million, $63 million and $95 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 and for the year ended December 31, 2010, respectively. Net realized gains and losses include gains and losses from the sale of investments as well as any other-than-temporary declines in fair value. Dominion recorded, in AOCI and regulatory liabilities, a net decrease in unrealized gains on these investments of $118 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011, and a net increase in unrealized gains of $55 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and $182 million for the year ended December 31, 2010.

Virginia Power recognized net realized gains (including investment income) on nuclear decommissioning trust investments of $8 million, $29 million and $44 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 and for the year ended December 31, 2010, respectively. Net realized gains and losses include gains and losses from the sale of investments as well as any other-than-temporary declines in fair value. Virginia Power recorded, in AOCI and regulatory liabilities, a net decrease in unrealized gains on these investments of $43 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011, and a net increase in unrealized gains of $21 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and $67 million for the year ended December 31, 2010.

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

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

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

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

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

From time to time, Dominion and Virginia Power are alleged to be in violation or in default under orders, statutes, rules or regulations relating to the environment, compliance plans imposed upon or agreed to by the Companies, or permits issued by various local, state and/or federal agencies for the construction or operation of facilities. Administrative proceedings may also be pending on these matters. In addition, in the ordinary course of business, the Companies and their subsidiaries are involved in various legal proceedings. Dominion and Virginia Power believe that the ultimate resolution of these proceedings will not have a material adverse effect on their financial position, liquidity or results of operations. There have been no material changes to the legal proceedings reported in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010. See the following for discussions on various environmental and other regulatory proceedings to which the Companies are a party:

 

 

Notes 12 and 15 to the Consolidated Financial Statements and Future Issues in MD&A in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2011, June 30, 2011 and in this report; and

 

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Notes 12 and 23 to the Consolidated Financial Statements and Future Issues in MD&A in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

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

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

Dominion

ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

 

Period

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

7/1/11-7/31/11

     329       $ 48.27         —         19,629,059 shares/

$1.18 billion

8/1/11-8/31/11

     —           —           —         19,629,059 shares/

$1.18 billion

9/1/11-9/30/11

     2,708         48.74         —         19,629,059 shares/

$1.18 billion

  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

Total

     3,037       $ 48.69         —         19,629,059 shares/

$1.18 billion

  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

(1) In July and September 2011, 329 shares and 2,708 shares, respectively, were tendered by employees to satisfy tax withholding obligations on vested restricted and goal-based stock.
(2) Represents the weighted-average price paid per share.
(3) The remaining repurchase authorization is pursuant to repurchase authority granted by the Dominion Board of Directors in February 2005, as modified in June 2007. The aggregate authorization granted by the Dominion Board of Directors was 86 million shares (as adjusted to reflect a two-for-one stock split distributed in November 2007) not to exceed $4 billion.

 

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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

   Dominion    Virginia
Power
3.1.a    Dominion Resources, Inc. Articles of Incorporation as amended and restated effective May 20, 2010 (Exhibit 3.1, Form 8-K filed May 20, 2010, File No. 1-8489).    X   
3.1.b   

Virginia Electric and Power Company Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as in effect on March 3, 2011 (Exhibit 3.1b, Form 10-Q filed April 29, 2011, File No.

1-2255).

      X
3.2.a    Dominion Resources, Inc. Amended and Restated Bylaws, effective May 18, 2010 (Exhibit 3.2, Form 8-K filed May 20, 2010, File No. 1-8489).    X   
3.2.b    Virginia Electric and Power Company Amended and Restated Bylaws, effective June 1, 2009 (Exhibit 3.1, Form 8-K filed June 3, 2009, File No. 1-2255).       X
4    Dominion Resources, Inc. and Virginia Electric and Power Company agree to furnish to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request any other instrument with respect to long-term debt as to which the total amount of securities authorized does not exceed 10% of either of their total consolidated assets.    X    X

 

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4.1    Form of Senior Indenture, dated June 1, 2000, between Dominion Resources, Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon (as successor trustee to JP Morgan Chase Bank (formerly The Chase Manhattan Bank)), as Trustee (Exhibit 4(iii), Form S-3 Registration Statement filed December 21, 1999, File No. 333-93187); Form of First Supplemental Indenture, dated June 1, 2000 (Exhibit 4.2, Form 8-K filed June 22, 2000, File No. 1-8489); Forms of Second and Third Supplemental Indentures, dated July 1, 2000 (Exhibits 4.2 and 4.3, Form 8-K filed July 11, 2000, File No. 1-8489); Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated September 1, 2000 (Exhibit 4.2, Form 8-K filed September 8, 2000, File No. 1-8489); Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated September 1, 2000 (Exhibit 4.3, Form 8-K filed September 11, 2000, File No. 1-8489); Form of Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated October 1, 2000 (Exhibit 4.2, Form 8-K filed October 12, 2000, File No. 1-8489); Form of Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated January 1, 2001 (Exhibit 4.2, Form 8-K filed January 24, 2001, File No. 1-8489); Form of Ninth Supplemental Indenture, dated May 1, 2001 (Exhibit 4.4, Form 8-K filed May 25, 2001, File No. 1-8489); Form of Tenth Supplemental Indenture, dated March 1, 2002 (Exhibit 4.2, Form 8-K filed March 18, 2002, File No. 1-8489); Form of Eleventh Supplemental Indenture, dated June 1, 2002 (Exhibit 4.2, Form 8-K filed June 25, 2002, File No. 1- 8489); Form of Twelfth Supplemental Indenture, dated September 1, 2002 (Exhibit 4.2, Form 8-K filed September 11, 2002, File No. 1-8489); Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated September 16, 2002 (Exhibit 4.1, Form 8-K filed September 17, 2002, File No. 1-8489); Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated August 1, 2003 (Exhibit 4.4, Form 8-K filed August 20, 2003, File No. 1-8489); Forms of Fifteenth and Sixteenth Supplemental Indentures, dated December 1, 2002 (Exhibits 4.2 and 4.3, Form 8-K filed December 13, 2002, File No. 1-8489); Forms of Seventeenth and Eighteenth Supplemental Indentures, dated February 1, 2003 (Exhibits 4.2 and 4.3, Form 8-K filed February 11, 2003, File No. 1-8489; Forms of Twentieth and Twenty-First Supplemental Indentures, dated March 1, 2003 (Exhibits 4.2 and 4.3, Form 8-K filed March 4, 2003, File No. 1-8489); Form of Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture, dated July 1, 2003 (Exhibit 4.2, Form 8-K filed July 22, 2003, File No. 1-8489); Form of Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture, dated December 1, 2003 (Exhibit 4.2, Form 8-K filed December 10, 2003, File No. 1-8489); Forms of Twenty-Fifth and Twenty-Sixth Supplemental Indentures, dated January 1, 2004 (Exhibits 4.2 and 4.3, Form 8-K filed January 14, 2004, File No. 1-8489); Form of Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated December 1, 2004 (Exhibit 4.2, Form S-4 Registration Statement filed November 10, 2004, File No. 333-120339); Forms of Twenty-Eighth and Twenty-Ninth Supplemental Indentures, dated June 1, 2005 (Exhibits 4.2 and 4.3, Form 8-K filed June 17, 2005, File No. 1-8489); Form of Thirtieth Supplemental Indenture, dated July 1, 2005 (Exhibit 4.2, Form 8-K filed July 12, 2005, File No. 1-8489); Form of Thirty-First Supplemental Indenture, dated September 1, 2005 (Exhibit 4.2, Form 8-K filed September 26, 2005, File No. 1-8489); Forms of Thirty-Second and Thirty-Third Supplemental Indentures, dated November 1, 2006 (Exhibits 4.2 and 4.3, Form 8-K filed November 13, 2006, File No. 1-8489); Form of Thirty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated November 1, 2007 (Exhibit 4.2, Form 8-K filed November 29, 2007, File No. 1-8489); Forms of Thirty-Fifth, Thirty-Sixth and Thirty-Seventh Supplemental Indentures, dated June 1, 2008 (Exhibits 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4, Form 8-K filed June 16, 2008, File No. 1-8489); Form of Thirty-Eighth Supplemental and Amending Indenture, dated November 1, 2008 (Exhibit 4.2, Form 8-K filed November 26, 2008, File No. 1-8489); Thirty-Ninth Supplemental Indenture Amending the Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated December 1, 2008 and effective as of December 16, 2008 (Exhibit 4.1, Form 8-K filed December 5, 2008, File No. 1-8489); Form of Thirty-Ninth Supplemental Indenture, dated August 1, 2009 (Exhibit 4.3, Form 8-K filed August 12, 2009, File No. 1-8489); Fortieth Supplemental Indenture, dated August 1, 2010 (Exhibit 4.3, Form 8-K filed September 2, 2010, File No. 1-8489); Forty-First Supplemental Indenture, dated March 1, 2011(Exhibit 4.3, Form 8-K, filed March 7, 2011, File No. 1-8489); Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture, dated March 1, 2011 (Exhibit 4.4, Form 8-K, filed March 7, 2011, File No. 1-8489); Forty-Third Supplemental Indenture, dated August 1, 2011 (Exhibit 4.3, Form 8-K, filed August 5, 2011, File No. 1-8489); Forty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated August 1, 2011 (Exhibit 4.3, Form 8-K, filed August 15, 2011, File No. 1-8489).    X   

 

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4.2    Replacement Capital Covenant entered into by Dominion Resources, Inc. dated June 23, 2006 (Exhibit 4.3, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2006 filed August 3, 2006, File No. 1-8489), as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Replacement Capital Covenant dated September 26, 2011 (filed herewith).    X   
4.3    Replacement Capital Covenant entered into by Dominion Resources, Inc. dated September 29, 2006 (Exhibit 4.3, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006 filed November 1, 2006, File No. 1-8489), as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Replacement Capital Covenant dated September 26, 2011 (filed herewith).    X   
10.1    First Amendment to the $3 billion Three-Year Revolving Credit Agreement among Dominion Resources, Inc., Virginia Electric and Power Company, the several banks and other financial institutions from time to time parties thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the other agents party thereto (Exhibit 10.1, Form 8-K filed October 3, 2011, File No. 1-8489).    X    X
10.2    First Amendment to the $500 million Three-Year Revolving Credit Agreement among Dominion Resources, Inc., Virginia Electric and Power Company, the several banks and other financial institutions from time to time parties thereto, KeyBank National Association, as administrative agent, and the other agents party thereto (Exhibit 10.2, Form 8-K filed October 3, 2011, File No. 1-8489).    X    X
12.1    Ratio of earnings to fixed charges for Dominion Resources, Inc. (filed herewith).    X   
12.2a    Ratio of earnings to fixed charges for Virginia Electric and Power Company (filed herewith).       X
12.2b    Ratio of earnings to fixed charges and dividends for Virginia Electric and Power Company (filed herewith).       X
31.a    Certification by Chief Executive Officer of Dominion Resources, Inc. pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).    X   
31.b    Certification by Chief Financial Officer of Dominion Resources, Inc. pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).    X   
31.c    Certification by Chief Executive Officer of Virginia Electric and Power Company pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).       X
31.d    Certification by Chief Financial Officer of Virginia Electric and Power Company pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).       X
32.a    Certification to the Securities and Exchange Commission by Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Dominion Resources, Inc. as required by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (furnished herewith).    X   
32.b    Certification to the Securities and Exchange Commission by Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Virginia Electric and Power Company as required by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (furnished herewith).       X
99    Condensed consolidated earnings statements (filed herewith).    X    X

 

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101^    The following financial statements from Dominion Resources, Inc.’s and Virginia Electric and Power Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2011, filed on October 28, 2011, formatted in XBRL: (i) Consolidated Statements of Income, (ii) Consolidated Balance Sheets, (iii) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (iv) the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.    X    X

 

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

 

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SIGNATURE

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

 

  DOMINION RESOURCES, INC.
  Registrant
October 28, 2011  

/s/ Ashwini Sawhney

  Ashwini Sawhney
 

Vice President – Accounting and Controller

(Chief Accounting Officer)

  VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY
  Registrant
October 28, 2011  

/s/ Ashwini Sawhney

  Ashwini Sawhney
 

Vice President – Accounting

(Chief Accounting Officer)

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

   Dominion    Virginia
Power
  3.1.a    Dominion Resources, Inc. Articles of Incorporation as amended and restated effective May 20, 2010 (Exhibit 3.1, Form 8-K filed May 20, 2010, File No. 1-8489).    X   
  3.1.b    Virginia Electric and Power Company Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as in effect on March 3, 2011 (Exhibit 3.1b, Form 10-Q filed April 29, 2011, File No. 1-2255).       X
  3.2.a    Dominion Resources, Inc. Amended and Restated Bylaws, effective May 18, 2010 (Exhibit 3.2, Form 8-K filed May 20, 2010, File No. 1-8489).    X   
  3.2.b    Virginia Electric and Power Company Amended and Restated Bylaws, effective June 1, 2009 (Exhibit 3.1, Form 8-K filed June 3, 2009, File No. 1-2255).       X
  4    Dominion Resources, Inc. and Virginia Electric and Power Company agree to furnish to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request any other instrument with respect to long-term debt as to which the total amount of securities authorized does not exceed 10% of either of their total consolidated assets.    X    X

 

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  4.1    Form of Senior Indenture, dated June 1, 2000, between Dominion Resources, Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon (as successor trustee to JP Morgan Chase Bank (formerly The Chase Manhattan Bank)), as Trustee (Exhibit 4(iii), Form S-3 Registration Statement filed December 21, 1999, File No. 333-93187); Form of First Supplemental Indenture, dated June 1, 2000 (Exhibit 4.2, Form 8-K filed June 22, 2000, File No. 1-8489); Forms of Second and Third Supplemental Indentures, dated July 1, 2000 (Exhibits 4.2 and 4.3, Form 8-K filed July 11, 2000, File No. 1-8489); Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated September 1, 2000 (Exhibit 4.2, Form 8-K filed September 8, 2000, File No. 1-8489); Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated September 1, 2000 (Exhibit 4.3, Form 8-K filed September 11, 2000, File No. 1-8489); Form of Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated October 1, 2000 (Exhibit 4.2, Form 8-K filed October 12, 2000, File No. 1-8489); Form of Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated January 1, 2001 (Exhibit 4.2, Form 8-K filed January 24, 2001, File No. 1-8489); Form of Ninth Supplemental Indenture, dated May 1, 2001 (Exhibit 4.4, Form 8-K filed May 25, 2001, File No. 1-8489); Form of Tenth Supplemental Indenture, dated March 1, 2002 (Exhibit 4.2, Form 8-K filed March 18, 2002, File No. 1-8489); Form of Eleventh Supplemental Indenture, dated June 1, 2002 (Exhibit 4.2, Form 8-K filed June 25, 2002, File No. 1- 8489); Form of Twelfth Supplemental Indenture, dated September 1, 2002 (Exhibit 4.2, Form 8-K filed September 11, 2002, File No. 1-8489); Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated September 16, 2002 (Exhibit 4.1, Form 8-K filed September 17, 2002, File No. 1-8489); Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated August 1, 2003 (Exhibit 4.4, Form 8-K filed August 20, 2003, File No. 1-8489); Forms of Fifteenth and Sixteenth Supplemental Indentures, dated December 1, 2002 (Exhibits 4.2 and 4.3, Form 8-K filed December 13, 2002, File No. 1-8489); Forms of Seventeenth and Eighteenth Supplemental Indentures, dated February 1, 2003 (Exhibits 4.2 and 4.3, Form 8-K filed February 11, 2003, File No. 1-8489; Forms of Twentieth and Twenty-First Supplemental Indentures, dated March 1, 2003 (Exhibits 4.2 and 4.3, Form 8-K filed March 4, 2003, File No. 1-8489); Form of Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture, dated July 1, 2003 (Exhibit 4.2, Form 8-K filed July 22, 2003, File No. 1-8489); Form of Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture, dated December 1, 2003 (Exhibit 4.2, Form 8-K filed December 10, 2003, File No. 1-8489); Forms of Twenty-Fifth and Twenty-Sixth Supplemental Indentures, dated January 1, 2004 (Exhibits 4.2 and 4.3, Form 8-K filed January 14, 2004, File No. 1-8489); Form of Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated December 1, 2004 (Exhibit 4.2, Form S-4 Registration Statement filed November 10, 2004, File No. 333-120339); Forms of Twenty-Eighth and Twenty-Ninth Supplemental Indentures, dated June 1, 2005 (Exhibits 4.2 and 4.3, Form 8-K filed June 17, 2005, File No. 1-8489); Form of Thirtieth Supplemental Indenture, dated July 1, 2005 (Exhibit 4.2, Form 8-K filed July 12, 2005, File No. 1-8489); Form of Thirty-First Supplemental Indenture, dated September 1, 2005 (Exhibit 4.2, Form 8-K filed September 26, 2005, File No. 1-8489); Forms of Thirty-Second and Thirty-Third Supplemental Indentures, dated November 1, 2006 (Exhibits 4.2 and 4.3, Form 8-K filed November 13, 2006, File No. 1-8489); Form of Thirty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated November 1, 2007 (Exhibit 4.2, Form 8-K filed November 29, 2007, File No. 1-8489); Forms of Thirty-Fifth, Thirty-Sixth and Thirty-Seventh Supplemental Indentures, dated June 1, 2008 (Exhibits 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4, Form 8-K filed June 16, 2008, File No. 1-8489); Form of Thirty-Eighth Supplemental and Amending Indenture, dated November 1, 2008 (Exhibit 4.2, Form 8-K filed November 26, 2008, File No. 1-8489); Thirty-Ninth Supplemental Indenture Amending the Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated December 1, 2008 and effective as of December 16, 2008 (Exhibit 4.1, Form 8-K filed December 5, 2008, File No. 1-8489); Form of Thirty-Ninth Supplemental Indenture, dated August 1, 2009 (Exhibit 4.3, Form 8-K filed August 12, 2009, File No. 1-8489); Fortieth Supplemental Indenture, dated August 1, 2010 (Exhibit 4.3, Form 8-K filed September 2, 2010, File No. 1-8489); Forty-First Supplemental Indenture, dated March 1, 2011 (Exhibit 4.3, Form 8-K, filed March 7, 2011, File No. 1-8489); Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture, dated March 1, 2011 (Exhibit 4.4, Form 8-K, filed March 7, 2011, File No. 1-8489); Forty-Third Supplemental Indenture, dated August 1, 2011 (Exhibit 4.3, Form 8-K, filed August 5, 2011, File No. 1-8489); Forty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated August 1, 2011 (Exhibit 4.3, Form 8-K, filed August 15, 2011, File No. 1-8489).    X   

 

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  4.2    Replacement Capital Covenant entered into by Dominion Resources, Inc. dated June 23, 2006 (Exhibit 4.3, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2006 filed August 3, 2006, File No. 1-8489), as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Replacement Capital Covenant dated September 26, 2011 (filed herewith).    X   
  4.3    Replacement Capital Covenant entered into by Dominion Resources, Inc. dated September 29, 2006 (Exhibit 4.3, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006 filed November 1, 2006, File No. 1-8489), as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Replacement Capital Covenant dated September 26, 2011 (filed herewith).    X   
10.1    First Amendment to the $3 billion Three-Year Revolving Credit Agreement among Dominion Resources, Inc., Virginia Electric and Power Company, the several banks and other financial institutions from time to time parties thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the other agents party thereto (Exhibit 10.1, Form 8-K filed October 3, 2011, File No. 1-8489).    X    X
10.2    First Amendment to the $500 million Three-Year Revolving Credit Agreement among Dominion Resources, Inc., Virginia Electric and Power Company, the several banks and other financial institutions from time to time parties thereto, KeyBank National Association, as administrative agent, and the other agents party thereto (Exhibit 10.2, Form 8-K filed October 3, 2011, File No. 1-8489).    X    X
12.1    Ratio of earnings to fixed charges for Dominion Resources, Inc. (filed herewith).    X   
12.2a    Ratio of earnings to fixed charges for Virginia Electric and Power Company (filed herewith).       X
12.2b    Ratio of earnings to fixed charges and dividends for Virginia Electric and Power Company (filed herewith).       X
31.a    Certification by Chief Executive Officer of Dominion Resources, Inc. pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).    X   
31.b    Certification by Chief Financial Officer of Dominion Resources, Inc. pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).    X   
31.c    Certification by Chief Executive Officer of Virginia Electric and Power Company pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).       X
31.d    Certification by Chief Financial Officer of Virginia Electric and Power Company pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).       X
32.a    Certification to the Securities and Exchange Commission by Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Dominion Resources, Inc. as required by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (furnished herewith).    X   
32.b    Certification to the Securities and Exchange Commission by Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Virginia Electric and Power Company as required by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (furnished herewith).       X
  99    Condensed consolidated earnings statements (filed herewith).    X    X

 

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