10-Q 1 d388091d10q.htm FORM 10-Q Form 10-Q
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 10-Q

 

 

(Mark one)

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

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2012

or

 

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

For the transition period from              to             

 

 

 

Commission File

Number

  

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

principal executive offices and registrants’ telephone number

 

I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number

001-08489    DOMINION RESOURCES, INC.   54-1229715
001-02255    VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY   54-0418825
  

120 Tredegar Street

Richmond, Virginia 23219

(804) 819-2000

 

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

 

 

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

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

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

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

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

Dominion Resources, Inc.

 

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

Virginia Electric and Power Company

 

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

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

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

At June 30, 2012, the latest practicable date for determination, Dominion Resources, Inc. had 573,352,279 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

     3   
   PART I. Financial Information   

Item 1.

  

Financial Statements

     6   

Item 2.

  

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

     53   

Item 3.

  

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

     70   

Item 4.

  

Controls and Procedures

     71   
   PART II. Other Information   

Item 1.

  

Legal Proceedings

     71   

Item 1A.

  

Risk Factors

     72   

Item 2.

  

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

     72   

Item 6.

  

Exhibits

     73   

 

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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

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

bcf

  

Billion cubic feet

Bear Garden

  

A 590 MW combined cycle, natural gas-fired power station in Buckingham County, Virginia

Biennial Review Order

  

Order issued by the Virginia Commission in November 2011 concluding the 2009 - 2010 biennial review of Virginia Power’s base rates, terms and conditions

Brayton Point

  

Brayton Point power station

CAA

  

Clean Air Act

CAIR

  

Clean Air Interstate Rule

CEO

  

Chief Executive Officer

CERCLA

  

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980

CFO

  

Chief Financial Officer

CFTC

  

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

CO2

  

Carbon dioxide

COL

  

Combined Construction Permit and Operating License

Companies

  

Dominion and Virginia Power, collectively

Cooling degree days

  

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

Cove Point

  

Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP

CSAPR

  

Cross State Air Pollution Rule

CWA

  

Clean Water Act

DEI

  

Dominion Energy, Inc.

Dodd-Frank Act

  

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

DOE

  

Department of Energy

Dominion

  

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

DRS

  

Dominion Resources Services, Inc.

DSM

  

Demand-side management

Dth

  

Dekatherm

DVP

  

Dominion Virginia Power operating segment

East Ohio

  

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

EPA

  

Environmental Protection Agency

EPS

  

Earnings per share

ERM

  

Enterprise Risk Management

Fairless

  

Fairless power station

FCM

  

Futures Commission Merchant

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

Gal

  

Gallon

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

 

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Abbreviation or Acronym

  

Definition

INPO

  

Institute of Nuclear Power Operations

ISO

  

Independent system operator

ISO-NE

  

ISO New England

Kewaunee

  

Kewaunee nuclear power station

Kincaid

  

Kincaid power station

kV

  

Kilovolt

LNG

  

Liquefied natural gas

Manchester Street

  

Manchester Street power station

MATS

  

Utility Mercury and Air Toxics Standard Rule

MD&A

  

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

MF Global

  

MF Global Inc.

Millstone

  

Millstone nuclear power station

MISO

  

Midwest Independent Transmission System Operators, Inc.

Moody’s

  

Moody’s Investors Service

MW

  

Megawatt

MWh

  

Megawatt hour

NCEMC

  

North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation

NedPower

  

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

NGLs

  

Natural gas liquids

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

NSPS

  

New Source Performance Standards

O&M

  

Operations and maintenance

ODEC

  

Old Dominion Electric Cooperative

Ohio Commission

  

Public Utilities Commission of Ohio

OPEB

  

Other Postretirement Employee Benefits

PIPP

  

Percentage of Income Payment Plan

PJM

  

PJM Interconnection, LLC

ppb

  

Parts-per-billion

RCC

  

Replacement Capital Covenants

RGGI

  

Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Rider B

  

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

Rider R

  

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

Rider S

  

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

Rider T

  

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

Rider T1

  

A rate adjustment clause to recover the difference between revenues produced from current Rider T rates included in base rates, and the new revenue requirement developed for the rate year beginning September 1, 2012

Rider W

  

A rate adjustment clause associated with the recovery of costs related to Warren County

Riders C1 and C2

  

Rate adjustment clauses associated with the recovery of costs related to certain DSM programs approved in the 2009 DSM case

Riders C1A and C2A

  

Rate adjustment clauses associated with the recovery of costs related to certain DSM programs approved in the 2011 DSM case

ROE

  

Return on equity

RTO

  

Regional transmission organization

Salem Harbor

  

Salem Harbor power station

 

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Abbreviation or Acronym

  

Definition

SEC

  

Securities and Exchange Commission

September 2006 hybrids

  

2006 Series B Enhanced Junior Subordinated Notes due 2066

Skiffes Creek-to-Whealton line

  

Virginia Power project to construct a 20-mile 230 kV line from the proposed Skiffes Creek Switching Station to the Whealton substation

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

Surry-to-Skiffes Creek line

  

Virginia Power project to construct a 7-mile 500 kV line from Surry to the proposed Skiffes Creek Switching Station

U.S.

  

United States of America

UAO

  

Unilateral Administrative Order

UEX Rider

  

Uncollectible Expense Rider

VIE

  

Variable interest entity

Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center

  

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

Virginia Commission

  

Virginia State Corporation Commission

Virginia Power

  

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

Warren County

  

A 1,300 MW, combined-cycle, natural gas-fired power station under construction in Warren County, Virginia

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

DOMINION RESOURCES, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(Unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
    Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2012     2011(1)     2012(1)     2011(1)  
(millions, except per share amounts)                         

Operating Revenue

   $ 3,053      $ 3,288      $ 6,515      $ 7,271   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating Expenses

        

Electric fuel and other energy-related purchases

     906        957        1,841        1,978   

Purchased electric capacity

     98        116        211        235   

Purchased gas

     215        365        627        1,007   

Other operations and maintenance

     782        739        1,415        1,528   

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

     289        255        576        515   

Other taxes

     146        123        315        282   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     2,436        2,555        4,985        5,545   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income from operations

     617        733        1,530        1,726   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other income

     44        39        118        96   

Interest and related charges

     224        216        452        442   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income from continuing operations including noncontrolling interests before income tax expense

     437        556        1,196        1,380   

Income tax expense

     154        211        413        527   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income from continuing operations including noncontrolling interests

     283        345        783        853   

Loss from discontinued operations(2)

     (18     (5     (17     (30
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Income Including Noncontrolling Interests

     265        340        766        823   

Noncontrolling Interests

     7        4        14        8   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Income Attributable to Dominion

   $ 258      $ 336      $ 752      $ 815   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Amounts Attributable to Dominion:

        

Income from continuing operations, net of tax

   $ 276      $ 341      $ 769      $ 845   

Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax

     (18     (5     (17     (30
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income attributable to Dominion

   $ 258      $ 336      $ 752      $ 815   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings Per Common Share-Basic

        

Income from continuing operations

   $ 0.48      $ 0.60      $ 1.35      $ 1.46   

Loss from discontinued operations

     (0.03     (0.01     (0.03     (0.05
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income attributable to Dominion

   $ 0.45      $ 0.59      $ 1.32      $ 1.41   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings Per Common Share-Diluted

        

Income from continuing operations

   $ 0.48      $ 0.59      $ 1.34      $ 1.46   

Loss from discontinued operations

     (0.03     (0.01     (0.03     (0.05
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income attributable to Dominion

   $ 0.45      $ 0.58      $ 1.31      $ 1.41   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Dividends declared per common share

   $ 0.5275      $ 0.4925      $ 1.0550      $ 0.9850   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) Dominion’s Consolidated Statements of Income for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 have been recast to reflect Salem Harbor and State Line as discontinued operations, as discussed in Note 3.
(2) Includes income tax benefit of $14 million and $3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and $13 million and $9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

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

 

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DOMINION RESOURCES, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(Unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
    Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2012     2011     2012     2011  
(millions)                         

Net income including noncontrolling interests

   $ 265      $ 340      $ 766      $ 823   

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes:

        

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

     2        11        130        (74

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

     (23     2        61        40   

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

     1        (2     2        23   

Amounts reclassified to net income:

        

Net derivative gains-hedging activities(4)

     (31     (17     (47     (4

Net realized gains on investment securities(5)

     (5     (3     (14     (6

Net pension and other postretirement benefit costs(6)

     12        7        23        22   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other comprehensive income (loss)

     (44     (2     155        1   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive income including noncontrolling interests

     221        338        921        824   

Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests

     7        4        14        8   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive income attributable to Dominion

   $ 214      $ 334      $ 907      $ 816   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) Net of $(1) million and $(7) million tax for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and net of $(81) million and $51 million tax for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.
(2) Net of $16 million and $(2) million tax for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and net of $(41) million and $(27) million tax for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.
(3) Net of $(1) million and $1 million tax for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and net of $(1) million and $(16) million tax for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.
(4) Net of $11 million and $10 million tax for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and net of $23 million and $5 million tax for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.
(5) Net of $3 million and $2 million tax for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and net of $10 million and $4 million tax for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.
(6) Net of $(8) million and $(9) million tax for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and net of $(17) million and $(11) million tax for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

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

 

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DOMINION RESOURCES, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited)

 

     June 30,
2012
    December  31,
2011(1)
 
(millions)             

ASSETS

    

Current Assets

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 162      $ 102   

Customer receivables (less allowance for doubtful accounts of $28 and $29)

     1,494        1,780   

Other receivables (less allowance for doubtful accounts of $5 and $8)

     184        255   

Inventories

     1,251        1,348   

Derivative assets

     661        705   

Other

     960        1,240   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

     4,712        5,430   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investments

    

Nuclear decommissioning trust funds

     3,186        2,999   

Investment in equity method affiliates

     537        553   

Restricted cash equivalents

     70        141   

Other

     305        292   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investments

     4,098        3,985   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Property, Plant and Equipment

    

Property, plant and equipment

     43,732        42,033   

Property, plant and equipment, VIE

     957        957   

Accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization

     (13,768     (13,320
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total property, plant and equipment, net

     30,921        29,670   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Deferred Charges and Other Assets

    

Goodwill

     3,141        3,141   

Regulatory assets

     1,328        1,382   

Other

     2,216        2,006   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total deferred charges and other assets

     6,685        6,529   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 46,416      $ 45,614   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) Dominion’s Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2011 has been derived from the audited Consolidated Financial Statements at that date.

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

 

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DOMINION RESOURCES, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS—(Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

     June 30,
2012
    December 31,
2011(1)
 
(millions)             

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

    

Current Liabilities

    

Securities due within one year

   $ 2,141      $ 1,479   

Short-term debt

     1,530        1,814   

Accounts payable

     917        1,250   

Derivative liabilities

     752        951   

Other

     1,466        1,468   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     6,806        6,962   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Long-Term Debt

    

Long-term debt

     14,497        14,785   

Long-term debt, VIE

     875        890   

Junior subordinated notes payable to affiliates

     268        268   

Enhanced junior subordinated notes

     1,363        1,451   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total long-term debt

     17,003        17,394   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Deferred Credits and Other Liabilities

    

Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits

     6,026        5,216   

Asset retirement obligations

     1,405        1,383   

Regulatory liabilities

     1,436        1,324   

Other

     1,530        1,575   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total deferred credits and other liabilities

     10,397        9,498   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     34,206        33,854   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Commitments and Contingencies (see Note 14)

    

Subsidiary Preferred Stock Not Subject to Mandatory Redemption

     257        257   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Equity

    

Common stock – no par(2)

     5,351        5,180   

Other paid-in capital

     153        179   

Retained earnings

     6,847        6,697   

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     (455     (610
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total common shareholders’ equity

     11,896        11,446   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Noncontrolling interest

     57        57   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total equity

     11,953        11,503   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity

   $ 46,416      $ 45,614   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) Dominion’s Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2011 has been derived from the audited Consolidated Financial Statements at that date.
(2) 1 billion shares authorized; 573 million shares and 570 million shares outstanding at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.

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

 

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DOMINION RESOURCES, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited)

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

   2012     2011  
(millions)             

Operating Activities

    

Net income including noncontrolling interests

   $ 766      $ 823   

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

    

Depreciation, depletion and amortization (including nuclear fuel)

     704        627   

Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits

     444        454   

Rate refunds

     (103     (45

Other adjustments

     (68     (80

Changes in:

    

Accounts receivable

     363        276   

Inventories

     75        (31

Deferred fuel and purchased gas costs, net

     312        (90

Accounts payable

     (265     (394

Accrued interest, payroll and taxes

     (76     (267

Margin deposit assets and liabilities

     177        (142

Other operating assets and liabilities

     69        156   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

     2,398        1,287   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investing Activities

    

Plant construction and other property additions (including nuclear fuel)

     (1,960     (1,635

Proceeds from sales of securities

     764        938   

Purchases of securities

     (763     (983

Restricted cash equivalents

     71        99   

Other

     24        46   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

     (1,864     (1,535
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financing Activities

    

Issuance (repayment) of short-term debt, net

     (284     401   

Issuance and remarketing of long-term debt

     450        1,060   

Repayment of long-term debt

     (168     (38

Issuance of common stock

     139        32   

Repurchase of common stock

     —          (601

Common dividend payments

     (603     (568

Subsidiary preferred dividend payments

     (8     (8

Other

     —          (12
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     (474     266   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase in cash and cash equivalents

     60        18   

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

     102        62   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

   $ 162      $ 80   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Cash Flow Information

    

Significant noncash investing activities:

    

Accrued capital expenditures

   $ 262      $ 197   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

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

 

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VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(Unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
     Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2012      2011      2012      2011  
(millions)                            

Operating Revenue

   $ 1,756       $ 1,757       $ 3,510       $ 3,514   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Operating Expenses

           

Electric fuel and other energy-related purchases

     602         583         1,216         1,176   

Purchased electric capacity

     97         116         210         234   

Other operations and maintenance:

           

Affiliated suppliers

     82         77         165         150   

Other

     360         279         583         508   

Depreciation and amortization

     188         175         376         349   

Other taxes

     66         56         131         115   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     1,395         1,286         2,681         2,532   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income from operations

     361         471         829         982   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other income

     17         10         40         39   

Interest and related charges

     100         84         200         176   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income before income tax expense

     278         397         669         845   

Income tax expense

     106         156         254         326   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Income

     172         241         415         519   

Preferred dividends

     4         4         8         8   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Balance available for common stock

   $ 168       $ 237       $ 407       $ 511   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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 COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(Unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
     Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2012     2011      2012     2011  
(millions)                          

Net income

   $ 172      $ 241       $ 415      $ 519   

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes:

         

Net deferred losses on derivatives-hedging activities(1)

     (2     —           (3     —     

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

     (2     —           6        3   

Amounts reclassified to net income:

         

Net derivative (gains) losses-hedging activities(3)

     1        —           2        (1

Net realized gains on nuclear decommissioning trust funds(4)

     (1     —           (1     —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income (loss)

     (4     —           4        2   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive income

   $ 168      $ 241       $ 419      $ 521   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) Net of $2 million and $— million tax for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and net of $2 million and $— million tax for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.
(2) Net of $1 million and $— million tax for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and net of $(5) million and $(3) million tax for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.
(3) Net of $— million and $1 million tax for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and net of $(1) million and $1 million tax for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.
(4) Net of $— million and $— million tax for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and net of $1 million and $— million tax for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

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

 

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VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited)

 

     June 30,
2012
    December 31,
2011(1)
 
(millions)             

ASSETS

    

Current Assets

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 27      $ 29   

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

     879        892   

Other receivables (less allowance for doubtful accounts of $4 and $7)

     129        145   

Inventories (average cost method)

     756        797   

Prepayments

     86        41   

Other

     270        532   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

     2,147        2,436   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investments

    

Nuclear decommissioning trust funds

     1,451        1,370   

Other

     14        36   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investments

     1,465        1,406   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Property, Plant and Equipment

    

Property, plant and equipment

     29,519        28,626   

Accumulated depreciation and amortization

     (9,872     (9,615
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total property, plant and equipment, net

     19,647        19,011   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Deferred Charges and Other Assets

    

Intangible assets

     188        183   

Regulatory assets

     363        399   

Other

     82        109   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total deferred charges and other assets

     633        691   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 23,892      $ 23,544   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) Virginia Power’s Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2011 has been derived from the audited Consolidated Financial Statements at that date.

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

 

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VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS—(Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

     June 30,
2012
     December  31,
2011(1)
 
(millions)              

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDER’S EQUITY

     

Current Liabilities

     

Securities due within one year

   $ 1,017       $ 616   

Short-term debt

     465         894   

Accounts payable

     362         405   

Payables to affiliates

     80         108   

Affiliated current borrowings

     187         187   

Accrued interest, payroll and taxes

     205         226   

Other

     562         685   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     2,878         3,121   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Long-Term Debt

     6,285         6,246   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Deferred Credits and Other Liabilities

     

Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits

     3,487         3,180   

Asset retirement obligations

     635         624   

Regulatory liabilities

     1,204         1,095   

Other

     252         271   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total deferred credits and other liabilities

     5,578         5,170   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     14,741         14,537   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Commitments and Contingencies (see Note 14)

     

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

     1,112         1,111   

Retained earnings

     2,021         1,882   

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     23         19   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total common shareholder’s equity

     8,894         8,750   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholder’s equity

   $ 23,892       $ 23,544   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) Virginia Power’s Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2011 has been derived from the audited Consolidated Financial Statements at that date.
(2) 500,000 shares authorized; 274,723 shares outstanding at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011.

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

 

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VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

   2012     2011  
(millions)             

Operating Activities

    

Net income

   $ 415      $ 519   

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

    

Depreciation and amortization (including nuclear fuel)

     444        410   

Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits

     188        328   

Rate refunds

     (103     (45

Other adjustments

     (36     (55

Changes in:

    

Accounts receivable

     33        (114

Affiliated accounts receivable and payable

     11        2   

Inventories

     41        (92

Deferred fuel expenses

     293        (105

Accounts payable

     (11     (57

Accrued interest, payroll and taxes

     (21     (15

Other operating assets and liabilities

     97        61   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

     1,351        837   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investing Activities

    

Plant construction and other property additions

     (956     (898

Purchases of nuclear fuel

     (125     (118

Purchases of securities

     (361     (616

Proceeds from sales of securities

     353        596   

Restricted cash equivalents

     22        63   

Other

     (17     —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

     (1,084     (973
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financing Activities

    

Issuance (repayment) of short-term debt, net

     (429     333   

Repayment of affiliated current borrowings, net

     —          (44

Issuance/remarketing of long-term debt

     450        160   

Repayment of long-term debt

     (9     (8

Common dividend payments

     (269     (249

Preferred dividend payments

     (8     (8

Other

     (4     —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     (269     184   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

     (2     48   

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

     29        5   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

   $ 27      $ 53   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Cash Flow Information

    

Significant noncash investing activities:

    

Accrued capital expenditures

   $ 126      $ 104   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

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, 2011 and their Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2012.

In Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s opinion, the accompanying unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements contain all adjustments necessary to present fairly their financial position as of June 30, 2012, their results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 and their cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011. 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 and those VIEs where Dominion has been determined to be the primary beneficiary.

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 2011 Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes have been reclassified to conform to the 2012 presentation for comparative purposes. The reclassifications did not affect the Companies’ net income, total assets, liabilities, equity or cash flows.

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

Note 3. Dispositions

In June 2012, Dominion entered into an agreement to sell Salem Harbor. FERC approval was received in July 2012 and the transaction is expected to close in the third quarter. In the second quarter of 2012, the assets and liabilities to be disposed were classified as held for sale and adjusted to their estimated fair value less cost to sell, resulting in a pre-tax charge of $27 million ($16 million after-tax), which is included in loss from discontinued operations in Dominion’s Consolidated Statements of Income. This was considered a Level 2 fair value measurement as it was based on the negotiated sales price. As of June 30, 2012, Salem Harbor’s assets and liabilities classified as held for sale are included in other current assets and other current liabilities, respectively, in Dominion’s Consolidated Balance Sheet.

During the second quarter of 2012, Dominion sold State Line, which ceased operations in March 2012.

 

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The following table presents selected information regarding the results of operations of Salem Harbor and State Line, which were reclassified to discontinued operations in Dominion’s Consolidated Statements of Income for all periods presented:

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
    Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2012     2011     2012     2011  
(millions)                         

Operating revenue

   $ 22      $ 53      $ 52      $ 127   

Loss before income taxes

     (32     (8     (30     (39

The carrying amounts of the major classes of Salem Harbor’s assets and liabilities classified as held for sale and included in other current assets and other current liabilities in Dominion’s Consolidated Balance Sheet are as follows:

 

     June 30,
2012
 
(millions)       

ASSETS

  

Inventories

   $ 22   

Disposal group valuation allowance

     (22
  

 

 

 

Total assets

     —     
  

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

  

Current liabilities

     6   

Deferred credits and other liabilities

     13   
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

   $ 19   
  

 

 

 

Note 4. Operating Revenue

The Companies’ operating revenue consists of the following:

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
     Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2012      2011      2012      2011  
(millions)                            

Dominion

           

Electric sales:

           

Regulated

   $ 1,725       $ 1,728       $ 3,449       $ 3,458   

Nonregulated

     675         741         1,383         1,608   

Gas sales:

           

Regulated

     33         44         132         183   

Nonregulated

     165         337         563         939   

Gas transportation and storage

     305         322         710         860   

Other

     150         116         278         223   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total operating revenue

   $ 3,053       $ 3,288       $ 6,515       $ 7,271   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Virginia Power

           

Regulated electric sales

   $ 1,725       $ 1,728       $ 3,449       $ 3,458   

Other

     31         29         61         56   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total operating revenue

   $ 1,756       $ 1,757       $ 3,510       $ 3,514   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Note 5. Income Taxes

Continuing Operations

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

 

     Dominion     Virginia Power  

Six Months Ended June 30,

   2012     2011     2012     2011  

U.S. statutory rate

     35.0     35.0     35.0     35.0

Increases (reductions) resulting from:

        

State taxes, net of federal benefit

     3.7        3.7        3.9        3.9   

Valuation allowances

     (1.8     0.1        —          —     

AFUDC – equity

     (0.7     (0.5     (1.1     (0.6

Other, net

     (1.7     (0.1     0.1        0.3   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Effective tax rate

     34.5     38.2     37.9     38.6
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Dominion’s effective tax rate in 2012 reflects a $22 million reduction of a valuation allowance related to certain state operating loss carryforwards. As disclosed in Note 16 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, Dominion expects to purchase Fairless in 2013. Dominion currently operates the facility under a lease and, as a result of a 2012 contract modification, the exercise price of Dominion’s option to purchase Fairless is fixed at approximately $923 million. After considering the results of Fairless’ operations in recent years and a forecast of future operating results reflecting the planned purchase of the facility, Dominion has concluded that it is more likely than not that the tax benefit of the operating losses will be realized. Significant assumptions include future commodity prices, in particular, those for electric energy produced by Fairless and those for natural gas, as compared to other fuels used for the generation of electricity, which will significantly influence the extent to which Fairless is dispatched by PJM. Realization of these tax benefits ultimately depends on whether or not the expected future operating results are achieved. Dominion will continue to evaluate the likelihood of realizing these tax benefits on a quarterly basis.

As of June 30, 2012, there have been no material changes in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s unrecognized tax benefits or possible changes that could reasonably be expected to occur during the next twelve months. 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, 2011 for a discussion of these unrecognized tax benefits.

Discontinued Operations

Dominion’s effective tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2011 reflects an expectation that State Line’s deferred tax assets, including 2011 operating losses, will not be realized in State Line’s separately filed state tax returns.

 

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Note 6. Earnings Per Share

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

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
     Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2012      2011      2012      2011  
(millions, except EPS)                            

Net income attributable to Dominion

   $ 258       $ 336       $ 752       $ 815   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average shares of common stock outstanding – Basic

     572.0         573.4         571.3         576.6   

Net effect of potentially dilutive securities(1)

     1.1         1.8         1.2         1.3   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average shares of common stock outstanding – Diluted

     573.1         575.2         572.5         577.9   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Earnings Per Common Share – Basic

   $ 0.45       $ 0.59       $ 1.32       $ 1.41   

Earnings Per Common Share – Diluted

   $ 0.45       $ 0.58       $ 1.31       $ 1.41   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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

There were no potentially dilutive securities excluded from the calculation of diluted EPS for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011.

Note 7. 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, 2011. See Note 8 in this report for further information about their derivatives and hedge accounting activities.

Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s commodity derivative valuations are prepared by the ERM department. The ERM department reports directly to the Companies’ CFO. The ERM department creates a daily computer-generated file containing mark-to-market valuations for the Companies’ derivative transactions. Standard transactions are programmatically calculated using software. The inputs that go into the mark-to-market valuations are transactional information stored in the systems of record and market pricing information that resides in data warehouse databases. The majority of forward prices are automatically uploaded into the data warehouse databases from various third-party sources. Inputs obtained from third-party sources are evaluated for reliability considering the reputation, independence, market presence, and methodology used by the third-party. If forward prices are not available from third-party sources, then the ERM department models the forward prices based on other available market data. A team consisting of risk management and risk quantitative analysts meets each business day to assess the validity of market prices and mark-to-market valuations. During this meeting, the changes in mark-to-market valuations from period to period are examined and qualified against historical expectations. If any discrepancies are identified during this process, the mark-to-market valuations or the market pricing information is evaluated further and adjusted, if necessary.

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

The following table presents Dominion’s quantitative information about Level 3 fair value measurements. Included are descriptions of the valuation techniques, the significant unobservable inputs, and the range of market price, price correlation and price volatility inputs used in the fair value measurements at June 30, 2012 for each category of transaction and commodity type. The range and weighted average are presented in dollars for market price inputs and percentages for price volatility, price correlations, load shaping, and usage factors.

 

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     Fair Value
(millions)
    

Valuation Techniques

  

Unobservable Input

   Range     Weighted
Average(1)
 

At June 30, 2012

             

Assets:

             

Physical and Financial Forwards and Futures:

             

Natural Gas(2)

   $ 33       Discounted Cash Flow    Market Price (per Dth) (4)      (1) - 6        3   

Electricity

     72       Discounted Cash Flow    Market Price (per MWh) (4)      32 - 60        43   

FTRs

     3       Discounted Cash Flow    Market Price (per MWh) (4)      (5) - 5        0   

Capacity

     9       Discounted Cash Flow    Market Price (per MW) (4)      95 - 115        100   

Liquids(3)

     56       Discounted Cash Flow    Market Price (per Gal) (4)      0 - 2        1   

Physical and Financial Options:

             

Natural Gas

     5       Option Model    Market Price (per Dth) (4)      2 - 5        4   
         Price Volatility (5)      22% - 62     29
         Price Correlation (6)      73     73

Full Requirements Contracts:

             

Electricity

     32       Discounted Cash Flow    Market Price (per MWh) (4)      8 - 464        42   
         Load Shaping (7)      2% - 6     4
         Usage Factor (8)      4% - 14     9
  

 

 

            

Total assets

   $ 210              
  

 

 

            

Liabilities:

             

Physical and Financial Forwards and Futures:

             

Natural Gas(2)

   $ 20       Discounted Cash Flow    Market Price (per Dth) (4)      (1) - 6        1   

Electricity

     16       Discounted Cash Flow    Market Price (per MWh) (4)      23 - 73        42   

FTRs

     3       Discounted Cash Flow    Market Price (per MWh) (4)      (2) - 5        1   

Liquids(3)

     1       Discounted Cash Flow    Market Price (per Gal) (4)      2 - 3        2   

Physical and Financial Options:

             

Natural Gas(2)

     15       Option Model    Market Price (per Dth) (4)      (1) - 5        3   
         Price Volatility (5)      22% - 62     34
         Price Correlation (6)      99     99
  

 

 

            

Total liabilities

   $ 55              
  

 

 

            

 

(1) Averages weighted by volume.
(2) Includes basis.
(3) Includes NGLs and oil.
(4) Represents market prices beyond defined terms for Levels 1 & 2.
(5) Represents volatilities unrepresented in published markets.
(6) Represents intra-price correlations for which markets do not exist.
(7) Converts block monthly loads to 24-hour load shapes.
(8) Represents expected increase (decrease) in sales volumes compared to historical usage.

 

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

 

Significant Unobservable Inputs

  

Position

  

Change to Input

  

Impact on Fair Value
Measurement

Market Price

   Buy    Increase (decrease)    Gain (loss)

Market Price

   Sell    Increase (decrease)    Loss (gain)

Price Volatility

   Buy    Increase (decrease)    Gain (loss)

Price Volatility

   Sell    Increase (decrease)    Loss (gain)

Price Correlation

   Buy    Increase (decrease)    Loss (gain)

Price Correlation

   Sell    Increase (decrease)    Gain (loss)

Load Factor

   Sell(1)    Increase (decrease)    Loss (gain)

Usage Factor

   Sell(2)    Increase (decrease)    Gain (loss)

 

(1) Assumes the contract is in a gain position and load increases during peak hours.
(2) Assumes the contract is in a gain position.

Non-recurring Fair Value Measurements

During March 2011, Dominion determined that it was unlikely that State Line would participate in the May 2011 PJM capacity base residual auction that would commit State Line’s capacity from June 2014 through May 2015. This determination reflected an expectation that margins for coal-fired generation will remain compressed in the 2014 and 2015 period in combination with the expectation that State Line may be impacted during the same time period by environmental regulations that would likely require significant capital expenditures. As a result, Dominion evaluated State Line for impairment since it was more likely than not that State Line would be retired before the end of its previously estimated useful life. As a result of this evaluation, Dominion recorded an impairment charge of $55 million ($39 million after-tax), which is now reflected in loss from discontinued operations 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 the impairment test. This was considered a Level 3 fair value measurement due to the use of significant unobservable inputs including estimates of future power and other commodity prices. State Line was retired in March 2012 and sold in the second quarter of 2012. See Note 3 for further information.

See Note 3 for non-recurring fair value measurement related to Salem Harbor.

 

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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 June 30, 2012

           

Assets:

           

Derivatives:

           

Commodity

   $ 26       $ 771       $ 210       $ 1,007   

Interest rate

     —           104         —           104   

Investments(1):

           

Equity securities:

           

U.S.:

           

Large cap

     1,865         —           —           1,865   

Other

     55         —           —           55   

Non-U.S.:

           

Large cap

     10         —           —           10   

Fixed income:

           

Corporate debt instruments

     —           299         —           299   

U.S. Treasury securities and agency debentures

     298         160         —           458   

State and municipal

     —           360         —           360   

Other

     —           19         —           19   

Cash equivalents and other

     —           78         —           78   

Restricted cash equivalents

     —           70         —           70   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 2,254       $ 1,861       $ 210       $ 4,325   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities:

           

Derivatives:

           

Commodity

   $ 10       $ 555       $ 55       $ 620   

Interest rate

     —           321         —           321   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

   $ 10       $ 876       $ 55       $ 941   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

At December 31, 2011

           

Assets:

           

Derivatives:

           

Commodity

   $ 44       $ 828       $ 93       $ 965   

Interest rate

     —           105         —           105   

Investments(1):

           

Equity securities:

           

U.S.:

           

Large cap

     1,718         —           —           1,718   

Other

     51         —           —           51   

Non-U.S.:

           

Large cap

     10         —           —           10   

Fixed income:

           

Corporate debt instruments

     —           332         —           332   

U.S. Treasury securities and agency debentures

     277         181         —           458   

State and municipal

     —           329         —           329   

Other

     —           23         —           23   

Cash equivalents and other

     —           60         —           60   

Restricted cash equivalents

     —           141         —           141   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 2,100       $ 1,999       $ 93       $ 4,192   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities:

           

Derivatives:

           

Commodity

   $ 10       $ 714       $ 164       $ 888   

Interest rate

     —           269         —           269   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

   $ 10       $ 983       $ 164       $ 1,157   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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
June 30,
    Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2012     2011     2012     2011  
(millions)                         

Beginning balance

   $ (61   $ (163   $ (71   $ (50

Total realized and unrealized gains (losses):

        

Included in earnings

     12        (22     (23     (8

Included in other comprehensive income (loss)

     166        35        171        (59

Included in regulatory assets/liabilities

     18        (11     29        (32

Settlements

     21        39        51        23   

Transfers out of Level 3

     (1     —          (2     4   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ending balance

   $ 155      $ (122   $ 155      $ (122
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

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

   $ 33      $ 27      $ 33      $ 31   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

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

 

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

Three Months Ended June 30, 2012

       

Total gains (losses) included in earnings

   $ 32       $ (20   $ 12   

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

     33         —          33   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30, 2011

       

Total gains (losses) included in earnings

   $ 2       $ (24   $ (22

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

     27         —          27   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2012

       

Total gains (losses) included in earnings

   $ 23       $ (46   $ (23

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

     33         —          33   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2011

       

Total gains (losses) included in earnings

   $ —         $ (8   $ (8

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

     31         —          31   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Virginia Power

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

 

     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  
(millions)                            

At June 30, 2012

           

Assets:

           

Derivatives:

           

Commodity

   $ —         $ 1       $ 4       $ 5   

Investments(1):

           

Equity securities:

           

U.S.:

           

Large cap

     737         —           —           737   

Other

     24         —           —           24   

Fixed income:

           

Corporate debt instruments

     —           180         —           180   

U.S. Treasury securities and agency debentures

     116         71         —           187   

State and municipal

     —           148         —           148   

Other

     —           14         —           14   

Cash equivalents and other

     —           35         —           35   

Restricted cash equivalents

     —           11         —           11   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 877       $ 460       $ 4       $ 1,341   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities:

           

Derivatives:

           

Commodity

   $ —         $ 8       $ 3       $ 11   

Interest rate

     —           105         —           105   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

   $ —         $ 113       $ 3       $ 116   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

At December 31, 2011

           

Assets:

           

Derivatives:

           

Commodity

   $ —         $ —         $ 2       $ 2   

Investments(1):

           

Equity securities:

           

U.S.:

           

Large cap

     679         —           —           679   

Other

     23         —           —           23   

Fixed income:

           

Corporate debt instruments

     —           214         —           214   

U.S. Treasury securities and agency debentures

     107         63         —           170   

State and municipal

     —           125         —           125   

Other

     —           16         —           16   

Cash equivalents and other

     —           40         —           40   

Restricted cash equivalents

     —           32         —           32   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 809       $ 490       $ 2       $ 1,301   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities:

           

Derivatives:

           

Commodity

   $ —         $ 17       $ 30       $ 47   

Interest rate

     —           100         —           100   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

   $ —         $ 117       $ 30       $ 147   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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

 

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

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
    Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2012     2011     2012     2011  
(millions)                         

Beginning balance

   $ (17   $ (7   $ (28   $ 14   

Total realized and unrealized gains (losses):

        

Included in earnings

     (19     (24     (46     (8

Included in regulatory assets/liabilities

     18        (11     29        (32

Settlements

     19        24        46        8   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ending balance

   $ 1      $ (18   $ 1      $ (18
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The gains and losses included in earnings in the Level 3 fair value category were classified in electric fuel and other energy-related purchases in Virginia Power’s Consolidated Statements of Income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011. There were no unrealized gains and losses included in earnings in the Level 3 fair value category relating to assets/liabilities still held at the reporting date for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

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

 

    June 30, 2012     December 31, 2011  
    Carrying
Amount
    Estimated  Fair
Value(1)
    Carrying
Amount
    Estimated  Fair
Value(1)
 
(millions)                        

Dominion

       

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

  $ 16,638      $ 19,672      $ 16,264      $ 18,936   

Long-term debt, VIE(3)

    875        880        890        892   

Junior subordinated notes payable to affiliates

    268        275        268        268   

Enhanced junior subordinated notes

    1,363        1,457        1,451        1,518   

Subsidiary preferred stock(4)

    257        268        257        256   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Virginia Power

       

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

  $ 7,302      $ 8,919      $ 6,862      $ 8,281   

Preferred stock(4)

    257        268        257        256   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) Fair value is estimated using market prices, where available, and interest rates currently available for issuance of debt with similar terms and remaining maturities. All fair value measurements are classified as Level 2. The carrying amount of debt issues with short-term maturities and variable rates refinanced at current market rates is a reasonable estimate of their fair value.
(2) Includes amounts which represent the unamortized discount and premium. At June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, includes the valuation of certain fair value hedges associated with Dominion’s fixed rate debt of approximately $103 million and $105 million, respectively.
(3) Includes amounts which represent the unamortized premium.
(4) Includes deferred issuance expenses of $2 million at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011.

Note 8. 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, 2011. See Note 7 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 June 30, 2012. These volumes are based on open derivative positions and represent the combined absolute value of their long and short positions, except in the case of offsetting transactions, for which they represent the absolute value of the net volume of their long and short positions.

 

     Current      Noncurrent  

Natural Gas (bcf):

     

Fixed price(1)

     306         74   

Basis(1)

     817         495   

Electricity (MWh):

     

Fixed price(1)

     25,636,509         19,532,389   

FTRs

     97,639,210         353,110   

Capacity (MW)

     49,825         266,460   

Liquids (Gal)(2)

     141,162,000         204,960,000   

Interest rate

   $ 2,200,000,000       $ 2,840,000,000   

 

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

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, gains or losses on hedging instruments determined to be ineffective and amounts excluded from the assessment of effectiveness were not material. Amounts excluded from the assessment of effectiveness include gains or losses attributable to changes in the time value of options and changes in the differences between spot prices and forward prices.

The following table presents selected information related to gains (losses) on cash flow hedges included in AOCI in Dominion’s Consolidated Balance Sheet at June 30, 2012:

 

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

Commodities:

      

Gas

   $ (26   $ (18     30 months   

Electricity

     180        68        42 months   

NGLs

     34        12        30 months   

Other

     5        3        47 months   

Interest rate

     (164     (14     366 months   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

Total

   $ 29      $ 51     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

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.

 

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Fair Value and Gains and Losses on Derivative Instruments

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

 

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

June 30, 2012

        

ASSETS

        

Current Assets

        

Commodity

   $ 238       $ 384       $ 622   

Interest rate

     39         —           39   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current derivative assets

     277         384         661   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Noncurrent Assets

        

Commodity

     277         108         385   

Interest rate

     65         —           65   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total noncurrent derivative assets(1)

     342         108         450   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total derivative assets

   $ 619       $ 492       $ 1,111   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

        

Current Liabilities

        

Commodity

   $ 95       $ 369       $ 464   

Interest rate

     256         32         288   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current derivative liabilities

     351         401         752   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Noncurrent Liabilities

        

Commodity

     78         78         156   

Interest rate

     23         10         33   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total noncurrent derivative liabilities(2)

     101         88         189   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total derivative liabilities

   $ 452       $ 489       $ 941   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

December 31, 2011

        

ASSETS

        

Current Assets

        

Commodity

   $ 176       $ 495       $ 671   

Interest rate

     34         —           34   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current derivative assets

     210         495         705   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Noncurrent Assets

        

Commodity

     198         96         294   

Interest rate

     71         —           71   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total noncurrent derivative assets(1)

     269         96         365   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total derivative assets

   $ 479       $ 591       $ 1,070   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

        

Current Liabilities

        

Commodity

   $ 162       $ 530       $ 692   

Interest rate

     222         37         259   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current derivative liabilities

     384         567         951   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Noncurrent Liabilities

        

Commodity

     118         78         196   

Interest rate

     —           10         10   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total noncurrent derivative liabilities(2)

     118         88         206   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total derivative liabilities

   $ 502       $ 655       $ 1,157   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) Noncurrent derivative assets are presented in other deferred charges and other assets in Dominion’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.
(2) 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 June 30, 2012

      

Derivative Type and Location of Gains (Losses)

      

Commodity:

      

Operating revenue

     $ 63     

Purchased gas

       (17  

Electric fuel and other energy-related purchases

       (5  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total commodity

   $ 111        41      $ 9   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Interest rate(3)

     (108     1        (68
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 3      $ 42      $ (59
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30, 2011

      

Derivative Type and Location of Gains (Losses)

      

Commodity:

      

Operating revenue

     $ 32     

Purchased gas

       (7  

Electric fuel and other energy-related purchases

       1     

Purchased electric capacity

       1     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total commodity

   $ 49        27      $ (4
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Interest rate(3)

     (31     —          1   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 18      $ 27      $ (3
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2012

      

Derivative Type and Location of Gains (Losses)

      

Commodity:

      

Operating revenue

     $ 127     

Purchased gas

       (47  

Electric fuel and other energy-related purchases

       (12  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total commodity

   $ 287        68      $ 8   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Interest rate(3)

     (76     2        (41
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 211      $ 70      $ (33
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2011

      

Derivative Type and Location of Gains (Losses)

      

Commodity:

      

Operating revenue

     $ 60     

Purchased gas

       (55  

Electric fuel and other energy-related purchases

       2     

Purchased electric capacity

       2     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total commodity

   $ (93     9      $ (9
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Interest rate(3)

     (32     —          —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ (125   $ 9      $ (9
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(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.

 

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

Three Months Ended

June 30,

   

Six Months Ended

June 30,

 

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

   2012     2011     2012     2011  
(millions)                         

Derivative Type and Location of Gains (Losses)

        

Commodity

        

Operating revenue

   $ 34      $ 23      $ 103      $ 42   

Purchased gas

     5        (7     (5     (18

Electric fuel and other energy-related purchases

     (9     (24     (36     (8

Interest rate(2)

     9        —          7        —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 39      $ (8   $ 69      $ 16   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(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 June 30, 2012. These volumes are based on open derivative positions and represent the combined absolute value of their long and short positions, except in the case of offsetting transactions, for which they represent the absolute value of the net volume of their long and short positions.

 

     Current      Noncurrent  

Natural Gas (bcf):

     

Fixed price

     23         —     

Basis

     12         —     

Electricity (MWh):

     

Fixed price

     580,000         —     

FTRs

     95,756,457         —     

Capacity (MW)

     15,000         185,800   

Interest rate

   $ 500,000,000       $ 840,000,000   

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, gains or losses on hedging instruments determined to be ineffective and amounts excluded from the assessment of effectiveness were not material. Amounts excluded from the assessment of effectiveness include gains or losses attributable to changes in the time value of options and changes in the differences between spot prices and forward prices.

 

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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)                     

June 30, 2012

        

ASSETS

        

Current Assets

        

Commodity

   $ 1       $ 4       $ 5   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current derivative assets(1)

     1         4         5   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total derivative assets

   $ 1       $ 4       $ 5   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

        

Current Liabilities

        

Commodity

   $ 5       $ 4       $ 9   

Interest rate

     41         32         73   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current derivative liabilities(2)

     46         36         82   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Noncurrent Liabilities

        

Commodity

     2         —           2   

Interest rate

     22         10         32   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total noncurrent derivative liabilities(3)

     24         10         34   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total derivative liabilities

   $ 70       $ 46       $ 116   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

December 31, 2011

        

ASSETS

        

Current Assets

        

Commodity

   $ —         $ 2       $ 2   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current derivative assets(1)

     —           2         2   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total derivative assets

   $ —         $ 2       $ 2   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

        

Current Liabilities

        

Commodity

   $ 14       $ 31       $ 45   

Interest rate

     53         37         90   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current derivative liabilities(2)

     67         68         135   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Noncurrent Liabilities

        

Commodity

     2         —           2   

Interest rate

     —           10         10   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total noncurrent derivative liabilities(3)

     2         10         12   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total derivative liabilities

   $ 69       $ 78       $ 147   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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 June 30, 2012

      

Derivative Type and Location of Gains (Losses)

      

Commodity:

      

Electric fuel and other energy-related purchases

     $ (1  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total commodity

   $ 1        (1   $ 9   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Interest rate(3)

     (5     —          (68
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ (4   $ (1   $ (59
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30, 2011

      

Derivative Type and Location of Gains (Losses)

      

Commodity:

      

Purchased electric capacity

     $ —       
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total commodity

   $ —          —        $ (4
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Interest rate(3)

     —          1        1   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ —        $ 1      $ (3
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2012

      

Derivative Type and Location of Gains (Losses)

      

Commodity:

      

Electric fuel and other energy-related purchases

     $ (3  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total commodity

   $ (1     (3   $ 8   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Interest rate(3)

     (4     —          (41
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ (5   $ (3   $ (33
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2011

      

Derivative Type and Location of Gains (Losses)

      

Commodity:

      

Purchased electric capacity

     $ 1     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total commodity

   $ —          1      $ (9
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Interest rate(3)

     —          1        —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ —        $ 2      $ (9
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(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.

 

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

Three Months Ended

June 30,

   

Six Months Ended

June 30,

 

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

   2012     2011     2012     2011  
(millions)                         

Derivative Type and Location of Gains (Losses)

        

Commodity(2)

   $ (19   $ (24   $ (46   $ (8

Interest rate(3)

     1        —          (1     —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ (18   $ (24   $ (47   $ (8
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(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 9. 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 $91 million and $90 million at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. Cost method investments held in Dominion’s rabbi trusts totaled $16 million and $17 million at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.

 

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Decommissioning Trust Securities

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

 

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

June 30, 2012

          

Marketable equity securities

          

U.S.:

          

Large Cap

   $ 1,185       $ 653       $ —        $ 1,838   

Other

     38         11         —          49   

Marketable debt securities:

          

Corporate bonds

     277         23         (1     299   

U.S. Treasury securities and agency debentures

     439         21         (2     458   

State and municipal

     294         24         —          318   

Other

     18         1         —          19   

Cost method investments

     128         —           —          128   

Cash equivalents and other(2)

     77         —           —          77   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 2,456       $ 733       $ (3 )(3)    $ 3,186   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

December 31, 2011

          

Marketable equity securities:

          

U.S.:

          

Large Cap

   $ 1,152       $ 537       $ —        $ 1,689   

Other

     36         10         —          46   

Marketable debt securities:

          

Corporate bonds

     314         19         (1     332   

U.S. Treasury securities and agency debentures

     437         20         (1     456   

State and municipal

     264         24         —          288   

Other

     23         1         —          24   

Cost method investments

     118         —           —          118   

Cash equivalents and other(2)

     46         —           —          46   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 2,390       $ 611       $ (2 )(3)    $ 2,999   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) Included in AOCI and the decommissioning trust regulatory liability.
(2) Includes pending sales of securities of $4 million and pending purchases of securities of $11 million at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.
(3) The fair value of securities in an unrealized loss position was $196 million and $164 million at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.

 

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The fair value of Dominion’s marketable debt securities held in nuclear decommissioning trust funds at June 30, 2012 by contractual maturity is as follows:

 

     Amount  
(millions)       

Due in one year or less

   $ 100   

Due after one year through five years

     271   

Due after five years through ten years

     326   

Due after ten years

     397   
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ 1,094   
  

 

 

 

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

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
     Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2012      2011      2012      2011  
(millions)                            

Proceeds from sales

   $ 349       $ 437       $ 764       $ 939   

Realized gains(1)

     28         18         56         32   

Realized losses(1)

     15         12         19         20   

 

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

Other-than-temporary impairment losses on investments held in nuclear decommissioning trust funds for Dominion were not material for the three or six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011.

 

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Virginia Power

Decommissioning Trust Securities

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

 

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

June 30, 2012

          

Marketable equity securities:

          

U.S.:

          

Large Cap

   $ 470       $ 266       $ —        $ 736   

Other

     19         5         —          24   

Marketable debt securities:

          

Corporate bonds

     167         14         (1     180   

U.S. Treasury securities and agency debentures

     183         5         (1     187   

State and municipal

     138         10         —          148   

Other

     13         1         —          14   

Cost method investments

     128         —           —          128   

Cash equivalents and other(2)

     34         —           —          34   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 1,152       $ 301       $ (2 )(3)   $ 1,451   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

December 31, 2011

          

Marketable equity securities

          

U.S.:

          

Large Cap

   $ 460       $ 218       $ —        $ 678   

Other

     18         5         —          23   

Marketable debt securities:

          

Corporate bonds

     204         11         (1     214   

U.S. Treasury securities and agency debentures

     166         4         —          170   

State and municipal

     114         10         —          124   

Other

     16         1         (1     16   

Cost method investments

     118         —           —          118   

Cash equivalents and other(2)

     27         —           —          27   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 1,123       $ 249       $ (2 )(3)   $ 1,370   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) Included in AOCI and the decommissioning trust regulatory liability.
(2) Includes pending purchases of securities of $1 million and $13 million at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.
(3) The fair value of securities in an unrealized loss position was $104 million and $99 million at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.

The fair value of Virginia Power’s debt securities at June 30, 2012 by contractual maturity is as follows:

 

     Amount  
(millions)       

Due in one year or less

   $ 22   

Due after one year through five years

     129   

Due after five years through ten years

     190   

Due after ten years

     188   
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ 529   
  

 

 

 

 

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

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
     Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2012      2011      2012      2011  
(millions)                            

Proceeds from sales

   $ 162       $ 253       $ 353       $ 596   

Realized gains(1)

     10         6         21         11   

Realized losses(1)

     5         4         7         8   

 

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

Other-than-temporary impairment losses on investments for Virginia Power were not material for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011.

 

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Note 10. Regulatory Assets and Liabilities

Regulatory assets and liabilities include the following:

 

     June 30, 2012      December 31, 2011  
(millions)              

Dominion

     

Regulatory assets:

     

Deferred cost of fuel used in electric generation(1)

   $ 78       $ 249   

Deferred rate adjustment clause costs(2)

     70         113   

Other

     114         179   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Regulatory assets-current(3)

     262         541   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unrecognized pension and other postretirement benefit costs(4)

     861         887   

Income taxes recoverable through future rates(5)

     135         121   

Derivatives(6)

     107         49   

Deferred rate adjustment clause costs(2)

     104         72   

Other

     121         253   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Regulatory assets-non-current

     1,328         1,382   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total regulatory assets

   $ 1,590       $ 1,923   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Regulatory liabilities:

     

PIPP(7)

   $ 78       $ 58   

Provision for rate proceedings(8)

     51         150   

Other

     36         35   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Regulatory liabilities-current(9)

     165         243   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Provision for future cost of removal and AROs(10)

     939         901   

Decommissioning trust(11)

     457         399   

Other

     40         24   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Regulatory liabilities-non-current

     1,436         1,324   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total regulatory liabilities

   $ 1,601       $ 1,567   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Virginia Power

     

Regulatory assets:

     

Deferred cost of fuel used in electric generation(1)

   $ 78       $ 249   

Deferred rate adjustment clause costs(2)

     70         113   

Other

     70         117   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Regulatory assets-current(3)

     218         479   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income taxes recoverable through future rates(5)

     109         100   

Derivatives(6)

     107         49   

Deferred rate adjustment clause costs(2)

     104         70   

Other

     43         180   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Regulatory assets-non-current

     363         399   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total regulatory assets

   $ 581       $ 878   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Regulatory liabilities:

     

Provision for rate proceedings(8)

   $ 51       $ 150   

Other

     28         28   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Regulatory liabilities-current(9)

     79         178   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Provision for future cost of removal(10)

     720         687   

Decommissioning trust(11)

     457         399   

Other

     27         9   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Regulatory liabilities-non-current

     1,204         1,095   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total regulatory liabilities

   $ 1,283       $ 1,273   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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(1) Primarily reflects deferred fuel expenses for the Virginia jurisdiction of Virginia Power’s generation operations. See Note 11 for more information.
(2) Reflects deferrals under the electric transmission FERC formula rate and the deferral of costs associated with certain riders. See Note 11 for more information.
(3) Current regulatory assets are presented in other current assets in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.
(4) Represents unrecognized pension and other postretirement benefit costs expected to be recovered through future rates by certain of Dominion’s rate-regulated subsidiaries.
(5) Amounts to be recovered through future rates to pay income taxes that become payable when rate revenue is provided to recover AFUDC-equity and depreciation of property, plant and equipment for which deferred income taxes were not recognized for ratemaking purposes, including amounts attributable to tax rate changes.
(6) For jurisdictions subject to cost-based rate regulation, changes in the fair value of derivative instruments result in the recognition of regulatory assets or regulatory liabilities as they are expected to be recovered from or refunded to customers.
(7) Under PIPP, eligible customers can receive energy assistance based on their ability to pay. The difference between the customer’s total bill and the PIPP plan amount is deferred and collected or returned annually under the PIPP rider according to East Ohio tariff provisions. See Note 11 for more information.
(8) Reflects a reserve associated with the settlement of Virginia Power’s 2009 base rate case proceedings and associated with the Biennial Review Order.
(9) Current regulatory liabilities are presented in other current liabilities in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.
(10) Rates charged to customers by the Companies’ regulated businesses include a provision for the cost of future activities to remove assets that are expected to be incurred at the time of retirement.
(11) Primarily reflects a regulatory liability representing amounts collected from Virginia jurisdictional customers and placed in external trusts (including income, losses and changes in fair value thereon) for the future decommissioning of Virginia Power’s utility nuclear generation stations, in excess of the related ARO.

At June 30, 2012, approximately $262 million of Dominion’s and $208 million of Virginia Power’s regulatory assets represented past expenditures on which they do not currently earn a return. Dominion’s expenditures primarily include deferred cost of fuel used in electric generation. The above expenditures are expected to be recovered within the next two years.

Note 11. Regulatory Matters

Regulatory Matters Involving Potential Loss Contingencies

As a result of issues generated in the ordinary course of business, Dominion and Virginia Power are involved in various regulatory matters. Certain regulatory matters may ultimately result in a loss; however, as such matters are in an initial procedural phase, involve uncertainty as to the outcome of pending reviews or orders, and/or involve significant factual issues that need to be resolved, it is not possible for the Companies to estimate a range of possible loss. For matters for which the Companies cannot estimate a range of possible loss, a statement to this effect is made in the description of the matter. Other matters may have progressed sufficiently through the regulatory process such that the Companies are able to estimate a range of possible loss. For regulatory matters for which the Companies are able to reasonably estimate a range of possible losses, an estimated range of possible loss is provided, in excess of the accrued liability (if any) for such matters. This estimated range is based on currently available information and involves elements of judgment and significant uncertainties. This estimated range of possible loss may not represent the Companies’ maximum possible loss exposure. The circumstances of such regulatory matters will change from time to time and actual results may vary significantly from the current estimate. For current matters not specifically reported below, management does not anticipate that the outcome from such matters would have a material effect on Dominion’s or Virginia Power’s financial position, liquidity or results of operations.

FERC - Electric

Under the Federal Power Act, FERC regulates wholesale sales and transmission of electricity in interstate commerce by public utilities. Dominion’s merchant generators sell electricity in the PJM, MISO and ISO-NE wholesale markets under Dominion’s market-based sales tariffs authorized by FERC. Virginia Power purchases and, under its FERC market-based rate authority, sells electricity in the wholesale market. In addition, Virginia Power has FERC approval of a tariff to sell wholesale power at capped rates based on its embedded cost of generation. This cost-based sales tariff could be used to sell to loads within or outside Virginia Power’s service territory. Any such sales would be voluntary.

Rates

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

 

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In July 2008, Virginia Power filed an application with FERC requesting a revision to its revenue requirement to reflect an additional ROE incentive adder for eleven electric transmission enhancement projects. Under the proposal, the cost of transmission service would increase to include an ROE incentive adder for each of the eleven projects, beginning the date each project enters commercial operation (but not before January 1, 2009). Virginia Power proposed an incentive of 1.5% for four of the projects and an incentive of 1.25% for the other seven projects. In August 2008, FERC approved the proposal, effective September 1, 2008. Ten of the eleven projects are currently expected to be completed by the end of 2012. The one remaining project represents Virginia Power’s small portion of a larger transmission expansion which has been suspended by PJM. Numerous parties sought rehearing of the FERC order in August 2008. In May 2012, FERC issued an order denying the rehearing requests. In July 2012, the North Carolina Commission filed an appeal of the FERC order with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. While Virginia Power cannot predict the outcome of the appeal, it is not expected to have a material effect on results of operations.

In March 2010, ODEC and NCEMC filed a complaint with FERC against Virginia Power claiming that approximately $223 million in transmission costs related to specific projects were unjust, unreasonable and unduly discriminatory or preferential and should be excluded from Virginia Power’s transmission formula rate. ODEC and NCEMC requested that FERC establish procedures to determine the amount of costs for each applicable project that should be excluded from Virginia Power’s rates. In October 2010, FERC issued an order dismissing the complaint in part and established hearings and settlement procedures on the remaining part of the complaint. In February 2012, Virginia Power submitted to FERC a settlement agreement to resolve all issues set for hearing. All transmission customer parties to the proceeding joined the settlement. The Virginia Commission, North Carolina Commission and Public Staff of the North Carolina Commission, while not parties to the settlement, have agreed to not oppose the settlement. The settlement was accepted by FERC in May 2012 and provides for payment by Virginia Power to the transmission customer parties collectively of $250,000 per year for ten years and resolves all matters other than allocation of the incremental cost of certain underground transmission facilities, which have been set for briefing. While Virginia Power cannot predict the outcome of the briefing, it is not expected to have a material effect on results of operations.

PJM

In November 2011, PJM issued a formal notification that it would recalculate certain ancillary service revenues that had previously been paid during 2009, 2010 and 2011. Also in November 2011, PJM requested FERC permission to suspend its rebilling and repayment obligations associated with the recalculation of such revenues and petitioned FERC to establish a proceeding to determine the appropriate recalculations for the revenues during this period. In December 2011, FERC permitted the suspension of rebilling and repayment by PJM, subject to the outcome of FERC’s proceedings to determine the appropriate revenue recalculation. In April 2012, FERC issued an Order Establishing Hearing and Settlement Judge Procedures to address the appropriate recalculation of the ancillary service credits PJM will be required to collect from Virginia Power. Virginia Power has reduced the accrual for this matter to $33 million as of June 30, 2012 for estimated future billing adjustments from PJM related to the ancillary service revenues in anticipation of a settlement among Virginia Power, PJM and the PJM Market Monitor.

Other 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, 2011 and Note 9 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2012.

 

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Virginia Regulation

Biennial Review

In May 2012, the Supreme Court of Virginia granted review of Virginia Power’s appeals from the Biennial Review Order and the March 2012 Order denying Virginia Power’s petition seeking rehearing or reconsideration, and paired both appeals for the purpose of oral argument. These appeals are pending.

Virginia Fuel Expenses

In May 2012, Virginia Power submitted its annual fuel factor filing to the Virginia Commission, proposing a decrease of approximately $389 million in fuel revenue for the rate year beginning July 1, 2012. In May 2012, the Virginia Commission issued an order implementing the proposed rate effective July 1, 2012 on an interim basis, and setting a hearing for September 2012.

Transmission Rider T1

In May 2012, Virginia Power filed Rider T1 with the Virginia Commission to recover costs of transmission service and demand response programs for the September 1, 2012 to August 31, 2013 rate year. The proposed Rider T1 reduction of approximately $100 million produces a total annual revenue requirement of approximately $373 million when netted with the revenue requirement of approximately $473 million associated with the Rider T customer rates currently in effect, and now combined in Virginia Power’s base rates. Virginia Power’s filing stated that Rider T costs combined in base rates should be identified and separately tracked, with the continuation of deferral accounting and dollar-for-dollar recovery for these costs. Virginia Power’s proposed revenue requirement was supported by the Staff of the Virginia Commission, although the Staff concurrently proposed an alternative methodology for the Rider T1 revenue requirement which would represent an increase of approximately $18 million from the current Rider T customer rates. The Staff’s alternative methodology, if accepted, would preclude deferral accounting and dollar-for-dollar recovery for Rider T in future periods.

In July 2012, a hearing examiner issued a report to the Virginia Commission stating that Virginia Power’s proposed revenue requirement for Rider T1 was unopposed, and that both Virginia Power’s proposal and the Staff’s alternative methodology were proper depending on how the Virginia Commission interpreted the statute requiring the combining of Rider T into Virginia Power’s base rates. An order from the Virginia Commission is expected by August 2012.

Generation Riders R and S

In June 2012, Virginia Power requested Virginia Commission approval of its annual updates for Riders R and S for the next two consecutive rate years, utilizing an 11.4% ROE (inclusive of a 100 basis point statutory enhancement) consistent with the base ROE authorized in the Biennial Review Order. For Rider R, Virginia Power proposed an approximately $81 million revenue requirement for the rate year beginning April 1, 2013 and an approximately $75 million revenue requirement for the rate year beginning April 1, 2014. For Rider S, an approximately $249 million revenue requirement was proposed for the rate year beginning April 1, 2013 and an approximately $229 million revenue requirement was proposed for the rate year beginning April 1, 2014. If the Virginia Commission approves the proposed multi-year approach for Riders R and S, then Virginia Power would file its next update filings for Riders R and S in 2014. Construction of the Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center was completed and the facility commenced commercial operations in July 2012.

Generation Riders B and W

In June 2012, Virginia Power requested Virginia Commission approval of its annual updates for Riders B and W for the April 1, 2013 to March 31, 2014 rate year. For Rider B, Virginia Power proposed an approximately $12 million revenue requirement, utilizing a 12.4% ROE (inclusive of a 200 basis point statutory enhancement) consistent with the base ROE authorized in the Biennial Review Order. For Rider W, an approximately $86 million revenue requirement was proposed, utilizing an 11.4% ROE (inclusive of a 100 basis point statutory enhancement) also consistent with the base ROE authorized in the Biennial Review Order.

DSM Riders C1 and C2

In April 2012, the Virginia Commission held that Riders C1 and C2 are now to be combined in the Company’s base rates and are to be considered as part of Virginia Power’s future biennial reviews. The Virginia Commission rejected Virginia Power’s requests to identify and separately track the revenues for these existing riders in base rates, and to preserve deferral accounting for these revenues in base rates, stating that such deferral accounting ceased December 1, 2011 for existing Riders C1 and C2. The Virginia Commission held that this treatment of Riders C1 and C2 does not set a precedent for deferral accounting for Rider T costs combined in base rates. The Virginia Commission also rejected additional funding for two existing commercial energy efficiency DSM programs.

 

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DSM Riders C1A and C2A

In April 2012, the Virginia Commission approved four new energy efficiency DSM programs as a bundle for residential customers for a five-year period starting June 1, 2012, subject to a total $90 million cost cap. The Virginia Commission also approved two new energy efficiency DSM programs as a bundle for commercial customers for the same five-year period, subject to a total $45 million cost cap, as well as a new peak-shaving DSM program for commercial customers for the same five-year period, subject to an approximately $14 million cost cap. The Virginia Commission rejected one new residential and one new commercial energy efficiency DSM program.

North Anna COL

Virginia Power is considering the construction of a third nuclear unit at a site located adjacent to North Anna. Virginia Power has not yet committed to building a new nuclear unit. 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. Based on current NRC review schedules, the COL issuance is now expected no earlier than late 2015.

Ohio Regulation

In July 2012, the Ohio Commission approved East Ohio’s annual update of the UEX Rider, which reflects the elimination of accumulated unrecovered bad debt expense of approximately $1 million as of March 31, 2012, and recovery of prospective bad debt expense projected to total approximately $23 million for the 12-month period from April 2012 to March 2013.

In July 2012, the Ohio Commission approved East Ohio’s annual update of the PIPP Rider, which reflects the refund of an over-recovery of accumulated arrearages of approximately $70 million over the next two years and recovery of projected deferred program costs of approximately $104 million for the 12-month period from April 2012 to March 2013.

FERC Gas - Cove Point Rate Case

In May 2011, Cove Point filed a general rate case for its FERC-jurisdictional services, with proposed rates to be effective July 1, 2011. In June 2011, FERC accepted a July 1, 2011 effective date for all proposed rates but two, for which the effective date was suspended from July 1 to December 1, 2011. In April 2012, Cove Point filed a stipulation and agreement among Cove Point, FERC trial staff and the other active parties in the rate case resolving all issues set for hearing by FERC and establishing the mechanism for operational purchases of LNG. In July 2012, FERC issued an order approving the stipulation and agreement, including the settlement rates that are effective April 1, 2012, provided there are no requests for rehearing by August 9, 2012. Pursuant to the terms of the settlement, future operational purchases of LNG are not expected to affect Cove Point’s net results of operations. Cove Point and settling customers will be subject to a rate moratorium through December 31, 2016. Cove Point is required to file its next rate case in 2016 with rates to be effective January 1, 2017.

Note 12. 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, 2011, 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 $1.2 billion as of June 30, 2012. Virginia Power paid $53 million and $52 million for electric capacity and $16 million and $26 million for electric energy to these entities in the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively. Virginia Power paid $108 million and $105 million for electric capacity and $35 million and $65 million for electric energy to these entities in the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

Virginia Power purchased shared services from DRS, an affiliated VIE, of approximately $77 million and $99 million for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and $153 million and $192 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, 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.

 

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See 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, 2011 for additional information about consolidated VIEs.

Note 13. Significant Financing Transactions

Credit Facilities and Short-term Debt

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

At June 30, 2012, 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       $ 1,530       $ —         $ 1,470   

Joint revolving credit facility(2)

     500         —           36         464   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 3,500       $ 1,530       $ 36       $ 1,934   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) This credit facility has a maturity date of September 2016, and 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 has a maturity date of September 2016, and 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 June 30, 2012, 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       $ 465       $ —         $ 535   

Joint revolving credit facility(2)

     250         —           15         235   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 1,250       $ 465       $ 15       $ 770   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) This credit facility has a maturity date of September 2016, and 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 current sub-limit under this credit facility can be increased or decreased multiple times per year.
(2) This credit facility has a maturity date of September 2016, and can be used to support bank borrowings, commercial paper and letter of credit issuances. Virginia Power’s current sub-limit under this credit facility can be increased or decreased multiple times per year.

In addition to the credit facility commitments mentioned above, Virginia Power also has a $120 million credit facility with a maturity date of September 2016. This facility supports certain tax-exempt financings of Virginia Power.

Long-term Debt

In January 2012, Virginia Power issued $450 million of 2.95% senior notes that mature in 2022.

Convertible Securities

At June 30, 2012, Dominion had $82 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,

 

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combinations of common stock or the issuance to all common stock holders of certain common stock rights, warrants or options and certain dividend increases. As of June 30, 2012, the conversion rate has been adjusted, primarily due to individual dividend payments above the level paid at issuance, to 29.1516 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of senior notes, which represents a conversion price of $34.30.

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 six months ended June 30, 2012, the senior notes were eligible for conversion and approximately $61 million of the notes were converted by holders. The senior notes are eligible for conversion during the third quarter of 2012.

Enhanced Junior Subordinated Notes

In February 2012, Dominion launched a tender offer to purchase up to $150 million of the September 2006 hybrids. In the first quarter of 2012, Dominion purchased and canceled approximately $86 million of the September 2006 hybrids primarily as a result of this tender offer, which expired on March 23, 2012. In the second quarter of 2012, Dominion purchased and canceled approximately $2 million of the September 2006 hybrids. All purchases were conducted in compliance with the RCC.

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

Note 14. 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, and/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 matters for which the Companies cannot estimate a range of possible loss, a statement to this effect is made in the description of the matter. Other matters may have progressed sufficiently through the litigation or investigative processes such that the Companies are able to estimate a range of possible loss. For legal proceedings and governmental examinations for which the Companies are able to reasonably estimate a range of possible losses, an estimated range of possible loss is provided, in excess of the accrued liability (if any) for such matters. Estimated ranges of loss are inclusive of legal fees and net of any anticipated insurance recoveries. This estimated range is based on currently available information and involves elements of judgment and significant uncertainties. This estimated range of possible loss may not represent the Companies’ maximum possible loss exposure. The circumstances of such legal proceedings and governmental examinations will change from time to time and actual results may vary significantly from the current estimate. For current proceedings not specifically reported below, management does not anticipate that the liabilities, if any, arising from such proceedings would have a material effect on 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

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.

On December 21, 2011, the EPA issued MATS for coal and oil-fired electric utility steam generating units. The rule establishes strict emission limits for mercury, particulate matter as a surrogate for toxic metals and hydrogen chloride as a surrogate for acid gases. The rule includes a limited use provision for oil-fired units with annual capacity factors under 8% that provides an exemption from emission limits, and allows compliance with operational work practice standards. Compliance will be required by April 16, 2015, with certain limited exceptions. The Companies do not expect the future costs of compliance with this rule to have a material effect on results of operations, financial condition, and/or cash flows. Dominion continues to be governed by individual state mercury emission reduction regulations in Massachusetts and Illinois that are largely unaffected by this rule.

 

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In July 2011, the EPA issued a final replacement rule for CAIR, called CSAPR, that requires 28 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.

With respect to Dominion’s generation fleet, the cost to comply with the rule is not expected to be material. However, following numerous petitions by industry participants for review and motions for stay, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued a ruling in December 2011 to stay CSAPR pending judicial review. In February and June 2012, the EPA issued technical revisions to CSAPR that are not material to Dominion. Future outcomes of litigation and/or any additional action to further modify the rule could affect the assessment regarding cost of compliance. While the stay of CSAPR is in effect, the EPA will continue to administer CAIR.

In May 2012, the EPA issued final designations for the 75-ppb ozone air quality standard. Several Dominion electric generating facilities are located in areas impacted by this standard. As part of the standard, states will be required to develop and implement plans to address sources emitting pollutants which contribute to the formation of ozone. Until the states have developed implementation plans, Dominion is unable to predict whether or to what extent the new rules will ultimately require additional controls.

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, NSPS, 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. 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.

Water

The CWA is a comprehensive program requiring a broad range of regulatory tools including a permit program to authorize and regulate discharges to surface waters with strong enforcement mechanisms. Dominion and Virginia Power must comply with all aspects of the CWA programs at their operating facilities.

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. As of the end of the second quarter of 2012, construction of the cooling towers was essentially complete. The total cost to install these cooling towers is approximately $570 million, with remaining expenditures of approximately $25 million.

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

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.

 

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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. In November 2011, Virginia Power and a number of other parties notified the EPA that they are declining 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 the 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. Dominion is currently evaluating the nature and extent of the contamination from this site as well as potential remedial options, but is not yet able to estimate 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 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 2012, RGGI is undergoing 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, and Dominion is currently unable to make an estimate of the potential financial statement impacts related to these matters.

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 periodically participated in RGGI allowance auctions to date and has procured allowances to meet its estimated compliance requirements under RGGI’s current requirement for 2012 through 2013 and most of 2014, therefore Dominion does not expect compliance with RGGI to have a material impact on its results of operations or financial condition. During June 2011, a lawsuit was filed in New York seeking to retroactively rescind RGGI participation by that state. A percentage of Dominion’s RGGI allowances had been acquired from New York. The allocated value of these allowances totaled approximately $38 million, of which all have been expensed as consumed for RGGI Phase I compliance. In February 2012, Dominion surrendered these New York RGGI allowances for the RGGI Phase I compliance period and therefore does not expect any significant financial statement impacts from this lawsuit as it no longer holds allowances issued by the state of New York. In June 2012, a New York state court dismissed the lawsuit. An appeal was filed in July 2012.

MF Global

Prior to October 31, 2011, certain of Dominion’s subsidiaries executed certain commodity transactions on exchanges using MF Global, an FCM registered with the CFTC. In order to secure its potential exposure on these commodity transactions, Dominion posted certain required margin collateral with MF Global. The parent company of MF Global, MF Global Holdings Ltd., filed for bankruptcy relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code on October 31, 2011. On the same date, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York appointed a trustee to oversee the liquidation of MF Global pursuant to the Securities Investor Protection Act.

 

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In accordance with court-approved procedures, Dominion transferred to other FCMs all open positions executed using MF Global. The initial margin posted for these open positions at October 31, 2011 was approximately $73 million. Dominion has received approximately $8 million of this amount through the liquidation process to date.

At this time, the MF Global trustee is determining the final amounts that will be recoverable and ultimately distributed to MF Global’s customers. As part of this process, the trustee has filed claims in the insolvency proceeding of MF Global affiliates in various foreign jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom, which claims are still pending. Due to the uncertainty surrounding the ultimate recovery on the claims filed by the MF Global trustee in the United Kingdom and elsewhere, the uncertain timing of such recovery, and the potential dilution of such recovered funds in the liquidation process, Dominion is unable to estimate the loss, if any, associated with its remaining margin claims or when it will receive any additional recoveries on such claims.

Nuclear Matters

In March 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami caused significant damage at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station in northeast Japan. These events have resulted in significant nuclear safety reviews required by the NRC and industry groups such as INPO. Like other U.S. nuclear operators, Dominion has been gathering supporting data and participating in industry initiatives focused on the ability to respond to and mitigate the consequences of design-basis and beyond-design-basis events at its stations.

In July 2011, an NRC task force provided initial recommendations based on its review of the Fukushima Daiichi accident and in October 2011 the NRC staff prioritized these recommendations into Tiers 1, 2 and 3, with the Tier 1 recommendations consisting of actions which the staff determined should be started without unnecessary delay. In December 2011, the NRC Commissioners approved the agency staff’s prioritization and recommendations; and that same month an appropriations act directed the NRC to require reevaluation of external hazards (not limited to seismic and flooding hazards) as soon as possible.

Based on the prioritized recommendations, in March 2012, the NRC issued orders and information requests requiring specific reviews and actions to all operating reactors, construction permit holders and combined license holders based on the lessons learned from the Fukushima Daiichi event. The orders applicable to Dominion require implementation of safety enhancements related to mitigation strategies to respond to extreme natural events resulting in the loss of power at plants, and enhancing spent fuel pool instrumentation. The orders require prompt implementation of the safety enhancements and completion of implementation within two refueling outages or by December 31, 2016, whichever comes first. The information requests issued by the NRC request each reactor to reevaluate the seismic and flooding hazards at their site using present-day methods and information, conduct walkdowns of their facilities to ensure protection against the hazards in their current design basis, and to reevaluate their emergency communications systems and staffing levels. Dominion and Virginia Power do not currently expect that compliance with the NRC’s March 2012 orders and information requests will materially impact their financial position, results of operations or cash flows during the approximately four-year implementation period. The NRC staff is evaluating the implementation of the longer term Tier 2 and Tier 3 recommendations. Dominion and Virginia Power are currently unable to estimate the potential financial impacts related to compliance with Tier 2 and Tier 3 recommendations.

Guarantees

Dominion

At June 30, 2012, 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 June 30, 2012, Dominion’s exposure under these guarantees was $45 million, primarily related to certain reserve requirements associated with non-recourse financing.

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

 

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At June 30, 2012, Dominion had issued the following subsidiary guarantees:

 

     Stated Limit      Value(1)  
(millions)              

Subsidiary debt(2)

   $ 363       $ 363   

Commodity transactions(3)

     3,107         263   

Nuclear obligations(4)

     231         54   

Other(5)

     487         38   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 4,188       $ 718   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) Represents the estimated portion of the guarantee’s stated limit that is utilized as of June 30, 2012 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) 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.
(5) 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.

Surety Bonds and Letters of Credit

As of June 30, 2012, Dominion had purchased $165 million of surety bonds, including $72 million at Virginia Power, and authorized the issuance of standby letters of credit by financial institutions of $36 million, including $15 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, it 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.

Nuclear Operations

Spent Nuclear Fuel

Dominion and Virginia Power entered into contracts with the DOE for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel under provisions of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982. 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. The Companies have previously received damages award payments and settlement payments related to these contracts.

Dominion and Virginia Power are presently seeking to resolve additional claims for damages incurred at Surry, North Anna and Millstone after June 30, 2006, and additional claims for damages incurred at Kewaunee after December 31, 2008. In May 2012, Dominion made formal offers of settlement to the Authorized Representative of the Attorney General for resolution of claims incurred at Millstone for the period July 1, 2006 through December 31, 2010 and periodic payments after that date, and for resolution of claims incurred at Kewaunee for the period January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2010 and periodic payments after that date. These offers have not yet been formally accepted by the government, and will not be effective until such formal acceptance is received. Dominion believes it is probable that its offers will be accepted by the government. In June 2012, Dominion and Virginia Power filed lawsuits in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims for Millstone, Surry and North Anna against DOE requesting additional damages for the period July 1, 2006 through December 31, 2010.

 

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Dominion recognizes receivables for certain spent nuclear fuel-related costs that it believes are probable of recovery from the DOE. At June 30, 2012, Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s receivables for spent nuclear fuel-related costs totaled $122 million and $88 million, respectively.

Dominion will continue to manage its spent fuel until it is accepted by the DOE.

Note 15. 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, 2011.

At June 30, 2012, Dominion’s gross credit exposure totaled $464 million. After the application of collateral, credit exposure was reduced to $424 million. Of this amount, investment grade counterparties, including those internally rated, represented 62%. Two counterparty exposures each represent 10% of Dominion’s total exposure and are rated investment grade. One is a large financial institution and one is a utility holding company. At June 30, 2012, Virginia Power’s exposure to potential concentrations of credit risk was not considered material.

Credit-Related Contingent Provisions

The majority of Dominion’s derivative instruments contain credit-related contingent provisions. These provisions require Dominion to provide collateral upon the occurrence of specific events, primarily a credit rating downgrade. If the credit-related contingent features underlying these instruments that are in a liability position and not fully collateralized with cash were fully triggered as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, Dominion would have been required to post an additional $32 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 $5 million in collateral, including $3 million of letters of credit, at June 30, 2012 and $110 million in collateral, including $4 million of letters of credit, at December 31, 2011, related to derivatives with credit-related contingent provisions that are in a liability position and not fully collateralized with cash. The collateral posted includes any amounts paid related to non-derivative contracts and derivatives elected under the normal purchases and normal sales exception, per contractual terms. The aggregate fair value of all derivative instruments with credit-related contingent provisions that are in a liability position and not fully collateralized with cash as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 was $146 million and $259 million, respectively, which does not include the impact of any offsetting asset positions. Credit-related contingent provisions for Virginia Power were not material as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011. See Note 8 for further information about derivative instruments.

Note 16. 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 and affiliates provide accounting, legal, finance and certain administrative and technical services to Virginia Power.

 

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Presented below are significant transactions with DRS and other affiliates:

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
     Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2012      2011      2012      2011  
(millions)                            

Commodity purchases from affiliates

   $ 78       $ 90       $ 156       $ 152   

Services provided by affiliates

     95         100         191         193   

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 $187 million as of both June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011. There were no short-term demand note borrowings from Dominion as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011. Interest charges related to Virginia Power’s borrowings from Dominion were immaterial for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

Note 17. Employee Benefit Plans

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

 

     Pension Benefits    

Other Postretirement

Benefits

 
     2012     2011     2012     2011  
(millions)                         

Three Months Ended June 30,

        

Service cost

   $ 29      $ 27      $ 11      $ 12   

Interest cost

     67        65        20        24   

Expected return on plan assets

     (107     (111     (20     (19

Amortization of prior service cost (credit)

     1        1        (3     (4

Amortization of net loss

     33        24        1        3   

Settlements and curtailments

     —          —          —          (1
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net periodic benefit cost

   $ 23      $ 6      $ 9      $ 15   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

        

Service cost

   $ 58      $ 54      $ 22      $ 24   

Interest cost

     134        129        40        47   

Expected return on plan assets

     (215     (221     (41     (39

Amortization of prior service cost (credit)

     2        2        (6     (7

Amortization of net loss

     66        48        3        6   

Settlements and curtailments

     —          —          —          (1
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net periodic benefit cost

   $ 45      $ 12      $ 18      $ 30   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Employer Contributions

During the six months ended June 30, 2012, Dominion made no contributions to its defined benefit pension plans or OPEB plans. Dominion expects to contribute approximately $16 million to its OPEB plans through Voluntary Employees’ Beneficiary Associations during the remainder of 2012.

 

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Note 18. 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 and storage    X   
   LNG import and storage    X   
   Producer services    X   

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

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

In the six months ended June 30, 2012, Dominion reported an after-tax net expense of $71 million for specific items in the Corporate and Other segment, all of which was attributable to its operating segments. In the six months ended June 30, 2011, Dominion reported after-tax net expenses of $44 million for specific items in the Corporate and Other segment, with $36 million of these net expenses attributable to its operating segments.

The net expenses for specific items in 2012 primarily related to the impact of the following items:

 

 

A $74 million ($45 million after-tax) charge reflecting restoration costs associated with damage caused by late June summer storms, attributable to DVP;

 

 

A $30 million ($17 million after-tax) loss from discontinued operations of State Line and Salem Harbor for which agreements to sell were executed in the second quarter of 2012, attributable to Dominion Generation; and

 

 

A $23 million ($16 million after-tax) loss from 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 expenses for specific items in 2011 primarily related to the impact of the following items:

 

 

A $39 million ($30 million after-tax) loss from discontinued operations of State Line and Salem Harbor for which agreements to sell were executed in the second quarter of 2012, attributable to Dominion Generation; and

 

 

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

The Corporate and Other Segment of Virginia Power primarily includes certain specific items that are not included in profit measures evaluated by executive management in assessing segment performance or allocating resources among the segments. In the six months ended June 30, 2012, Virginia Power reported an after-tax expense of $44 million for specific items attributable to its operating segments in the Corporate and Other segment. In the six months ended June 30, 2011, Virginia Power reported after-tax net expenses of $5 million for specific items attributable to its operating segments in the Corporate and Other segment.

The net expenses for specific items in 2012 primarily related to the impact of a $74 million ($45 million after-tax) charge reflecting restoration costs associated with damage caused by late June summer storms, attributable to DVP.

 

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

 

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

Three Months Ended June 30,

               

2012

               

Total revenue from external customers

   $ 806       $ 1,604       $ 371       $ 33      $ 239      $ 3,053   

Intersegment revenue

     13         89         220         146        (468     —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating revenue

     819         1,693         591         179        (229     3,053   

Loss from discontinued operations

     —           —           —           (18     —          (18

Net income (loss) attributable to Dominion

     143         152         109         (146     —          258   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

2011

               

Total revenue from external customers

   $ 828       $ 1,707       $ 379       $ 37      $ 337      $ 3,288   

Intersegment revenue

     18         87         294         151        (550     —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating revenue

     846         1,794         673         188        (213     3,288   

Loss from discontinued operations

     —           —           —           (5     —          (5

Net income (loss) attributable to Dominion

     115         188         104         (71     —          336   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

               

2012

               

Total revenue from external customers

   $ 1,737       $ 3,249       $ 987       $ 72      $ 470      $ 6,515   

Intersegment revenue

     75         165         420         295        (955     —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating revenue

     1,812         3,414         1,407         367        (485     6,515   

Loss from discontinued operations

     —           —           —           (17     —          (17

Net income (loss) attributable to Dominion

     309         374         258         (189     —          752   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

2011

               

Total revenue from external customers

   $ 1,879       $ 3,495       $ 1,213       $ 74      $ 610      $ 7,271   

Intersegment revenue

     113         157         502         294        (1,066     —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating revenue

     1,992         3,652         1,715         368        (456     7,271   

Loss from discontinued operations

     —           —           —           (30     —          (30

Net income (loss) attributable to Dominion

     264         472         273         (194     —          815   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) Dominion’s segment information for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 has been recast to reflect Salem Harbor and State Line as discontinued operations, as discussed in Note 3.

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

 

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

 

     DVP      Dominion
Generation
     Corporate
and Other
    Consolidated
Total
 
(millions)                           

Three Months Ended June 30,

          

2012

          

Operating revenue

   $ 449       $ 1,307       $ —        $ 1,756   

Net income (loss)

     100         118         (46     172   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

2011

          

Operating revenue

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

Net income (loss)

     102         144         (5     241   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

          

2012

          

Operating revenue

   $ 908       $ 2,602       $ —        $ 3,510   

Net income (loss)

     207         251         (43     415   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

2011

          

Operating revenue

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

Net income (loss)

     215         309         (5     519   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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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 events and other natural disasters, including hurricanes, high winds, severe storms, and earthquakes 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, 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;

 

 

Asset portfolio reviews and resulting decisions to acquire or divest assets; and receipt of approvals for, and timing of, closing dates for these or other transactions;

 

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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;

 

 

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 the electric industry, including in electric markets in which Dominion’s merchant generation facilities operate, and potential competition in the construction and ownership of electric transmission facilities in Virginia Power’s service territory, in connection with recent FERC orders;

 

 

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 or regulatory proceedings.

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, 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 June 30, 2012, 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, 2011. 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:

 

     2012      2011      $ Change  
(millions, except EPS)                     

Second Quarter

        

Net income attributable to Dominion

   $ 258       $ 336       $ (78

Diluted EPS

     0.45         0.58         (0.13

Year-To-Date

        

Net income attributable to Dominion

   $ 752       $ 815       $ (63

Diluted EPS

     1.31         1.41         (0.10

Overview

Second Quarter 2012 vs. 2011

Net income attributable to Dominion decreased by 23%. Unfavorable drivers include the restoration costs associated with damage caused by late June 2012 summer storms and the impact of less favorable weather on Dominion’s electric utility operations.

Year-To-Date 2012 vs. 2011

Net income attributable to Dominion decreased by 8%. Unfavorable drivers include the restoration costs associated with damage caused by late June 2012 summer storms, the impact of less favorable weather on Dominion’s electric utility operations and lower margins from merchant generation operations, partially offset by lower operations and maintenance expenses.

 

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Analysis of Consolidated Operations

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

 

     Second Quarter     Year-To-Date  
     2012     2011     $ Change     2012     2011     $ Change  
(millions)                                     

Operating revenue

   $ 3,053      $ 3,288      $ (235   $ 6,515      $ 7,271      $ (756

Electric fuel and other energy-related purchases

     906        957        (51     1,841        1,978        (137

Purchased electric capacity

     98        116        (18     211        235        (24

Purchased gas

     215        365        (150     627        1,007        (380
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net revenue

     1,834        1,850        (16     3,836        4,051        (215
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other operations and maintenance

     782        739        43        1,415        1,528        (113

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

     289        255        34        576        515        61   

Other taxes

     146        123        23        315        282        33   

Other income

     44        39        5        118        96        22   

Interest and related charges

     224        216        8        452        442        10   

Income tax expense

     154        211        (57     413        527        (114

Loss from discontinued operations

     (18     (5     (13     (17     (30     13   

An analysis of Dominion’s results of operations follows:

Second Quarter 2012 vs. 2011

Net revenue decreased 1%, primarily reflecting:

 

 

A $42 million decrease from merchant generation operations primarily due to a decrease in realized prices at certain fossil generation facilities;

 

 

An $11 million decrease from regulated natural gas distribution operations primarily reflecting decreased rider revenue related to low income assistance programs;

 

 

An $8 million decrease from regulated natural gas transmission operations; and

 

 

A $1 million decrease from electric utility operations primarily reflecting:

 

   

The impact ($47 million) of a decrease in sales to retail customers primarily due to a decrease in cooling degree days; and

 

   

A decrease in ancillary revenues received from PJM ($18 million), largely reflecting milder weather and lower commodity prices; partially offset by

 

   

An increase in rate adjustment clause revenue ($37 million);

 

   

A decrease in net capacity expenses ($15 million); and

 

   

The impact of various other immaterial items ($12 million).

These decreases were partially offset by:

 

 

A $50 million increase in retail energy marketing activities primarily due to price risk management activities.

Other operations and maintenance increased 6%, primarily reflecting:

 

 

A $64 million increase in storm damage and service restoration costs primarily due to the damage caused by late June summer storms in 2012; and

 

 

A $22 million increase in certain electric transmission-related expenditures. These expenses are recovered through FERC rates.

These increases were partially offset by:

 

 

A $29 million decrease attributable to increased deferrals for construction activities related to regulated operations;

 

 

A $15 million decrease in rent expense due to the consolidation of Fairless in October 2011; and

 

 

An $11 million decrease 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.

 

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Depreciation, depletion and amortization increased 13%, primarily due to property additions.

Other taxes increased 19%, primarily reflecting the Connecticut electric generation tax enacted in the second half of 2011 ($11 million) and additional property tax due to increased investments ($6 million).

Income tax expense decreased 27%, primarily reflecting lower pre-tax income in 2012.

Year-To-Date 2012 vs. 2011

Net revenue decreased 5%, primarily reflecting:

 

 

A $132 million decrease from regulated natural gas distribution operations primarily reflecting decreased rider revenue ($110 million) related to low income assistance programs;

 

 

A $97 million decrease from merchant generation operations primarily reflecting a decline at certain nuclear generation facilities ($51 million) largely due to a decrease in realized prices and a decline at certain fossil generation facilities ($46 million) largely due to a decrease in realized prices ($30 million) and lower generation ($16 million);

 

 

A $23 million decrease in producer services primarily related to lower physical margins partially offset by favorable price changes on economic hedging positions, all associated with natural gas aggregation, marketing and trading activities; and

 

 

A $20 million decrease from electric utility operations primarily reflecting:

 

   

The impact ($88 million) of a decrease in sales to retail customers primarily due to a decrease in cooling and heating degree days ($144 million), partially offset by an increase in sales due to the effect of favorable economic conditions on customer usage and other factors ($56 million); and

 

   

A decrease in ancillary revenues received from PJM ($22 million), largely reflecting milder weather and lower commodity prices; partially offset by

 

   

An increase in rate adjustment clause revenue ($59 million);

 

   

A decrease in net capacity expenses ($24 million); and

 

   

The impact of various other immaterial items ($7 million).

These decreases were partially offset by:

 

 

A $79 million increase in retail energy marketing activities primarily due to price risk management activities.

Other operations and maintenance decreased 7%, primarily reflecting:

 

 

A $110 million decrease 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 $49 million decrease attributable to increased deferrals for construction activities related to regulated operations;

 

 

A $30 million decrease in salaries, wages and benefits; and

 

 

A $30 million decrease in rent expense due to the consolidation of Fairless in October 2011.

These decreases were partially offset by:

 

 

A $55 million increase in storm damage and service restoration costs primarily due to the damage caused by late June summer storms in 2012; and

 

 

A $35 million increase in certain electric transmission-related expenditures. These expenses are recovered through FERC rates.

Depreciation, depletion and amortization increased 12%, primarily due to property additions.

Other taxes increased 12%, primarily reflecting the Connecticut electric generation tax enacted in the second half of 2011 ($22 million) and additional property tax due to increased investments ($12 million).

Other income increased 23%, primarily due to higher realized gains (including investment income) on nuclear decommissioning trust funds ($8 million), an increase in the equity component of AFUDC ($5 million) and an increase in earnings from equity method investments ($5 million).

Income tax expense decreased 22%, primarily reflecting lower pre-tax income and a lower effective income tax rate in 2012.

 

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Segment Results of Operations

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

 

     Net Income attributable to Dominion     Diluted EPS  

Second Quarter

   2012     2011     $ Change     2012     2011     $ Change  

(millions, except EPS)

                                    

DVP

   $ 143      $ 115      $ 28      $ 0.25      $ 0.20      $ 0.05   

Dominion Generation

     152        188        (36     0.27        0.33        (0.06

Dominion Energy

     109        104        5        0.19        0.18        0.01   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Primary operating segments

     404        407        (3     0.71        0.71        —     

Corporate and Other

     (146     (71     (75     (0.26     (0.13     (0.13
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Consolidated

   $ 258      $ 336      $ (78   $ 0.45      $ 0.58      $ (0.13
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Year-To-Date                                     

DVP

   $ 309      $ 264      $ 45      $ 0.54      $ 0.46      $ 0.08   

Dominion Generation

     374        472        (98     0.66        0.82        (0.16

Dominion Energy

     258        273        (15     0.45        0.47        (0.02
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Primary operating segments

     941        1,009        (68     1.65        1.75        (0.10

Corporate and Other

     (189     (194     5        (0.34     (0.34     —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Consolidated

   $ 752      $ 815      $ (63   $ 1.31      $ 1.41      $ (0.10
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

DVP

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

 

     Second Quarter     Year-To-Date  
     2012      2011      % Change     2012      2011      % Change  

Electricity delivered (million MWh)

     19.1         19.9         (4 )%      38.7         40.8         (5 )% 

Degree days (electric distribution service area):

                

Cooling

     510         630         (19     536         631         (15

Heating

     230         222         4        1,702         2,290         (26

Average electric distribution customer accounts (thousands)(1)

     2,452         2,435         1        2,450         2,435         1   

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

     2,134         2,164         (1     2,128         2,144         (1

 

(1) Period average.

 

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

 

    

Second Quarter

2012 vs. 2011

Increase (Decrease)

   

Year-To-Date

2012 vs. 2011

Increase (Decrease)

 
     Amount     EPS     Amount     EPS  
(millions, except EPS)                         

Regulated electric sales:

        

Weather

   $ (10   $ (0.02   $ (28   $ (0.05

Other

     6        0.01        12        0.02   

FERC transmission equity return

     3        0.01        12        0.02   

Retail energy marketing operations

     31        0.05        51        0.08   

Storm damage and service restoration(1)

     6        0.01        11        0.02   

Other

     (8     (0.01     (13     (0.02

Share accretion

     —          —          —          0.01   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net income contribution

   $ 28      $ 0.05      $ 45      $ 0.08   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) Excludes restoration costs associated with damage caused by late June 2012 summer storms reflected in the Corporate and Other segment.

Dominion Generation

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

 

     Second Quarter     Year-To-Date  
     2012      2011      % Change     2012      2011      % Change  

Electricity supplied (million MWh):

                

Utility

     19.1         19.9         (4 )%      38.7         40.8         (5 )% 

Merchant(1)

     9.5         10.7         (11     20.5         21.9         (6

Degree days (electric utility service area):

                

Cooling

     510         630         (19     536         631         (15

Heating

     230         222         4        1,702         2,290         (26

 

(1) Includes 0.8 and 2.7 million MWh for the quarter and year-to-date periods ended June 30, 2012, respectively, and 2.0 and 3.9 million MWh for the quarter and year-to-date periods ended June 30, 2011, respectively, related to Kewaunee, State Line and Salem Harbor.

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

 

    

Second Quarter

2012 vs. 2011

Increase (Decrease)

   

Year-To-Date

2012 vs. 2011

Increase (Decrease)

 
     Amount     EPS     Amount     EPS  
(millions, except EPS)                         

Merchant generation margin

   $ (31   $ (0.05   $ (76   $ (0.13

Regulated electric sales:

        

Weather

     (22     (0.04     (59     (0.11

Other

     —          —          15        0.03   

PJM ancillary services

     (11     (0.02     (25     (0.04

Net capacity expenses

     9        0.02        15        0.03   

Outage costs

     21        0.03        16        0.03   

Other O&M expenses

     7        0.01        24        0.04   

Other

     (9     (0.02     (8     (0.01

Share accretion

     —          0.01        —          —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net income contribution

   $ (36   $ (0.06   $ (98   $ (0.16
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Dominion Energy

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

 

     Second Quarter     Year-To-Date  
     2012      2011      % Change     2012      2011      % Change  

Gas distribution throughput (bcf):

                

Sales

     3         4         (25 )%      15         20         (25 )% 

Transportation

     47         45         4        145         155         (6

Heating degree days (gas distribution service area)

     579         613         (6     2,888         3,756         (23

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

                

Sales

     243         249         (2     251         254         (1

Transportation

     1,054         1,051         —          1,050         1,051         —     

 

(1) Period average.

 

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

 

    

Second Quarter

2012 vs. 2011

Increase (Decrease)

   

Year-To-Date

2012 vs. 2011

Increase (Decrease)

 
     Amount     EPS     Amount     EPS  
(millions, except EPS)                         

Weather

   $ —        $ —        $ (7   $ (0.01

Producer services margin

     (1     —          (15     (0.02

Gas transmission margin

     (6     (0.01     (6     (0.01

Other O&M expenses

     10        0.02        12        0.02   

Other

     2        —          1        —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net income contribution

   $ 5      $ 0.01      $ (15   $ (0.02
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Corporate and Other

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

 

     Second Quarter     Year-To-Date  
     2012     2011     $ Change     2012     2011     $ Change  
(millions, except EPS)                                     

Specific items attributable to operating segments

   $ (79   $ 4      $ (83   $ (71   $ (36   $ (35

Specific items attributable to corporate operations

     —          —          —          —          (8     8   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total specific items

     (79     4        (83     (71     (44     (27

Other corporate operations

     (67     (75     8        (118     (150     32   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total net benefit (expense)

   $ (146   $ (71   $ (75   $ (189   $ (194   $ 5   

EPS impact

   $ (0.26   $ (0.13   $ (0.13   $ (0.34   $ (0.34   $ —     

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 18 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in this report for discussion of these items.

Other Corporate Operations

Year-To-Date 2012 vs. 2011

Net expenses decreased primarily due to lower state income tax expense and lower net interest expense.

 

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Virginia Power

Results of Operations

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

 

     Second Quarter     Year-To-Date  
     2012      2011      $ Change     2012      2011      $ Change  
(millions)                                         

Net income

   $ 172       $ 241       $ (69   $ 415       $ 519       $ (104

Overview

Second Quarter 2012 vs. 2011

Net income decreased by 29%. Unfavorable drivers include the impact of less favorable weather and the restoration costs associated with damage caused by late June 2012 summer storms.

Year-To-Date 2012 vs. 2011

Net income decreased by 20%. Unfavorable drivers include the impact of less favorable weather and the restoration costs associated with damage caused by late June 2012 summer storms, partially offset by the impact of rate adjustment clauses and favorable economic conditions on customer usage and other factors.

 

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Analysis of Consolidated Operations

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

 

     Second Quarter     Year-To-Date  
     2012      2011      $ Change     2012      2011      $ Change  
(millions)                                         

Operating revenue

   $ 1,756       $ 1,757       $ (1   $ 3,510       $ 3,514       $ (4

Electric fuel and other energy-related purchases

     602         583         19        1,216         1,176         40   

Purchased electric capacity

     97         116         (19     210         234         (24
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net revenue

     1,057         1,058         (1     2,084         2,104         (20
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other operations and maintenance

     442         356         86        748         658         90   

Depreciation and amortization

     188         175         13        376         349         27   

Other taxes

     66         56         10        131         115         16   

Other income

     17         10         7        40         39         1   

Interest and related charges

     100         84         16        200         176         24   

Income tax expense

     106         156         (50     254         326         (72

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

Second Quarter 2012 vs. 2011

Net revenue decreased $1 million, primarily reflecting:

 

 

The impact ($47 million) of a decrease in sales to retail customers primarily due to a decrease in cooling degree days; and

 

 

A decrease in ancillary revenues received from PJM ($18 million), largely reflecting milder weather and lower commodity prices; partially offset by

 

 

An increase in rate adjustment clause revenue ($37 million);

 

 

A decrease in net capacity expenses ($15 million); and

 

 

The impact of various other immaterial items ($12 million).

Other operations and maintenance increased 24%, primarily reflecting:

 

 

A $64 million increase in storm damage and service restoration costs primarily due to the damage caused by late June summer storms in 2012;

 

 

A $22 million increase in certain electric transmission-related expenditures. These expenses are recovered through FERC rates; and

 

 

An $18 million increase in planned outage costs due to an increase in scheduled outage days at certain generation facilities.

These increases were partially offset by:

 

 

A $16 million decrease attributable to increased deferrals for construction activities related to regulated operations.

Interest and related charges increased 19%, primarily due to the absence of an interest benefit in 2011 relating to resolutions with taxing authorities ($11 million) and an increase related to unfavorable changes on interest rate derivatives ($5 million).

Income tax expense decreased 32%, primarily reflecting lower pre-tax income in 2012.

Year-To-Date 2012 vs. 2011

Net revenue decreased $20 million, primarily reflecting:

 

 

The impact ($88 million) of a decrease in sales to retail customers primarily due to a decrease in cooling and heating degree days ($144 million), partially offset by an increase in sales due to the effect of favorable economic conditions on customer usage and other factors ($56 million); and

 

 

A decrease in ancillary revenues received from PJM ($22 million), largely reflecting milder weather and lower commodity prices; partially offset by

 

 

An increase in rate adjustment clause revenue ($59 million);

 

 

A decrease in net capacity expenses ($24 million); and

 

 

The impact of various other immaterial items ($7 million).

 

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Other operations and maintenance increased 14%, primarily reflecting:

 

 

A $55 million increase in storm damage and service restoration costs primarily due to the damage caused by late June summer storms in 2012;

 

 

A $35 million increase in certain electric transmission-related expenditures. These expenses are recovered through FERC rates; and

 

 

A $29 million increase in planned outage costs due to an increase in scheduled outage days at certain nuclear generation facilities.

These increases were partially offset by:

 

 

A $30 million decrease attributable to increased deferrals for construction activities related to regulated operations.

Other taxes increased 14%, primarily reflecting higher use taxes ($9 million) and additional property tax due to increased investments and higher rates ($5 million).

Interest and related charges increased 14%, primarily due to the absence of an interest benefit in 2011 relating to resolutions with taxing authorities ($11 million), an increase in interest expense associated with the January 2012 senior note issuance ($6 million) and an increase related to unfavorable changes on interest rate derivatives ($4 million).

Income tax expense decreased 22%, primarily reflecting lower pre-tax income in 2012.

Segment Results of Operations

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

 

     Second Quarter     Year-To-Date  
     2012     2011     $ Change     2012     2011     $ Change  
(millions)                                     

DVP

   $ 100      $ 102      $ (2   $ 207      $ 215      $ (8

Dominion Generation

     118        144        (26     251        309        (58
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Primary operating segments

     218        246        (28     458        524        (66

Corporate and Other

     (46     (5     (41     (43     (5     (38
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Consolidated

   $ 172      $ 241      $ (69   $ 415      $ 519      $ (104
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

DVP

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

 

     Second Quarter     Year-To-Date  
     2012      2011      % Change     2012      2011      % Change  

Electricity delivered (million MWh)

     19.1         19.9         (4 )%      38.7         40.8         (5 )% 

Degree days (electric distribution service area):

                

Cooling

     510         630         (19     536         631         (15

Heating

     230         222         4        1,702         2,290         (26

Average electric distribution customer accounts (thousands)(1)

     2,452         2,435         1        2,450         2,435         1   

 

(1) Period average.

 

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

 

     Second Quarter
2012 vs.  2011
Increase
(Decrease)
    Year-To-Date
2012 vs.  2011
Increase
(Decrease)
 
(millions)             

Regulated electric sales:

    

Weather

   $ (10   $ (28

Other

     6        12   

FERC transmission equity return

     3        12   

Storm damage and service restoration(1)

     6        11   

Other

     (7     (15
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net income contribution

   $ (2   $ (8
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) Excludes restoration costs associated with damage caused by late June 2012 summer storms reflected in the Corporate and Other segment.

Dominion Generation

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

 

     Second Quarter     Year-To-Date  
     2012      2011      % Change     2012      2011      % Change  

Electricity supplied (million MWh):

     19.1         19.9         (4 )%      38.7         40.8         (5 )% 

Degree days (electric utility service area):

                

Cooling

     510         630         (19     536         631         (15

Heating

     230         222         4        1,702         2,290         (26

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

 

     Second Quarter
2012 vs. 2011
Increase
(Decrease)
    Year-To-Date
2012 vs.  2011
Increase
(Decrease)
 
(millions)             

Regulated electric sales:

    

Weather

   $ (22   $ (59

Other

     —          15   

PJM ancillary services

     (11     (25

Net capacity expenses

     9        15   

Outage costs

     (11     (18

Other O&M expenses

     8        19   

Other

     1        (5
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net income contribution

   $ (26   $ (58
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

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 18 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in this report for discussion of these items.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

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

At June 30, 2012, Dominion had $1.9 billion of unused capacity under its credit facilities, including $770 million of unused capacity under joint credit facilities available to Virginia Power.

 

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The sales of Salem Harbor and State Line, which were classified as discontinued operations in the second quarter of 2012, are not expected to negatively impact Dominion’s liquidity. Two of the four units at Salem Harbor were retired on December 31, 2011, with the remaining two units to be retired on June 1, 2014. State Line was retired in March 2012.

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

 

     2012     2011  
(millions)             

Cash and cash equivalents at January 1

   $ 102      $ 62   

Cash flows provided by (used in):

    

Operating activities

     2,398        1,287   

Investing activities

     (1,864     (1,535

Financing activities

     (474     266   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

     60        18   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at June 30

   $ 162      $ 80   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

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

 

     2012     2011  
(millions)             

Cash and cash equivalents at January 1

   $ 29      $ 5   

Cash flows provided by (used in):

    

Operating activities

     1,351        837   

Investing activities

     (1,084     (973

Financing activities

     (269     184   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

     (2     48   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at June 30

   $ 27      $ 53   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating Cash Flows

Net cash provided by Dominion’s operating activities increased by $1.1 billion, primarily due to higher deferred fuel cost recoveries in its Virginia jurisdiction, lower margin collateral requirements, lower state income tax payments and changes in other working capital items, partially offset by lower merchant generation margins and the impact of less favorable weather.

Net cash provided by Virginia Power’s operating activities increased by $514 million, primarily due to higher deferred fuel cost recoveries in its Virginia jurisdiction and net changes in other working capital items. The increase was partially offset by higher income tax payments and the impact of less favorable weather.

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, 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 June 30, 2012 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.

 

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     Gross  Credit
Exposure
     Credit
Collateral
     Net Credit
Exposure
 
(millions)                     

Investment grade(1)

   $ 266       $ 22       $ 244   

Non-investment grade(2)

     101         18         83   

No external ratings:

        

Internally rated – investment grade(3)

     19         —           19   

Internally rated – non-investment grade(4)

     78         —           78   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 464       $ 40       $ 424   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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 39% of the total net credit exposure.
(2) The five largest counterparty exposures, combined, for this category represented approximately 13% of the total net credit exposure.
(3) The five largest counterparty exposures, combined, for this category represented approximately 4% of the total net credit exposure.
(4) The five largest counterparty exposures, combined, for this category represented approximately 9% of the total net credit exposure.

Virginia Power’s exposure to potential concentrations of credit risk results primarily from sales to wholesale customers. At June 30, 2012, Virginia Power’s exposure to potential concentrations of credit risk was not considered material.

Investing Cash Flows

Net cash used in Dominion’s investing activities increased by $329 million, primarily due to higher capital expenditures, mainly related to investments in growth projects.

Net cash used in Virginia Power’s investing activities increased by $111 million, primarily due to higher capital expenditures and lower 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, 2011, 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 exchange offers or business combination transactions.

For the six months ended June 30, 2012, net cash used in Dominion’s financing activities was $474 million as compared to net cash provided by financing activities of $266 million in 2011, primarily due to net debt repayments in 2012 as compared to net debt issuances in 2011 as a result of higher cash inflow from operations, partially offset by the absence of the repurchase of common stock recorded in 2011.

For the six months ended June 30, 2012, net cash used in Virginia Power’s financing activities was $269 million as compared to net cash provided by financing activities of $184 million in 2011, primarily due to lower net debt issuances.

See Note 13 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in this report for further information regarding Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s credit facilities, liquidity and significant financing transactions.

Credit Ratings

Credit ratings are intended to provide banks and capital market participants with a framework for comparing the credit quality of securities and are not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities. In 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, 2011, there is a discussion on the use of capital markets by the Companies, as well as the impact of credit ratings on the accessibility and costs of using these markets. As of June 30, 2012, there have been no changes in the Companies’ credit ratings.

 

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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, 2011, there is a discussion on the various covenants present in the enabling agreements underlying the Companies’ debt. As of June 30, 2012, there have been no material changes to debt covenants, nor any events of default under the Companies’ debt covenants.

Virginia Power Mortgage Supplement

Substantially all of Virginia Power’s property is subject to the lien of the Indenture of Mortgage securing its First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds. There were no bonds outstanding as of June 30, 2012; however, by leaving the indenture open, Virginia Power expects to retain the flexibility to issue mortgage bonds in the future. In July 2012, Virginia Power entered into a supplement to the indenture in order to amend various of its terms and conditions and to incorporate certain new provisions. The supplement reduces Virginia Power’s overall compliance responsibilities associated with the indenture by limiting the maximum principal amount of bonds that may be outstanding under the indenture to $10 million unless otherwise provided in a further supplement, and by modifying or eliminating altogether certain compliance requirements while there are no bonds outstanding. The supplement also provides Virginia Power with flexibility to determine when or if certain newly or recently acquired properties will be pledged as collateral under the indenture. A copy of the Ninety-Second Supplemental Indenture is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1.

Future Cash Payments for Contractual Obligations and Planned Capital Expenditures

As of June 30, 2012, there have been no material changes outside the ordinary course of business to Dominion’s or Virginia Power’s contractual obligations nor any material changes to planned capital expenditures as disclosed in MD&A in the Companies’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.

Use of Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of June 30, 2012, there have been no material changes in the off-balance sheet arrangements disclosed in MD&A in the Companies’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.

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, 2011 and Future Issues and Other Matters in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2012.

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, 2011, Note 12 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2012 and Note 14 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in this report for additional information on various environmental matters.

Air

In June 2012, the EPA issued a proposed rule that would set a more stringent annual air quality standard for fine particulate matter. The EPA is expected to issue a final rule in December 2012 and complete final air quality designations by December 2014. States will have until 2020 to meet the revised standard. The extent to which a revised particulate matter standard will impact Dominion is uncertain at this time, but is not expected to be material.

Water

In July 2012, the EPA announced a delay from July 2012 to June 2013 of its impending rulemaking related to CWA Section 316(b) which seeks to establish a uniform national standard for impingement, but forgoes the creation of a single technology standard for entrainment. Dominion and Virginia Power cannot estimate the need or potential for entrainment controls under the proposed rule as these decisions will be made on a case-by-case basis after a thorough review of detailed biological, technology, cost and benefit studies. However, the impacts of this proposed rule may be material to results of operations, financial condition, and/or cash flows.

 

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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, 2011, Note 9 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2012 and Note 11 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in this report for additional information on various regulatory matters.

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, 2011, Notes 9 and 12 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2012 and Notes 11 and 14 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in this report for additional information on various legal matters.

Dodd-Frank Act

The Dodd-Frank Act was enacted into law in July 2010 in an effort to improve regulation of financial markets. The Dodd-Frank Act includes provisions that will require certain over-the-counter derivatives, or swaps, to be centrally cleared and executed through an exchange or other approved trading platform. Non-financial entities that use swaps to hedge or mitigate commercial risk, often referred to as end users, can choose to exempt their hedging transactions from these clearing and exchange trading requirements. Final rules for the over-the-counter derivative-related provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act will continue to be established through the ongoing rulemaking process of the applicable regulators. In June 2011, both the CFTC and the SEC confirmed that they would not complete the required rulemakings by the July 2011 deadline under the Dodd-Frank Act. Each agency has granted temporary relief from most derivative-related provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act until the effective date of the applicable rules. Currently, the CFTC’s temporary relief would expire no later than December 31, 2012. If, as a result of the rulemaking process, Dominion’s or Virginia Power’s derivative activities are not exempted from the clearing, exchange trading or margin requirements, the Companies could be subject to higher costs, including from higher margin requirements, for their derivative activities. In addition, implementation of, and compliance with, the over-the-counter derivative provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act by the Companies’ swap counterparties could result in increased costs related to the Companies’ derivative activities. While new rules implementing part of the Dodd-Frank Act were recently issued, the Companies are still evaluating the impact of these rules. Due to the ongoing rulemaking process, the Companies are currently unable to assess the potential impact of the Dodd-Frank Act’s derivative-related provisions on their financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Cove Point Export Project

Dominion is pursuing a liquefaction project at Cove Point, which would enable the facility to liquefy domestically-produced natural gas and export it as LNG. The planned capacity is approximately 750 million cubic feet per day on the inlet and approximately 4.5 to 5 million metric tons per annum on the outlet. In March 2012, Cove Point entered into precedent agreements with two major companies, one of which is Sumitomo Corporation, pursuant to which Cove Point would provide liquefaction, storage and loading services but would not own or directly export the LNG. In June 2012, Dominion and the two companies amended the respective precedent agreements to extend negotiations for the definitive terminal service agreements, which Cove Point expects to complete by the end of this year. In May 2012, in response to claims by the Sierra Club, Cove Point filed a complaint for declaratory judgment to confirm its right to construct the project. A hearing on the matter is set for October 2012.

Subject to a final decision on pursuing the project, execution of binding terminal service agreements, receipt of regulatory and other approvals, and successful completion of engineering studies, construction of liquefaction facilities could begin in 2014 with an in-service date in 2017.

Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act

On July 6, 2012, the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act was signed into law. This Act includes a provision that increases the interest rates used to determine plan sponsors’ pension contributions for required funding purposes. Although the Internal Revenue Service has not yet released the new interest rates, Dominion expects the new rates will reduce required pension contributions for 2013 through 2015. Dominion believes that required pension contributions will rise subsequent to 2015, resulting in little net impact to cumulative required contributions over a 10-year period.

Electric Transmission Projects

In June 2012, Virginia Power requested Virginia Commission approval of the Surry-to-Skiffes Creek line and Skiffes Creek-to-Whealton line. The proposed project is estimated to cost approximately $151 million. Subject to the receipt of applicable state and federal regulatory approvals, the Surry-to-Skiffes Creek line and Skiffes Creek-to-Whealton line are expected to be completed by May 2015.

 

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Virginia Power also presented for the Virginia Commission’s consideration an approximately 37-mile alternate route for the 500-kV line from Virginia Power’s existing Chickahominy Substation to the proposed Skiffes Creek Switching Station. The alternate route combined with the Skiffes Creek-to-Whealton line is estimated to cost approximately $213 million.

 

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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 $175 million and $179 million as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, 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 $9 million and $8 million as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.

A hypothetical 10% unfavorable change in commodity prices would not have resulted in a material change in the fair value of Virginia Power’s non-trading commodity-based financial derivatives as of June 30, 2012 or December 31, 2011.

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 June 30, 2012 or December 31, 2011.

 

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Additionally, Dominion and Virginia Power may use forward-starting interest rate swaps and interest rate lock agreements as anticipatory hedges. As of June 30, 2012, Dominion and Virginia Power had $3.0 billion and $1.3 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 $46 million and $21 million, respectively, in the fair value of Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s interest rate derivatives at June 30, 2012.

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 $67 million, $50 million and $54 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 and for the year ended December 31, 2011, 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 increase in unrealized gains on these investments of $121 million, $98 million and $52 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 and for the year ended December 31, 2011, respectively.

Virginia Power recognized net realized gains (including investment income) on nuclear decommissioning trust investments of $27 million, $16 million and $24 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 and for the year ended December 31, 2011, respectively. Net realized gains and losses include gains and losses from the sale of investments as well as any other-than-temporary declines in fair value. Virginia Power recorded, in AOCI and regulatory liabilities, a net increase in unrealized gains on these investments of $52 million, $43 million, and $25 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 and for the year ended December 31, 2011, respectively.

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. 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, 2011. See the following for discussions on various environmental and other regulatory proceedings to which the Companies are a party:

 

 

Notes 14 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, 2011.

 

 

Notes 9 and 12 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Dominion’s and Virginia Power’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2012.

 

 

Notes 11 and 14 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in this report.

 

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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, 2011, 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, 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

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

4/1/12-4/30/12

     104,409       $ 51.21         —         19,629,059 shares/

$1.18 billion

5/1/12-5/31/12

     3,329         52.44         —         19,629,059 shares/

$1.18 billion

6/1/12-6/30/12

     —           —           —         19,629,059 shares/

$1.18 billion

  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

Total

     107,738       $ 51.25         —         19,629,059 shares/

$1.18 billion

  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

(1) In April and May 2012, 104,409 shares and 3,329 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 for the quarter ended March 30, 2011 filed April 29, 2011, File No. 1-2255).       X
    3.2.a    Dominion Resources, Inc. Amended and Restated Bylaws, effective December 13, 2011 (Exhibit 3.1, Form 8-K filed December 14, 2011, 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
    4.1    Indenture of Mortgage of Virginia Electric and Power Company, dated November 1, 1935, as supplemented and modified by Fifty-Eight Supplemental Indentures (Exhibit 4(ii), Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1985, File No. 1-2255); Ninety-Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 1, 2012 (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 statement (filed herewith).    X    X
101^    The following financial statements from Dominion Resources, Inc.’s and Virginia Electric and Power Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2012, filed on filed on August 1, 2012, formatted in XBRL: (i) Consolidated Statements of Income, (ii) Consolidated Balance Sheets, (iii) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, (iv) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (v) the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.    X    X

 

^ This exhibit will not be deemed “filed” by Virginia Electric and Power Company 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 Virginia Electric and Power Company 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

August 1, 2012    

/s/    Ashwini Sawhney        

   

Ashwini Sawhney

Vice President – Accounting and Controller

(Chief Accounting Officer)

   

VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY

Registrant

August 1, 2012    

/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 for the quarter ended March 30, 2011 filed April 29, 2011, File No. 1-2255).       X
    3.2.a    Dominion Resources, Inc. Amended and Restated Bylaws, effective December 13, 2011 (Exhibit 3.1, Form 8-K filed December 14, 2011, 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
    4.1    Indenture of Mortgage of Virginia Electric and Power Company, dated November 1, 1935, as supplemented and modified by Fifty-Eight Supplemental Indentures (Exhibit 4(ii), Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1985, File No. 1-2255); Ninety-Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 1, 2012 (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 statement (filed herewith).    X    X
101^    The following financial statements from Dominion Resources, Inc.’s and Virginia Electric and Power Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2012, filed on filed on August 1, 2012, formatted in XBRL: (i) Consolidated Statements of Income, (ii) Consolidated Balance Sheets, (iii) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, (iv) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (v) the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.    X    X

 

^ This exhibit will not be deemed “filed” by Virginia Electric and Power Company 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 Virginia Electric and Power Company specifically incorporates it by reference.

 

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