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Property, Plant and Equipment
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Property Plant And Equipment [Abstract]  
Property, Plant and Equipment

NOTE 10. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Major classes of property, plant and equipment and their respective balances for the Companies are as follows:

 

 

 

Dominion Energy

 

 

Virginia Power

 

At December 31,

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

(millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dominion Energy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Utility:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Generation

 

$

23,720

 

 

$

23,378

 

 

$

17,611

 

 

$

17,325

 

Transmission

 

 

16,857

 

 

 

15,430

 

 

 

13,034

 

 

 

11,760

 

Distribution

 

 

30,624

 

 

 

28,953

 

 

 

14,681

 

 

 

13,621

 

Storage

 

 

491

 

 

 

455

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nuclear fuel

 

 

2,373

 

 

 

2,306

 

 

 

1,823

 

 

 

1,702

 

General and other

 

 

4,630

 

 

 

4,373

 

 

 

1,019

 

 

 

912

 

Plant under construction

 

 

5,678

 

 

 

3,898

 

 

 

4,685

 

 

 

2,865

 

Total utility

 

 

84,373

 

 

 

78,793

 

 

 

52,853

 

 

 

48,185

 

Non-jurisdictional - including plant under construction

 

 

1,834

 

 

 

1,694

 

 

 

1,834

 

 

 

1,694

 

Nonutility:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nonregulated generation-nuclear

 

 

1,935

 

 

 

1,773

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nonregulated generation-solar

 

 

495

 

 

 

2,026

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nuclear fuel

 

 

954

 

 

 

1,056

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other-including plant under construction

 

 

1,611

 

 

 

1,161

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

11

 

Total nonutility

 

 

4,995

 

 

 

6,016

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

11

 

Total property, plant and equipment

 

$

91,202

 

 

$

86,503

 

 

$

54,697

 

 

$

49,890

 

 

Jointly-Owned Power Stations

The Companies proportionate share of jointly-owned power stations at December 31, 2022 is as follows:

 

 

 

Bath County Pumped Storage Station(1)

 

 

North Anna Units 1 and 2(1)

 

 

Clover Power Station(1)

 

 

Millstone Unit 3(2)

 

 

Summer Unit 1 (2)

 

(millions, except percentages)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ownership interest

 

 

60

%

 

 

88.4

%

 

 

50

%

 

 

93.5

%

 

 

66.7

%

Plant in service

 

 

1,066

 

 

 

2,540

 

 

 

611

 

 

 

1,487

 

 

 

1,532

 

Accumulated depreciation

 

 

(730

)

 

 

(1,402

)

 

 

(282

)

 

 

(563

)

 

 

(724

)

Nuclear fuel

 

 

 

 

 

792

 

 

 

 

 

 

551

 

 

 

550

 

Accumulated amortization of nuclear fuel

 

 

 

 

 

(602

)

 

 

 

 

 

(459

)

 

 

(347

)

Plant under construction

 

 

3

 

 

 

253

 

 

 

 

 

 

68

 

 

 

87

 

 

(1)
Units jointly owned by Virginia Power.
(2)
Unit jointly owned by Dominion Energy.

The co-owners are obligated to pay their share of all future construction expenditures and operating costs of the jointly-owned facilities in the same proportion as their respective ownership interest. The Companies report their share of operating costs in the appropriate operating expense (electric fuel and other energy-related purchases, other operations and maintenance, depreciation, depletion and amortization and other taxes, etc.) in the Consolidated Statements of Income.

 

Nonregulated Solar Projects

The following table presents acquisitions by Virginia Power of non-jurisdictional solar projects (reflected in Dominion Energy Virginia). Virginia Power has claimed or expects to claim federal investment tax credits on the projects, except as otherwise noted.

 

Project Name

 

Date Agreement
Entered

 

Date Agreement
Closed

 

Project Location

 

Project Cost
(millions)
(1)

 

 

Date of Commercial
Operations

 

MW Capacity

 

Grasshopper(2)

 

August 2018

 

May 2019

 

Virginia

 

 

128

 

 

October 2020

 

 

80

 

Chestnut

 

August 2018

 

May 2019

 

North Carolina

 

 

127

 

 

January 2020

 

 

75

 

Ft. Powhatan

 

June 2019

 

June 2019

 

Virginia

 

 

267

 

 

January 2022

 

 

150

 

Belcher(3)

 

June 2019

 

August 2019

 

Virginia

 

 

164

 

 

June 2021

 

 

88

 

Bedford

 

August 2019

 

November 2019

 

Virginia

 

 

106

 

 

November 2021

 

 

70

 

Maplewood

 

October 2019

 

October 2019

 

Virginia

 

 

210

 

 

December 2022

 

 

120

 

Rochambeau

 

December 2019

 

January 2020

 

Virginia

 

 

35

 

 

December 2021

 

 

20

 

Pumpkinseed

 

May 2020

 

May 2020

 

Virginia

 

 

138

 

 

September 2022

 

 

60

 

Bookers Mill

 

February 2021

 

June 2021

 

Virginia

 

 

225

 

 

Expected 2023(4)

 

 

127

 

(1)
Includes acquisition costs.
(2)
Referred to as Butcher Creek once placed in service.
(3)
Referred to as Desper once placed in service.
(4)
Virginia Power expects to claim production tax credits on the energy generated and sold by project.

 

In addition, the following table presents acquisitions by Dominion Energy of solar projects (reflected in Contracted Assets). Dominion Energy has claimed or expects to claim federal investment tax credits on the projects, except as otherwise noted.

 

Project Name

 

Date Agreement
Entered

 

Date Agreement
Closed

 

Project Location

 

Project Cost
(millions)
(1)

 

 

Date of Commercial
Operations

 

MW Capacity

 

Greensville

 

August 2019

 

August 2019

 

Virginia

 

$

127

 

 

December 2020

 

 

80

 

Myrtle

 

August 2019

 

August 2019

 

Virginia

 

 

32

 

 

June 2020

 

 

15

 

Blackville

 

May 2020

 

May 2020

 

South Carolina

 

 

12

 

 

December 2020

 

 

7

 

Denmark

 

May 2020

 

May 2020

 

South Carolina

 

 

14

 

 

December 2020

 

 

6

 

Yemassee

 

May 2020

 

August 2020

 

South Carolina

 

 

17

 

 

January 2021

 

 

10

 

Trask

 

May 2020

 

October 2020

 

South Carolina

 

 

22

 

 

March 2021

 

 

12

 

Hardin I

 

June 2020

 

June 2020

 

Ohio

 

 

240

 

 

Split(2)

 

 

150

 

Madison

 

July 2020

 

July 2020

 

Virginia

 

 

165

 

 

Expected 2024(3)

 

 

62

 

Hardin II

 

August 2020

 

Terminated(4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Atlanta Farms

 

March 2022

 

May 2022

 

Ohio

 

 

390

 

 

Expected split(3)(5)

 

 

200

 

(1)
Includes acquisition costs.
(2)
In December 2020 and January 2021, 97 MW and 53 MW of the project commenced commercial operations, respectively.
(3)
Dominion Energy expects to claim production tax credits on the energy generated and sold by project.
(4)
In January 2023, Dominion Energy terminated its agreement, without penalty, to acquire Hardin II.
(5)
Expected to be split between 2023 and 2024.

In addition to the facilities discussed above, Dominion Energy has also entered into various agreements to install solar facilities (reflected in Dominion Energy Virginia), primarily at schools in Virginia. As of December 31, 2022, Dominion Energy had placed in service solar facilities with an aggregate generation capacity of 23 MW at a cost of $48 million and anticipates placing additional facilities in service by the end of 2023 with an estimated total projected cost of approximately $39 million and an aggregate generation capacity of 17 MW. Dominion Energy has claimed or expects to claim federal investment tax credits on the projects.

Impairment

In the fourth quarter of 2022, Dominion Energy modified its intentions for the ongoing growth and development of its nonregulated solar generation assets as part of the preliminary stages of its comprehensive business review announced in November 2022. In connection with that determination, Dominion Energy expects that it is more likely than not that the nonregulated solar generation projects within Contracted Assets will be sold before the end of their useful lives and therefore evaluated the associated long-lived assets for recoverability. Given their strategic alignment with Virginia Power’s operations, the non-jurisdictional solar generation projects reflected in Dominion Energy Virginia were not further evaluated for recoverability. Using a probability-weighted approach,

Dominion Energy determined Contracted Assets’ nonregulated solar generation assets were impaired and recorded a charge of $1.5 billion ($1.1 billion after-tax) in impairment of assets and other charges in its Consolidated Statements of Income (reflected in the Corporate and Other segment) for the year ended December 31, 2022 to adjust the property, plant and equipment, intangible assets and right-of-use lease assets down to an estimated fair value of $665 million in aggregate. The fair value was estimated using an income approach. The valuation is considered a Level 3 fair value measurement due to the use of significant judgmental and unobservable inputs, including projected timing and amount of future cash flows and discount rates reflecting risks inherent in the future cash flows and market prices.

Non-Wholly-Owned Nonregulated Solar Facilities

Impairment

In the third quarter of 2020, Dominion Energy performed a strategic review of its long-term intentions for its contracted nonregulated solar generation assets in partnerships outside of its core electric service territories in consideration of the impact of the VCEA and Dominion Energy’s decision to sell substantially all of its gas transmission and storage operations. Based on an evaluation of Dominion Energy’s interests in these long-lived assets for recoverability under a probability weighted approach, Dominion Energy determined the assets were impaired. As a result of this evaluation, Dominion Energy recorded a charge of $665 million ($293 million after-tax attributable to Dominion Energy and $267 million attributable to noncontrolling interest) in impairment of assets and other charges in its Consolidated Statements of Income (reflected in the Corporate and Other segment) for the year ended December 31, 2020 to adjust the property, plant and equipment down to its estimated fair value of $1.4 billion. The fair value was estimated using an income approach. The valuation is considered a Level 3 fair value measurement due to the use of significant judgmental and unobservable inputs, including projected timing and amount of future cash flows and discount rates reflecting risks inherent in the future cash flows and market prices.

Sale to Terra Nova Renewable Partners

In August 2021, Dominion Energy entered into an agreement with Terra Nova Renewable Partners to sell SBL Holdco, which held Dominion Energy’s 67% controlling interest in certain nonregulated solar projects for consideration of $456 million, subject to customary closing adjustments, with the amount of cash reduced by the amount of SBL Holdco’s debt outstanding at closing. The sale was contingent on clearance or approval under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act and by FERC as well as other customary closing and regulatory conditions. In September 2021, the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act expired and in October 2021, FERC approved the proposed sale. In December 2021, the transaction closed and Dominion Energy recorded a gain of $19 million ($15 million after-tax) in losses (gains) on sales of assets in its Consolidated Statements of Income (reflected in the Corporate and Other segment). Except as specifically identified, all activity related to SBL Holdco is recorded within Contracted Assets.

Sale to Clearway

In August 2021, Dominion Energy entered an agreement with Clearway to sell its 50% controlling interest in Four Brothers and Three Cedars for $335 million in cash, subject to customary closing adjustments. The transaction was contingent on clearance or approval under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act and by FERC as well as other customary closing and regulatory conditions. In October 2021, the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act expired. In December 2021, the transaction closed and Dominion Energy recorded a loss of $229 million ($176 million after-tax) in losses (gains) on sales of assets in its Consolidated Statements of Income (reflected in the Corporate and Other segment), primarily associated with the derecognition of noncontrolling interest. Except as specifically identified, all activity related to Four Brothers and Three Cedars is recorded within Contracted Assets.

Acquisition of Gathering and Processing Assets

In November 2021, Wexpro closed on an agreement with a natural gas gathering systems operator to purchase an existing natural gas gathering system in Wyoming including pipelines, compressors and dehydration equipment for total consideration of $41 million.

Virginia Power CCRO Utilization

In 2021, Virginia Power wrote off $318 million, primarily to accumulated depreciation, representing the utilization of a CCRO in accordance with the GTSA in connection with the settlement of the 2021 Triennial Review. See Note 13 for additional information.

Sale of Utility Property

In 2022, Dominion Energy completed the sales of certain utility property in South Carolina, as approved by the South Carolina Commission, for total cash consideration of $20 million. In connection with the sales, Dominion Energy recognized a gain of $20 million ($15 million after-tax), recorded in losses (gains) on sales of assets, in its Consolidated Statements of Income (reflected in Dominion Energy South Carolina) for the year ended December 31, 2022.