Income Taxes

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2023

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

Note 5. Income Taxes

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

	Dominion Energy						Virginia Power
Six Months Ended June 30,	2023			2022			2023			2022
U.S. statutory rate		21.0	%		21.0	%		21.0	%		21.0	%
Increases (reductions) resulting from:
Recognition of taxes - sale of    subsidiary stock		—			(24.1	)
State taxes, net of federal benefit		3.8			(2.8	)		4.6			4.4
Investment tax credits		(3.1	)		4.5			(0.3	)		(6.9	)
Production tax credits		(0.5	)		0.5			(0.8	)		(1.0	)
Reversal of excess deferred income    taxes		(2.0	)		4.2			(2.3	)		(3.9	)
Changes in state deferred taxes associated    with assets held for sale		—			(1.4	)
AFUDC - equity		(0.1	)		0.2			(0.1	)		(1.0	)
Other, net		(1.2	)		0.3			(0.5	)		0.6
Effective tax rate		17.9	%		2.4	%		21.6	%		13.2	%

In the first quarter of 2022, Dominion Energy entered into an agreement to sell 100% of the equity interests in Hope in a stock sale for income tax purposes. As of June 30, 2022, Dominion had established $90 million of deferred tax liabilities reflecting the excess of the financial reporting basis over the tax basis in Hope’s stock. These deferred taxes reversed upon closing of the sale in August 2022 and became a component of current income tax expense on the sale. See Note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Dominion Energy's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 for additional information regarding the sale of Hope.

As of June 30, 2023, there have been no material changes in the Companies’ unrecognized tax benefits or possible changes that could reasonably be expected to occur during the next twelve months. See Note 5 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in the Companies’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, for a discussion of these unrecognized tax benefits.

Discontinued operations

Income tax expense reflected in discontinued operations is $94 million and $132 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.