UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) August 25, 2010

Virginia Electric and Power Company

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Virginia	1-2255	54-0418825
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

120 Tredegar Street Richmond, Virginia	23219
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code (804) 819-2000

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On August 25, 2010, Virginia Electric and Power Company (the Company) entered into an underwriting agreement (the Underwriting Agreement) with Banc of America Securities LLC, RBS Securities Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as Representatives for the underwriters named in the Underwriting Agreement, for the sale of $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 2010 Series A 3.45% Senior Notes Due 2022. Such Senior Notes, which are designated the 2010 Series A 3.45% Senior Notes Due 2022 are Senior Debt Securities that were registered by the Company pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 under Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which registration statement became effective on January 29, 2009 (File No. 333-157019). A copy of the Underwriting Agreement including exhibits thereto, is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this     Form 8-K.

The Twenty-First Supplemental Indenture to the Company’s June 1, 1998 Senior Indenture, as amended, pursuant to which the 2010 Series A 3.45% Senior Notes Due 2022 will be issued, is filed as Exhibit 4.3 to this Form 8-K.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibits
1.1	Underwriting Agreement, dated August 25, 2010, between the Company and Banc of America Securities LLC, RBS Securities Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as Representatives for the underwriters named in the Underwriting Agreement.*
4.1	Form of Senior Indenture, dated June 1, 1998, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon (successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank)), as Trustee (the Original Trustee) (Exhibit 4 (ii), Form S-3, Registration Statement, File No. 333-47119, as filed on February 27, 1998, incorporated by reference).
4.2	Form of Nineteenth Supplemental and Amending Indenture to the Senior Indenture dated November 1, 2008 by and among the Company, the Original Trustee and U.S. Bank National Association, as Series Trustee (Exhibit 4.2, Form 8-K, File No. 001-02255, as filed on November 5, 2008, incorporated by reference).
4.3	Twenty-First Supplemental Indenture to the Senior Indenture pursuant to which the 2010 Series A 3.45% Senior Notes Due 2022 will be issued. The form of the 2010 Series A 3.45% Senior Notes Due 2022 is included as Exhibit A to the Twenty-First Supplemental Indenture.*
5.1	Opinion of McGuireWoods LLP.*

* Filed herewith.

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 hereunto duly authorized.

VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY
Registrant
/s/ James P. Carney
Name:	James P. Carney
Title:	Vice President and Assistant Treasurer

Date: September 1, 2010