Related Party Transactions (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Schedules Of Transactions With Affiliates

Presented below are significant transactions with DRS and other affiliates:

Year Ended December 31,	2011		2010		2009
(millions)
Commodity purchases from affiliates	$	376	$	373	$	327
Services provided by affiliates	393		469		420
Services provided to affiliates	21		19		24

Schedule Of Borrowings From Affiliates

The following table presents Virginia Power's borrowings from Dominion under short-term arrangements:

At December 31,	2011		2010
(millions)
Outstanding borrowings, net of repayments, under the Dominion money pool for Virginia Power's nonregulated subsidiaries	$	187	$	24
Short-term demand note borrowings from Dominion	—		79