Nature of Operations	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Nature of Operations	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 North Carolina. Virginia Power is a member of PJM, an RTO, and its electric transmission facilities are integrated into the PJM wholesale electricity markets. All of Virginia Power's common stock is owned by Dominion. Dominion's operations also include a regulated interstate natural gas transmission pipeline and underground storage system in the Northeast, mid-Atlantic and Midwest states, an LNG import, transport and storage facility in Maryland and regulated gas transportation and distribution operations in Ohio and West Virginia. Dominion's nonregulated operations include merchant generation, energy marketing and price risk management activities and retail energy marketing operations. In the second quarter of 2013, Dominion commenced a restructuring of its producer services business. The restructuring will result in the termination of natural gas trading and certain energy marketing activities. The restructuring is intended to reduce producer services' earnings volatility, and is not expected to have a material impact on Dominion's business. Dominion manages its daily operations through three primary operating segments: DVP, Dominion Generation and Dominion Energy. Dominion also reports a Corporate and Other segment, which includes its corporate, service company and other functions (including unallocated debt) and the net impact of operations that are discontinued, which is discussed in Note 3. In addition, Corporate and Other includes specific items attributable to Dominion's operating segments that are not included in profit measures evaluated by executive management in assessing the segments' performance or allocating resources among the segments. Virginia Power manages its daily operations through two primary operating segments: DVP and Dominion Generation. It also reports a Corporate and Other segment that primarily includes specific items attributable to its operating segments that are not included in profit measures evaluated by executive management in assessing the segments' performance or allocating resources among the segments. See Note 25 for further discussion of Dominion's and Virginia Power's operating segments.

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 North Carolina. Virginia Power is a member of PJM, an RTO, and its electric transmission facilities are integrated into the PJM wholesale electricity markets. All of Virginia Power's common stock is owned by Dominion. Dominion's operations also include a regulated interstate natural gas transmission pipeline and underground storage system in the Northeast, mid-Atlantic and Midwest states, an LNG import, transport and storage facility in Maryland and regulated gas transportation and distribution operations in Ohio and West Virginia. Dominion's nonregulated operations include merchant generation, energy marketing and price risk management activities and retail energy marketing operations.

In the second quarter of 2013, Dominion commenced a restructuring of its producer services business. The restructuring will result in the termination of natural gas trading and certain energy marketing activities. The restructuring is intended to reduce producer services' earnings volatility, and is not expected to have a material impact on Dominion's business.

Dominion manages its daily operations through three primary operating segments: DVP, Dominion Generation and Dominion Energy. Dominion also reports a Corporate and Other segment, which includes its corporate, service company and other functions (including unallocated debt) and the net impact of operations that are discontinued, which is discussed in Note 3. In addition, Corporate and Other includes specific items attributable to Dominion's operating segments that are not included in profit measures evaluated by executive management in assessing the segments' performance or allocating resources among the segments.

Virginia Power manages its daily operations through two primary operating segments: DVP and Dominion Generation. It also reports a Corporate and Other segment that primarily includes specific items attributable to its operating segments that are not included in profit measures evaluated by executive management in assessing the segments' performance or allocating resources among the segments. See Note 25 for further discussion of Dominion's and Virginia Power's operating segments.