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Investments
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]  
Investments
Investments
Dominion
Equity and Debt Securities
Rabbi Trust Securities
Marketable equity and debt securities and cash equivalents held in Dominion’s rabbi trusts and classified as trading totaled $109 million and $107 million at June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively. Cost method investments held in Dominion’s rabbi trusts totaled $8 million and $10 million at June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively.

Decommissioning Trust Securities
Dominion holds marketable equity and debt securities (classified as available-for-sale), cash equivalents and cost method investments in nuclear decommissioning trust funds to fund future decommissioning costs for its nuclear plants. Dominion’s decommissioning trust funds are summarized below:
 
Amortized
Cost
Total  Unrealized Gains(1)
Total  Unrealized
Losses (1)
 
Fair Value
(millions)
 
 
 
 
 
June 30, 2014
 
 
 
 
 
Marketable equity securities:
 
 
 
 
 
          U.S. Large cap
$
1,236

$
1,313

$

 
$
2,549

Marketable debt securities:
 
 
 
 
 
Corporate bonds
389

21

(1
)
 
409

U.S. Treasury securities and agency debentures
618

12

(3
)
 
627

State and municipal
307

20

(1
)
 
326

Other
7



 
7

Cost method investments
92



 
92

Cash equivalents and other(2)
93



 
93

Total
$
2,742

$
1,366

$
(5
)
(3) 
$
4,103

December 31, 2013
 
 
 
 
 
Marketable equity securities:
 
 
 
 
 
       U.S.:
 
 
 
 
 
          Large cap
$
1,183

$
1,194

$

 
$
2,377

          Other
49

23


 
72

Marketable debt securities:
 
 
 
 
 
Corporate bonds
332

16

(3
)
 
345

U.S. Treasury securities and agency debentures
589

8

(10
)
 
587

State and municipal
297

11

(5
)
 
303

Other
3



 
3

Cost method investments
106



 
106

Cash equivalents and other(2)
110



 
110

Total
$
2,669

$
1,252

$
(18
)
(3) 
$
3,903

(1)
Included in AOCI and the decommissioning trust regulatory liability.
(2)
Includes pending sales of securities of $6 million and $11 million at June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively.
(3)
The fair value of securities in an unrealized loss position was $275 million and $604 million at June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively.
The fair value of Dominion’s marketable debt securities held in nuclear decommissioning trust funds at June 30, 2014 by contractual maturity is as follows:
 
Amount
(millions)
 
Due in one year or less
$
133

Due after one year through five years
407

Due after five years through ten years
384

Due after ten years
445

Total
$
1,369



Presented below is selected information regarding Dominion’s marketable equity and debt securities held in nuclear decommissioning trust funds.
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
2014
2013
2014
2013
(millions)
 
 
 
Proceeds from sales
$
244

$
308

$
686

$
862

Realized gains(1)
25

29

63

92

Realized losses(1)
7

10

13

16

(1)
Includes realized gains and losses recorded to the decommissioning trust regulatory liability.

Other-than-temporary impairment losses on investments held in nuclear decommissioning trust funds for Dominion were not material for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013.






Virginia Power
Virginia Power holds marketable equity and debt securities (classified as available-for-sale), cash equivalents and cost method investments in nuclear decommissioning trust funds to fund future decommissioning costs for its nuclear plants. Virginia Power’s decommissioning trust funds are summarized below:
 
Amortized
Cost
Total  Unrealized
Gains
(1)
Total  Unrealized
Losses
(1)
 
Fair Value
(millions)
 
 
 
 
 
June 30, 2014
 
 
 
 
 
Marketable equity securities:
 
 
 
 
 
          U.S. Large cap
$
530

$
567

$

 
$
1,097

Marketable debt securities:
 
 
 
 
 
Corporate bonds
211

10


 
221

U.S. Treasury securities and agency debentures
226

3

(1
)
 
228

State and municipal
174

11


 
185

Cost method investments
92



 
92

Cash equivalents and other(2)
34



 
34

Total
$
1,267

$
591

$
(1
)
(3) 
$
1,857

December 31, 2013
 
 
 
 
 
Marketable equity securities:
 
 
 
 
 
       U.S.:
 
 
 
 
 
          Large cap
$
506

$
514

$

 
$
1,020

          Other
25

11


 
36

Marketable debt securities:
 
 
 
 
 
Corporate bonds
185

8

(2
)
 
191

U.S. Treasury securities and agency debentures
214

1

(3
)
 
212

State and municipal
163

4

(4
)
 
163

Cost method investments
106



 
106

Cash equivalents and other(2)
37



 
37

Total
$
1,236

$
538

$
(9
)
(3) 
$
1,765

(1)
Included in AOCI and the decommissioning trust regulatory liability.
(2)
Includes pending sales of securities of $6 million at both June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013.
(3)
The fair value of securities in an unrealized loss position was $114 million and $299 million at June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively.

The fair value of Virginia Power’s marketable debt securities at June 30, 2014 by contractual maturity is as follows:
 
Amount
(millions)
 
Due in one year or less
$
39

Due after one year through five years
199

Due after five years through ten years
206

Due after ten years
190

Total
$
634



Presented below is selected information regarding Virginia Power’s marketable equity and debt securities.
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
2014
2013
2014
2013
(millions)
 
 
 
 
Proceeds from sales
$
95

$
135

$
299

$
324

Realized gains(1)
10

10

29

26

Realized losses(1)
3

5

6

8

(1)
Includes realized gains and losses recorded to the decommissioning trust regulatory liability.

Other-than-temporary impairment losses on investments held in nuclear decommissioning trust funds for Virginia Power were not material for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013.

Dominion Gas
Equity Method Investment
Dominion Gas accounts for the following investment under the equity method of accounting:
 
Company
Ownership%

Investment Balance
 
Description
 
 
June 30, 2014

December 31, 2013

 
(millions)
 

 

 

 
Iroquois
24.72
%
$
113

$
105

Gas transmission system
Total
 
$
113

$
105

 

Dominion Gas' equity earnings on this investment totaled $13 million for both the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013. Dominion Gas received distributions from this investment of $5 million for both the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013. As of June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the carrying amount of Dominion Gas' investment exceeded its share of underlying equity in net assets by approximately $9 million and $8 million, respectively. The differences reflect equity method goodwill and are not being amortized.

Dominion and Dominion Gas
Blue Racer
In December 2012, Dominion formed Blue Racer with Caiman to provide midstream services to natural gas producers operating in the Utica Shale region in Ohio and portions of Pennsylvania. Blue Racer is an equal partnership between Dominion and Caiman, with Dominion contributing midstream assets and Caiman contributing private equity capital. In June 2014, Blue Racer achieved equalization.

In March 2013, Dominion Gas sold Line TL-404 to an affiliate, that subsequently sold Line TL-404 to Blue Racer for cash proceeds of approximately $47 million. The sale resulted in a gain of approximately $25 million ($14 million after-tax) net of a $2 million write-off of goodwill, and is included in other operations and maintenance expense in both Dominion Gas' and Dominion's Consolidated Statement of Income.

Dominion NGL Pipelines, LLC was contributed in January 2014 by Dominion to Blue Racer, prior to commencement of service, resulting in an increased equity method investment of $155 million, including $6 million of goodwill allocated from Dominion's goodwill balance to its equity method investment in Blue Racer.

In March 2014, Dominion Gas sold the Northern System to an affiliate, that subsequently sold the Northern System to Blue Racer for consideration of approximately $84 million. Dominion' Gas' consideration consisted of $17 million in cash proceeds and the extinguishment of affiliated current borrowings of $67 million and Dominion's consideration consisted of cash proceeds of approximately $84 million. The sale resulted in a gain of approximately $59 million ($35 million after-tax for Dominion Gas and $34 million after-tax for Dominion) net of a $3 million write-off of goodwill, and is included in other operations and maintenance expense in both Dominion Gas' and Dominion's Consolidated Statement of Income.