Fair Value Measurements (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
Virginia Electric and Power Company
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Unrealized gains or losses included in earnings in Level 3 fair value category	$ 0	$ 0
Dominion Gas Holdings, LLC
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Unrealized gains or losses included in earnings in Level 3 fair value category	$ 0	$ 0

Amount of realized and unrealized gain (loss) included in earnings, which have arisen from the use of significant unobservable inputs (level 3) to measure fair value of assets, liabilities, and financial instruments classified in shareholders' equity.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=36462937&loc=d3e19207-110258

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