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Operating Segments
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Operating Segments
Operating Segments
The Companies are organized primarily on the basis of products and services sold in the United States. A description of the operations included in the Companies’ primary operating segments is as follows:
Primary Operating Segment
Description of Operations
Dominion
Virginia Power
Dominion Gas
DVP
Regulated electric distribution
X
X
 
 
Regulated electric transmission
X
X
 
Dominion Generation
Regulated electric fleet
X
X
 
 
Merchant electric fleet
X
 
 
Dominion Energy
Gas transmission and storage(1)
X
 
X
 
Gas distribution and storage
X
 
X
 
Gas gathering and processing
X
 
X
 
LNG import and storage
X
 
 
 
Nonregulated retail energy marketing(2)
X
 
 

(1)
Includes remaining producer services activities for Dominion.
(2)
As a result of Dominion's decision to realign its business units effective for 2015 year-end reporting, nonregulated retail energy marketing operations were moved from the Dominion Generation segment to the Dominion Energy segment.

In addition to the operating segments above, the Companies also report a Corporate and Other segment.

Dominion
The Corporate and Other Segment of Dominion includes its corporate, service company and other functions (including unallocated debt) and the net impact of operations that are discontinued or sold. 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 in allocating resources.

In the nine months ended September 30, 2016, Dominion reported an after-tax net expense of $63 million for specific items in the Corporate and Other segment, with $22 million of these net expenses attributable to its operating segments. In the nine months ended September 30, 2015, Dominion reported an after-tax net expense of $82 million for specific items in the Corporate and Other segment, with $80 million of these net expenses attributable to its operating segments.

The net expense for specific items attributable to Dominion's operating segments in 2016 primarily related to the impact of the following items:
A $59 million ($36 million after-tax) charge related to an organizational design initiative, attributable to:
DVP ($5 million after-tax);
Dominion Energy ($12 million after-tax); and
Dominion Generation ($19 million after-tax); partially offset by
A $29 million ($18 million after-tax) net gain on investments held in nuclear decommissioning trust funds, attributable to Dominion Generation.

The net expense for specific items in 2015 primarily related to the impact of the following items, all of which were attributable to Dominion Generation:
An $85 million ($52 million after-tax) write-off of deferred fuel costs associated with Virginia legislation enacted in February 2015;
A $45 million ($28 million after-tax) charge related to incremental future ash pond and landfill closure costs at certain utility generation facilities due to the enactment of the final CCR rule in April 2015; and
A $17 million ($10 million after-tax) billing adjustment related to PJM; partially offset by
A $39 million ($25 million after-tax) net gain on investments held in nuclear decommissioning trust funds.

The following table presents segment information pertaining to Dominion’s operations:
 
DVP
Dominion
Generation
(1)
Dominion
Energy
(1)
Corporate
and Other
Adjustments/Eliminations(1)
Consolidated
Total
(millions)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30, 2016
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total revenue from external customers
$
614

$
1,947

$
359

$
2

$
210

$
3,132

Intersegment revenue
6

2

205

144

(357
)

Total operating revenue
620

1,949

564

146

(147
)
3,132

Net income (loss) attributable to Dominion
139

650

135

(234
)

690

Three Months Ended September 30, 2015
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total revenue from external customers
$
539

$
1,892

$
377

$

$
163

$
2,971

Intersegment revenue
4

2

159

128

(293
)

Total operating revenue
543

1,894

536

128

(130
)
2,971

Net income (loss) attributable to Dominion
125

390

153

(75
)

593

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total revenue from external customers
$
1,682

$
5,204

$
1,235

$
8

$
522

$
8,651

Intersegment revenue
17

7

507

469

(1,000
)

Total operating revenue
1,699

5,211

1,742

477

(478
)
8,651

Net income (loss) attributable to Dominion
363

1,066

483

(246
)

1,666

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total revenue from external customers
$
1,603

$
5,533

$
1,376

$
(9
)
$
624

$
9,127

Intersegment revenue
14

11

584

414

(1,023
)

Total operating revenue
1,617

5,544

1,960

405

(399
)
9,127

Net income (loss) attributable to Dominion
382

902

509

(251
)

1,542

(1)
2015 amounts have been recast to reflect nonregulated retail energy marketing operations in the Dominion Energy segment.

Intersegment sales and transfers for Dominion are based on contractual arrangements and may result in intersegment profit or loss that is eliminated in consolidation.

Virginia Power 
The Corporate and Other Segment of Virginia Power 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 in allocating resources.

In the nine months ended September 30, 2016, Virginia Power reported an after-tax net expense of $18 million for specific items in the Corporate and Other segment, all of which was attributable to its operating segments. In the nine months ended September 30, 2015, Virginia Power reported an after-tax net expense of $101 million for specific items in the Corporate and Other segment, all of which was attributable to its operating segments.

The net expense for specific items attributable to Virginia Power's operating segments in 2016 primarily related to the impact of the following item:
A $33 million ($20 million after-tax) charge related to an organizational design initiative, attributable to:
DVP ($5 million after-tax); and
Dominion Generation ($15 million after-tax).

The net expense for specific items in 2015 primarily related to the impact of the following items, all of which were attributable to Dominion Generation:
An $85 million ($52 million after-tax) write-off of deferred fuel costs associated with Virginia legislation enacted in February 2015;
A $45 million ($28 million after-tax) charge related to incremental future ash pond and landfill closure costs at certain utility generation facilities due to the enactment of the final CCR rule in April 2015; and
A $15 million ($9 million after-tax) billing adjustment related to PJM.

The following table presents segment information pertaining to Virginia Power’s operations:
 
DVP
Dominion
Generation
Corporate
and Other
Consolidated
Total
(millions)
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30, 2016
 
 
 
 
Operating revenue
$
617

$
1,594

$

$
2,211

Net income
140

359

4

503

Three Months Ended September 30, 2015
 
 
 
 
Operating revenue
$
541

$
1,523

$
(6
)
$
2,058

Net income (loss)
125

273

(13
)
385

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
 
 
 
 
Operating revenue
$
1,686

$
4,191

$

$
5,877

Net income (loss)
362

699

(15
)
1,046

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015
 
 
 
 
Operating revenue
$
1,610

$
4,419

$
(21
)
$
6,008

Net income (loss)
382

618

(100
)
900



Dominion Gas
The Corporate and Other Segment of Dominion Gas primarily includes specific items attributable to Dominion Gas' operating segment that are not included in profit measures evaluated by executive management in assessing the segment's performance or in allocating resources and the effect of certain items recorded at Dominion Gas as a result of Dominion's basis in the net assets contributed.

In the nine months ended September 30, 2016, Dominion Gas reported an after-tax net benefit of $5 million for specific items in the Corporate and Other segment, with after-tax net expense of $7 million attributable to its operating segment. In the nine months ended September 30, 2015, Dominion Gas reported no amounts for specific items in the Corporate and Other segment.

The net expense for specific items in 2016 primarily related to an $8 million ($5 million after-tax) charge related to an organizational design initiative.

The following table presents segment information pertaining to Dominion Gas' operations:
 
 
Dominion Energy
Corporate and Other
Consolidated Total
(millions)
 
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30, 2016
 
 
 
Operating revenue
$
382

$

$
382

Net income
77

6

83

Three Months Ended September 30, 2015
 

 

 

Operating revenue
$
365

$

$
365

Net income (loss)
113

(2
)
111

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
 
 
 
Operating revenue
$
1,181

$

$
1,181

Net income (loss)
288

(2
)
286

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015
 
 
 
Operating revenue
$
1,291

$

$
1,291

Net income (loss)
364

(7
)
357