Operating Segments

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Operating Segments

Note 21. Operating Segments

The Companies are organized primarily on the basis of products and services sold in the U.S. A description of the operations included in the Companies’ primary operating segments is as follows:

Primary Operating Segment	Description of Operations	Dominion Energy	Virginia Power
Dominion Energy Virginia	Regulated electric distribution	X	X
	Regulated electric transmission	X	X
	Regulated electric generation fleet(1)	X	X
Gas Distribution	Regulated gas distribution and storage(2)	X
Dominion Energy South    Carolina	Regulated electric distribution	X
	Regulated electric transmission	X
	Regulated electric generation fleet	X
	Regulated gas distribution and storage	X
Contracted Assets	Merchant electric generation fleet	X
	Noncontrolling interest in Cove Point	X

(1) Includes Virginia Power’s nonjurisdictional generation operations.

(2)  Includes Wexpro’s gas development and production operations.

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

Dominion Energy

The Corporate and Other Segment of Dominion Energy includes its corporate, service company and other functions (including unallocated debt) as well as nonregulated retail energy marketing operations, including Dominion Energy’s noncontrolling interest in Wrangler. In addition, Corporate and Other includes specific items attributable to Dominion Energy’s operating segments that are not included in profit measures evaluated by executive management in assessing the segments’ performance or in allocating resources as well as the net impact of the gas transmission and storage operations held in discontinued operations, which are discussed in Note 3.  

In the nine months ended September 30, 2020, Dominion Energy reported after-tax net expenses of $3.4 billion for specific items in the Corporate and Other segment, with $1.3 billion of net expenses attributable to its operating segments. In the nine months ended September 30, 2019, Dominion Energy reported after-tax net expenses of $1.7 billion for specific items in the Corporate and Other segment, with $1.8 billion of net expenses attributable to its operating segments.

The net expense for specific items attributable to Dominion Energy’s operating segments in 2020 primarily related to the impact of the following items:

• A $751 million ($564 million after-tax) charge primarily related to the planned early retirement of certain Virginia Power electric generation facilities, attributable to Dominion Energy Virginia;

• A $405 million ($298 million after-tax) charge associated with certain merchant solar generation facilities, attributable to Contracted Assets;

• A $221 million ($171 million after-tax) charge associated with the sale of Fowler Ridge, attributable to Contracted Assets; and

• A $200 million ($149 million after-tax) charge for the expected customer credit reinvestment offset to be provided to Virginia retail electric utility customers under the GTSA, attributable to Dominion Energy Virginia.

The net expense for specific items attributable to Dominion Energy’s operating segments in 2019 primarily related to the impact of the following items:

• A $1.0 billion ($756 million after-tax) charge for refunds of amounts previously collected from retail electric customers of DESC for the NND Project, attributable to Dominion Energy South Carolina;

• $408 million ($306 million after-tax) of merger and integration-related costs associated with the SCANA Combination, including a $394 million ($295 million after-tax) charge related to a voluntary retirement program, attributable to:

• Dominion Energy Virginia ($149 million after-tax);

• Gas Distribution ($55 million after-tax);

• Dominion Energy South Carolina ($64 million after-tax) and;

• Contracted Assets ($38 million after-tax).

• A $369 million ($275 million after-tax) charge related to the early retirement of certain Virginia Power electric generation facilities, attributable to Dominion Energy Virginia;

• $278 million ($209 million after-tax) of charges associated with litigation acquired in the SCANA Combination, attributable to Dominion Energy South Carolina;

• A $198 million tax charge for $264 million of income tax-related regulatory assets acquired in the SCANA Combination for which Dominion Energy committed to forgo recovery, attributable to Dominion Energy South Carolina;

• A $160 million ($119 million after-tax) charge related to Virginia Power’s planned early retirement of certain automated meter reading infrastructure, attributable to Dominion Energy Virginia;

• A $135 million ($100 million after-tax) charge related to Virginia Power’s contract termination with a non-utility generator, attributable to Dominion Energy Virginia; and

• A $114 million ($86 million after-tax) charge for property, plant and equipment acquired in the SCANA Combination primarily for which Dominion Energy committed to forego recovery, attributable to Dominion Energy South Carolina; partially offset by

• A $364 million ($272 million after-tax) net gain related to investments in nuclear decommissioning trust funds, attributable to:

• Contracted Assets ($238 million after-tax) and;

• Dominion Energy Virginia ($34 million after-tax); and

• A $113 million ($84 million after-tax) benefit from the revision of future ash pond and landfill closure costs as a result of Virginia legislation enacted in March 2019, attributable to Dominion Energy Virginia.

In September 2020, Dominion Energy updated its segments. The historical information presented herein has been recast to reflect the current segment presentation. The following table presents segment information pertaining to Dominion Energy’s operations:

	Dominion Energy Virginia			Gas Distribution		Dominion Energy South Carolina		Contracted Assets		Corporate and Other			Adjustments & Eliminations			Consolidated Total
(millions)
Three Months Ended September 30, 2020
Total revenue from external customers	$	2,257		$	311	$	758	$	288	$	(11	)	$	9		$	3,612
Intersegment revenue		(3	)		3		1		13		233			(252	)		(5	)
Total operating revenue		2,254			314		759		301		222			(243	)		3,607
Net income (loss) from discontinued       operations		—			—		—		51		(32	)		—			19
Net income (loss) attributable to Dominion       Energy		613			64		157		112		(590	)		—			356
Three Months Ended September 30, 2019
Total revenue from external customers	$	2,275		$	321	$	792	$	260	$	124		$	12		$	3,784
Intersegment revenue		(6	)		6		1		11		225			(239	)		(2	)
Total operating revenue		2,269			327		793		271		349			(227	)		3,782
Net income from discontinued operations		—			—		—		38		—			—			38
Net income attributable to Dominion Energy		629			43		166		86		51			—			975
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020
Total revenue from external customers	$	6,013		$	1,597	$	2,105	$	810	$	112		$	36		$	10,673
Intersegment revenue		(10	)		9		3		36		703			(763	)		(22	)
Total operating revenue		6,003			1,606		2,108		846		815			(727	)		10,651
Net income (loss) from discontinued      operations		—			—		—		153		(1,906	)		—			(1,753	)
Net income (loss) attributable to Dominion       Energy		1,479			375		326		295		(3,558	)		—			(1,083	)
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019
Total revenue from external customers	$	6,219		$	1,635	$	2,182	$	816	$	(409	)	$	62		$	10,505
Intersegment revenue		(10	)		13		3		62		832			(899	)		1
Total operating revenue		6,209			1,648		2,185		878		423			(837	)		10,506
Net income from discontinued operations		—			—		—		133		393			—			526
Net income (loss) attributable to Dominion       Energy		1,383			314		332		296		(1,976	)		—			349

Intersegment sales and transfers for Dominion Energy are based on contractual arrangements and may result in intersegment profit or loss that is eliminated in consolidation, including amounts related to entities presented within discontinued operations.

Virginia Power

The Corporate and Other Segment of Virginia Power primarily includes specific items attributable to its operating segment that are not included in profit measures evaluated by executive management in assessing the segment’s performance or in allocating resources. As discussed in Note 1 in the Companies’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, in December 2019, Virginia Power realigned its segments which resulted in the formation of one primary operating segment. The information for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 presented herein has been recast to reflect the current segment presentation.

In the nine months ended September 30, 2020, Virginia Power reported after-tax net expenses of $815 million for specific items in the Corporate and Other segment, all of which was attributable to its operating segment. In the nine months ended September 30, 2019, Virginia Power reported after-tax expense of $673 million for specific items in the Corporate and Other segment, with $653 million of net expenses attributable to its operating segment.

The net expense for specific items attributable to Virginia Power’s operating segment in 2020 primarily related to a $751 million ($559 million after-tax) charge related to the planned early retirement of certain electric generation facilities and a $200 million ($149

million after-tax) charge for the expected customer credit reinvestment offset to be provided to Virginia retail electric utility customers under the GTSA.

The net expenses for specific items in 2019 primarily related to the impact of the following items:

• A $369 million ($275 million after-tax) charge related to the early retirement of certain electric generation facilities;

• A $197 million ($146 million after-tax) charge related to a voluntary retirement program;

• A $160 million ($119 million after-tax) charge related to the planned early retirement of certain automated meter reading infrastructure;

• A $135 million ($100 million after-tax) charge related to a contract termination with a non-utility generator; and

• A $62 million ($46 million after-tax) charge related the abandonment of a project at an electric generating facility; partially offset by

• A $113 million ($84 million after-tax) benefit from the revision of future ash pond and landfill closure costs as a result of Virginia legislation enacted in March 2019.

The following table presents segment information pertaining to Virginia Power’s operations:

	Dominion Energy Virginia		Corporate and Other			Consolidated Total
(millions)
Three Months Ended September 30, 2020
Operating revenue	$	2,248	$	—		$	2,248
Net income (loss)		615		(140	)		475
Three Months Ended September 30, 2019
Operating revenue	$	2,264	$	—		$	2,264
Net income (loss)		628		(26	)		602
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020
Operating revenue	$	5,983	$	—		$	5,983
Net income (loss)		1,477		(792	)		685
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019
Operating revenue	$	6,196	$	(29	)	$	6,167
Net income (loss)		1,379		(657	)		722