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Significant Accounting Policies
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Significant Accounting Policies

Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies

As permitted by the rules and regulations of the SEC, the Companies’ accompanying unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements contain certain condensed financial information and exclude certain footnote disclosures normally included in annual audited consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. These unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes in the Companies’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020.

In the Companies’ opinion, the accompanying unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements contain all adjustments necessary to present fairly their financial position at September 30, 2021, their results of operations and changes in equity for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 and their cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020. Such adjustments are normal and recurring in nature unless otherwise noted.

The Companies make certain estimates and assumptions in preparing their Consolidated Financial Statements in accordance with GAAP. These estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses for the periods presented. Actual results may differ from those estimates.

The Companies’ accompanying unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements include, after eliminating intercompany transactions and balances, their accounts, those of their respective majority-owned subsidiaries and non-wholly-owned entities in which they have a controlling financial interest. For certain partnership structures, income is allocated based on the liquidation value of the underlying contractual arrangements. At September 30, 2021, Dominion Energy owns 50% of the voting interests in Four Brothers and Three Cedars and has a controlling financial interest over the entities through its right to control operations. Clearway’s ownership interest in Four Brothers and Three Cedars, Terra Nova Renewable Partners’ 33% interest in certain Dominion Energy nonregulated solar projects and Brookfield’s 25% interest in Cove Point (effective December 2019 until November 2020) are reflected as noncontrolling interest in Dominion Energy’s Consolidated Financial Statements. In August 2021, Dominion Energy entered into an agreement with Terra Nova Renewable Partners to sell its remaining controlling financial interest in certain nonregulated solar projects. Also in August 2021, Dominion Energy entered into an agreement with Clearway to sell its 50% voting interest in Four Brothers and Three Cedars. See Note 11 for more information.

The results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results expected for the full year. Information for quarterly periods is affected by seasonal variations in sales, rate changes, electric fuel and other energy-related purchases, purchased gas expenses and other factors.

Certain amounts in the Companies’ 2020 Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes have been reclassified to conform to the 2021 presentation for comparative purposes; however, such reclassifications did not affect the Companies’ net income, total assets, liabilities, equity or cash flows. Effective in the second quarter of 2021, the Companies updated their Statements of Cash Flows to present net charges for allowance for credit risk and write-offs of accounts receivables within other adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities from the previous presentation within changes in accounts receivable. All prior period information has been conformed to this presentation, which does not result in a change to net cash provided by operating activities.

Amounts disclosed for Dominion Energy are inclusive of Virginia Power, where applicable. There have been no significant changes from Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in the Companies’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, with the exception of the items described below.

Cash, Restricted Cash and Equivalents

Restricted Cash and Equivalents

The following table provides a reconciliation of the total cash, restricted cash and equivalents reported within the Companies’ Consolidated Balance Sheets to the corresponding amounts reported within the Companies’ Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020:

 

 

 

Cash, Restricted Cash and Equivalents

at End of Period

 

 

Cash, Restricted Cash and Equivalents

at Beginning of Period

 

 

 

September 30, 2021

 

 

September 30, 2020

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

 

December 31, 2019

 

(millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dominion Energy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents(1)

 

$

195

 

 

$

462

 

 

$

179

 

 

$

166

 

Restricted cash and equivalents(2)(3)

 

 

72

 

 

 

96

 

 

 

68

 

 

 

103

 

Cash, restricted cash and equivalents shown in the

   Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

$

267

 

 

$

558

 

 

$

247

 

 

$

269

 

Virginia Power

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

38

 

 

$

62

 

 

$

35

 

 

$

17

 

Restricted cash and equivalents(3)

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

Cash, restricted cash and equivalents shown in the

   Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

$

39

 

 

$

63

 

 

$

35

 

 

$

24

 

 

(1)

At September 30, 2021, September 30, 2020, December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, Dominion Energy had $15 million, $49 million, $7 million and $31 million of cash and cash equivalents included in current assets held for sale, respectively.

(2)

At September 30, 2021, September 30, 2020, December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, Dominion Energy had $22 million, $16 million, $3 million and $12 million of restricted cash and equivalents included in current assets held for sale, respectively.

(3)

Restricted cash and equivalent balances are presented within other current assets in the Companies’ Consolidated Balance Sheets.

 

Supplemental Cash Flow Information

 

The following table provides supplemental disclosure of cash flow information related to Dominion Energy:

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

(millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Significant noncash investing and financing activities:(1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accrued capital expenditures

 

$

374

 

 

$

461

 

Accrued contributions to equity method affiliates

 

 

 

 

 

15

 

Leases(2)

 

 

75

 

 

 

45

 

(1)

See Notes 16 and 17 for noncash financing activities related to derivative restructuring and the issuance of stock associated with the settlement of litigation and noncash investing activities related to property, plant and equipment conveyed to satisfy litigation, respectively.

(2)

Includes $34 million and $42 million of financing leases at September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and $41 million and $3 million of operating leases at September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

 

 

The following table provides supplemental disclosure of cash flow information related to Virginia Power:

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

(millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Significant noncash investing and financing activities:(1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accrued capital expenditures

 

$

238

 

 

$

234

 

Leases(2)

 

 

59

 

 

 

26

 

(1)

See Note 16 for noncash financing activities related to derivative restructuring.

(2)

Includes $24 million and $26 million of financing leases at September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and $35 million of operating leases at September 30, 2021.

Property, Plant and Equipment

 

In March 2020, Virginia Power committed to retire certain coal- and oil-fired generating units before the end of their useful lives based on economic and other factors, including but not limited to market power prices and the VCEA. These units will be retired after they meet their capacity obligations to PJM in 2023. As a result, Virginia Power recorded a charge of $754 million ($561 million after-tax) in the first quarter of 2020, primarily included in impairment of assets and other charges in its Consolidated Statements of Income. This charge is considered a component of Virginia Power’s base rates deemed recovered under the GTSA, subject to review as discussed in Note 13 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Virginia Power’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020. In addition, see Note 13 for information on the proposed settlement of the 2021 Triennial Review.

 

In the second quarter of 2020, Virginia Power recorded charges of $30 million ($22 million after-tax) associated with dismantling certain of these electric generation facilities, recorded in impairment of assets and other charges in its Consolidated Statements of Income.

Asset Retirement Obligations

 

In the second quarter of 2021, Dominion Energy revised its estimated cash flow projections associated with the recovery of spent nuclear fuel costs for its AROs associated with the decommissioning of Kewaunee. As a result, Dominion Energy recorded a charge of $44 million ($35 million after-tax) within other operations and maintenance expense in its Consolidated Statements of Income.

 

In the third quarter of 2021, Dominion Energy revised its estimated cash flow projections associated with certain gas distribution pipeline AROs. As a result, Dominion Energy recorded a $252 million decrease to AROs with a corresponding $173 million decrease to property, plant and equipment, net and the remainder primarily recorded as an increase to regulatory liabilities.