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Significant Accounting Policies
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2022
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, 2021.

In the Companies’ opinion, the accompanying unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements contain all adjustments necessary to present fairly their financial position at March 31, 2022 and their results of operations, changes in equity and cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021. 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. Clearway’s ownership interest in Four Brothers and Three Cedars (through December 2021) and Terra Nova Renewable Partners’ 33% interest in certain Dominion Energy nonregulated solar projects (through December 2021) are reflected as noncontrolling interest in Dominion Energy’s Consolidated Financial Statements. See Note 10 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in the Companies’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 for additional 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’ 2021 Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes have been reclassified to conform to the 2022 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, 2021, 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 three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021:

 

 

 

Cash, Restricted Cash and Equivalents

at End of Period

 

 

Cash, Restricted Cash and Equivalents

at Beginning of Period

 

 

 

March 31, 2022

 

 

March 31, 2021

 

 

December 31, 2021

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

(millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dominion Energy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents(1)

 

$

446

 

 

$

491

 

 

$

283

 

 

$

179

 

Restricted cash and equivalents(2)(3)

 

 

148

 

 

 

71

 

 

 

125

 

 

 

68

 

Cash, restricted cash and equivalents shown in the

   Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

$

594

 

 

$

562

 

 

$

408

 

 

$

247

 

Virginia Power

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

36

 

 

$

56

 

 

$

26

 

 

$

35

 

Restricted cash and equivalents(3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash, restricted cash and equivalents shown in the

   Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

$

36

 

 

$

56

 

 

$

26

 

 

$

35

 

 

(1)

At March 31, 2022, March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, Dominion Energy had $2 million, $14 million and $7 million of cash and cash equivalents included in current assets held for sale, respectively. No amounts were included in current assets held for sale at December 31, 2021.

(2)

At March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, Dominion Energy had $3 million of restricted cash and equivalents included in current assets held for sale. No amounts were included in current assets held for sale at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021.

(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:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

(millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Significant noncash investing and financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accrued capital expenditures

 

$

425

 

 

$

341

 

Leases(1)

 

 

24

 

 

 

9

 

(1)

Includes $6 million and $2 million of financing leases at March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and $18 million and $7 million of operating leases at March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

 

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

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

(millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Significant noncash investing and financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accrued capital expenditures

 

$

252

 

 

$

262

 

Leases(1)

 

 

21

 

 

 

1

 

(1)

Includes $4 million and $1 million of financing leases at March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and $17 million of operating leases at March 31, 2022.

Property, Plant and Equipment

In the first quarter of 2022, Virginia Power revised the depreciation rates for its assets to reflect the results of a new depreciation study. The change resulted in a decrease in depreciation expense in Virginia Power’s Consolidated Statements of Income of $15 million ($11 million after-tax) and an increase in Dominion Energy’s EPS of $0.01 for the three months ended March 31, 2022. The

revision is expected to decrease Virginia Power’s annual depreciation expense by approximately $60 million ($45 million after-tax) and increase Dominion Energy’s EPS by approximately $0.05.