Variable Interest Entities

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2024

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Variable Interest Entities

Note 15. Variable Interest Entities

There have been no significant changes regarding the entities the Companies consider VIEs as described in Note 16 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in the Companies’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023.

Virginia Power

Virginia Power purchased shared services from DES, an affiliated VIE, of $115 million and $113 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Virginia Power’s Consolidated Balance Sheets include amounts due to DES of $33 million and $32 million at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively, recorded in payables to affiliates.

As described in Note 18 of the Companies’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, Virginia Power formed VPFS in October 2023, a wholly-owned special purpose subsidiary which is considered to be a VIE, for the sole purpose of securitizing certain of Virginia Power’s under-recovered deferred fuel balance through the issuance of senior secured deferred fuel cost bonds. Virginia Power’s Consolidated Balance Sheets at March 31, 2024 included balances for VPFS in regulatory assets-current ($100 million), other current assets ($6 million), regulatory assets-noncurrent ($1.2 billion), securities due within one year ($65 million), accrued interest, payroll and taxes ($8 million) and securitization bonds ($1.2 billion).