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Property, Plant and Equipment
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net [Abstract]  
Property, Plant and Equipment
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Major classes of property, plant and equipment and their respective balances for the Companies are as follows:
At December 31,
2014

2013

(millions)
 
 
Dominion
 
 
Utility:
 
 
Generation
$
15,193

$
14,018

Transmission
9,897

8,686

Distribution
12,354

11,714

Storage
2,350

2,190

Nuclear fuel
1,411

1,375

Gas gathering and processing
791

787

General and other
845

812

Other-including plant under construction
3,633

3,261

Total utility
46,474

42,843

Nonutility:
 

 

Merchant generation-nuclear
1,267

1,153

Merchant generation-other
2,023

1,328

Nuclear fuel
860

770

Other-including plant under construction
782

875

Total nonutility
4,932

4,126

Total property, plant and equipment
$
51,406

$
46,969

Virginia Power
 

 

Utility:
 

 

Generation
$
15,193

$
14,018

Transmission
5,884

4,959

Distribution
9,526

9,103

Nuclear fuel
1,411

1,375

General and other
697

668

Other-including plant under construction
2,464

2,719

Total utility
35,175

32,842

Nonutility-other
5

6

Total property, plant and equipment
$
35,180

$
32,848

Dominion Gas
 
 
Utility:
 
 
Transmission
$
3,690

$
3,407

Distribution
2,530

2,333

Storage
1,466

1,314

Gas gathering and processing
786

783

General and other
111

103

Plant under construction
179

175

Total utility
8,762

8,115

Nonutility:
 

 

E&P properties being amortized and other
140

125

Total nonutility
140

125

Total property, plant and equipment
$
8,902

$
8,240



There were no significant E&P properties under development, as defined by the SEC, excluded from Dominion Gas' amortization at December 31, 2014. As gas and oil reserves are proved through drilling or as properties are deemed to be impaired, excluded costs and any related reserves are transferred on an ongoing, well-by-well basis into the amortization calculation.

Jointly-Owned Power Stations
Dominion's and Virginia Power's proportionate share of jointly-owned power stations at December 31, 2014 is as follows:
 
 
Bath
County
Pumped
Storage
Station(1)

North
Anna Units 1 and 2(1)

Clover
Power
Station(1)

Millstone
Unit 3(2)

(millions, except percentages)
 
 
 
 
Ownership interest
60
%
88.4
%
50
%
93.5
%
Plant in service
$
1,039

$
2,426

$
573

$
1,104

Accumulated depreciation
(542
)
(1,137
)
(206
)
(290
)
Nuclear fuel

627


480

Accumulated amortization of nuclear fuel

(486
)

(342
)
Plant under construction
11

114

11

71

(1)
Units jointly owned by Virginia Power.
(2)
Unit jointly owned by Dominion.

The co-owners are obligated to pay their share of all future construction expenditures and operating costs of the jointly-owned facilities in the same proportion as their respective ownership interest. Dominion and Virginia Power report their share of operating costs in the appropriate operating expense (electric fuel and other energy-related purchases, other operations and maintenance, depreciation, depletion and amortization and other taxes, etc.) in the Consolidated Statements of Income.

Assignments of Marcellus Acreage
In December 2013, DTI closed on agreements with two natural gas producers to convey over time approximately 100,000 acres of Marcellus Shale development rights underneath several of its natural gas storage fields.  The agreements provide for payments to DTI, subject to customary adjustments, of approximately $200 million over a period of nine years, and an overriding royalty interest in gas produced from the acreage. In 2013, DTI received approximately $100 million in cash proceeds, resulting in an approximately $20 million ($12 million after-tax) gain, recorded to operations and maintenance expense in Dominion Gas' Consolidated Statements of Income. During the twelve months ended December 31, 2014, DTI received $16 million in additional cash proceeds resulting from post-closing adjustments. At December 31, 2014, deferred revenue totaled approximately $85 million, which is expected to be recognized over the remaining term of the agreement.
In November 2014, DTI closed an agreement with a natural gas producer to convey over time approximately 24,000 acres of Marcellus Shale development rights underneath one of its natural gas storage fields. The agreement provides for payments to DTI, subject to customary adjustments, of approximately $120 million over a period of four years, and an overriding royalty interest in gas produced from the acreage. In November 2014, DTI closed on the agreement and received proceeds of approximately $60 million associated with an initial conveyance of approximately 12,000 acres, resulting in an approximately $60 million ($36 million after-tax) gain, recorded to operations and maintenance expense in Dominion Gas' Consolidated Statements of Income.
In November 2014, DTI signed an agreement with a natural gas producer to convey approximately 11,000 acres of Marcellus Shale development rights underneath one of its natural gas storage fields. The agreement provides for a payment to DTI, subject to customary adjustments, of approximately $27 million, and an overriding royalty interest in gas produced from the acreage. DTI expects to close on the agreement in March 2015.