Amount of cash and cash equivalents, and cash and cash equivalents restricted to withdrawal or usage; attributable to disposal group, including, but not limited to, discontinued operations. Cash includes, but is not limited to, currency on hand, demand deposits with banks or financial institutions, and other accounts with general characteristics of demand deposits. Cash equivalents include, but are not limited to, short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates.

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Significant Accounting Policies (Reconciliation of Total Cash, Restricted Cash and Equivalents (Parenthetical) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Dominion Energy Gas Holdings, LLC
Cash Cash Equivalents And Restricted Cash [Line Items]
Cash And Cash Equivalent Discontinued Operation	$ 4	$ 9	$ 4	$ 3