Variable Interest Entities	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
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 15 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in the Companies’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018. Dominion Energy At March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, Dominion Energy’s securities due within one year includes $29 million and $31 million, respectively, and long-term debt includes $301 million and $299 million, respectively, of debt issued by SBL Holdco, a VIE, net of issuance costs, that is nonrecourse to Dominion Energy and is secured by SBL Holdco’s interest in certain merchant solar facilities. Virginia Power Virginia Power has long-term power and capacity contracts with one non-utility generator with an aggregate summer generation capacity of approximately 218 MW. Virginia Power is not subject to any risk of loss from this potential VIE other than its remaining purchase commitments which totaled $159 million as of March 31, 2019. Virginia Power paid $13 million and $13 million for electric capacity and $1 million and $5 million for electric energy to the non-utility generator in the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Virginia Power and Dominion Energy Gas Virginia Power and Dominion Energy Gas purchased shared services from DES, an affiliated VIE, of $89 million and $35 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and $89 million and $32 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018, respectively. Virginia Power and Dominion Energy Gas’ Consolidated Balance Sheets included amounts due to DES of $22 million and $11 million, respectively, at March 31, 2019, and $107 million and $46 million, respectively, at December 31, 2018, recorded in payables to affiliates.

Variable Interest Entities

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Note 15. Variable Interest Entities

There have been no significant changes regarding the entities the Companies consider VIEs as described in Note 15 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in the Companies’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018.

Dominion Energy

At March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, Dominion Energy’s securities due within one year includes $29 million and $31 million, respectively, and long-term debt includes $301 million and $299 million, respectively, of debt issued by SBL Holdco, a VIE, net of issuance costs, that is nonrecourse to Dominion Energy and is secured by SBL Holdco’s interest in certain merchant solar facilities.

Virginia Power

Virginia Power has long-term power and capacity contracts with one non-utility generator with an aggregate summer generation capacity of approximately 218 MW. Virginia Power is not subject to any risk of loss from this potential VIE other than its remaining purchase commitments which totaled $159 million as of March 31, 2019. Virginia Power paid $13 million and $13 million for electric capacity and $1 million and $5 million for electric energy to the non-utility generator in the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

Virginia Power and Dominion Energy Gas

Virginia Power and Dominion Energy Gas purchased shared services from DES, an affiliated VIE, of $89 million and $35 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and $89 million and $32 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018, respectively. Virginia Power and Dominion Energy Gas’ Consolidated Balance Sheets included amounts due to DES of $22 million and $11 million, respectively, at March 31, 2019, and $107 million and $46 million, respectively, at December 31, 2018, recorded in payables to affiliates.