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Acquisitions and Dispositions
12 Months Ended
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Acquisitions and Dispositions

NOTE 3. ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS

Dominion Energy

Disposition of Gas Transmission & Storage Operations

In July 2020, Dominion Energy entered into an agreement with BHE with a total value of approximately $10 billion, comprised of approximately $4.0 billion of cash consideration (subject to customary closing adjustments) plus the assumption of long-term debt, to sell substantially all of its gas transmission and storage operations, including processing assets, as well as noncontrolling partnership interests in Iroquois, JAX LNG and White River Hub and a controlling interest in Cove Point (consisting of 100% of the general partner interest and 25% of the total limited partner interests).  The agreement provides that Dominion Energy retains the assets and obligations of the pension and other postretirement employee benefit plans associated with the operations included in the transaction and relating to services provided through closing. In October 2020, pursuant to a provision in the agreement with BHE, Dominion Energy elected to exclude the Q-Pipe Group and certain other affiliated entities from the transaction as approval under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act had not been obtained by mid-September 2020.  Concurrently in October 2020, Dominion Energy and BHE entered into a separate agreement under which Dominion Energy would sell the Q-Pipe Group and certain other affiliated entities to BHE for cash consideration of $1.3 billion and the assumption of related long-term debt.  

 

In November 2020, Dominion Energy completed the GT&S Transaction and received cash proceeds of $2.7 billion.  This transaction was structured as an asset sale for tax purposes.  Dominion Energy retained a 50% noncontrolling interest in Cove Point that is accounted for as an equity method investment upon closing of the GT&S Transaction as Dominion Energy has the ability to exercise significant influence over, but not control, Cove Point.  The retained 50% noncontrolling interest in Cove Point was recognized at its initial fair value of $2.8 billion on the date of close estimated using an income approach and a market approach. The valuation is considered a Level 3 fair value measurement due to the use of significant judgment and unobservable inputs, including projected timing and amount of future cash flows and a discount rate reflecting risks inherent in the future cash flows and market prices.  Upon closing the GT&S Transaction, Dominion Energy recognized a gain of $127 million (net of a $1.4 billion write-off of goodwill and a $222 million closing adjustment paid to BHE in December 2020) and an associated tax expense of $336 million, presented in net income (loss) from discontinued operations including noncontrolling interest in Dominion Energy’s Consolidated Statements of Income.

 

In connection with closing of the GT&S Transaction, Dominion Energy and BHE entered into a transition services agreement under which Dominion Energy will continue to provide specified administrative services to support the operations of the disposed business for up to 24 months after closing, subsequently extended through June 2023 for certain services. In addition, BHE will provide certain administrative services to Dominion Energy.  Dominion Energy recorded revenue of $21 million and $4 million associated with the transition service agreement in operating revenue in the Consolidated Statements of Income for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

 

Also in November 2020, BHE provided a $1.3 billion deposit to Dominion Energy on the Q-Pipe Transaction.  In July 2021, Dominion Energy and BHE mutually agreed to terminate the Q-Pipe Transaction as a result of uncertainty associated with receiving approval under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act. Also in July 2021, Dominion Energy entered into an approximately $1.3 billion term loan credit agreement and borrowed the full amount available thereunder. The agreement matured in December 2021 and bore interest at a variable rate. The proceeds were utilized to repay the deposit received from BHE on the Q-Pipe Transaction. Upon completion of a sale of the Q-Pipe Group, Dominion Energy was required to utilize the net proceeds to repay any outstanding balances under the term loan agreement.

 

In October 2021, Dominion Energy entered into an agreement with Southwest Gas to sell the Q-Pipe Group. The total value of this transaction is approximately $2 billion, comprised of approximately $1.5 billion of cash consideration (subject to customary closing adjustments) plus the assumption of long-term debt. The agreement provides that Dominion Energy retains the assets and obligations of the pension and other postretirement employee benefit plans associated with the operations included in the transaction and relating to services provided through closing.

 

In December 2021, Dominion Energy completed the sale of the Q-Pipe Group and received cash proceeds of $1.5 billion. This transaction is structured as an asset sale for tax purposes. Upon closing, Dominion Energy recognized a gain of $666 million (net of a $191 million write-off of goodwill) and an associated tax expense of $173 million, presented in net income (loss) from discontinued operations including noncontrolling interest in Dominion Energy’s Consolidated Statements of Income. Also in December 2021, Dominion Energy used the net proceeds from the sale to repay all outstanding balances under the July 2021 term loan agreement and terminated the term loan agreement.

 

 

In connection with the closing of the sale of the Q-Pipe Group, Dominion Energy and Southwest Gas entered into a transition services agreement under which Dominion Energy will continue to provide specified administrative services to support the operations of the disposed businesses for up to 12 months after closing, subject to extension.

 

The operations included in both the GT&S Transaction and the Q-Pipe Group are presented in held-for-sale and discontinued operations effective July 2020.  As a result, the previously reported amounts have been recast to reflect this presentation and depreciation and amortization ceased on the applicable assets.  As Cove Point had previously been consolidated within Dominion Energy’s financial statements, balances associated with Cove Point prior to the closing of the GT&S Transaction are presented within held-for-sale and discontinued operations.  See Note 9 for further information regarding Dominion Energy’s equity method investment in Cove Point.

 

The following table represents selected information regarding the results of operations, which are reported within discontinued operations in Dominion Energy’s Consolidated Statements of Income:

 

 

 

Year Ended

December 31, 2021

 

 

Year Ended

December 31, 2020

 

 

Year Ended

December 31, 2019

 

 

 

Q-Pipe Group(1)

 

 

GT&S Transaction(1)

 

 

Q-Pipe Group

 

 

GT&S Transaction

 

 

Q-Pipe Group

 

(millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating revenue

 

$

254

 

 

$

1,710

 

 

$

246

 

 

$

2,213

 

 

$

251

 

Operating expense(2)

 

 

76

 

 

 

1,289

 

 

 

96

 

 

 

1,367

 

 

 

131

 

Other income (loss)(3)

 

 

28

 

 

 

88

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

58

 

 

 

4

 

Interest and related charges(4)

 

 

25

 

 

 

372

 

 

 

20

 

 

 

267

 

 

 

20

 

Income before income taxes

 

 

181

 

 

 

137

 

 

 

131

 

 

 

637

 

 

 

104

 

Income tax expense (benefit)(5)

 

 

36

 

 

 

334

 

 

 

(9

)

 

 

120

 

 

 

23

 

Net income (loss) including

   noncontrolling interests

 

 

145

 

 

 

(197

)

 

 

140

 

 

 

517

 

 

 

81

 

Noncontrolling interests

 

 

 

 

 

106

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to

   Dominion Energy

 

$

145

 

 

$

(303

)

 

$

140

 

 

$

506

 

 

$

81

 

(1)

Operations associated with the Q-Pipe Group are through the December 31, 2021 closing date. Operations associated with the GT&S Transaction are through the November 1, 2020 closing date.

(2)

GT&S Transaction includes a charge of $482 million ($359 million after-tax) recorded in the second quarter of 2020 associated with the probable abandonment of a significant portion of the Supply Header Project as well as the establishment of a $75 million ARO as a result of the cancellation of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline Project.

(3)

Q-Pipe Group includes a $25 million benefit associated with the termination of the Q-Pipe Transaction in the third quarter of 2021.

(4)

GT&S Transaction includes a loss of $237 million ($178 million after-tax) recorded in the third quarter of 2020 associated with cash flow hedges of debt-related items that were determined to be probable of not occurring.

(5)

Excludes $17 million income tax benefit recorded in 2021 associated with the GT&S Transaction.

 

The carrying amounts of major classes of assets and liabilities relating to the Q-Pipe Group, all of which was classified as current and reported as held for sale in Dominion Energy’s Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2020, were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets(1)

 

 

 

$

47

 

 

 

 

 

Equity method investments(2)

 

 

 

 

35

 

 

 

 

 

Property, plant and equipment, net

 

 

 

 

1,113

 

 

 

 

 

Other deferred charges and other assets, including goodwill(3) and intangible assets

 

 

 

 

224

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities

 

 

 

 

30

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt

 

 

 

 

426

 

 

 

 

 

Other deferred credits and liabilities

 

 

 

 

154

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

Includes cash and cash equivalents of $7 million.

 

(2)

Comprised of equity method investment in White River Hub.

(3)

Includes goodwill of $191 million.

 

Capital expenditures and significant noncash items relating to the disposal groups included the following:

 

 

 

Year Ended

December 31, 2021

 

 

Year Ended

December 31, 2020

 

 

Year Ended

December 31, 2019

 

 

 

Q-Pipe Group(1)

 

 

GT&S Transaction(1)

 

 

Q-Pipe Group

 

 

GT&S Transaction

 

 

Q-Pipe Group

 

(millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital expenditures

 

$

34

 

 

$

292

 

 

$

38

 

 

$

386

 

 

$

42

 

Significant noncash items

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Impairment of assets and other

   charges

 

 

 

 

 

469

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

 

 

 

1

 

Charge related to a voluntary

   retirement program

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19

 

 

 

3

 

Depreciation, depletion and

   amortization

 

 

 

 

 

177

 

 

 

27

 

 

 

322

 

 

 

51

 

Accrued capital expenditures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

25

 

 

 

2

 

(1)

Operations associated with the Q-Pipe Group are through the December 31, 2021 closing date. Operations associated with the GT&S Transaction are through the November 1, 2020 closing date.

In October 2020, Dominion Energy settled various derivatives related to, but not included in, the GT&S Transaction for a payment of $165 million.

Acquisition of SCANA

In January 2019, Dominion Energy issued 95.6 million shares of Dominion Energy common stock, valued at $6.8 billion, representing 0.6690 of a share of Dominion Energy common stock for each share of SCANA common stock, in connection with the completion of the SCANA Combination. SCANA, through its regulated subsidiaries, is primarily engaged in the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity in the central, southern and southwestern portions of South Carolina and in the distribution of natural gas in North Carolina and South Carolina. In addition, at the closing of the SCANA Combination, SCANA marketed natural gas to retail customers in the southeast U.S. Following completion of the SCANA Combination, SCANA operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dominion Energy. In addition, SCANA’s debt totaled $6.9 billion at closing. The SCANA Combination expanded Dominion Energy’s portfolio of regulated electric generation, transmission and distribution and regulated natural gas distribution infrastructure operations.

Merger Conditions

Refunds to Customers

As a condition to the SCANA Merger Approval Order, DESC will provide refunds and restitution of $2.0 billion over 20 years with capital support from Dominion Energy.

In September and October 2017, DESC received proceeds totaling $1.1 billion in full satisfaction of its share of a settlement agreement among DESC, Santee Cooper and Toshiba Corporation in connection with Westinghouse and WECTEC, both wholly-owned subsidiaries of Toshiba Corporation and responsible for the engineering and construction of the NND Project, filing for bankruptcy. The purchase price allocation below includes a previously established regulatory liability at DESC totaling $1.1 billion, of which $67 million was considered current, associated with the monetization of the bankruptcy settlement with Toshiba Corporation. In accordance with the terms of the SCANA Merger Approval Order, this regulatory liability, net of amounts that may be required to satisfy any liens against NND Project property, totaling $1.0 billion will be refunded to DESC electric service customers over a 20-year period ending in 2039.

Additionally, in the first quarter of 2019, DESC recorded a reduction in operating revenue and a corresponding regulatory liability of $1.0 billion, of which $137 million was considered current, representing a refund of amounts previously collected from retail electric customers of DESC for the NND Project to be credited over an estimated 11-year period, effective February 2019. As a result, Dominion Energy’s Consolidated Statements of Income for the year ended December 31, 2019 includes a $756 million after-tax charge which is reflected in the Corporate and Other segment.

NND Project

As a condition to the SCANA Merger Approval Order, DESC committed to excluding from rate recovery $2.4 billion of costs related to the NND Project and $180 million of costs associated with the purchase of the Columbia Energy Center power station. The remaining regulatory asset associated with the NND Project of $2.8 billion, of which $138 million was considered current, will be collected over a 20-year period, including a return on investment. In January 2019, DESC filed the capital cost rider in accordance with the terms of the SCANA Merger Approval Order for rates effective in February 2019 for DESC’s retail electric customers. The South Carolina Commission approved this filing in January 2019.

Other Terms and Conditions

 

DESC agreed not to file an application for a general rate case with the South Carolina Commission with a requested effective date earlier than January 2021. See Note 13 for information on the status of DESC’s base rate case;

 

PSNC agreed not to file an application for a general rate case with the North Carolina Commission any earlier than April 2021. See Note 13 for information on the status of PSNC’s general rate case;

 

Dominion Energy committed to increasing SCANA’s historical level of corporate contributions to charities by $1 million per year over five years beginning in 2019;

 

Dominion Energy will maintain DESC and PSNC’s headquarters in Cayce, South Carolina and Gastonia, North Carolina, respectively; and

 

Dominion Energy will seek to minimize reductions in local employment by allowing some DES employees supporting shared and common services functions and activities to be located in Cayce, South Carolina where it makes economic and practical sense to do so.

Purchase Price Allocation

SCANA’s assets acquired and liabilities assumed have been measured at estimated fair value at closing and are included in Dominion Energy South Carolina and Gas Distribution. The majority of the operations acquired are subject to the rate setting authority of FERC and the North and South Carolina Commissions and are therefore accounted for pursuant to ASC 980, Regulated Operations. The fair values of SCANA’s assets and liabilities subject to rate-setting and cost recovery provisions provide revenues derived from costs, including a return on investment of assets and liabilities included in rate base. As such, the fair values of these assets and liabilities equal their carrying values. Accordingly, neither the assets and liabilities acquired, nor the unaudited pro forma financial information, reflect any adjustments related to these amounts.

The fair value of SCANA’s assets acquired and liabilities assumed that are not subject to the rate-setting provisions discussed above and the fair values of SCANA’s investments accounted for under the equity method were determined using the income approach and the market approach. The valuation of SCANA’s long-term debt is considered a Level 2 fair value measurement. All other valuations are considered Level 3 fair value measurements due to the use of significant judgmental and unobservable inputs, including projected timing and amount of future cash flows and discount rates reflecting risk inherent in the future market prices.

The excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed was reflected as goodwill. The goodwill reflects the value associated with enhancing Dominion Energy’s portfolio of regulated operations in the growing southeast region of the U.S. The goodwill recognized is not deductible for income tax purposes, and as such, no deferred taxes have been recorded related to goodwill.

The table below shows the allocation of the purchase price to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at closing, which reflects certain adjustments related to income taxes, as discussed in Note 5, from the preliminary valuation recognized during the measurement period.

 

 

Amount

 

(millions)

 

 

 

 

Total current assets(1)

 

$

1,782

 

Investments(2)

 

 

224

 

Property, plant and equipment(3)(4)

 

 

11,006

 

Goodwill

 

 

2,609

 

Regulatory assets(5)

 

 

3,940

 

Other deferred charges and other assets, including intangible assets(6)

 

 

430

 

Total Assets

 

 

19,991

 

Total current liabilities(7)

 

 

1,556

 

Long-term debt

 

 

6,707

 

Deferred income taxes

 

 

1,068

 

Regulatory liabilities

 

 

2,706

 

Other deferred credits and other liabilities(8)

 

 

1,115

 

Total Liabilities

 

 

13,152

 

Total purchase price(9)

 

$

6,839

 

(1)

Includes $389 million of cash, restricted cash and equivalents, of which $115 million is considered restricted.

(2)

Includes $31 million for equity method investments. The fair value adjustment on the equity method investments is considered to be equity method goodwill and is not amortized.

 

(3)

Includes $105 million of certain property, plant and equipment associated with the NND Project for which Dominion Energy committed to forgo recovery in accordance with the SCANA Merger Approval Order. As a result, Dominion Energy’s Consolidated Statements of Income for the year ended December 31, 2019 include a charge of $105 million ($79 million after-tax), included in impairment of assets and other charges (reflected in the Corporate and Other segment).

(4)

Nonregulated property, plant and equipment, excluding land, will be depreciated on a straight-line basis over the remaining useful lives of such property, primarily ranging from 5 to 78 years.

(5)

Includes $258 million of certain income tax-related regulatory assets associated with the NND Project for which Dominion Energy committed to forgo recovery in accordance with the SCANA Merger Approval Order. See Note 5 for additional information.

(6)

Intangible assets have an estimated weighted-average amortization period of approximately five years.

(7)

Includes $40 million outstanding under letters of credit advances, which were repaid in January 2019, as well as $173 million outstanding commercial paper under various credit facilities. All such credit facilities were terminated in 2019.

(8)

Includes a $379 million pension and other postretirement benefit liability.

(9)

Includes stock-based compensation awards with a fair value of $21 million.

Results of Operations and Unaudited Pro Forma Information

The impact of the SCANA Combination on Dominion Energy’s operating revenue was an increase of $3.6 billion, $3.3 billion and $3.1 billion for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively, in the Consolidated Statements of Income. The impact of the SCANA Combination on Dominion Energy’s net income attributable to Dominion Energy was an increase of $287 million and $277 million for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and a decrease of $1.1 billion for the year ended December 31, 2019 in the Consolidated Statements of Income.

Dominion Energy incurred merger and integration-related costs of $31 million and $97 million for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, all of which is recorded in other operations and maintenance expense in the Consolidated Statements of Income. Dominion Energy incurred merger and integration-related costs of $646 million for the year ended December 31, 2019. The amount for the year ended December 31, 2019 includes $427 million for a charge related to a voluntary retirement program. See Note 22 for additional information. Of the remaining merger and integration-related costs, $210 million is recorded in other operations and maintenance expense and $9 million was recorded in interest and related charges in the Consolidated Statements of Income for the year ended December 31, 2019. These costs consist of professional fees, the charitable contribution commitment described above, employee-related expenses, certain financing costs and other miscellaneous costs.

The following unaudited pro forma financial information reflects the consolidated results of operations of Dominion Energy assuming the SCANA Combination had taken place on January 1, 2018. The unaudited pro forma financial information has been presented for illustrative purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of the consolidated results of operations that would have been achieved or the future consolidated results of operations of the combined company.

 

 

Twelve Months Ended

 

 

 

December 31, 2019(1)

 

(millions, except EPS)

 

 

 

 

Operating revenue

 

$

15,408

 

Net income attributable to Dominion Energy

 

 

3,266

 

Earnings Per Common Share Basic

 

$

4.04

 

Earnings Per Common Share Diluted

 

$

4.00

 

(1)

Amounts include adjustments for non-recurring costs directly related to the SCANA Combination.

 

 

Sale of Interest in Cove Point

In October 2019, Dominion Energy signed an agreement to sell its 25% noncontrolling limited partnership interests in Cove Point to Brookfield. In December 2019, the sale was completed and Dominion Energy received cash consideration of $2.1 billion, subject to working capital adjustments. The sale was accounted for by Dominion Energy following the guidance for a change in a parent company’s ownership interest in a consolidated subsidiary. Because Dominion Energy controlled Cove Point both before and after the sale of the noncontrolling interest, the change in Dominion Energy’s ownership interest in Cove Point was accounted for as an equity transaction and no gain or loss was recognized.  

Sale of Hope

In February 2022, Dominion Energy entered into an agreement to sell 100% of the equity interests in Hope to Ullico for $690 million of cash consideration, subject to customary closing adjustments. The sale will be treated as a stock sale for tax purposes and is expected to close by the end of 2022, contingent on clearance or approval under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act and from the West Virginia Commission, and other customary closing and regulatory conditions. While Dominion Energy is still completing its evaluation, it does not expect to record a significant gain or loss associated with the sale. Dominion Energy will reclassify the assets and liabilities to be disposed of, currently reflected in Gas Distribution, as held for sale starting in the first quarter of 2022.

Sale of Kewaunee

In May 2021, Dominion Energy entered into an agreement to sell 100% of the equity interests in Dominion Energy Kewaunee, Inc. to EnergySolutions, including the transfer of all decommissioning obligations associated with Kewaunee, which ceased operations in 2013. The agreement provides that Dominion Energy retains the assets and obligations of the pension and other postretirement employee benefit plans.  In addition, Dominion Energy may continue to withdraw funds prior to closing from the nuclear decommissioning trust to recover certain spent nuclear fuel and other permitted costs, subject to certain conditions. The sale will be treated as an asset sale for tax purposes and is subject to termination by either party if not completed by December 2022. Closing is contingent on approval from the Wisconsin Commission as well as the NRC for the transfer of control of applicable licenses.  The purchase agreement requires that EnergySolutions be subject to the Wisconsin regulatory conditions agreed to by Dominion Energy upon its acquisition of Kewaunee, including the return of any excess decommissioning funds to WPSC and WP&L customers following completion of all decommissioning activities.

In May 2021, Dominion Energy and EnergySolutions submitted a license transfer application to the NRC. Also in May 2021, Dominion Energy submitted an application to the Wisconsin Commission for approval. In July 2021, WPSC and WP&L submitted a joint request to the Wisconsin Commission for the waiver of both of their rights of first refusal to purchase Kewaunee, such rights having been granted as the former owners of Kewaunee. At December 31, 2021, Dominion Energy determined that the assets and liabilities associated with the Kewaunee sale, included in Contracted Assets, did not meet the criteria to be classified as held for sale due to the significant uncertainty surrounding the timing of or ability to obtain necessary regulatory approvals.

Dominion Energy expects to record a loss if and when it determines that criteria for the classification as held for sale have been met. If such classification had been made at December 31, 2021, Dominion Energy would have recognized a loss of approximately $725 million ($570 million after-tax). If the sale is ultimately completed, the final net loss will primarily depend on the value of the nuclear decommissioning trust and AROs at closing.

Acquisition of Birdseye

In May 2021, Dominion Energy acquired 100% of the ownership interest in Birdseye from BRE Holdings, LLC for total consideration of $46 million, consisting of $28 million in cash and $18 million, measured at fair value at closing, of consideration contingent on the achievement of certain revenue targets and future development project sales. Birdseye is primarily engaged in the development of solar energy projects in southeastern states in the U.S. with 2.5 GW of solar generation projects under development. The allocation of

the purchase price resulted in $25 million of development project assets, primarily reflected in other deferred charges and other assets in Dominion Energy’s Consolidated Balance Sheets, and $24 million of goodwill, which is not deductible for tax purposes. The goodwill reflects the value associated with enhancing Dominion Energy's development of regulated and long-term contracted solar generating and electric storage projects. The fair value measurements, including of the assets acquired, were determined using the income approach and are considered Level 3 fair value measurements due to the use of significant judgmental and unobservable inputs, including projected timing and amount of future cash flows. Birdseye is included in Contracted Assets.