Dominion Energy
American energy company
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| August 12 2025 | Police in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina released dashcam footage showing a lightning strike hitting Dominion Energy infrastructure, resulting in a massive fireball. |
| September 2023 | Enbridge agrees to acquire East Ohio Gas, Questar Gas, and Public Service Co. of North Carolina from Dominion for a total enterprise value of $14 billion. |
| 2022 | Reported energy production mix: 18% coal, 23% nuclear, 48% natural gas, and 11% hydroelectricity and other renewables, indicating a strategic shift towards diversifying energy sources. |
| February 2022 | Dominion Energy sells its West Virginia subsidiary to Hearthstone Utilities Inc. for $690 million. |
| 2021 | Dominion lobbyists worked to pass West Virginia's Critical Infrastructure Protection Act, creating felony penalties for trespassing at oil and gas facilities, as requested by the natural gas industry. |
| 2020 | Responded to the coronavirus pandemic by stopping service disconnects, helping disconnected customers reconnect, waiving late and reconnection fees, and directing the Dominion Foundation to provide $1 million in aid to national and local organizations fighting COVID-19. |
| December 2020 | Laid the keel for the Charybdis, a novel Jones Act-compliant offshore Wind Turbine Installation Vessel (WTIV) at Keppel AmFELS shipyards in Brownsville, Texas, as part of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project. |
| July 2020 | Dominion and Duke Energy jointly canceled the Atlantic Coast Pipeline project due to escalating costs from numerous environmental group lawsuits. |
| July 2020 | Dominion announces plans to sell natural gas transmission and storage assets to Berkshire Hathaway for an estimated $10 billion. |
| January 2019 | Dominion Energy completed the acquisition of SCANA Corporation, further expanding its energy infrastructure and service territories. |
| July 2018 | Dominion Energy launches a grid transformation program to build 3,000 megawatts of solar and wind energy by 2022, under the Grid Transformation & Security Act. |
| May 2018 | Dominion broke ground on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline project in Lewis County, West Virginia, marking the initial phase of a planned natural gas pipeline between West Virginia and North Carolina. |
| January 2018 | Dominion Energy initiates acquisition of SCANA Corporation for $7.9 billion. |
| 2017 | Completed the thirty-third year of the Benjamin J. Lambert, III, Volunteer of the Year Program, recognizing top company volunteers and providing $1000 to each volunteer's chosen charity. |
| 2017 | Dominion Resources rebrands itself to Dominion Energy with a new logo. |
| 2017 | Ranked #238 on the Fortune 500 list, highlighting the company's significant corporate standing. |
| 2016 | Twelve employees from Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia were selected for the Benjamin J. Lambert, III, Volunteer of the Year Program. |
| 2016 | Dominion PAC contributed $1,276,016.17 to various political candidates and committees during the election cycle. |
| September 2016 | Dominion Energy acquired Questar Corporation, expanding its operations in the Western United States, specifically in Utah and Wyoming. |
| February 2016 | Dominion Resources announces its plan to acquire Questar Corporation. |
| 2010 | Ranked 51st among corporations emitting airborne pollutants in the United States, with a Toxic Score of 16,656, showing a significant reduction in environmental impact. |
| 2010 | Published a commemorative book 'Dominion's First Century: A Legacy of Service' chronicling the company's 100-year history. |
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