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Dominion Energy | Electrical Generation | Energy Services | Industrywide Issues | Regulation | South Carolina

SC PSC Approves Gas-Fired Power Plant Proposed for Edisto River
February 26, 2024July 3, 2025

On Feb. 15, members of the South Carolina Public Service Commission approved a proposed project to build a 1,020-megawatt (MW) gas-fired power plant in the state’s Lowcountry, in Colleton County. The project is a 50/50 partnership between Dominion Energy (formerly South Carolina Electric & Gas) and Santee Cooper (South Carolina’s state-owned electric and water utility). In a typical knee-jerk reaction, several Big Green groups are opposing the plan, in particular because of a pipeline that will need to be built to deliver Marcellus/Utica gas to the plant.
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Dominion Energy | Energy Services | Industrywide Issues | North Carolina | Pipelines

Dominion Energy Announces New 45-Mile Pipeline for North Carolina
February 22, 2024February 22, 2024

The contours of how and why Equitrans Midstream decided to cut its MVP (Mountain Valley Pipeline) Southgate project in North Carolina are becoming apparent. We told you in January that Equitrans had decided to slice MVP Southgate in more than half (see Equitrans Slices MVP Southgate Pipe Project From 75 to 31 Miles). Now comes word of a Dominion Energy filing to build a new 45-mile pipeline to connect MVP Southgate with Duke Energy’s planned new natural gas power plants on Hyco Lake’s southern shore (see Duke Energy Seeks to Build 2 Massive Gas-Fired Power Plants in NC).
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Dominion Energy | Energy Services | Hydrogen | Industrywide Issues | Ohio

Dominion Tests Hydrogen in Appliances in Ohio Mini-Village
January 23, 2024January 23, 2024

Behind the Dominion Energy building in Hudson, Ohio, sits what’s being dubbed Hydrogen Heights. It’s a mini-village. The sign at the entrance says, “Welcome to Hydrogen Heights.” Dominion is testing the blending of hydrogen and methane on gas appliances there. We have nothing against using hydrogen as an energy source, other than it will never be able to power your home (see Why 100% Hydrogen Will Never Power Your Home; Why Antis Hate H2). But that’s not stopping utility companies like Dominion from experimenting to see how much of a blend they can get away with using in existing pipelines and appliances.
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CNG/LNG | Dominion Energy | Energy Services | Industrywide Issues | North Carolina

Dominion Buys Land for LNG Storage Facility in Person County, NC
January 23, 2024January 23, 2024

Dominion Energy wants to build a liquified natural gas (LNG) storage facility in Person County, North Carolina, to enhance natural gas service reliability for residential and business customers in the growing region (see NC Residents Freak Out Over Proposed Dominion LNG Storage Tank). Dominion studied several potential sites and collected a boatload of data during the site selection process, including but not limited to construction feasibility, minimizing landowner impacts, connection to Dominion’s existing natural gas system, and avoiding environmentally sensitive areas. Ultimately, Dominion selected a 504-acre site in the southeast corner of Person County, and they just plunked down $12 million to buy it.
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CNG/LNG | Dominion Energy | Enbridge | Energy Services | Industrywide Issues | North Carolina

Person County, NC Votes to Approve Dominion LNG Storage Facility
December 6, 2023December 6, 2023

Dominion Energy wants to build a liquified natural gas (LNG) storage facility in Person County, North Carolina, to enhance natural gas service reliability for residential and business customers in the growing region (see NC Residents Freak Out Over Proposed Dominion LNG Storage Tank). Dominion studied several potential sites and collected a boatload of data during the site selection process, including but not limited to construction feasibility, minimizing landowner impacts, connection to Dominion’s existing natural gas system, and avoiding environmentally sensitive areas. Ultimately, Dominion selected a site in the southeast corner of Person County. Mainstream media is doing its best to scare local residents, hoping to block the project. However, over the objections of a rowdy crowd, county commissioners voted Monday to approve a rezoning request from Dominion for the project.
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CNG/LNG | Dominion Energy | Energy Services | Industrywide Issues | North Carolina | Storage

Dominion Proposes Major LNG Storage Facility in Person County, NC
November 30, 2023November 30, 2023

25 million-gal. LNG storage tank

Two days ago, MDN reported on a proposed LNG storage project from Dominion Energy located in Greensville County, VA, that would provide a backup supply of natural gas for two Dominion gas-fired power plants (see Dominion LNG Storage for Va. Power Plant Exempt from FERC Regs). Low and behold, Dominion has plans for another similar LNG storage project, this one in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina.
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CNG/LNG | Dominion Energy | Energy Services | Industrywide Issues | Regulation | Virginia

Dominion LNG Storage for Va. Power Plant Exempt from FERC Regs
November 28, 2023November 28, 2023

On November 16, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) agreed to Dominion Energy subsidiary Virginia Electric and Power Company’s petition requesting that FERC declare Dominion’s planned LNG production, storage, and regasification facility in Greensville County, VA, would be exempt from FERC jurisdiction under section 7 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA). The project includes a 25-million-gallon LNG storage tank, 15 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) of liquefaction capacity, 500 MMcf/d regasification capacity, pretreatment facilities, and associated station yard piping.
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Anti-Drilling/Fossil Fuel | Chesterfield County | Dominion Energy | Electrical Generation | Energy Services | Industrywide Issues | Virginia

Big Green Packs Hearing to Oppose Va. Chesterfield Peaker Plant
November 20, 2023November 20, 2023

Dominion Energy, a huge utility company headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, recently revived a plan to build four small “peaker” electric generating plants in Chesterfield County, VA, a Richmond suburb (see Dominion Plans to Build 1,000-MW Gas Peaker Plant Near Richmond, VA). The Chesterfield Energy Reliability Center in the James River Industrial Center calls for building four 250-megawatt gas-fired power plants (1,000 MW total) that can jump into action during the coldest and hottest days of the year to help supply enough electricity for 250,000 homes. Last Thursday, Dominion held a public hearing in Chester about the proposed plan. The usual bought-and-paid-for antis showed up to declare this project is racist and should not get built.
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CNG/LNG | Dominion Energy | Energy Services | Industrywide Issues | North Carolina

NC Residents Freak Out Over Proposed Dominion LNG Storage Tank
November 7, 2023December 6, 2023

Dominion Energy plans to build a liquified natural gas (LNG) storage facility in Person County, North Carolina, to enhance natural gas service reliability for residential and business customers in the growing region. Dominion studied several potential sites and collected a boatload of data during the site selection process, including but not limited to construction feasibility, minimizing landowner impacts, connection to Dominion’s existing natural gas system, and avoiding environmentally sensitive areas. Ultimately, Dominion selected a site in the southeast corner of Person County. Mainstream media is doing its best to scare local residents, hoping to block the project.
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Dominion Energy | Energy Services

Dominion Urges Investors to Reject Latest “Mini-Tender” Offer by TRC
October 3, 2023October 3, 2023

TRC Capital Investment Corporation has sent an unsolicited “mini-tender” offer to Dominion Energy stockholders looking to purchase up to 2 million shares of Dominion’s common stock at an offer price that is 4.47% lower than the current share price. TRC Capital is looking to pick up Dominion shares on the cheap and turn around and flip them at a higher price. Dominion is warning stockholders they should not agree to the deal.
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Anti-Drilling/Fossil Fuel | Dominion Energy | Electrical Generation | Energy Services | Industrywide Issues | Regulation | Virginia

Emissions Update for Proposed Dominion Peaker Plant in Va.
September 18, 2023September 18, 2023

Dominion Energy, a huge utility company headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, recently revived a plan to build four small “peaker” electric generating plants in Chesterfield County, VA, a Richmond suburb (see Dominion Plans to Build 1,000-MW Gas Peaker Plant Near Richmond, VA). The Chesterfield Energy Reliability Center in the James River Industrial Center calls for building four 250-megawatt gas-fired power plants (1,000 MW total) that can jump into action during the coldest and hottest days of the year to help supply enough electricity for 250,000 homes. Last week, the Virginia Dept. of Environmental Quality (DEQ) shared an emissions analysis for the proposed project with the state Air Pollution Control Board. The meeting drew a contingent of protesters who looked and acted like freaks in a circus show — standard operating procedure for the left.
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Dominion Energy | Enbridge | Energy Services | Industrywide Issues | LDCs | M&A

Dominion Energy Loses Mind – Sells Remaining LDC NatGas Businesses
September 6, 2023September 6, 2023

Yesterday, Dominion Energy and Enbridge co-announced that Dominion has agreed to sell what we think (not 100% sure) are the remaining natural gas local distribution companies (LDCs) that Dominion owns to Enbridge for $14.0 billion, which includes $9.4 billion in cash plus the assumption of debt. The deal includes three LDCs–The East Ohio Gas Company, Public Service Company of North Carolina, and Questar Gas Company (along with Wexpro Company). The three LDCs serve about 3 million homes and businesses in Ohio, North Carolina, Utah, Wyoming, and Idaho and include 78,000 miles of natural gas distribution, transmission, gathering, and storage pipelines and more than 62 Bcf of working underground and LNG storage capacity. Dominion wants to shed its natgas businesses and focus solely on electrifying everything.
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Berkshire Hathaway | CNG/LNG | Dominion Energy | Energy Services | Exporting | Industrywide Issues | M&A

Berkshire Hathaway Energy Now Owns 75% of Cove Point LNG
September 5, 2023September 5, 2023

In July 2020, Dominion Energy announced it had decided to exit the natural gas pipeline business by selling it to Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Energy (see Dominion Cancels Atlantic Coast Pipe, Sells Pipe Biz for $9.7B). Part of the deal involved selling a 25% interest in the Cove Point LNG export facility to Berkshire Hathaway, transferring responsibility for operations to Berkshire (see Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Now Runs Cove Point LNG!). In July, both Dominion and Berkshire announced a deal for Berkshire to buy out Dominion’s remaining 50% share in Cove Point for $3.3 billion (see Dominion Sells Remaining 50% Share in Cove Point LNG to Buffett). According to a Berkshire announcement issued Friday, the deal is now down.
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Anti-Drilling/Fossil Fuel | Dominion Energy | Electrical Generation | Energy Services | Industrywide Issues | Virginia

Big Green Grifter McKibben Joins Fight Against Va. Gas-Fired Plant
August 10, 2023August 10, 2023

Bill McKibben, 350.org

Dominion Energy, a huge utility company and power generator headquartered in Virginia, recently dusted off its plan to build the Chesterfield Energy Reliability Center in the James River Industrial Center (see Dominion Plans to Build 1,000-MW Gas Peaker Plant Near Richmond, VA). The project includes building four 250-megawatt gas-fired power plants (1,000 MW total) that can jump into action during the coldest and hottest days of the year to help supply enough electricity for 250,000 homes on days when the sun doesn’t shine, and the wind doesn’t blow. A small group of antis (mostly from Big Green groups) recently gathered outside an elementary school to oppose the plan (see Small Group of Antis Oppose Dominion Chesterfield Peaker Plant). Their efforts to focus attention on the project failed, so they’ve called in “the big guns”–namely Bill McKibben, head of the radicalized 350.org.
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Berkshire Hathaway | CNG/LNG | Dominion Energy | Energy Services | Exporting | Industrywide Issues | M&A | Maryland

Dominion Sells Remaining 50% Share in Cove Point LNG to Buffett
July 11, 2023July 11, 2023

In July 2020, Dominion Energy announced it had decided to exit the natural gas pipeline business by selling it to Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Energy (see Dominion Cancels Atlantic Coast Pipe, Sells Pipe Biz for $9.7B). Part of the deal involved selling a 25% interest in the Cove Point LNG export facility to Berkshire Hathaway, transferring responsibility for operations to Berkshire (see Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Now Runs Cove Point LNG!). Yesterday both Dominion and Berkshire announced a deal for Berkshire to buy out Dominion’s remaining 50% share in Cove Point for $3.3 billion.
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Anti-Drilling/Fossil Fuel | Chesterfield County | Dominion Energy | Electrical Generation | Energy Services | Industrywide Issues | Virginia

Small Group of Antis Oppose Dominion Chesterfield Peaker Plant
June 29, 2023September 18, 2023

Proposed location for the Chesterfield Energy Reliability Center in the James River Industrial Center

Once upon a time, Dominion Energy, a huge utility company headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, had a plan to build four small “peaker” electric generating plants in Chesterfield County, VA, a Richmond suburb. Then COVID hit, and the plan went on hold. Dominion recently dusted off its plan and announced it would seek state approval for its Chesterfield Energy Reliability Center in the James River Industrial Center (see Dominion Plans to Build 1,000-MW Gas Peaker Plant Near Richmond, VA). The project includes building four 250-megawatt gas-fired power plants (1,000 MW total) that can jump into action during the coldest and hottest days of the year to help supply enough electricity for 250,000 homes. A small group of antis (mostly from Big Green groups) gathered outside an elementary school on Tuesday to oppose the plan.
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