Dominion Energy Completes Previously Announced Asset Sales

-- All requisite approvals received and transactions officially closed
-- Proceeds will be used to reduce parent-level debt this year

RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 14, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Dominion Energy (NYSE: D) today announced that it has completed the previously announced divestiture of the following non-core assets:

  • 50 percent interest in the Blue Racer Midstream joint venture
  • 100 percent interest in the Fairless Power Station
  • 100 percent interest in the Manchester Street Power Station; and
  • 25 percent interest in the Catalyst Old River Hydroelectric Limited Partnership

(PRNewsfoto/Dominion Energy)

About Dominion Energy

Nearly 6 million customers in 18 states energize their homes and businesses with electricity or natural gas from Dominion Energy (NYSE: D), headquartered in Richmond, Va. The company is committed to sustainable, reliable, affordable, and safe energy and is one of the nation's largest producers and transporters of energy with nearly $80 billion of assets providing electric generation, transmission and distribution, as well as natural gas storage, transmission, distribution, and import/export services. As one of the nation's leading solar operators, the company intends to reduce its carbon intensity 50 percent by 2030. Through its Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation, as well as EnergyShare and other programs, Dominion Energy plans to contribute more than $30 million in 2018 to community causes throughout its footprint and beyond.

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