[7] The company acquired Questar Corporation in the Western United States, including parts of Utah and Wyoming, in September 2016.

[6] The company's Cove Point liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal on the Chesapeake Bay is one of the nation's largest and busiest facilities of its kind.

[15][16] Dominion's corporate roots reach back to the Colonial era through predecessor companies that operated canal and river barging, street lighting, railways, and electric trolleys.

In 1795, the trustees formed the Upper Appomattox Company to build dams along the river for industrial use, beginning Dominion's history.

[19] Dominion's closest direct corporate ancestor, Virginia Railway & Power Company, was founded by Frank Jay Gould on June 29, 1909.

The program was launched under the authority of the Grid Transformation & Security Act, a state law signed by Virginia Governor Ralph Northam.

"[28] In July 2020, Dominion announced plans to sell natural gas transmission and storage assets to Berkshire Hathaway; the size of the deal is estimated at $10 billion.

During 2007, Dominion sold the majority of its oil and natural gas exploration and production assets to put additional focus on growing its electric generation and energy distribution, transmission, storage and retail businesses mainly in Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolina.

[36] Though the project had faced stiff opposition from environmental and community heritage groups along its route, ground was broken on the pipeline in Lewis County, West Virginia, in May 2018.

[37][38] Dominion and Duke Energy canceled the pipeline in July 2020, citing cost increases due to lawsuits, largely from environmental groups opposed to the project.

This project will add more than 2,600 megawatts of clean energy to their grid, with 220 wind turbines capable of powering 650,000 homes at peak.

[43] In December 2020, the keel was laid for the project's novel Jones Act-compliant offshore WTIV, the Charybdis,[42] under construction at Keppel AmFELS shipyards in Brownsville, Texas.

The company has also directed its charitable foundation to provide $1 million in aid to help individuals and organizations fighting COVID-19.

The $1 million will be offered to national groups like the American Red Cross and local organizations the company identifies.

[50] A number of controversies have surrounded the company's decisions to develop new routes for its electric power transmission lines.

However, U.S. Congressional Representative Frank Wolf (R - VA) and Governor Tim Kaine (D) remained opposed to the line, saying that there was no real need, and that Dominion was trying to bring cheap electricity from the Midwest.

[53][54][55] Less than three weeks later, on March 4 and March 5, 2008, the Senate and the House of Delegates of the Virginia General Assembly unanimously passed emergency legislation that ordered the SCC to approve the underground construction of the line along that section of the trail as part of a four-part statewide pilot program for the development of underground transmission lines.

[53][56] The company began constructing a 605 MWe coal fired power station in Wise County, Virginia in June 2008.

[60] High levels of mercury emitted from the plant, which is controlled by activated carbon injection to reduce the emissions, as well as a fly ash dump near the Clinch River (a source of drinking water) are also of concern.

[59] The plant brought 1000 workers to build, and will employ 130 full-time, as well as pay 4 to 7 million dollars of tax revenue yearly to economically depressed Wise County.

[63] In 2010, the Political Economy Research Institute ranked Dominion Resources 51st among corporations emitting airborne pollutants in the United States.