Dominion Resources

The corporate foundation of Dominion Resources is deeply entrenched in the incredibly rich, centuries-old background of Virginian industrialization and localized monopoly utilities. Tracing its operational background directly back to colonial-era canal operations and early 20th-century electrified streetcar networks, this incredibly massive historical background navigating complex state regulations and managing enormous infrastructural monopolies provided the exact corporate blueprint required to successfully dominate the modern American energy grid.

Dominion Energy (historically incorporated in 1983 as the holding company Dominion Resources, Inc.) is a massive, incredibly powerful American power and energy conglomerate based in Richmond, Virginia. The massive corporate entity was formally established under the executive leadership of William W. Berry to consolidate the operations of the Virginia Electric and Power Company (VEPCO) and aggressively expand into unregulated natural gas and energy production markets. While the holding company is modern, its corporate roots trace back to the 1795 Upper Appomattox Company and the 1909 Virginia Railway and Power Company. Over decades of massive, highly aggressive corporate acquisitions, Dominion Resources successfully monopolized large swaths of the mid-Atlantic energy grid before officially rebranding as Dominion Energy in 2017 to unify its massive global portfolio.