The Small Business Relief Program is currently closed and not accepting any new applications. If you're a Virginia customer, call 2-1-1 or visit 211virginia.org for a referral to your local EnergyShare agency. For more information about EnergyShare bill payment assistance, please visit our website or find your local EnergyShare agency.

Dominion Energy partnered with the VA Chamber of Commerce Foundation to temporarily expand its EnergyShare program to assist those small businesses impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Dominion Energy Virginia pledged $1,000,000 to help provide energy bill relief for small businesses, nonprofits, and houses of worship in its Virginia service territory. The program funding was covered by shareholders and had no impact on customer rates. Qualified businesses were eligible to receive one-time assistance with their Dominion Energy electric bill balances up to $1,000.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

• Be a for-profit business owned and operated independently, a nonprofit with 501(c)(3) status, or house of worship.
• Must be licensed to do business in Dominion Energy’s service territory with an active, separately metered Dominion Energy account(s).
• Certify business has loss of revenue due to coronavirus.
• Employ 50 or fewer people as of January 1, 2021.

EXCLUSIONS

• Franchises or other business arrangements in which utility accounts are maintained by a parent company.
• Government-owned business entities (except for businesses owned or controlled by a Native American Tribe).
• A business principally engaged in rental property by residential, commercial, or industrial tenants.