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Our commitment to the people and places we serve
We’re focused on providing safe and affordable energy, but also on caring for the human and environmental needs of the communities served by Dominion Energy. So from encouraging innovation to providing financial assistance and more, we're investing in our own backyard.
Managing Your Energy Use
We want to empower our customers to make smart energy choices. So we provide a variety of tools to help you do everything from calculating your carbon footprint to figuring out how much you could save with an electric vehicle.
Innovation
Our innovation strategy is designed to support the clean-energy transition by enhancing performance; increasing earnings; accelerating the culture of innovation; and exploring new markets for existing businesses and new lines of business in adjacent or other markets. At our annual Innovation Expo, the 2022 Chair’s Excellence Award went to a team proposing the use of micro-substations to reduce land requirements and reduce costs for data-center developers in Northern Virginia. This is but one example of the many innovations underway at our company — innovations that will keep us at the leading edge of the clean-energy transition.
Innovation Lab
Our innovation lab is dedicated to supporting promising new business ventures by providing start-ups with workspace, mentorship, business support services and more. The lab offers everything from co-working space to workshops on important topics, including cyber-security and prototyping. So far, the center has launched more than 15 companies.
Smart Meters
Since 2009, Dominion Energy has installed more than 2 million smart meters in areas of Virginia and North Carolina. Our investment in smart meter technology will continue across our service area through 2024.
Smart meters offer several advantages:
EnergyShare®
This program provides aid by helping people in need pay their bills and by offering energy efficient upgrades to lower bills.
For more than 40 years, the EnergyShare program has assisted qualified customers in meeting their energy needs, providing financial assistance on their energy bills and later providing free efficiency upgrades to their homes. More than 968,000 individuals and families have been assisted through the program throughout its 40-year history. The EnergyShare program has expanded over the years and is now a comprehensive energy assistance program.
Apply for help or donate to EnergyShare®
Senior Cool Care
We work in partnership with the Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services to provide free single-room air conditioning units to low-income elderly citizens.
Learn how to apply in Virginia
Helping Veterans Succeed
At Dominion Energy, we’re grateful to our nation’s military and proud to count many active and retired service members among our ranks. Our workforce includes veterans in all areas of our company, working together to fulfill our mission: delivering clean, reliable, affordable energy; protecting the environment; serving our customers and communities; empowering our people; creating shareholder value. From the front lines to the home front, we’re committed to supporting our military hires through all stages of their careers.
Opportunities for Military Service Members
We are dedicated to improving the physical, social and economic well-being of the communities we serve. In 2022, we contributed $45 million to social betterment, including $19.1 million from the Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation and our employee giving program. Those funds supported human needs, environmental stewardship, education, community vitality, and social justice.
Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation
The Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation awards grants in four focus areas:
Learn more about the Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation.
Employee Giving
Dominion Energy supports employees in personal giving – both of time and dollars. In 2022, our colleagues volunteered 95,000 hours.
Our “Employees in Action” volunteer program supports employees leading volunteer projects that have a positive and lasting impact on their communities.
Employee and retiree charitable contributions to eligible non-profit organizations are eligible for matching gifts.
Learn more about Dominion Energy’s Employees in Action volunteer program.
Scholarships and Educational Support
We offer a variety of scholarship programs to make education easier to access. In addition to the financial support these programs provide, there is often additional support and professional networking opportunities associated with them.
We continued to support Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in 2022 through the six-year, $25-million Dominion Energy HBCU Promise® , and to support diverse students through the six-year, $10-million Dominion Energy Educational Equity Scholarship program. We also announced two new programs:
The Dominion Energy Envirothon is a team-based natural resources competition for Virginia high school students. Statewide winners advance to the North American Envirothon.
Project Plant It!®
This interactive environmental education program teaches children and teens in schools, scout troops, civic clubs and other organizations about the benefits of trees and pollinators to the ecosystem. Project Plant It! was established in 2007 and has distributed thousands of free tree seedlings in our communities. The pollinator program, which includes free wildflower seed packets that attract bees and other pollinators, was added to celebrate the Project Plant It! 15th observance in 2021. Lesson plans and educational resources on the website help connect students to nature in a meaningful way.
Dominion Energy ArtStars Awards
We recognize and celebrate arts organizations in Virginia that successfully combine arts and education in their community.
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