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D · Q4 2024
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D · Q3 2025 Earnings

Dominion Energy

Reported October 31, 2025

30-second summary

Dominion posted Q3 FY2025 operating EPS of $1.06 on revenue of $4.53B (+14.9% YoY), narrowed FY2025 operating EPS to $3.33–$3.48 while preserving the $3.40 midpoint, and disclosed a $50M after-tax charge tied to accelerated CVOW steel-tariff recognition. The more important signals sit outside the print: CEO Bob Blue conceded Charybdis "has again not met expectations," final CVOW turbines may slip into early 2027, and the $50B five-year capital plan that anchored the Q4 FY2024 strategic narrative has been deferred to the Q4 FY2025 call with no current quantified replacement.

Headline numbers

EPS

Q3 FY2025

$1.06

Revenue

Q3 FY2025

$4.53B

+14.9% YoY

Operating margin

Q3 FY2025

29.6%

Key financials

Q3 FY2025
MetricQ3 FY2025YoYQ4 FY2024QoQ
Revenue$4.53B+14.9%$3.81B+18.8%
EPS$1.06—$0.75+41.3%
Operating margin29.6%———

Guidance

Dominion narrowed FY2025 operating EPS range to $3.33–$3.48 (from $3.28–$3.52) while preserving the $3.40 midpoint, and withdrew prior five-year capex and dividend guidance disclosures.

Guidance is issued for the full year only, refreshed each quarter. Prior and new below are the same FY updated this quarter.

Changes to prior guidance

MetricPeriodPrior guideNew guideΔResult
Operating EPS
FY 2025
$3.28 to $3.52$3.33 to $3.48Range narrowed by $0.04 at low end, $0.04 at high end; midpoint preserved at $3.40Lowered
Five-year Capital Forecast
FY 2025
$50 billion (increase of 16% from prior guidance)Withdrawn — no replacement—Withdrawn
Dividend
FY 2025
Maintain current dividend level of $2.67 per share annually until utility industry aligned payout ratio achievedWithdrawn — no replacement—Withdrawn

Reaffirmed unchanged this quarter: Long-term Operating EPS Growth (5% to 7% through 2029 off 2025 operating earnings per share midpoint excluding RNG 45Z ($3.30 per share))

Other KPIs

Q3 FY2025
SegmentQ3 FY2025
Operating Earnings (non-GAAP) - Q3$921 million
Operating Earnings (non-GAAP) - 9M YTD$2,373 million
FY2025 Operating Earnings Guidance (midpoint)$3.40 per share
Regulated Electricity Customers3.6 million
Regulated Natural Gas Customers500,000
Interest and Related Charges - Q3$527 million
Long-term EPS Growth Guidance (2025-2029)5% to 7%
Operating Margin - Q329.55%

Management tone

Q4 FY2024: data-center step-change and $50B capex reset → Q2 FY2025: clean affirmation, no narrative change → Q3 FY2025: execution accountability and guide compression.

The Charybdis admission is the single most important tone shift across the coverage window. On the Q4 FY2024 call, Charybdis was framed as the de-risking mechanism for CVOW installation; on the Q2 FY2025 release, it warranted no commentary. This quarter Blue opened with "I'm extremely disappointed that Charybdis has again not met expectations. I recognize the importance of executing consistently against any commitment, and we failed to deliver regarding Charybdis." That is a markedly different posture than Dominion's typical confidence-forward earnings cadence and signals the board-level seriousness of the execution lapse.

The CVOW completion language has migrated in three steps. Q4 FY2024: firm end-of-2026 with 50% completion. Q2 FY2025: no update. Q3 FY2025: "No change to our current expectation of project completion by the end of 2026. But given delays with Charybdis, we have significantly reduced the schedule's weather and vessel maintenance contingency, which could push a few of the final turbines into early 2027." The headline completion date is unchanged, but the contingency cushion has been spent — meaning the next adverse event flows straight into a slip.

CFO Steven Ridge's confidence framing has acquired a defensive layer. On Q4 FY2024 the financial plan was presented as the foundation for the 5–7% EPS CAGR. This quarter the language is "I am highly confident in our ability to deliver on our financial plan. We've built our plan to be appropriately, but also not unreasonably conservative to weather unforeseen challenges." The dual emphasis on "appropriately" and "not unreasonably" reads as preemptive cover — cushion exists but is not over-engineered, which is exactly the framing a CFO uses when a narrowed range still requires a Q4 in line with internal targets.

The nuclear SMR program has been deferred five years in the IRP update, with Blue citing first-of-a-kind cost-overrun risk allocation between shareholders and customers as the gating concern. This is a meaningful retreat from the Q4 FY2024 framing where SMR was part of the forward generation mix without timing caveats; the new posture is contingent on cost-overrun backstops that don't yet exist in the regulatory framework.

Recurring themes management leaned on this quarter:

CVOW execution progress with caveats on final turbine timingCharybdis vessel remediation and November clearance targetData center load growth (47 GW pipeline, +17% since Dec 2024) driving sales and transmission needsBalance sheet conservatism maintained with FFO-to-debt at 15%Weather headwind reversal offsetting strong commercial/residential sales growthCapital plan expansion pending with back-end bias toward generation deployment

Risks management surfaced:

Charybdis punch list delays potentially pushing final turbines into early 2027Steel tariff exposure through end of 2026 with further policy changes possibleCost-overrun risk on new nuclear generation impacting shareholder/customer allocationWeather volatility (now a headwind after prior tailwind)PJM network upgrade costs and generator interconnection agreement timing through March 2026

Answers to last quarter's watch list

PJM network upgrade cost finalization (mid-2025) — Management indicated the inaugural PJM network upgrade cost process is expected to conclude by year end, with the subsequent generator interconnection agreement (GIA) finalization with PJM/FERC expected to conclude in March 2026. Network upgrade costs assigned to CVOW came down modestly with no material change expected. Status: On track, GIA finalization extends into Q1 FY2026
Data center pipeline conversion rate — Pipeline disclosed at 47 GW, +17% since December 2024, but Dominion still has not published a pipeline-to-actual-load conversion ratio. The slowing growth rate (vs. the near-doubling from mid-2024 to end-2024) is itself a signal, but the conversion question remains unanswered.
Continue monitoring
Virginia biennial rate case outcome (end of November 2025) — Post-hearing briefs filed; management anticipates a final order by end of November 2025, consistent with the original timeline. No ruling impact yet to underwrite. Status: On track
South Carolina earned-vs-allowed ROE gap — Not addressed in this quarter's disclosures.
Continue monitoring
CVOW 2026 completion milestones — End-of-2026 completion target maintained but with contingency cushion spent; final turbines may slip into early 2027; project costs raised to $11.2B with $50M after-tax tariff charge. Charybdis remediation targeting November clearance.
Resolved negatively

What to watch into next quarter

Charybdis November clearance: management committed to a November clearance target. A miss here makes the early-2027 CVOW turbine slip the base case, not the contingency.

Capital plan refresh on Q4 FY2025 call: the comprehensive capital forecast update through 2030 is scheduled for the Q4 FY2025 call in early 2026. Watch for the magnitude of the upward revision Ridge previewed and whether the new total materially exceeds the prior $50B (2025–2029) baseline.

Q4 operating EPS print needs ≈ $0.66 to hit $3.40 midpoint ($3.40 FY midpoint less $2.74 9M actual). Anything below $0.62 implies the bottom half of the narrowed $3.33–$3.48 range, which would validate the range compression as a soft cut.

Virginia biennial rate case final order (expected end of November 2025): any ROE or rider mechanism constraint would force a capex-plan re-underwrite at the same time the new plan is being refreshed.

PJM GIA finalization (March 2026): the final administrative step to first power on CVOW.

Data center pipeline conversion disclosure: 47 GW contracted is the third consecutive quarter without a stated conversion ratio. The first quantified pipeline-to-load ratio will materially recalibrate Virginia load growth assumptions.

Sources

  1. Dominion Energy Q3 2025 press release / 8-K exhibit (SEC filing): https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/715957/000119312525259408/d-ex99.htm
  2. Dominion Energy Q2 2025 press release (prior quarter baseline): https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/715957/000095017025101108/d-ex99.htm

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