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Asset Retirement Obligations (Tables) | Nov. 18, 2019
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Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract] |
Changes to Asset Retirement Obligations | The changes to AROs during 2017 and 2018 were as follows:
|  | Amount |
(millions) |  |  |
Dominion Energy |  |  |  |
AROs at December 31, 2016 |  | $ | 2,485 |
Obligations incurred during the period |  |  | 37 |
Obligations settled during the period |  |  | (214 | )
Revisions in estimated cash flows |  |  | 7 |
Accretion |  |  | 117 |
AROs at December 31, 2017 (1) |  | $ | 2,432 |
Obligations incurred during the period |  |  | 20 |
Obligations settled during the period |  |  | (159 | )
Revisions in estimated cash flows (2) |  |  | 120 |
Accretion |  |  | 119 |
AROs at December 31, 2018 (1) |  | $ | 2,532 |
Virginia Power |  |  |  |
AROs at December 31, 2016 |  | $ | 1,443 |
Obligations incurred during the period |  |  | 11 |
Obligations settled during the period |  |  | (152 | )
Revisions in estimated cash flows |  |  | (1 | )
Accretion |  |  | 64 |
AROs at December 31, 2017 |  | $ | 1,365 |
Obligations incurred during the period |  |  | 14 |
Obligations settled during the period |  |  | (119 | )
Revisions in estimated cash flows (2) |  |  | 120 |
Accretion |  |  | 65 |
AROs at December 31, 2018 |  | $ | 1,445 |
Dominion Energy Gas |  |  |  |
AROs at December 31, 2016 |  | $ | 83 |
Obligations incurred during the period |  |  | 1 |
Obligations settled during the period |  |  | (4 | )
Accretion |  |  | 5 |
AROs at December 31, 2017 (3) |  | $ | 85 |
Obligations incurred during the period |  |  | 3 |
Obligations settled during the period |  |  | (6 | )
Accretion |  |  | 6 |
AROs at December 31, 2018 (3) |  | $ | 88 |
(1) | Includes $263 million and $282 million reported in other current liabilities at December 31, 2017, and 2018, respectively.
(2) | Reflects future ash pond and landfill closure costs at certain utility generation facilities. See Note 22 for further information.
(3) | Includes $76 million and $74 million reported in other deferred credits and other liabilities, with the remainder recorded in other current liabilities, at December 31, 2017 and 2018, respectively.

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