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File No._333-____________________

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Dominion Resources, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Virginia
54-1229715
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
 Identification No.)
 
 
120 Tredegar Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219
(804) 819-2000
(Address of registrant's principal executive offices, including zip code)

Dominion Energy New England Union Savings Plan
(Full Title of Plan)

Carter M. Reid, Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative & Compliance Officer
 and Corporate Secretary
Karen W. Doggett, Assistant Corporate Secretary
Dominion Resources, Inc.
120 Tredegar Street,
Richmond, Virginia 23219
(804) 819-2000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent of service)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer                                                                                     Accelerated filer
Non-accelerated filer                                                                                     Smaller reporting company
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 
 
Title of each class of Securities to be Registered (1)
 
Amount to be Registered
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share (2)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock (without par value)
140,000 shares
$71.47
$10,005,800
$1,162.68

(1)
In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 457, these prices are estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and are based upon the average of the high and low sales prices of the Registrant's Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on May 1, 2015.

 
 
 


 
EXPLANATORY NOTE
 
 
This Registration Statement relates to an earlier filing for an employee benefit plan, Dominion Energy New England Union Savings Plan (the “Plan”) and increases the number of shares of common stock, without par value, authorized and reserved for issuance thereunder by 140,000 shares.  Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Registrant’s Form S-8 Registration Statements Nos. 333-130566, 333-156027 and 333-189580, are incorporated herein by reference except as amended hereby.
 
 
PART II
 
 
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
 
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The following documents filed by Dominion Resources, Inc. (Dominion) with the Securities and Exchange Commission are incorporated herein by reference (other than any portions of the document not deemed to be filed) and made a part hereof: (i) Dominion’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014, (ii) Dominion’s Quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2015, (iii) Dominion’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 23, 2015, (iv) Dominion’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 6, 2015 and  (v) the description of the Dominion’s Common Stock in Dominion’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed June 25, 2013.
 
In addition, all documents filed by Dominion pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, after the date of the Prospectus and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing such documents.
 

 

 
 
 

 
Item 8. Exhibits:
 
Exhibits

5
Opinion of Mark O. Webb, Esquire, Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Risk Officer of Dominion Resources, Inc. (filed herewith).
 
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP (filed herewith).
23.2
Consent of Mark O. Webb, Esquire (included in Exhibit 5).
24
Powers of Attorney (included in signature page of the Form S-8 and incorporated by reference).
 
 
Item 9. Undertakings.
 
 
 
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
 
 
 
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
 
 
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
 
 
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and
 
 
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material change to such information in this registration statement;
 
 
PROVIDED, however, that paragraphs a(1)(i) and a(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)) that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
 
 
 
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
 
 
 
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of this offering.
 
 
 
(b) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
 
 
 
(c) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
 


 
 
 

SIGNATURES

 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8, and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Richmond, the Commonwealth of Virginia, on the 7th day of May, 2015.


 
DOMINION RESOURCES, INC.
   
By:
             /s/ Thomas F. Farrell II                
 
Thomas F. Farrell II, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer



POWER OF ATTORNEY

The officers and directors whose signatures appear below hereby constitute Carter M. Reid, Karen W. Doggett, or Mark O. Webb, any of whom may act, as their true and lawful attorneys-in fact, with full power to sign on their behalf individually and in each capacity stated below and file all amendments and post-effective amendments to the registration statement making such changes in the registration statement as the registrant deems appropriate, and generally to do all things in their name and in their capacities as officers and directors to enable the registrant to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 7th day of May, 2015.

Signature
  
Title
     
     /s/ Thomas F. Farrell II      
  
Chairman, President
Thomas F. Farrell II
  
     and Chief Executive Officer
     
         /s/ William P. Barr          
  
Director
William P. Barr
    
     
         /s/ Helen E. Dragas          
  
Director
Helen E. Dragas
    
     
        /s/ James O. Ellis, Jr.       
  
Director
James O. Ellis, Jr.
    
     
           /s/ John W. Harris           
  
Director
John W. Harris
    
     
          /s/ Mark J. Kington         
  
Director
Mark J. Kington
    

        /s/ Pamela J. Royal          
  
Director
Pamela J. Royal
    
     
    /s/ Robert H. Spilman, Jr.    
  
Director
Robert H. Spilman, Jr.
    
     
   /s/ Michael E. Szymanczyk   
  
Director
Michael E. Szymanczyk
    
     
        /s/ David A. Wollard         
  
Director
David A. Wollard
    
     
      /s/ Mark F. McGettrick       
  
Executive Vice President and
Mark F. McGettrick
  
   Chief Financial Officer
     
       /s/ Michele L. Cardiff          
Michele L. Cardiff
  
Vice President, Controller and Chief
   Accounting Officer



 
 
 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Chair of the Administrative Benefits Committee for the Dominion Energy New England Union Savings Plan have duly caused this registration statement to be signed on the Plan’s behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Richmond, the Commonwealth of Virginia on the 7th day of May, 2015.


 
Dominion Energy New England Union Savings Plan
   
By:
          /s/ Carter M. Reid          
Name:
            Carter M. Reid            
 
Title:
Chair, Administrative Benefits Committee