Summary of DOMINION RESOURCES INC /VA/

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On November 25, 2008, Dominion Resources, Inc. (the Company) entered into an underwriting agreement (the Series D Senior Notes Underwriting Agreement) with Barclays Capital Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., as Representatives for the underwriters named in the Series D Senior Notes Underwriting Agreement, for the sale of $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company's 2008 Series D 8.875% Senior Notes due 2019. Such Senior Notes, which are designated the 2008 Series D 8.875% Senior Notes due 2019, are Senior Debt Securities that were registered by the Company pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 under Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which registration statement became effective on February 13, 2006 (File No. 333-131810). A copy of the Series D Senior Notes Underwriting Agreement, including exhibits thereto, is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Form 8-K.

The form of the Thirty-Eighth Supplemental and Amending Indenture to the Company's June 1, 2000 Senior Indenture, pursuant to which the 2008 Series D 8.875% Senior Notes due 2019 will be issued and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas will be named as Series Trustee, is filed as Exhibit 4.2 to this Form 8-K.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibits
1.1           Underwriting Agreement, dated November 25, 2008, between the Company
              and Barclays Capital Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., as
              Representatives for the underwriters named in the Underwriting
              Agreement relating to the 2008 Series D 8.875% Senior Notes due
              2019.*

4.1           Form of Senior Indenture, dated June 1, 2000, between the Company and
              The Bank of New York Mellon (successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
              (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank)), as Trustee (Exhibit 4
              (iii), Form S-3, Registration Statement, File No. 333-93187,
              incorporated by reference).

4.2           Form of Thirty-Eighth Supplemental and Amending Indenture to the
              Senior Indenture among the Company, The Bank of New York Mellon
              (successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (formerly known as The Chase
              Manhattan Bank)), as Original Trustee and Deutsche Bank Trust Company
              Americas, as Series Trustee, pursuant to which the 2008 Series D
              8.875% Senior Notes due 2019 will be issued and Deutsche Bank Trust
              Company Americas will be named as Series Trustee. The form of the
              2008 Series D 8.875% Senior Notes due 2019 is included as Exhibit A
              to the form of the Thirty-Eighth Supplemental and Amending
              Indenture.*

5.1           Opinion of McGuireWoods LLP.*

* Filed herewith.