Dominion promotes Baine to EVP of utility operations

Richmond-based Fortune 500 utility Dominion Energy on Tuesday announced several changes to its leadership.

Dominion Energy Virginia President Edward H. “Ed” Baine is being promoted to executive vice president of utility operations for Dominion Energy, while also retaining his current role and title overseeing operations in Virginia. The promotion will take effect on July 1.

Baine was promoted to president of Dominion Energy Virginia in 2020. Since January, he has led utility operations for Dominion Energy Virginia and Dominion Energy South Carolina, together serving more than 4 million customer accounts.

Baine will continue reporting to Dominion Energy Chair, President and CEO Robert Blue, who described Baine in a statement as a “valued leader. His promotion reflects that strong leadership and his unwavering commitment to safety and reliability, and to the company’s various stakeholders.”

Baine first started out at Dominion as an intern while still a student at Virginia Tech. He joined the utility full-time in 1995 as an associate engineer after earning a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering. Over the past three decades, he has held numerous engineering, operational and management positions.

Dominion also announced that Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer Michele L. Cardiff will retire on Oct. 1. Cardiff, who has been with the company since 1996 and in her current position since 2020, is responsible for Dominion Energy’s accounting and tax functions.

Gary G. Ratliff will succeed Cardiff, reporting to Steven D. Ridge, executive vice president and chief financial officer.

“Michele is a talented CAO who has demonstrated candor and transparency in our accounting practices and filings for nearly three decades,” Blue said in a statement. “We’ll miss her unique abilities and keen intellect. At the same time, Gary brings to the role high quality leadership, dedication to our core values and mission, technical mastery across a variety of accounting roles, and a strategic mindset.

Ratliff joined Dominion Energy in 2008 as a lead accountant and has managed accounting for Dominion Energy’s unregulated natural gas and electric businesses, corporate accounting and fixed asset accounting. Ratliff was promoted to controller in early 2024 and to vice president of accounting on April 1.

Headquartered in Richmond, Dominion Energy provides regulated electricity service to 3.6 million homes and businesses in Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina, and regulated natural gas service to 500,000 customers in South Carolina.