Energy 2024: EDWARD ‘ED’ H. BAINE

Raised on a Lunenburg County tobacco farm, Baine attended Virginia Tech, earning an electrical engineering degree. Starting out as an associate engineer, Baine has worked for Fortune 500 utility Dominion Energy for nearly 30 years.

Baine became president of Dominion Energy Virginia in 2020, responsible for all facets of a vertically integrated electric utility serving roughly 2.8 million customers across Virginia and northeastern North Carolina. He also oversees Dominion’s $9.8 billion Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind farm under construction off the coast of Virginia Beach; in February, an agreement was announced to sell a 50% stake in the project to investment firm Stonepeak for nearly $3 billion. In July, Dominion Energy Virginia declared plans to create CVOW-South by acquiring a 40,000-acre offshore wind lease off North Carolina’s Outer Banks for $160 million from Avangrid.

Baine is a board member for the Dominion Energy Credit Union, ChamberRVA, Venture Richmond and the Southeastern Electric Exchange. Last year, he was inducted into the Black Engineer of the Year (BEYA) Hall of Fame and the Virginia Tech Academy of Engineering Excellence. He is rector of Virginia Tech’s board of visitors and a member of the American Revolution 250 Commission.