Dominion Energy will pay a quarterly dividend of 66.75 cents a share on Dec. 20 to shareholders of record at the close of business Dec. 4, the Richmond, Virginia, company said in an Oct. 27 announcement. The payment is the 395th consecutive dividend paid by Dominion Energy or its predecessor. The amount matches the 66.75 cents declared July 28 for payment Sept. 20.
For someone holding 1,000 shares, the Dec. 20 payment is $667.50. Four payments at this rate come to $2.67 a share a year, a figure the announcement does not give. The bigger question for shareholders is what happens to the check once Dominion’s pending merger with NextEra Energy closes…