Dominion Energy Inc. Executive Chairman Thomas F. Farrell II, 66, died on Friday after battling cancer. 

Thomas Farrell

Tom, as he was known to family, friends and employees, was chairman, president and CEO of Dominion from 2007-2020. He had joined the Richmond, VA-based company in 1995 as general counsel after serving in private practice for 15 years. 

Farrell was tapped as president and COO of Dominion in 2004. In 2006, he became CEO, and one year later, the board elected him chairman. 

Farrell had served as executive chairman until last Thursday, when he retired.

“Tom was a peerless mentor and outstanding leader who sought to find innovative solutions to challenges at Dominion Energy, in the utility industry and in the community he called home,” said CEO Robert M. Blue, who joined...