 Water and sewer services are provided by the City 's Department of Utilities . Virginia Beach receives its electricity from Dominion Virginia Power which has local sources including the Chesapeake Energy Center ( a gas power plant ) , coal @-@ fired plants in Chesapeake and Southampton County , and the Surry Nuclear Power Plant . Norfolk headquartered Virginia Natural Gas , a subsidiary of AGL Resources , distributes natural gas to the City from storage plants in James City County and Chesapeake . 
