Clean Virginia: NextEra’s utility takeover attempts, alleged political moves relevant to merger case

By: Shannon Heckt

Outlets: Virginia Mercury

Published: September 23, 2026

Words: 768

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago

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Clean Virginia, a clean energy policy advocacy group and an intervenor in the Dominion Energy-NextEra Energy merger case, told the State Corporation Commission in a Tuesday hearing that NextEra’s past political ties and attempts to acquire utilities deserve scrutiny in regulators’ review of the proposed $67 billion merger.

Ahead of the evidentiary hearings beginning later this year, involved parties are working through the discovery portion of the merger case, as …

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