Dominion Energy now projects Virginia power bills will jump from $180 to $258 a month by 2036.
This comes as they are now lobbying to merge with NextEra.
Swamp Watch / Topics / Virginia
TopicVirginia
In Virginia, the State Corporation Commission regulates utilities, and its judges are elected by the General Assembly. Our Virginia receipts follow Dominion Energy's political spending and the proposed $67 billion NextEra takeover that the commission must approve or reject.
Virginia campaign finance reports are published by the Virginia Department of Elections, and utility filings are public on the State Corporation Commission's docket.
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Dominion Energy wants its shareholders to keep all $12.5 billion of NextEra's takeover premium.
Virginia customers, whose power bills built that value, get none of it.
NextEra agreed to a $150 million settlement over its alleged political misconduct in Florida.
Now it wants to take over Virginia's Dominion Energy.
Dominion Energy wants to more than double its gas power, mostly to serve data centers.
Virginia customers would pay for the plants and the fuel.
A 150-page memo on NextEra's alleged political misconduct is sealed in its Dominion deal.
Only select people can read it, in person, with no notes allowed.
The Virginia SCC chair ruling on NextEra's $67B Dominion merger is a former NextEra lawyer.
She says she sees no reason to recuse herself.
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NextEra Energy just got EXPOSED for donating millions to Trump's ballroom.
They are currently seeking approval for a $67B merger.
Dominion Energy funneled over $6 million into Virginia politics this year while chasing their $67B merger.
Virginia lawmakers appoint the regulators who will approve or deny it.
