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Spanberger demands rate freeze as condition of Dominion-NextEra merger
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Gov. Abigail Spanberger is urging regulators to reject the proposed $67 billion merger of Dominion Energy and NextEra Energy unless the companies freeze residential electricity rates in Virginia for six years and triple their proposed bill credit.
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Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger won’t support NextEra Energy Inc.’s $67 billion takeover of Dominion Energy Inc. without a six-year freeze on residential power rates and a tripling of bill credits.
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger has called for Dominion Energy and NextEra Energy to impose a six-year freeze on electricity rates while tripling monthly customer bill credits as conditions for any merger.
Virginia’s Governor is demanding more from the company that wants to acquire Dominion Energy, potentially creating the largest electric utility in the world. The new demands from Gov. Abigail Spanberger are coming as state staff are recommending that regulators axe the $67 billion merger proposal al…
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger wants a six-year rate freeze in the Dominion-NextEra merger, while the companies tout $2.1 billion in customer benefits.
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) is pushing for a six-year pause on electricity rate hikes in the commonwealth as part of a merger between NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy. Spanberger on Monday filed expert testimony with the State Corporation Commission (SCC), urging it to reject the proposed…
Gov. Abigail Spanberger is urging regulators to reject the proposed $67 billion merger of Dominion Energy and NextEra Energy unless the companies freeze residential electricity rates in Virginia for six years and triple their proposed bill credit.
