Dominion Energy lands in Norfolk the week its offshore wind farm reaches 75% completion

Dominion Energy flew from Jim Hamilton L.B. Owens Airport in Columbia, South Carolina, to Norfolk International Airport on May 18, a 56-minute hop in its Gulfstream G450, N607D. The trip arrives the same week the company's Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project passes the 75% completion mark, per the company's first-quarter earnings report. The 2.6-gigawatt farm, the largest U.S. offshore wind facility in development, began producing power in March and should be fully operational by June 2027, according to [utilitydive.com](https://www.utilitydive.com/news/dominion-upbeat-on-offshore-wind-as-cost-estimate-eases-sales-rise/819218/).

CEO Robert Blue, who anchored Dominion's Q1 earnings call on May 1, has called the project a priority that will generate an estimated $5 billion in fuel savings over its first ten years. The timing of the Norfolk visit aligns with the intense final push: fabrication and installation of all 176 transition pieces and all three offshore substations are complete, and nine turbines are already generating power, the company reported. The G450 frequently shuttles between Richmond and Columbia, South Carolina, the site of another utility subsidiary, Dominion Energy South Carolina, which has its own rate case hearings this spring.