Dominion Energy flies to London the week of landmark NextEra merger talks

Dominion Energy flew from a seaplane base off Long Island to London Stansted on June 6, a 106-minute hop in a Gulfstream G450 that landed just before midnight. The jet, N607D, is the company's primary corporate transport and typically departs from Richmond International, where Dominion Energy is headquartered.

The trip arrives the same week Dominion Energy's proposed $67 billion all-stock acquisition by NextEra Energy is under intensifying regulatory scrutiny, per a June 3 report from WHRO's Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism. The deal, announced May 18, would create the world's largest regulated electric utility, but lawmakers in Virginia — including U.S. Rep. Suhas Subramanyam — have already called for strong scrutiny of how the merger will affect energy bills, as covered by ARLnow on May 27. The presence of a Dominion Energy aircraft in London suggests executive-level discussions with international financiers, regulators, or offshore wind partners, all integral to the combined company's future.

The flight follows a series of recent legs from Richmond to Florida and Texas, including a May 28 trip to North Palm Beach County and a May 27 departure from Richmond to Dallas. The London stop breaks that domestic pattern, signaling that the business of closing the largest utility merger in American history has gone transatlantic.