Dominion Energy flies to London the week of its merger with NextEra Energy

Dominion Energy flew from Hummel Seaplane Base in New Jersey to London Stansted Airport on June 6, a 110-minute hop in its Gulfstream G450, N607D. The same week, the company’s proposed merger with NextEra Energy—announced May 18—is moving toward state and federal regulatory review, per the SEC filing covering the all-stock transaction. London is a hub for energy finance and regulatory law, suggesting meetings with advisers or investors ahead of the joint investor presentation referenced in the merger materials.

The NextEra-Dominion combination, which would create the world’s largest regulated electric utility, requires approvals from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and commissions in North Carolina and South Carolina, per the SEC filing. The trip to London may also relate to international investor outreach; the combined company would serve about 10 million customer accounts across four states. Dominion Energy’s aircraft typically shuttles between Richmond, Charlotte, and other domestic hubs, so a transatlantic leg is a departure from its usual pattern, per Celebplanes flight history.

The aircraft spent just under two hours at Stansted before departing for an unknown destination. Whatever the agenda, the flight lands Dominion Energy’s leadership in a city that handles the capital flows behind the biggest utility merger in North America.