Dominion Energy flies home to Richmond as merger and rate debates intensify

Dominion Energy flew from Fairfield County, South Carolina, to Richmond International Airport on June 10, a 44-minute hop aboard its Gulfstream G450. The return to headquarters came at the close of a business day that had taken the utility’s team to South Carolina, where Dominion operates as Virginia Power.

The same week, Virginia’s State Corporation Commission is studying whether to rebate proceeds from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative to ratepayers, as Dominion separately seeks approval to recover $1.18 billion in RGGI allowance costs — a move that would raise the average residential bill by about $13 a month, per Cardinal News. Meanwhile, the proposed $67 billion acquisition of Dominion Energy by NextEra Energy faces scrutiny from state and federal regulators, with the Virginia Energy Commission hearing expert testimony this week on whether the deal transfers effective control of a monopoly to an out-of-state owner, as reported by Blue Virginia.

The flight pattern suggests the utility’s senior leadership, including CEO Bob Blue, has been shuttling between Richmond and the Carolinas as regulatory and legislative pressure builds. A day earlier, the same aircraft flew from New Jersey, likely reflecting the cross-state travel needed to manage the merger review and cost-recovery proceedings playing out across three state capitals.