Dominion Energy flies from Palm Beach to Washington amid merger scrutiny

Dominion Energy flew its Gulfstream G450 (N607D) from Palm Beach International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport on June 16, a 1-hour-56-minute hop that landed in the early afternoon. The Richmond-based utility’s home field is nearby, but the departure point is notable: Palm Beach is the backyard of NextEra Energy, the Florida-based suitor in a proposed $67 billion all-stock takeover.

The same week, Virginia’s State Corporation Commission released a list of detailed questions about the merger, asking NextEra and Dominion to explain how the deal would affect rates, service reliability, and customer costs. Regulators have 180 days to rule once the application is filed, expected as soon as early July, per coverage from VPM and the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Dominion CEO Bob Blue has defended the deal as a way to scale up investment while offering $2.25 billion in customer credits, but energy watchdogs and lawmakers are urging caution.

The flight from Juno Beach to Dulles—rather than straight to Richmond—suggests Dominion executives may have been meeting with federal regulators or D.C. officials ahead of the merger reviews. The company’s recent flight patterns show a busy June: a trip to the Bahamas area on June 15, flights between South Carolina and Richmond, and a New York area departure on June 6, underscoring the utility’s coast-to-coast lobbying and operational schedule as the NextEra deal moves toward a critical regulatory phase.