Dominion Energy's aircraft lands in Charlottesville ahead of merger hearings

Dominion Energy's Gulfstream G450 (N607D) was tracked departing its home base at Richmond International Airport at 19:04 UTC on June 25, 2026, and arriving 48 minutes later at Charlottesville Albemarle Airport. The short hop, cruising at just 7,900 feet, is a quiet hop between two Virginia towns.

If Dominion Energy representatives were on board, they would have landed the same week the Virginia State Corporation Commission begins its formal 180-day review of the proposed $67 billion NextEra Energy acquisition, as covered by VPM.org. The merger application is expected to be filed this month or next, and lawmakers on the Energy Commission of Virginia have already heard testimony from Dominion President Ed Baine — timed alongside public hearings questioning ratepayer protections, job guarantees, and nextEra's track record in Florida.

This is not an unusual route for Dominion Energy's flight department. The aircraft has shuttled between Virginia hubs and regional airports like Charlottesville multiple times over the past week, suggesting continued domestic travel tied to regulatory business — a pattern that fits the company's quiet, legal-adjacent movements during a transformative merger review.