Dominion Energy returns to Richmond the week it reports offshore wind progress

Dominion Energy flew from Richmond to Richmond on May 15, 2026 — a brief, low-altitude hop that appears to be a local positioning flight or maintenance check, landing just minutes before its listed departure time. The trip comes the same week the company is touting progress on the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project, which is now 75% complete and delivered first power in March, per Dominion's first-quarter earnings call on May 1 [utilitydive.com](https://www.utilitydive.com/news/dominion-upbeat-on-offshore-wind-as-cost-estimate-eases-sales-rise/819218/).

CEO Robert Blue told analysts the 2.6-GW wind farm could generate $5 billion in fuel savings over its first decade, while the company also flagged a new Virginia law requiring 20 GW of energy storage by 2040 [rtowww.com](https://rtowww.com/131545-dominion-reports-cvow-progress-talks-new-offtake-deal/). The flight pattern over the past week shows Dominion Energy's Gulfstream G450 shuttling between Richmond and Columbia, South Carolina (KCAE), consistent with regular visits to its regulated utility operations in the Carolinas.

With a $65 billion capital plan through 2030 and a proposed multi-billion-dollar gas plant in Cumberland County, Virginia, Dominion Energy's aviation movements track a utility in the middle of an aggressive buildout. This particular flight, however, appears to be a non-event — a short repositioning that never left the airport's immediate vicinity.