AG Jones released a statement following NextEra Energy’s filing of a merger application with the State Corporation Commission.

“Last night, NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy filed a merger application with the State Corporation Commission. The Commission now has 180 days to consider this merger. This proposal will undoubtedly impact Dominion Energy’s existing 2.7 million Virginia ratepayers’ and the Commonwealth’s economy as a whole. It would also potentially create the largest regulated energy utility in the world. The eyes of the nation are truly upon Virginia. The Virginia code charges my office with the responsibility to represent you, the ratepayer, in front of the State Corporation Commission as they consider cases that impact the interests of consumers, including this merger…” -AG Jones