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State coalition urges FERC to reject NextEra-Dominion merger

NextEra Energy and Dominion EnergySeptember 29, 2026Connecticut Attorney General

Summary

Connecticut and Massachusetts co-led a coalition protest urging FERC to reject the proposed NextEra Energy-Dominion Energy merger. The coalition argued that the merger could increase market power and threaten energy affordability, reliability, and competition; the release does not report a final enforcement decision or penalty.

Contract Impact

This release concerns energy-sector merger opposition, not a privacy enforcement action, so it does not identify privacy clauses requiring changes. In energy supply, generation, and infrastructure agreements, review change-of-control and assignment clauses, merger or regulatory approval conditions, termination rights, and service-continuity and reliability commitments; check price adjustment and pass-through provisions for exposure to market changes. Privacy-related vendor, customer, and employee terms are not addressed by this action.

Contract Search Terms

change-of-control clausemerger notification obligationassignment consentregulatory approval conditioncompetition and antitrust complianceservice continuity obligationcritical infrastructure reliabilityprice adjustment and pass-through terms

Violation Types

Entity Details

Entity

NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy

Industry

Other

Multistate Coalition

Massachusetts Attorney GeneralMaine Attorney GeneralRhode Island Attorney GeneralNew Hampshire Office of the Consumer AdvocateMaine Office of the Public AdvocateRhode Island Division of Public Utilities and CarriersConnecticut Office of Consumer CounselConnecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

Official Sources

Source Evidence

Entity Name
"proposed merger between NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy"
Event Type
"Attorney General William Tong today co-led a coalition of state attorneys general and ratepayer advocates"
Violation Types
"The proposed merger is not in the public interest and poses significant threats to energy affordability, reliability, and competition"
Document Urls
"https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/ag/press_releases/2026/final-state-parties-protest-ec26131-nextera-dominion-merger.pdf?rev=2e168e45a339433e8a7eee846b3a9204&hash=25F3086DC645C55356DAE934DFFD60D2"

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