{"id":1491,"date":"2026-10-27T19:42:34","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T19:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/?post_type=valcv_action&#038;p=1491"},"modified":"2026-10-27T19:42:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T19:42:35","slug":"we-arent-the-big-utilities-piggybank-any-merger-deal-should-put-virginians-first","status":"publish","type":"valcv_action","link":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/actions\/we-arent-the-big-utilities-piggybank-any-merger-deal-should-put-virginians-first\/","title":{"rendered":"We aren\u2019t the Big Utilities\u2019 Piggybank: Any Merger Deal Should put Virginians first!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The proposed $67 billion merger between Florida-based NextEra Energy and Virginia&#8217;s largest electric monopoly, Dominion Energy, would create the biggest electric utility in the world.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And staff at the State Corporation Commission, Virginia&#8217;s utility watchdog, just warned that this superutility more than likely means higher upfront bills for Virginians who are already paying more for their electricity because of Big Tech&#8217;s data center buildout, and will put us on the hook for paying for NextEra&#8217;s dirty dealings in other states without serious safeguards.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>We are not the big utilities&#8217; private piggybank<\/strong>. <strong><em><u>IF<\/u><\/em><\/strong> this merger goes through at all, we need the strongest commitments possible that Virginians&#8217; already high bills will decrease and that our clean energy goals remain in-tact under any new utility structure. Anything short of this is a bad deal for Virginia.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tell Governor Spanberger and your state lawmakers to protect Virginians from a bad deal.<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The proposed $67 billion merger between Florida-based NextEra Energy and Virginia&#8217;s largest electric monopoly, Dominion Energy, would create the biggest electric utility in the world.&nbsp; And staff at the State Corporation Commission, Virginia&#8217;s utility watchdog, just warned that this superutility more than likely means higher upfront bills for Virginians who are already paying more for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-1491","valcv_action","type-valcv_action","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/valcv_action\/1491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/valcv_action"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/valcv_action"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/valcv_action\/1491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1495,"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/valcv_action\/1491\/revisions\/1495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}