Can NextEra-Dominion Merger Solve the Virginia Energy Challenges that the 2026 General Assembly Just Made Worse?
5/19/2026 — Assuming Dominion Energy Virginia is indeed absorbed into an expanded NextEra Energy, the more things change the more they may stay the same. The average consumer might see no real difference in their service or their cost. This step was probably inevitable. Credit (or blame) the massive electricity demand growth facing Virginia, especially in the Dominion […]
Assembly and Spanberger Made Zero Progress on Virginia’s Worsening Energy Challenges
5/18/2026 — In advance of the 2025 election, the Jefferson Forum outlined in this June commentary the energy challenges facing Virginia. New Governor Abigail Spanberger (D) and the General Assembly have now concluded work on the 2026 energy legislation and Virginia has made zero progress – and may be losing ground. Ignore the political posturing coming from Capitol Hill […]
Governor Spanberger Must Veto or Admit She’s Not in Charge
This session, the General Assembly sent over 1,000 bills to Governor Spanberger for her signature. She signed 852 into law, vetoed 8 and proposed amendments to 180. Even though some of her amendments were little more than window dressing (see article on Paid Family and Medical Leave) and a few were substantive, the General Assembly […]
Spanberger Proposes Radical Rewrite on Energy Regulation, Challenging Leaders of Her Own Party and Dominion
Governor Abigail Spanberger (D) has proposed that the General Assembly return to the misguided practice of dictating by law a utility profit margin, overturning a bipartisan reform approved just three years ago. It is no different than her effort to end the bipartisan reforms against political gerrymandering and again put politicians in charge of that. A profit cap on Dominion Energy Virginia is one of […]