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Booming AI Demand Creates Need for Scale

Deal would create largest regulated US utility, serving 10 million customers as AI-driven demand for power surges

The biggest deal in utility history landed today, Monday, May 18. Financial Times and Bloomberg both reported over the May 15-16 weekend that NextEra Energy (NEE) is in advanced talks to acquire Dominion Energy (D) in a mostly stock-based deal worth roughly $400 billion in equity, with an ...

The deal would combine two of the largest U.S. utilities into an East Coast energy titan with territory in Florida, the Carolinas and Virginia.

Shares in Dominion Energy (D) are up roughly 10% after its bigger rival NextEra announced a deal to acquire it in a mostly stock deal valued at roughly $67 billion. NextEra Energy (NEE) shares are sliding about 5%.

Florida-headquartered NextEra Energy, one of the largest U.S. power utilities, is set to buy Virginia-based Dominion Energy in an all-stock deal valued at about $67 billion.

NextEra Energy has agreed to acquire Dominion Energy in an all-stock transaction that will create the world’s largest regulated electric utility business at a time when power demand is surging. The combined business, which will operate under the NextEra name, will serve 10 million utility customer accounts across Florida, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina, and own 110 gigawatts of power generation “across a broad mix of energy sources.” Dominion shareholders will receive 0.8138 shares of NextEra stock for each share of Dominion.

Dominion Energy Inc (NYSE:D) shares jumped more than 11% in premarket trading on Monday following reports that NextEra Energy Inc (NYSE:NEE) is in discussions to acquire the utility company in a deal valued at roughly $66 billion. NextEra reportedly preparing mostly stock-based offerAccording to a Bloomberg report published Sunday, NextEra is considering a transaction that would value Dominion shares at approximately $76 each.

Florida utility NextEra Energy is said to be in talks to acquire northern neighbor, Virginia-based Dominion Energy in a move that could add momentum to NextEra’s efforts to capitalize on the data center energy boom. Shares of Dominion and NextEra closed down about 2.4% and 2%, respectively, on Friday, amid a broad market sell off. NextEra, with a market value of just under $195 billion, is one of the largest power producers in the U.S. It consists of a regulated utility that serves 6 million customers in Florida, and an unregulated unit that is focused on renewable energy, including solar and wind power.

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Dominion Energy, Inc. (NYSE:D) is one of the utility stocks riding the 2026 “Reliability Shock.” The latest relevant development came on May 1, 2026, when Dominion Energy, Inc. (NYSE:D) beat Wall Street’s first-quarter profit estimates as higher power demand in Virginia lifted results. Reuters reported that Dominion’s Virginia segment adjusted operating earnings rose 19.4% to […]

CEO Robert Blue said the 2.6-GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind farm, which began producing some electricity in March, should be fully operational by 2027 and generate approximately $5 billion in fuel savings over 10 years. The utility’s fuel and other energy-related costs jumped 67% in Q1.

Dominion Energy (D) is back in focus after Q1 2026 results showed revenue of US$5.02b and operating earnings of US$0.95 per share, beating estimates while management reaffirmed full year guidance. See our latest analysis for Dominion Energy. The Q1 beat and reaffirmed guidance come after a steady 90 day share price return of 6.51% and a 1 year total shareholder return of 21.64%. This suggests momentum has been building as projects like Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind progress and policy...