Virginians shared their feelings on the proposed merger between Dominion Energy and Florida-based NextEra at a State Corporation Commission public hearing Thursday. Some were opposed, but many were in support of the deal that would create the largest energy company in the world.
“Do your duty state commission! Stop Dominion acquisition!” chanted faith leaders and activists outside Virginia’s State Corporation Commission in downtown Richmond.
Rabbi Ellen Jaffe-Gill from Tidewater Chavurah in Virginia Beach told the crowd she feared the merger would lead to increasing costs on ratepayers who are already overburdened…