In downtown Richmond outside the State Corporation Commission, dozens of protestors shouted their opposition to the NextEra-Dominion Energy merger, as public testimony in the case proceeded inside the SCC courtroom.
Some demonstrators held aloft effigies of the three SCC commissioners, while others gave speeches outlining their concerns about the deal, saying it would create a monopoly and urging commissioners to reject the $67 billion proposal.
“This is trickle up capitalism. And we are seeing people suffer,” said Rev. Daniel Ray Wilson outside the SCC doors. “While people get richer, they do things that they don’t even need to be doing, like buy islands, or dump millions upon millions into flying cars.”…