Loudoun Residents Speak Out on Dominion Merger During SCC Hearing
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Residents from across Northern Virginia, including in Loudoun, gathered at the Fairfax County Government Center on Oct. 9 to testify in a case before the State Corporation Commission by Dominion Energy and NextEra Energy that would see the utilities merging in a $67 billion deal. Loudoun residents on Friday night made their way to Fairfax County to testify in a State Corporation Commission public hearing considering a merger request by Dominion Energy and NextEra Energy. The companies announced the plans to merge in March and submitted their application with the SCC on July 15. The proposal must also be approved by the SCC's counterparts in North and South Carolina and the Federal Regulatory Commission. A public hearing will be held in Richmond in November, but residents and community organizations called for the SCC to hold local public hearings as well and the SCC scheduled one in Newport News on Oct. 7 and one in Fairfax County on Oct. 9. The judges did not attend the hearings. The program was presided over by Chief Hearing Examiner D. Mathias Roussy Jr. Speakers at Friday night's hearing arrived from across Northern Virginia including Loudoun. Concerns centered on the impact the merger would have on residential ratepayers. Max Hill lives in Ashburn near the string of data centers known as Data Center Alley and said he works with community centers across the region to...
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