❌

Normal view

Received — 31 May 2026 ⏭

How NextEra Energy Wielded Political Power in Florida

✇NYT - Energy & Environment
By: Ivan Penn
29 May 2026 at 21:29
NextEra, which is seeking to buy Dominion Energy, has often butted heads with consumer groups, residents and journalists in its home state.

© Ulysse Bellier/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

A Dominion Energy power plant near Davis, W.Va. NextEra Energy’s political activities are expected to be scrutinized as it seeks approval of its purchase of Dominion.

A Clean Energy PAC Helped Beat Chip Roy, and Now It Has New Targets

✇NYT - Energy & Environment
By: Lisa Friedman
29 May 2026 at 20:47
A PAC representing wind and solar energy interests spent $1.1 million to boost the Republican primary opponent of Chip Roy, an opponent of renewables. Now they are trying to save a Republican ally in Iowa.

© Michael A. McCoy for The New York Times

A group of renewable energy investors paid for this projection on the side of the Energy Department building in Washington gloating over Representative Chip Roy’s defeat in a Republican primary for Texas attorney general.
❌