Dominion Energy details planning for NextEra merger
Dominion Energy and NextEra Energy describe internal steps supporting their proposed business combination.
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Dominion Energy and NextEra Energy describe internal steps supporting their proposed business combination. They note that on July 15 regulatory applications were filed, formally starting the approval process and allowing more detailed planning for how the two organizations could be combined if approvals are obtained.
The companies have created an integration management office, co-led on the NextEra side by Armando Pimentel and Mike DeBock and on the Dominion side by Gina Elbert and Keith Windle, with additional leadership from Larry Silverstein and Lee Katz. A steering committee of senior executives from both companies will oversee this planning. Until closing, the companies emphasize they remain separate businesses and restrict integration-related discussions to approved teams. Extensive forward‑looking statement, risk and proxy‑solicitation disclosures explain that the merger is subject to shareholder and regulatory approvals and may not close.
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This communication does not itself offer securities or solicit shareholder approval; it directs investors to the preliminary registration statement and a future definitive joint proxy statement/prospectus, leaving the proposed combination in its approval-dependent stage.
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Filed by: Dominion Energy, Inc.
pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act of 1933
and deemed filed pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Subject Company: Dominion Energy, Inc.
Commission File No.: 001-08489
Joint Email to Employees from Robert M. Blue and John W. Ketchum
To Dominion Energy and NextEra Energy employees,
Since announcing the proposed combination of NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy, we know many of you have been asking an important question: Why are we pursuing this merger and what does this mean for me? The answer is rooted in our commitment to customers and our belief that both companies can be stronger together. As electricity demand continues to grow, combining our complementary strengths better positions us to serve customers more efficiently and affordably over the long term while reliably meeting that demand. Importantly, this combination is about growth, and growth means opportunities for employees of the combined company across a larger, faster-growing enterprise with more ways to grow than ever before.
On July 15, we took an important step forward by filing regulatory applications and officially starting the approval process. This milestone allows both companies to start thoughtfully planning how we would bring our organizations together, ensuring a smooth transition for employees, customers and communities if the transaction is approved.
With this in mind, we have formed an integration management office (IMO) to lead the integration planning process. We are pleased to announce that Armando Pimentel, NextEra Energy vice chairman, and Mike DeBock, NextEra Energy Resources vice president, origination, are taking on the added responsibility of co-leading integration planning for NextEra Energy. Larry Silverstein, president, commodities, trading and commercial services, will lead integration planning for all the functional teams. They will work closely with Gina Elbert, Dominion Energy senior vice president and chief legal and human resources officer, and Keith Windle, senior vice president, project construction, who will co-lead integration planning for Dominion Energy. Lee Katz, Dominion Energy vice president, strategic risk and transition services, will support alignment among the IMO, functional and operational teams.
Together, these leaders will guide the integration planning process supported by designated team members from across both companies who will be asked to support specific workstreams representing key operational and functional areas.
A steering committee made up of executive leadership from both companies will provide oversight to the IMO and help ensure integration planning remains aligned with the transaction strategy, legal and regulatory requirements and business priorities.
As we take this next step, we know there is excitement and curiosity about what a combined future could look like. Until this transaction closes, we remain two separate and independent businesses. While there will be opportunities for collaboration through approved integration planning, employees at both companies should not initiate integration-related discussions with one another unless they are part of an approved integration team. Following this approach helps protect the integrity of the process and ensures both companies continue to meet their legal and regulatory obligations.
You have our commitment that we will keep you informed as this work progresses and as key milestones are reached. Information will also be available on each company’s designated internal channels on a regular cadence, where employees can find updates and answers to frequently asked questions and submit questions. Dominion Energy Employees can find information and FAQs here or submit anonymous questions here.
Thank you for your continued focus and for the work you do to serve our respective customers every single day.
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| Bob Blue Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer Dominion Energy |
John Ketchum Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer NextEra Energy Inc. |
Forward-Looking Statements
This communication includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical fact included or incorporated by reference in this communication, including, among other things, statements regarding the proposed business combination transaction between NextEra Energy, Inc., a Florida Corporation (“NextEra Energy”), and Dominion Energy, Inc., a Virginia Corporation (“Dominion Energy”), and future events, plans and anticipated results of operations, business strategies, the anticipated benefits of the proposed transactions, the anticipated impact of the proposed transactions on the combined company’s business and future financial and operating results, the anticipated closing date for the proposed transactions and other aspects of NextEra Energy’s or Dominion Energy’s operations or operating results, are forward-looking statements. Words and phrases such as “ambition,” “anticipate,”
“estimate,” “believe,” “budget,” “continue,” “could,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “seek,” “should,” “will,” “would,” “expect,” “objective,” “projection,” “forecast,” “goal,” “guidance,” “outlook,” “effort,” “target,” the negative of such terms or other variations thereof and words and terms of similar substance used in connection with any discussion of future plans, actions or events can be used to identify forward-looking statements. Where, in any forward-looking statement, NextEra Energy or Dominion Energy expresses an expectation or belief as to future results, such expectation or belief is expressed in good faith and believed to be reasonable at the time such forward-looking statement is made. Any forward-looking statement is not a guarantee of future performance, outcomes or results and is subject to numerous risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are beyond NextEra Energy’s or Dominion Energy’s control, that could cause actual performance, outcomes or results to differ materially from what is expressed or implied in the forward-looking statement.
These factors include a failure by NextEra Energy to successfully integrate Dominion Energy’s businesses and technologies, which may result in the combined company not operating as effectively and efficiently as expected; the risk that the expected benefits of the proposed transactions may not be fully realized or may take longer to realize than expected; each party’s ability to obtain the approval of its shareholders required to consummate the proposed transactions and the timing of the closing of the proposed transactions, including the risk that the conditions to closing are not satisfied on a timely basis or at all or the failure of the transactions to close for any other reason or to close on the anticipated terms, including with the anticipated tax treatment; the risk that any governmental or regulatory approval, consent or authorization that may be required for the proposed transactions is not obtained, is delayed or is obtained subject to conditions that are not anticipated or that cause the termination of the merger agreement and abandonment of the transactions; the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the merger agreement by either party; the risk that certain provisions in the merger agreement or the pendency of the transactions may impact either party’s ability to pursue certain business opportunities or strategic transactions; unanticipated difficulties, liabilities or expenditures relating to the transactions, including the impact of potential litigation relating to the transactions; the effect of the announcement, pendency or completion of the proposed transactions on the parties’ business relationships and business operations generally, including the parties’ relationship with regulators, suppliers, vendors and customers; the effect of the announcement or pendency of the proposed transactions on the parties’ common stock prices and uncertainty as to the long-term value of either party’s common stock; risks that the proposed transactions disrupt either party’s current plans and operations, including due to the diversion of the attention of management from ordinary course business operations, and potential difficulties in hiring or retaining employees as a result of the proposed transactions; any rating agency actions; and the impact of the announcement or pendency of the proposed transactions on either party’s ability to access capital, including the short- and long-term debt markets, on a timely and affordable basis; general worldwide economic conditions and related uncertainties; the effect and timing of changes in laws or in governmental regulations (including environmental); fluctuations in trading prices of securities of NextEra Energy and in the financial results of NextEra Energy or Dominion Energy; and the timing and extent of changes in interest rates, commodity prices and demand and market prices for electricity or gas. The preliminary joint proxy statement/prospectus included in the registration statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-297351) filed by NextEra Energy with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on July 9, 2026 (available at https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/753308/000110465926082301/tm2614888-13_s4.htm) (“Registration Statement”), describes additional risks relating to the proposed transactions and combined company. While the list of factors presented here and the list of factors presented in the Registration Statement are considered representative, no such list should be considered to be a complete statement of all potential risks and uncertainties. For additional information about other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements, please refer to NextEra Energy’s and Dominion Energy’s respective periodic reports and other filings with the SEC, including the risk factors contained in NextEra Energy’s and Dominion Energy’s most recently filed Annual Reports on Form 10-K and subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.
Any forward-looking statements included in this communication represent current expectations and are inherently uncertain and are made only as of the date hereof (or, if applicable, the dates indicated in such statement). Except as required by law, neither NextEra Energy nor Dominion Energy undertakes or assumes any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information or to reflect subsequent events or circumstances or otherwise.
No Offer or Solicitation
This communication is not intended to and shall not constitute an offer to buy or sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy or sell any securities, or a solicitation of any vote or approval, nor shall there be any sale, issuance or transfer of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. No offering of securities shall be made, except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Additional Information about the Transactions and Where to Find It
In connection with the proposed transactions, NextEra Energy filed with the SEC the Registration Statement, which includes a preliminary joint proxy statement of NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy that also constitutes a preliminary prospectus of NextEra Energy. Each of NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy intends to file with the SEC a definitive joint proxy statement/prospectus. Each of NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy may also file other relevant documents with the SEC regarding the proposed transactions. This communication is not a substitute for the Registration Statement or the definitive joint proxy statement/prospectus or any other document that NextEra Energy or Dominion Energy may file with the SEC. The definitive joint proxy statement/prospectus (if and when available) will be mailed to shareholders of NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT, DEFINITIVE JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS, AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS THAT MAY BE FILED WITH THE SEC, AS WELL AS ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS TO THOSE DOCUMENTS, CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY IF AND WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN OR WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT NEXTERA ENERGY, DOMINION ENERGY, THE PROPOSED TRANSACTIONS AND RELATED MATTERS.
Investors and security holders are able to obtain free copies of the Registration Statement, including the preliminary joint proxy statement/prospectus, and will be able to obtain free copies of the definitive joint proxy statement/prospectus (if and when available) and other documents containing important information about NextEra Energy, Dominion Energy and the proposed transactions, once such documents are filed with the SEC through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. Copies of the documents filed with the SEC by NextEra Energy are available free of charge on NextEra Energy’s website at http://www.investor.nexteraenergy.com/ or by contacting NextEra Energy’s Investor Relations Department by email at investors@nexteraenergy.com or by phone at (800) 222-4511. Copies of the documents filed with the SEC by Dominion Energy are available free of charge on Dominion Energy’s website at http://investors.dominionenergy.com or by contacting Dominion Energy’s Investor Relations Department by email at investor.relations@dominionenergy.com or by phone at (804) 819-2438.
Participants in the Solicitation
NextEra Energy, Dominion Energy and certain of their respective directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies in respect of the proposed transactions. Information about the directors and executive officers of NextEra Energy, including a description of their direct or indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, is set forth in (i) NextEra Energy’s proxy statement for its 2026 annual meeting of shareholders, which was filed with the SEC on April 1, 2026, including under the headings “Proposal 1: Election as directors of the nominees specified in this proxy statement,” “Director Compensation,” “Executive Compensation,” and “Common Stock Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” (ii) NextEra Energy’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, which was filed with the SEC on February 13, 2026, including under the heading “Item 1. Business—Information About Our Executive Officers” and (iii) to the extent certain holdings of NextEra Energy securities by its directors or executive officers have changed since the amounts set forth in NextEra Energy’s proxy statement for its 2026 annual meeting of shareholders, such changes have been or will be reflected on Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 3, Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership on Form 4, or Annual Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 5, filed with the SEC.
Information about the directors and executive officers of Dominion Energy, including a description of their direct or indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, is set forth in (i) Dominion Energy’s proxy statement for its 2026 annual meeting of shareholders, which was filed with the SEC on March 19, 2026, including under the headings “Item 1: Election of Directors – Director Nominees,” “Compensation of Non-Employee Directors,” “Executive Compensation” and “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management,” (ii) Dominion Energy’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, which was filed with the SEC on February 23, 2026, including under the heading “Information about our Executive Officers,” and (iii) to the extent certain holdings of Dominion Energy securities by its directors or executive officers have changed since the amounts set forth in Dominion Energy’s proxy statement for its 2026 annual meeting of shareholders, such changes have been or will be reflected on Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 3, Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership on Form 4 or Annual Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 5, filed with the SEC.
Other information regarding the participants in the proxy solicitations and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be contained in the definitive joint proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant materials to be filed with the SEC regarding the proposed transactions when such materials become available. Investors should read the definitive joint proxy statement/prospectus carefully when it becomes available before making any voting or investment decisions. Copies of the documents filed with the SEC by NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy are available free of charge through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. Additionally, copies of documents filed with the SEC by NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy are available free of charge through the sources indicated above.