Virginia’s $67B Dominion-NextEra Merger Faces Rate Freeze Demands, Staff Rejection Call Ahead of Nov. 17 Hearing

Virginia’s State Corporation Commission (SCC) is set to scrutinize NextEra Energy’s proposed roughly $67 billion all-stock acquisition of Dominion Energy in an evidentiary hearing beginning November 17, with a decision deadline in mid-January 2027. The deal, announced in May 2026, would create one of the largest regulated U.S. electric utilities, serving about 10 million customer […]

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South Korea Investment in U.S. includes eight huge nuclear power plants for Ohio, Tennessee, South Carolnia and Kentucky

South Korea’s planned U.S. investment package includes a framework for eight large nuclear reactors, with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick naming Ohio, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Kentucky as expected host states. The September 30, 2026 White House announcement is real, but it is a commercial framework tied to last year’s tariff deal—not a zero-cost gift fully […]

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Rare Metals Prices Surge

  Daily Standup Top Stories OPEC+ Close to Delaying Oil Supply Increase, Delegates Say September 4, 2024 Stu Turley Group had scheduled October production boost of 180,000 b/d Rethink comes after downbeat economic data from China, US OPEC+ is close to agreement on delaying a planned increase in oil production after prices plunged amid fragile […] Facts & […]

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