Take it from a Floridian: You don’t want NextEra in South Carolina

By: Ennis Jacobs

Outlets: South Carolina Daily Gazette

Published: October 14, 2026

Words: 801

Last Updated: 3 days, 20 hours ago

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South Carolinians already know what it costs when a utility bets your money on something that never gets built.

You paid for it. You are still paying for it.

That spectacle should shape how South Carolina considers NextEra Energy’s $67 billion offer to buy Dominion Energy — a deal that would create the largest regulated electric utility in the world and put South Carolina inside it.

I am a native Floridian. I …

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