NextEra

September 9, 2026

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Google's 25-Year Iowa Deal and 22-Year Fortum Contract Put Power Terms First

August 5, 2026

Kentucky's Paducah project shows the model at scale: a 1.2 GW campus backed by 4.6 GW of dedicated NextEra generation, staged to load, with zero incremental cost to Big Rivers and Jackson Purchase ratepayers.

August 3, 2026

In Kentucky, Brookfield and NextEra are pairing a $100 billion Paducah complex with 2 GW of new gas, contingent on state utility approval and a federal cleanup running to 2065.

July 30, 2026

Brookfield and NextEra are moving on a $100 billion AI campus at the DOE's former Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Kentucky, targeting more than 1.2 GW of compute with up to 2 GW of gas generation, up to 2.6 GW of battery storage, and up to 1.8 GW of utility-delivered capacity by 2032.

July 27, 2026

NextEra posted $3.14 billion Q2 profit, up 55% year-over-year, and confirmed full ownership of Iowa's Duane Arnold nuclear plant to serve Google.

July 25, 2026

Nearly 200 utilities and data center companies have signed the broader version, including American Electric Power, NextEra, Duke, Southern Co., Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Meta, and Oracle.

July 23, 2026

The White House expanded the Ratepayer Protection Pledge to nearly 200 more entities, including NextEra, Duke, Equinix, Digital Realty, and seven governors, tripling its scope.

May 19, 2026

NextEra's $66.8 billion all-stock acquisition of Dominion Energy creates the world's largest regulated utility, with 110 GW of generation, a 130 GW large-load pipeline, and direct control of the grid serving Northern Virginia's Data Center Alley.

May 18, 2026

Separately, NextEra is reportedly in talks to acquire Dominion Energy for roughly $66 billion, consolidating generation and transmission to chase anchor-tenant contracts.

May 10, 2026

Compare that to NextEra, which is tracking 21 GW of large-load interest at FPL with 12 GW in advanced negotiations and gas-fired projects in Pennsylvania and Texas approaching 10 GW, anchored by a Google Cloud partnership announced last December.

April 17, 2026

In Pennsylvania, NextEra's 107-mile transmission line petition reveals a different friction point: zero permanent local jobs post-construction undercuts public benefit claims for infrastructure serving Virginia data centers.

April 15, 2026

Duke Energy leads at $103 billion, followed by NextEra at $94 billion and Southern Company at $81 billion.