City Council

Council Chamber, 2nd Floor - City Hall

Agenda — 20 items

1. 1 Council Members Present
2. 2 Chamber Emergency Evacuation Plan Announcement and Public Speaker Guidelines
3. 2 The Honorable Cynthia Newbille, President The Honorable Katherine Jordan, Vice President The Honorable Andrew Breton The Honorable Kenya Gibson The Honorable Nicole Jones
4. 3 Paper(s) for Consideration
5. 3 Absent
6. 1. To approve of the City’s participation as Respondent in the Commonwealth of Virginia State Corporation Commission Case No. PUR-2026-00112, Joint Petition of Dominion Energy, Inc., Virginia Electric and Power Company, OSW Project LLC, WG Development Corp., CS HoldCo, LLC, and NextEra Energy, Inc. for approval of a disposition and acquisition of control of a public utility pursuant to Chapter 5 of Title 56 of the Code of Virginia. RES. 2026-R034 adopted
7. 4 The Honorable Sarah Abubaker The Honorable Stephanie Lynch The Honorable Ellen Robertson The Honorable Reva Trammell
8. 5 Adjournment
9. 5 Call to Order
10. 6 Council President Cynthia Newbille called the meeting to order at 2:02 p.m. and presided.
11. 8 Upon the President’s request, Deputy City Clerk Kiley Kesecker provided information on the appropriate way to evacuate the Council Chamber in the event of an emergency along with public speaker guidelines.
12. 10 The following resolution was considered:
13. 12 President Cynthia Newbille introduced the resolution and stated that the city has an absolute interest in the outcome of the proposed Dominion and NextEra merger, as it would create the world's largest regulated electric utility and one of its headquarters will be located in Richmond.
14. 13 Public Hearing
15. 14 There were no public hearing speakers.
16. 15 Councilor Kenya Gibson stated that the proposed merger would bring on major affordability issues which would be disastrous for the average Virginian. She added that the Governor and the State Corporation Commission should stop the merger from happening.
17. 16 Vice President Katherine Jordan expressed concerns with how the merger would affect the over 5,000 Dominion employees in the region, and noted the impact people can have when they speak up.
18. 17 President Newbille reiterated the importance of the city having the opportunity to monitor proceedings that will have such a large impact.
19. 18 There was no further discussion and RES. 2026-R034 was adopted: Ayes 5, Breton, Gibson, Jones, Jordan, Newbille. Noes 0. Abubaker, Robertson, Lynch, and Trammell were absent.
20. 20 There being no further business before Council, the meeting adjourned at 2:10 p.m.

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