NextEra Energy Drops Renewable Label With Registrations for Up to 56 GW of Wind and Solar
NextEra Energy has cut back or removed clean energy language across its public messaging since President Donald Trump returned to office, Inside Climate News reported. The company still plans a major wind and solar buildout.
Regulatory filings show the same retreat. Last year, NextEra Energy stopped calling itself a renewable energy company in submissions to regulators, according to the outlet.
The company's Real Zero pledge, announced in 2022, committed NextEra Energy to eliminating most emissions by 2045.
Inside Climate News describes NextEra Energy as the world's largest publicly traded electricity company. Its subsidiary Florida Power & Light serves more than 6 million customers.
The construction pipeline stayed intact. NextEra Energy expects to add 40 to 56 gigawatts of wind and solar generation by 2032, the outlet reported.
A merger with Virginia's Dominion Energy is also in play. Inside Climate News reported the combination would create what it called a megacompany that would dominate the U.S. energy market. Any deal on that scale returns the company to the regulators it stopped addressing in renewable terms.
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