Deal Timeline

Plotted by close date where disclosed, otherwise announcement. Select any marker to jump to the deal entry.

The Rationale That Repeats.

Three patterns show up across NEXTERA ENERGY's deal book — what the team buys, how it pays, and how it integrates. The patterns are the throughline; the deals below are the evidence.

01
Acquisition criteria
Bolt-on regulated franchises around the Florida core.
NextEra's clearest completed M&A is buying rate-regulated utilities adjacent to Florida Power & Light: Florida City Gas (~$530M) and Gulf Power closed out of the ~$6.475 billion all-cash Southern Company package. Management framed these as 'attractive electric and natural-gas franchises' that complement existing Florida operations and were expected to be immediately accretive to earnings.
Dominion EnergyGulf Power Company, Florida City Gas and Oleander/Stanton gas plants (from Southern Company)Florida City Gas (entity owning FCG, from NUI Corporation / Southern Company Gas)Oncor Electric Delivery (via reorganized Energy Future Holdings / EFIH)Hawaiian Electric Industries
02
Capital deployment
Big regulated-utility merger bids that regulators blocked.
The Constellation Energy merger of equals (2005), the Hawaiian Electric acquisition (2014) and the ~$18.7 billion Oncor / Energy Future Holdings bid (2016) were all announced as transformational, and all three were abandoned — Constellation by mutual termination in 2006, Hawaiian Electric and Oncor after state utility commissions rejected them. The pattern shows NextEra repeatedly reaching for large regulated platforms but facing acute regulatory and political execution risk.
Dominion EnergyGulf Power Company, Florida City Gas and Oleander/Stanton gas plants (from Southern Company)Florida City Gas (entity owning FCG, from NUI Corporation / Southern Company Gas)Oncor Electric Delivery (via reorganized Energy Future Holdings / EFIH)Hawaiian Electric Industries
03
Integration approach
All-stock structures for scale, cash for tuck-ins.
The largest combinations — Constellation, Hawaiian Electric and the 2026 Dominion Energy deal — were structured as stock-for-stock exchanges keyed to fixed ratios (1.444x, 0.2413x and 0.8138x respectively), preserving balance-sheet capacity, while the franchise tuck-ins (Florida City Gas, Gulf Power) were all-cash. Across the deals management consistently cited scale-driven capital, operating and financing efficiencies as the rationale.
Dominion EnergyGulf Power Company, Florida City Gas and Oleander/Stanton gas plants (from Southern Company)Florida City Gas (entity owning FCG, from NUI Corporation / Southern Company Gas)Oncor Electric Delivery (via reorganized Energy Future Holdings / EFIH)Hawaiian Electric Industries

The Full Deal Book

6 acquisitions. Each entry carries the deal value, financing structure, target revenue, executive commentary, and the original SEC filing — the evidence behind the patterns above.

01 Dominion Energy, Inc. · Richmond, Virginia (serving Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina) Not disclosed
Announced May 2026 Closed May 2026 all stock
regulated electric distribution and transmissionregulated natural gasoffshore windgeneration development across the Southeast and mid-Atlantic

NextEra agreed to combine with Dominion Energy, the Virginia-based regulated utility serving customers in Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina, in a two-step merger (Merger Sub Corp into Dominion, then the survivor into LLC Sub). The companies described the combination as creating the world's largest regulated electric utility business by market capitalization, with a combined rate base of about $138 billion expected to grow ~11% through 2032 and operations more than 80% regulated. All-stock; fixed exchange ratio of 0.8138 NextEra shares per Dominion share — NextEra/Dominion holders to own ~74.5%/25.5% of the combined company.

Why it was attractive
  • Adds a large
  • growing regulated rate base in four of the fastest-growing U.S. states and an offshore-wind platform
  • lifting combined operations to more than 80% regulated
This is a historic moment for our two companies and for the states we are privileged to serve. Electricity demand is rising faster than it has in decades. Projects are getting larger and more complex. Customers need affordable and reliable power now, not years from now. We are bringing NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy together because scale matters more than ever — not for the sake of size, but because scale translates into capital and operating efficiencies.John Ketchum — Chairman, President and CEO, NextEra Energy
The Dominion Energy name isn't changing, nor is how we operate locally, serve our customers or engage with the community. The same leaders and the same teams customers know and trust will continue serving Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina.Robert Blue — Chair, President and CEO, Dominion Energy
02 Gulf Power Company, Florida City Gas and Oleander/Stanton gas plants (from Southern Company) · Florida (Gulf Power — northwest Florida panhandle; Florida City Gas — south Florida) $6.475B
Announced May 2018 Closed May 2018 all cash
regulated electric distribution in the Florida panhandleregulated natural-gas distribution in south Floridagas-fired generation

NextEra entered into definitive agreements with Southern Company to acquire Gulf Power (a regulated electric utility serving northwest Florida), Florida City Gas (a regulated natural-gas distributor), and Southern's ownership interests in the Oleander and Stanton natural-gas generating plants in Florida. The company described the deals as complementing its existing Florida operations. approximately $6.475 billion, including assumption of approximately $1.4 billion of Gulf Power debt.

Why it was attractive
  • Attractive regulated electric and gas franchises adjacent to NextEra's Florida Power & Light footprint
  • with scope for NextEra's operating model to improve cost and reliability
We are pleased to have reached definitive agreements with Southern Company to acquire Gulf Power and Florida City Gas, along with Southern Company's Oleander and Stanton facilities.Jim Robo — Chairman and CEO, NextEra Energy
03 Florida City Gas (entity owning FCG, from NUI Corporation / Southern Company Gas) · South Florida $530M
Announced May 2018 Closed Jul 2018 all cash
regulated natural-gas distribution in south Florida

NextEra completed the acquisition of the outstanding common shares of the entity that owns Florida City Gas under a stock purchase agreement with NUI Corporation and Southern Company Gas, affiliates of The Southern Company, for approximately $530 million in cash. Florida City Gas is a regulated natural-gas distribution utility in south Florida.

Why it was attractive
  • Adds a regulated gas distribution franchise adjacent to NextEra's Florida utility footprint at a defined cash price
On July 29, 2018, NextEra Energy, Inc. completed the previously announced acquisition of the outstanding common shares of the entity that owns Florida City Gas (FCG) under a stock purchase agreement with NUI Corporation and Southern Company Gas, affiliates of The Southern Company, for approximately $530 million in cash.NextEra Energy — Form 8-K (Item 2.01), filed July 30, 2018
04 Oncor Electric Delivery (via reorganized Energy Future Holdings / EFIH) · Texas (Oncor service territory) $9.496B
Announced Jul 2016 Closed Jul 2016 combination
regulated electric transmission and distribution across Texas (Oncor)

NextEra agreed to acquire 100% of the equity of reorganized Energy Future Holdings (EFH) and Energy Future Intermediate Holding Company (EFIH) — the indirect owner of about 80.03% of Oncor Electric Delivery Company, the largest regulated electric distribution and transmission system in Texas — as part of EFH's Chapter 11 plan of reorganization. NextEra later raised its commitment to acquire additional minority Oncor interests (see Texas Transmission Holdings). The deal was ultimately rejected by the Public Utility Commission of Texas in 2017 and abandoned. approximately $9.496 billion of NextEra-funded consideration (primarily cash, balance in NEE stock) for the ~80.03% indirect interest; transaction enterprise value reported around $18.7 billion.

Why it was attractive
  • Oncor is the largest regulated electric T&D system in Texas — a large
  • stable
  • rate-regulated asset base
  • acquiring it out of bankruptcy offered a path to certainty of value for creditors
We are pleased by today's bankruptcy court ruling and view it as an important next step in the process to acquire Oncor.Jim Robo — Chairman and CEO, NextEra Energy
05 Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. · Hawaii (Oahu, Maui, Hawaii Island) Not disclosed
Announced Dec 2014 Closed Dec 2014 all stock
regulated electric utility operations across the Hawaiian islands

NextEra entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with Hawaiian Electric Industries (HEI), the parent of Hawaii's largest electric utilities serving Oahu, Maui and Hawaii Island. Before the merger, HEI would distribute its American Savings Bank subsidiary to HEI shareholders (the Bank Spin-Off); in the merger each HEI share would convert into 0.2413 NEE shares. The deal was rejected by the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission in 2016 and terminated. All-stock; each HEI share to convert into 0.2413 shares of NEE common stock, preceded by a spin-off of HEI's American Savings Bank to HEI shareholders.

Why it was attractive
  • HEI's regulated Hawaiian electric utilities offered an isolated
  • high-renewable-penetration grid where NextEra's renewable and operating expertise was positioned as a fit
06 Constellation Energy Group, Inc. · Baltimore, Maryland (Constellation; Baltimore Gas and Electric service territory) $28B
Announced Dec 2005 Closed Dec 2005 all stock
regulated electric utilities (Florida Power & LightBaltimore Gas and Electric) plus competitive/merchant generation and energy marketing

FPL Group (NextEra's predecessor) entered into an agreement and plan of merger with Constellation Energy Group and Constellation's subsidiary CF Merger Corporation to create what the companies described as the nation's largest competitive energy supplier and second-largest electric utility portfolio, a combined company with about $28 billion market capitalization, $27 billion in annual revenues and $57 billion in total assets, to be named Constellation Energy. FPL Group and Constellation terminated the merger in October 2006. Stock-for-stock merger of equals; combined company market capitalization of approximately $28 billion; each Constellation share to convert to 1.444 shares and each FPL share to 1 share of the combined Constellation Energy.

Why it was attractive
  • Constellation paired a regulated utility (BGE) with one of the largest competitive/merchant energy businesses
  • complementing FPL Group's regulated Florida utility and growing merchant fleet
It brings together two strong, successful industry leaders with extensive and complementary assets and skill sets, combining the best of the regulated utility and competitive energy sectors.Lewis Hay III — Chairman, President and CEO, FPL Group

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