Dominion Energy (D): The 50GW AI power surge & measuring customer anger [Q1 2026]

Dominion Energy’s Q1 2026 reveals a utility caught between an explosive 50-gigawatt data center pipeline and the intense capital pressure of overhauling the grid. In ~10 minutes:• Scaling to build an offshore wind turbine every two days.• A new Virginia law mandating 20GW of massive battery storage.• Deploying AI to track customer sentiment around high power bills.• Tapping the equity ATM to fund heavy infrastructure capital needs.• Dodging unproven small-nuclear tech to protect the balance sheet.Dominion is racing to overhaul the regional power grid to meet unprecedented hyperscaler demand, but utility-led clean infrastructure comes at a high price. To protect its credit rating while building an $11.4B offshore wind farm, management is executing at breakneck speed—and explicitly stepping back from small modular nuclear risk. Dominion Energy (D) | Q1 FY2026AI-assisted production. Feedback/ticker requests: https://x.com/EarnUnscripted.