Overview
- New Jersey's Mikie Sherrill won with just over 56% and says she will declare a state of emergency on utility costs on day one and freeze residential rates, adding that utilities have agreed to negotiate.
- Virginia's Abigail Spanberger won with just over 57% and is advancing an Affordable Virginia Plan centered on expanding offshore wind and incentivizing rooftop and community solar paired with battery storage.
- Spanberger also backs nuclear, geothermal, fusion and hydrogen and says data centers should cover their grid costs, while Dominion disputes consumer subsidization and is seeking higher profit-driven rate increases.
- Electricity prices rose about 21% in New Jersey and about 6.7% in Virginia over the past year, sharpening concerns over affordability and grid reliability highlighted in both campaigns.
- Georgia voters elected Peter Hubbard and Alicia Johnson to the Public Service Commission, unseating incumbents who had approved six rate hikes over two years.