Ketchum 称合并的好处在于 NextEra 规模更大，可以更低成本采购、建设和融资，从而惠及南卡用户。
他多次强调，合并对南卡罗来纳州电费用户的好处在于，凭借公司规模，NextEra 能以更低成本采购、建设和融资。原文 (en)
He maintained numerous times that the benefit to South Carolina ratepayers for the merger was that NextEra can buy, build and finance at lower costs because of his company's size.
Ketchum 称修订后的弗吉尼亚申报旨在提供即时电费减免，同时保持扩建能源基础设施所需的财务与运营能力。
NextEra Energy 董事长兼 CEO John Ketchum 表示，修订后的申报旨在提供即时的电费减免，同时保留扩建弗吉尼亚能源基础设施所需的财务和运营能力。原文 (en)
NextEra Energy chairman and CEO John Ketchum said the revised filing was designed to provide immediate bill relief while preserving the financial and operating capacity needed to expand Virginia's energy infrastructure.
Ketchum 表示 NextEra 将在已提出的大规模福利方案之外做出更多承诺，认为弗吉尼亚不应在当前电费减负与未来可负担、可靠的电力之间二选一。
我们已经为 Dominion Energy Virginia 的客户、员工和社区提出了一揽子历史性的福利方案，而且我们还会做得更多。弗吉尼亚不应该在眼下的电费减负与未来可负担、可靠的电力之间做选择。原文 (en)
We have already put forward a historic package of benefits for Dominion Energy Virginia customers, workers, and communities, and we are going even further. Virginia should not have to choose between relief on electric bills today and affordable, reliable power tomorrow.
Ketchum为收购Dominion辩护，强调向弗吉尼亚提出的近20亿美元电费抵免是同类交易中最高的。
在我们目前的方案中，提交给弗吉尼亚州SCC的电费抵免接近20亿美元。这是同类交易中迄今为止最多的。原文 (en)
We have almost $2 billion in rate credits in front of the Virginia SCC in our current proposal. That’s by far the most in any transaction of this nature,
Ketchum称NextEra在可再生能源和储能领域的领先地位使合并后的公司最有能力实现弗吉尼亚《清洁经济法》目标。
就清洁能源而言，我们是全球可再生能源领导者，也是全球储能领导者。如果我们做不到，我不知道还有谁能实现《清洁经济法》的目标。原文 (en)
When I look at clean energy, we are the world’s leader in renewables. We are the world’s leader in storage,” Ketchum said. “If we can’t get it done, then I don’t know who can in terms of the Clean Economy Act.
Ketchum表示NextEra将在11月中旬听证会前提交有力的反驳意见回应反对方证词。
我们非常期待11月中旬向委员会陈述此案，并期待回应周一收到的利益相关方证词，我们仍在研究，几周内将提交非常有力的反驳。原文 (en)
Really looking forward to bringing this case forward in front of the commission in mid-November and really looking forward to responding to the intervenor testimony that we saw come in Monday that we are still digesting in a very strong rebuttal that we will file here in a couple weeks,