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John Ketchum

President, CEO & Chairman, Nextera

Search every verified John Ketchum interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. John Ketchum, President, CEO, and Chairman of NextEra, appeared at a White House event on September 30, 2026, where President Donald Trump announced energy investments. During the event, Ketchum praised the administration's support for energy dominance, stating that NextEra is spending a billion dollars a week to finance and build energy infrastructure. He credited the administration's leadership for enabling the announcement, which he described as an example of its accomplishments. Ketchum also participated in a discussion about energy projects, including a pipeline in Alaska expected to take three years to complete, followed by liquefied natural gas exports roughly two years later. He noted that the project would deliver low-cost gas to Alaska and help lower gasoline prices, while also addressing diesel supply issues linked to disruptions in Russia.

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“We have about 30 AI factories—these data center hubs—in our portfolio that we're already bringing forward, 3 to 5 gigawatt facilities. My goal, I'm pushing the team, is to get to 40 by the end of the year because that's really where the answer is going to lie, which is being able to bring power generation to bear at scale.”

“There's been some very valuable research done—for example, Lawrence Berkeley National Labs has done some work that said, if you look up to date, states with data centers have actually seen electricity prices growing more slowly than those without data centers.”

“We're expecting roughly $2 billion a year on average through 2032 for equity needs, and our dividend policy will go from about 10% to 6% through 2028.”

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