The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved plant designs for two new nuclear power plants in the Southeast US.
Utility Stocks
Utility stocks are the ultimate investment for risk-averse investors seeking to create passive income streams via reliable dividends. Utility stocks can be an essential component of your portfolio as they will not only keep your income steady during dangerous economic times, they are usually the first to soar out of recessionary times.
The Utility Stocks archive below includes the latest commentary and analysis on the most important developments affecting the essential services sectors, including water, communications, energy, and other key infrastructure industries. Find out which utility stocks are poised to benefit from ongoing developments in the utility sector and which to avoid.
Be sure to also check out our free report, Dividend Blacklist: 6 Utility Stocks You Should Sell Today to find out if your dividend is in danger.
It’s not official, but there’s no reasonable expectation for any kind of meaningful action as long as politicians are lining up for November 2012. Until then it’s de facto government shutodown time.
Entergy Corp (NYSE: ETR) and ITC Holdings (NYSE: ITC) have executed a deal to merger their high-voltage electricity transmission operations.
TRC Capital would tell you that what they’re doing is entirely within the rules. But that doesn’t make it right.
Utility stocks are attracting more and more attention amid this latest market meltdown. As a group they’ve reduced leverage and cut risk. The best way to find long-term wealth builders, however, is to zero in on company-level numbers.
The ability to ride out and recover from a major storm is a function of good management, healthy regulatory relations and adequate access to capital.
Natural gas will be a critical part of the answer to this question. A lot depends upon how state and federal regulators treat “fracking,” which has literally unlocked more than a century’s worth of homegrown fuel.
It’s coming, but not now. Despite this week’s hype, there’s still plenty of wealth to be generated by commodity investments.
Achieving scale is the goal of all essential-service companies. Here’s how the latest round of mergers among utility stocks is likely to play out.
Companies have to get bigger. Regulators have to meddle. Friction creates heat.
