Category Archives: Utilities

Operators of the idled Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in southwestern Michigan say repairs to a tank that leaked slightly radioactive water into Lake Michigan will take until early summer to complete. The …

Xcel Energy Inc. is asking Colorado regulators to approve a demonstration project that would use forest biomass to generate electricity. David Eves of Xcel’s Public Service Co. of Colorado says the project …

American States Water Co. said Tuesday that its board approved an increase of 5 cents, or 14 percent, to its quarterly cash dividend, boosting it to 40.5 cents. The dividend will be paid on Sept. 3 to …

GreenHunter Energy reported that due to reasons previously disclosed in its SEC filings, the filing of the company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for three months ended March 31, 2013 will be delayed …

NRG Energy hits a new 52-week high.

Electric utilities, usually the least sexy stocks in your portfolio, are facing historic challenges as renewable energy supplies increase.

Ed Day said his main job as president of Mississippi Power Co. was to successfully complete the company’s Kemper County power plant. Now, more than $1 billion in cost overruns at the coal-fired plant have …

The $1.1 billion cost of selling a coal-fired power plant from one FirstEnergy Corp. subsidiary to another is “a reasonable price for protection” against the more expensive option of buying electricity …

Andrew Place once planted 5,500 trees on his 210-acre Greene County farm, adding native hardwoods to expand the habitat of a rare salamander. Place is also the corporate director of energy and environmental …

Mississippi Power Co. is naming Ed Holland as president, replacing Ed Day. The subsidiary of Atlanta-based Southern Co. said Monday that Day is retiring and will be replaced immediately. Northern District …