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Electricity generator Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC) this morning reported EPS of $1.08 on revenue of $4.77 billion. Analysts’ estimates averaged EPS of $1.14 and revenue of $4.62 billion. Non-GAAP...
Because there is no real established exchange for buying and selling uranium, the workings of the uranium mining business is pretty much as mysterious to most of us as the nuclear reaction itself....
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) and FPL Group Inc. (NYSE: FPL) are all over the media today about an event with the Miami, Florida, mayor  for energy...
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) has signed a deal with a division of Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) to build a 48-megawatt photovoltaic power plant that expands an existing 10-megawatt plant near Boulder...
Xcel Energy Inc. (NYSE:XEL) plans to build a 17-megawatt photovoltaic solar power plant in Colorado using cells from SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ:SPWR-A). The plant is expected to be completed by the...
NRG Energy Inc. (NYSE:NRG) has sent a long letter to shareholders counseling them not to vote for the new slate of directors being proposed by Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC).  NRG notes that the...
The US Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission have granted NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NRG) early termination of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act waiting period related to NRG’s proposed...
NiSource Inc. (NYSE:NI) looks to be tendering some of its debt.  The company announced a tender offer after yesterday’s close for up to $300 million of its 7.875% Notes due 2010. That’s not so...
American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) has done a dual dig on itself after the close, and it was on top of a bad market day.  The company has just lowered earnings guidance and its cap-ex guidance,...
NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NRG) has sent a letter to Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC) calling on Exelon to withdraw is proposal to expand NRG’s board and to “pack” the board with Exelon picks at the...
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) will build a 30 megawatt solar PV plant in northeastern New Mexico to supply power to a wholesaler that serves nearly 1.5 million customers in four Western states. The...
Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC) has filed its preliminary proxy statement for the 2009 annual meeting of NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG). NRG still hasn’t scheduled the meeting, but Delaware law...
The CEO and Chairman of NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NRG) have sent a letter to stockholders pointing out the weaknesses in the buyout offer from Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC). Earlier this month, Exelon...
DTE Energy (NYSE: DTE) has filed proposals with the Michigan Public Service Commission over plans to significantly increase the amount of  renewable energy generated in the state.  The company is...
The offer from NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NRG) to buy the retail business of Reliant Energy Inc. (NYSE:RRI) for $287.5 million has now drawn some attention from Fitch Ratings. As one might expect, the...