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Will the last one out the door please turn out the lights? Apparently all of CH Energy Group’s (NYSE:CHG) employees are following that advice. The company reported EPS of $0.18 for the third...
There has been quite a bit of data calling for a supply glut in 2009 with oversupply patterns existing in 2010 and beyond.  This seems counterintuitive if you consider the trends toward alternative...
This weekend we made new updates to our favorite list of stocks in the under $10 category.  USEC Inc. (NYSE: USU) is currently our favorite stock under $10.00 in the alternative energy category. ...
Last week, a consortium of ten states in the northeastern US held its initial auction of allowances to emit CO2. The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) has set a cap on carbon emissions of 188...
Reliant Energy Inc. (NYSE: RRI) is looking like a classic example of how things are changing in the credit markets.  The electricity and energy services provider lowered its guidance because of...
For months we have been under the potential disaster scenario where solar tax credits were going to expire and end at the end of 2008.  Despite the calls for energy independence and a move away from...
CenterPoint Energy Inc. (NYSE: CNP) has come out this morning with a filing to show its expected costs for restoring power and from outages in the Houston-Galveston area as a result of Hurricane...
Good news and bad news…. Constellation Energy (NYSE: CEG) has found a buyer.  The bad news is that it is a tentative deal that is for a mere $26.50 per share.  MidAmerican Energy Holdings...
Constellation Energy (NYSE: CEG) may have found a savior.  Its US partner, France-based EDF, is reportedly considering making either a bid or at taking an increased stake.  This is also in the...
Electric utility Exelon (NYSE:EXC) this morning revised guidance for 2008 to a range of $4.15 – $4.30 per share from $4.00 – $4.40 per share. That’s measured on non-GAAP operating earnings; on...
In the past 52-weeks, the stock price of five large coal companies has risen anywhere from 50% to nearly 250%. But that’s still between 27% and 42% below annual highs that the companies reached in...
State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) announced that its State Street Global Advisors unit is launching 10 new SPDR exchange-traded funds, which are supposed to begin trading on the American Stock...
Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: PESI) has been awarded a subcontract through its East Tennessee Materials & Energy Corporation subsidiary for waste management and facility...
OGE Energy Corp. (NYSE: OGE) has filed with the SEC for its Oklahoma Gas and Electric unit to sell up to $700 million in senior notes. The filing says the company may offer from time to time in one...
GCA Acquisition (AMEX:GGA) has received anti-trust clearance related to its proposed $1.3 billion purchase of merchant power generator Complete Energy. Complete Energy owns two natural-gas-fired...