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The Motley Fool August 15, 2011 Neha Chamaria |
FirstEnergy Looks Energetic Costs crunch the utility's second-quarter profits, but its future looks brighter.  |
The Motley Fool July 20, 2010 Dave Mock |
A Big Upgrade for FirstEnergy After spending much of the past six months at a middle-of-the-road three-star rank, FirstEnergy has impressed enough top-performing members of our 165,000-strong Motley Fool CAPS community to once again be touching the four-star level.  |
The Motley Fool December 14, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Has FirstEnergy Become the Perfect Stock? A solid dividend near 5% that has grown steadily in recent years could be all you can ask for from FirstEnergy.  |
The Motley Fool July 12, 2005 Matt Thurmond |
Utilities That Pay YOU Electric utilities are some of the highest dividend payers in the market.  |
The Motley Fool August 30, 2010 Jordan DiPietro |
How Safe Are Northeast Utilities' Dividends? Check out how Northeast Utilities stacks up against other companies.  |
The Motley Fool September 28, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Has National Grid Become the Perfect Stock? Finding companies that have all the right stuff can produce winners.  |
The Motley Fool January 22, 2010 Toby Shute |
The Smart Grid Means More Than Meters Reliability is also key to improving our electric infrastructure.  |
The Motley Fool October 3, 2011 Robert Eberhard |
Don't Fear the Megalopolis An examination of utilities that serve the urban region along the east coast.  |
CIO June 1, 2004 |
P.S. on the Blackout: Mind Your IT A power company in northern Ohio called FirstEnergy missed signs that there were potential problems in its portion of North America's electrical grid. A report that followed the incident made a note for power companies to mind their network infrastructures.  |
InternetNews March 24, 2010 |
IBM Smart Grid Push Aims for Power Efficiency In a team-up with eMeter, IBM plans to help public utilities improve their power usage and efficiency.  |
IndustryWeek November 1, 2008 |
Capital Budgets for IT Hit the Wall For 2008 the top IT spending is on improving service level performance.  |
The Motley Fool December 28, 2011 Brian Stoffel |
Empire District Picked Itself Up off the Canvas in 2011 A tornado wreaked havoc on a utility provider operating in Kansas, Oklahoma and -- most notably this year -- Missouri.  |
The Motley Fool April 13, 2010 Selena Maranjian |
When Dividend Cuts Are Good News They could signal your next value investing opportunity.  |
Financial Advisor November 2011 Marla Brill |
Powering Up Utility stocks are a lower-risk way to achieve incremental returns, says manager Mario Gabelli of the Gabelli Utilities Fund.  |
The Motley Fool June 17, 2010 Matt Koppenheffer |
Are Power Stocks a Buy? Utilities stocks have trounced the S&P index during the second quarter. Should you be a buyer?  |
The Motley Fool July 16, 2010 Eric Dutram |
Three Utility ETFs Worth a Look Here are three lesser known ETFs that offer unique exposure to the utility sector and may have slipped below many investors' radar screens.  |
BusinessWeek January 12, 2004 |
Power: Keep The Candles Handy -- And Light A Few For the power sector, 2003 will be remembered as the year the lights went out. To avoid another blackout like the one that darkened big chunks of Canada and the U.S. in August, the industry will work harder this year.  |
National Defense April 2014 Stew Magnuson |
Report Ponders What Follows a Cyber Attack on Electric Grid Experts are convinced that a cyber attack on a U.S. electric grid that could cut off power to millions is a near certainty.  |
The Motley Fool August 4, 2005 W.D. Crotty |
Great Plains' Great Pains Will slow growth and declining earnings make this energy holding company an acquisition target? The low-growth, total-return scenario will only make sense if the stock fades closer to its 52-week low (down 10% from its current level).  |
The Motley Fool November 30, 2005 Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: United Utilities With this company, the dividend's not just the main story -- at a 7.3% yield, United's dividend is the whole story. Look for news suggesting changes to the dividend in the near future. If it's hiked, the stock will rise. If it's cut, the stock will fall. End of story.  |
The Motley Fool January 5, 2008 Adam J. Wiederman |
Bear Market Buys How to find the best investments when the market is tough.  |
Wired March 23, 2009 Brendan I. Koerner |
Power to the People: 7 Ways to Fix the Grid, Now The grid took more than a century to grow into the unwieldy beast it is now. Given the urgency of climate change, energy independence, and economic demands, we have only a fraction of that time to fix it.  |
CIO April 15, 2003 Christopher Lindquist |
Energized Internet Broadband internet flowing from every electrical outlet? The technology exists. But the power line broadband industry still faces implementation, regulatory and marketing hurdles before it competes for customers with cable, DSL and satellite companies.  |
The Motley Fool July 2, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
Why Big Dividends Are Bad News By paying a dividend, growth companies are admitting that they no longer believe reinvesting profits in their own businesses is a worthwhile endeavor. They see no alternative but to return that money to shareholders.  |
InternetNews July 20, 2004 Erin Joyce |
Microsoft's $75 Billion Surprise Microsoft moved to significantly boost the value of its stock Tuesday as part of a plan to share about $75 billion with investors over the next four years.  |
The Motley Fool September 25, 2009 Ivan Martchev |
Buy What Hasn't Rallied: Utilities At the end of August, utilities were one of only two sectors in the red for the year. What gives?  |
The Motley Fool August 3, 2007 R.C. Lim |
Warming Waters in California? California Water floats through a mostly sleepy quarter. The high payout, as with all utilities, will certainly keep the brakes on growth, but the company's consistency and above-market yield should allow conservative investors to rest easy with this one.  |
The Motley Fool November 4, 2010 Katherine Tweed |
For IBM, Asia Is Not Just About China The Asian smart grid market offers variety and depth, and "it's fun," says one IBM VP.  |
Investment Advisor November 2005 Kathleen M. McBride |
Bright Idea Judith Saryan's Eaton Vance Utilities Fund generates returns, dividends, and value. Advisors need to look at where this fund would fit in an investor's portfolio.  |
IEEE Spectrum December 2010 Seth Blumsack |
How the Free Market Rocked the Grid It led to higher rates and rolling blackouts, but it also opened the door to greener forms of electricity generation  |
The Motley Fool June 19, 2009 Rich Duprey |
Are We Smart Enough for the Smart Grid? Where solar, ethanol, or similar alt-energy platforms require substantial investments, the Smart Grid allows start-ups to develop tools and devices to collect and organize the data on consumption to become the 10-baggers of the next decade. Here's how to profit from this next big thing.  |
Popular Mechanics March 25, 2009 Erik Sofge |
Forget the Smart Grid, We Need Smart Spending (On the Grid) Some of the stimulus bill is slated for projects to fix our energy infrastructure. But before we start spending, the terminology needs refining. Here is how a buzzword is confusing the plan to upgrade the electrical grid.  |
CIO January 4, 2012 Mark Rowh |
Smart Grid Security Inadequate, Threats Abound As the Stuxnet attack shows, malicious hackers "clearly have the upper hand" over power grid systems, a new study says. A lack of strict standards and a hodgepodge of products have created today's chaotic state of utility cybersecurity.  |
The Motley Fool December 18, 2006 Chuck Saletta |
The Clearest Signal of All Investors can often better determine the real truth about a business from its dividend practices than from virtually any other statement or financial report.  |
Financial Advisor February 2005 Marla Brill |
Power Up Utility funds shined in 2004, but rising interest rates could slow them down.  |
The Motley Fool January 9, 2012 Travis Hoium |
Backup Power's Cost to Renewable Energy How much does renewable energy's intermittent nature really cost utilities?  |
The Motley Fool December 14, 2010 Rex Moore |
Top-Yielding Utilities (You Might Actually Want to Buy) These utilities combine high yield with low risk.  |
Entrepreneur February 2004 Dian Vujovich |
Power Play Utility stocks have gone back to basics.  |
BusinessWeek January 12, 2004 |
Peter Burg Not only did FirstEnergy bumble its way to a history-making outage on his watch, but Burg has seemingly written the book on how not to respond in a crisis.  |
The Motley Fool March 2, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
7 Stocks With Dividends That Should Survive Don't get caught by a dividend cut.  |
The Motley Fool December 27, 2011 Rex Moore |
Highest-Yielding Stocks Unlikely to Blow Up Searching for safe in all the right places.  |
The Motley Fool August 31, 2009 Rich Duprey |
Utility to Drive Smart Grid Advances Drive a car with one foot on the gas and the other on the brake, and you'll get some idea of how we're driving our energy sector today.  |
CRM December 2013 Leonard Klie |
Despite Outages, Customer Satisfaction with Electric Utilities Brightens Improved communication in Web self-service and proactive outreach have bolstered customer sentiment, according to a J.D. Power study.  |
The Motley Fool July 27, 2010 Rich Duprey |
Maybe the Smart Grid Is Dumb Regulators are forcing utilities that invested in the technology to wear a dunce cap.  |
The Motley Fool December 12, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
4 Stocks That Took a Hike Companies with growing yields can make you rich in more ways than the obvious: AT&T... KB Home... Allegheny Technologies... Borders...  |
The Motley Fool December 21, 2005 Vitaliy Katsenelson |
National Grid's Boring Little Secret This company may be in a dull sector, but its monopoly status in the U.K. gives it an electrifying leg up. However, the stock has little, if any, margin of safety.  |
Reason June 2009 Lynne Kiesling |
Electric Intelligence Establishing a smart grid requires regulatory reform, not subsidies.  |
IndustryWeek April 20, 2011 |
Powering Up: The Smart Grid's Next Steps While meters have received the bulk of the attention so far, the supply side is where the smart grid will be built.  |
The Motley Fool September 2, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Where to Find the Best Dividend Stocks They're not where they used to be. Look beyond the financial and utility sectors to seek out other stocks with good current dividend yields that appear to be sustainable.  |
The Motley Fool September 22, 2008 Toby Shute |
Google Swoops on the Smart Grid Fresh off of its investment in next-generation geothermal power, Google makes another notable cleantech move, announcing it's pairing up with General Electric to bring our electric grid into the 21st century.  |