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DU down $1.2 million from '08
Nov 19 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Catherine Godbey The Decatur Daily, Ala. - For the past 12 months, Steve Pirkle warned the Decatur Utilities board of financial troubles. More...
NSTAR Increases Common Share Dividend 6.7%
BOSTON, Nov 19, 2009 -- BUSINESS WIRE - NSTAR (NYSE:NST) announced today that its Board of Trustees voted to increase the dividend on its common shares to an annualized rate of $1.60 per share, a 6.7% increase over the previous rate of $1.50. More...
Fitch Rates Riverside, California Electric Revs 'AA-'; Outlook Stable
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 19, 2009 -- BUSINESS WIRE - Fitch Ratings assigns its 'AA-' rating to the City of Riverside, California's $36.5 million electric revenue bonds, series 2009A bonds. More...
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Con Edison of New York Declares Preferred Stock Dividends
NEW YORK, NY, Nov 19, 2009 -- MARKETWIRE - Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con Edison of New York) today declared the following quarterly dividends on its outstanding shares of preferred stock, payable February 1, 2010, to stockholders of record as of January 13, 2010: More...
Bailout called best option for failed Menasha Utilities steam plant
Nov 17 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Michael King The Post-Crescent, Appleton, Wis. - Officials involved in trying to resolve the financial fallout from the failed Menasha Utilities steam plant say a plan put forward a week ago offers the best solution. More...
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REGULATORS TO THE RAMPARTS - They Must Lead!

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Intelligence for the Utility as Well as the Grid

Blogger Photo By Bart Thielbar - What comes first – the smart meter or the ability to capture and effectively utilize the information available from the more...

How America will lead the world out of the global financial crisis

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Talk About a Revolution

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Is Utility Construction the Silver Lining?

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The Financial Benefits of Flexibility with Real-Time Asset Optimization

By Peter Spinney
This paper describes and quantifies the ability of real-time, integrated boiler optimization to dynamically manage power generation operating and financial tradeoffs in a manner responsive to uncertain and volatile fuel, NOx allowance and carbon markets. more...
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How Component-Level Accounting Can Help Utility Financial Performance

By Ramon Mischkot
The capital intensive nature of the electric utilities makes the period of time over which regulators allow recovery of generation and other investments pivotal to successful financial performance. more...
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Independent Market for Every Utility Customer: Alternative Market Operation

By Len Gould
The presently-used Standard Market Design (SMD market) is economically flawed. It is held to be completely fair to all participants -- an old coal, hydro or nuclear plant that has long ago retired the debt more...
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Three Years of Green in Clean Tech

By Jamie Wimberly
Three years have passed since the Distributed Energy Financial Group, LLC (DEFG) launched its benchmark stock index, the Distributed Energy Stock Index, or DESI, to track the progress of the clean and alternative energy technology more...
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