Finding new growth for electric utilities
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The growth strategies and prospects of electric companies are discussed. Warren Buffet has recently acquired PacifiCorp through his MidAmerican Energy. This has resulted in an increase in prices of electric companies' stocks, which have been lying low since Enron scandal. The implications of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 are also discussed.
Publication Name: Electric Perspectives
Subject: Petroleum, energy and mining industries
ISSN: 0364-474X
Year: 2005
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Taking stock of utility returns
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The performance of stocks from electric utilities in 2004 is discussed. It is noted that these stocks generated returns greater than 20% for the second consecutive year.
Publication Name: Electric Perspectives
Subject: Petroleum, energy and mining industries
ISSN: 0364-474X
Year: 2005
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The return of plain vanilla: how investor expectations, capital spending, and regulation evolve in the near-term future could bring about the re-emergence of the slow but steady utility
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A positive change in attitude towards the old-line utility, based on a recent research that discovered the advantages of utility stocks, is discussed.
Publication Name: Electric Perspectives
Subject: Petroleum, energy and mining industries
ISSN: 0364-474X
Year: 2003
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