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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
March 2, 2006
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Quanta Services Quickens Pace Strong service demand from utility customers powers profit growth. If it slipped down to a more appealing valuation, the stock may be worth a buy. |
Industrial Physicist
Eric J. Lerner |
What's wrong with the electric grid? Experts widely agree that failures of the power-transmission system are a nearly unavoidable product of a collision between the physics of the system and the economic rules that now regulate it. |
The Motley Fool
May 12, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Quanta Putting It Together With a growing backlog, big-name clients, and a federal mandate to improve power service, it doesn't look like the utility company is close to a peak in its business yet. Investors, take note. |
Wired
March 23, 2009
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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. |
The Motley Fool
December 16, 2004
Jim Mueller |
PG&E's Dividend At first glance, Pacific Gas & Electric seems to be using debt to finance its recently announced dividend. Say it isn't so! But don't jump to conclusions. Consumers and shareholders win on this deal. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Mar/Apr 2004
Matthew Bechard |
Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham on the 2003 Blackout and Energy Efficiency Abraham spoke with Portfolio regarding the National Energy Policy, the 2003 blackout, and how REITs can improve their energy efficiency. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2011
S. Massoud Amin |
U.S. Electrical Grid Gets Less Reliable Since 1995, outages have steadily increased as R&D steadily declined |
The Motley Fool
July 12, 2005
Matt Thurmond |
Utilities That Pay YOU Electric utilities are some of the highest dividend payers in the market. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2005
Madani & Novoosel |
Getting a Grip on the Grid The findings of major electric disturbances around the world highlight the need for cross-regional grid reforms, so that the best available technology is promptly put to use, without lengthy delays arising from American legislative or regulatory processes. |
The Motley Fool
January 22, 2010
Toby Shute |
The Smart Grid Means More Than Meters Reliability is also key to improving our electric infrastructure. |
Reason
June 2009
Lynne Kiesling |
Electric Intelligence Establishing a smart grid requires regulatory reform, not subsidies. |
The Motley Fool
November 9, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Can American Superconductor Break Loose? The company's future profitability may depend upon whether utilities include its gear in their new infrastructure. American Semiconductor is an exceptionally risky stock whose outcome will likely be binary -- you'll win big or lose big. |
The Motley Fool
October 25, 2004
Ben McClure |
TXU's Turnaround The utility company knocked the socks off Wall Street estimates, delivering Q3 net income of $662 million. That's up 69% from $392 million a year ago. |
Salon.com
January 30, 2001
Anthony York |
The deregulation debacle Who's responsible for for California's electricity crisis? Everyone... |
Entrepreneur
February 2004
Dian Vujovich |
Power Play Utility stocks have gone back to basics. |
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
June 1, 2009
Elliott J. Orsillo |
Utilities: Diamonds in the Rough? Today's utilities could be tomorrow's clean-energy diamonds. |
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. |
National Defense
August 2011
Zhen Zhang |
Cohesive Cybersecurity Policy Needed For Electric Grid Securing the electric grid is one of the key components of preventing terrorist attacks in the United States and increasing the country's resilience and recovery from such events. |
Reason
June 2001
Michael W. Lynch & Adrian Moore |
Power Tripped Faulty re-regulation turns out the lights in the Golden State... |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2006
Jill Jusko |
Energy: New Plants, Old Problems Hundreds of new power plants are in the works in the United States, but they won't make energy cheaper or more reliable for manufacturers or consumers. |
The Motley Fool
May 7, 2004
Ben McClure |
A Texas Shoot-Up Dallas-based energy company TXU has momentum, but for how long? |
BusinessWeek
June 4, 2007
Aaron Pressman |
New Spark In Utility Stocks Why the once-staid utility sector is generating breathtaking returns. |
The Motley Fool
December 20, 2005
Tom Taulli |
TXU Plugs In to the Web The utility company, along with Current Communications, is set to offer broadband through electrical outlets. Investors, take note. |
Salon.com
July 31, 2001
William Bradley |
Gray Davis' Edison problem The governor struggles to orchestrate a multimillion-dollar bailout of the utility that has spent big bucks on his campaign... |
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
February 22, 2011
Travis Hoium |
Turning a Light on Utilities Utilities stocks may be ready to rise as the economy picks up and demand improves. |
Financial Advisor
February 2005
Marla Brill |
Power Up Utility funds shined in 2004, but rising interest rates could slow them down. |
The Motley Fool
March 29, 2011
Andrew Sullivan |
America's Most Exciting Small Company PowerSecure is a leading smart grid company poised to take off. |
CRM
December 1, 2007
Colin Beasty |
Market Focus: Energy/Utilities -- Speaking Truth to Power (Companies) Analytics are increasingly leveraged for insight into customer behavior. |
Reason
October 2001
Sara Rimensnyder |
Source There's been one big winner in California's much-reviled, phony electricity deregulation plan: Los Angeles' publicly owned Department of Water and Power... |
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). |
National Defense
October 2013
Yasmin Tadjdeh |
Fears of Devastating Cyber-Attacks on Electric Grid, Critical Infrastructure Grow Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano warned that the United States faces "a major cyber-event that will have a serious effect on our lives, our economy and the everyday functioning of our society." |
The Motley Fool
November 9, 2009
Chris Jones |
Utility Stocks: Not as Safe as They Used to Be Clean energy laws shake up the sector. |
The Motley Fool
May 13, 2008
Zoe Van Schyndel |
Will Utilities Keep Shining? These utility ETFs have decent yields and low volatility, and they offer safe havens when markets are roiled. |
HBS Working Knowledge
March 8, 2012
Dina Gerdeman |
Unplugged: What Happened to the Smart Grid? Replacing the antiquated electrical system in the United States with a super-efficient smart grid always seemed a surefire opportunity for entrepreneurs. So what went wrong? |
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
February 3, 2005
Tim Beyers |
Texas-Sized Cash Flow at TXU A turnaround brings in buckets of green at the Texas utility. |
CIO
May 15, 2001
Heather Harreld |
What a Switch! Before deregulation, utilities didn't have to worry about customer service. Now they do. But buying CRM software won't do the trick... |
The Motley Fool
February 26, 2007
Tom Taulli |
TXU: A Very Green Deal Barbarians no more: A major electricity generation company and Texas Pacific Group show their sensitive sides. Even among the megadeal class, though, this deal sets itself apart not only for its size but for the ingenuity of the investor group. |
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. |
CIO
May 15, 2003
Michael Schrage |
The Voodoo Economics Behind Utility Computing Before you sign up for pay-as-you-go, you need to understand how utilities can manipulate and hide the true costs of plugging in. |
The Motley Fool
September 5, 2011
Tierney Plumb |
In the News: Duke Merger With Progress Pushes On A key consumer group signs off on a $13.7 billion deal between the utility giants. |
The Motley Fool
January 20, 2012
Jeremy Bowman |
It's Lights Out For Utilities Investors Utilities were the best performing sector last year. That momentum won't continue in 2012. |
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. |
Salon.com
June 19, 2001
Joe Conason |
Take it public The failure of energy deregulation should make us reconsider blind faith in the market -- and take a second look at public power systems like the one that lights up Hollywood... |
The Motley Fool
August 2, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Quanta Continues to Serve the Inevitable Infrastructure projects will happen... it's just a question of when. Shareholders of this electrical utility company should be prepared to benefit from industry trends. |
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. |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2012
Mosko & Bellotti |
Smart Conservation for the Lazy Consumer People aren't conserving energy for love or money -- you have to trick them into it |
