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The Motley Fool
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A Texas Shoot-Up Dallas-based energy company TXU has momentum, but for how long?   |
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. |
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
October 8, 2007
Jack Uldrich |
American Electric Power Gets Smart The company will work with General Electric to develop and install "smart meters" to help better manage the transmission of electricity, and give customers more direct control over how much they use, thus saving them money. |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2011
G. Pascal Zachary |
Saving Smart Meters From a Backlash Fears of irradiation from antennas threaten to smother smart meters in the crib. |
Reason
June 2009
Lynne Kiesling |
Electric Intelligence Establishing a smart grid requires regulatory reform, not subsidies. |
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. |
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
August 7, 2007
Jack Uldrich |
A New Power Play: Negawatts "Demand management" companies are helping utilities and consumers use less energy. There are a few promising options for risk-tolerant investors. |
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. |
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 |
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. |
BusinessWeek
September 16, 2010
Galante & Chediak |
Smart Meters May Not Be So Clever A consumer backlash is slowing rollouts of new electric meters |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Bank Technology News
October 2008
Dan Sharplin |
Keep the Grid Going and Reap Rewards Instead of simply putting up with higher electric bills and periodic service disruptions, bank chains have a unique opportunity to become part of the energy solution-and to profit from it at the same time. |
The Motley Fool
April 10, 2007
Jack Uldrich |
PG&E Plugs a Problem Pacific Gas & Electric shows how a new hybrid car could also power homes and businesses. Investors, this is a trend to watch. |
Popular Mechanics
October 15, 2009
Jennifer Bogo |
Lone Star Energy: Why Texas Will Resist the Call for a Unified Grid A recent proposal to link the eastern, western and Texas grids together to create a national, energy-friendly supergrid has sparked the interest of utilities and energy insiders, but Texas doesn't want to participate. |
Home Toys
December 2005
Brian Golden |
The Energy Crisis Gets Personal Just as the Internet empowered millions with easy access to information and brand new ways to communicate, emerging technologies will also bring sweeping changes in energy production and consumption. |
The Motley Fool
September 11, 2007
David Lee Smith |
TXU: The Buyout Flame Is Flickering The expanding credit crunch saves the TXU buyout, but will likely prevent others like it. You're unlikely to see another private-equity deal this big for a while. |
The Motley Fool
August 2, 2005
W.D. Crotty |
TXU CEO Earns His Keep Texas-based regulated utility holding company TXU continues to post Texas-sized earnings and stock gains. |
Salon.com
January 30, 2001
Anthony York |
The deregulation debacle Who's responsible for for California's electricity crisis? Everyone... |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2006
William Sweet |
Get-Rich-Quick Scheme ConsumerPowerline, a four-year-old New York company, is showing its clients how to make money, and quite a lot of it, by not using electricity. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2010
Harry Goldstein |
Malta's Smart Grid Solution The world's first multiutility grid should save water and money |
The Motley Fool
May 4, 2007
Jack Uldrich |
PG&E: A Safe Cleantech Play? The West Coast utility company is involved in a variety of renewable energy projects that could make it a legitimate cleantech investment. |
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. |
Home Theater
April 1, 2010
Mark Fleischmann |
Smart Meters Maybe Not So Smart Security holes may let hackers steal your juice. |
Wired
Kevin Kelleher |
Make Conservation Simple (and Easy) A smart grid requires smart electric meters that let households track and manage their power consumption in real time. The key is making the meters easy to use. |
The Motley Fool
August 10, 2010
Katherine Tweed |
Demand Response, Meet Customer Engagement From EnergyConnect's new DR platform to TXU Energy expanding its iThermostat program, consumer preferences are getting more play in DR. |
Salon.com
February 14, 2001
Anthony York |
Energy vultures California's electricity crisis could have been avoided if profiteering power-generating companies hadn't blocked further deregulation.... |
Inc.
November 1, 2000
Emily Barker |
Upstarts: Energy Deregulation Where do you buy your electricity? If you don't have a choice now, you will soon... |
Mother Jones
Jul/Aug 2002
Alex Markels |
Prevailing Winds For decades, Big Energy blew off renewable energy as insignificant. Now the industry's biggest players are racing to build wind farms -- and cash in on the latest energy boom. |
Financial Advisor
February 2005
Marla Brill |
Power Up Utility funds shined in 2004, but rising interest rates could slow them down. |
PHONE+
March 9, 2010 |
Energy Presents New Frontier for Telcos Executives from both telcos and power utilities see a series of developments that have brought the talk of convergence to the fore. |
The Motley Fool
April 11, 2007
Jack Uldrich |
TXU's Nuclear Ambitions As more nuclear power plants are approved, investors are encouraged to closely monitor which companies are supplying the reactors, because there's big money involved. |
BusinessWeek
June 4, 2007
Aaron Pressman |
New Spark In Utility Stocks Why the once-staid utility sector is generating breathtaking returns. |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2008
Nick Zubko |
The Price of Power Evaluating your energy procurement options can help save money and control operating costs. |
The Motley Fool
July 12, 2005
Matt Thurmond |
Utilities That Pay YOU Electric utilities are some of the highest dividend payers in the market. |
Reason
June 2001
Michael W. Lynch & Adrian Moore |
Power Tripped Faulty re-regulation turns out the lights in the Golden State... |
InternetNews
December 19, 2005
Roy Mark |
Dallas-Fort Worth Earns BPL Clout TXU Electric Delivery said Monday it is teaming with Maryland-based Current Communications Group to overlay a broadband delivery system on its Texas power grid. |
This Old House
Zachary Gaulkin |
Smart Thermostats The latest energy-saving devices can talk to your power company -- and you |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Salon.com
January 17, 2001
Katharine Mieszkowski |
Turn off the Internet! Is the global computer network to blame for the current electricity crisis? Lackeys of the power industry want us to think so... |
The Motley Fool
August 8, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Can Power Power Fluor Further? Oil/gas projects will start to give way to new power generation projects. Investors may want to look at other engineering and construction companies until anticipated projects actually become announced. |
Salon.com
January 17, 2001
Anthony York |
Power politics California Democrats are trying to buy electricity to sell to state utilities, but Republicans and energy companies are crying foul... |
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. |
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... |
