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Entergy logoUtility and nuclear power generator Entergy Corporation (ETR), first discussed here on May 12, 2009, at a price of $74.31, is displaying a stock pattern that undoubtedly is frustrating to some investors.

The stock slid in bear hug-fashion from $80 to about $68, then rose to $75 before retreating back to about $70. The minor recovery could be interpreted as short covering in a long-term bearish pattern, or, if ETR holds support near the aforementioned $68, which is a short-term double-bottom, a bullish pattern. The view from here argues it's the latter, hence the trade remains in play.

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Entergy Is Trying Investors' Patience originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 28 Feb 2011 17:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Southern Company logoThe Southern Company's (SO) shares have meandered in the past three months -- running into resistance at $40, and now may be a good time to take some profits off the table, if you're in at the June 19, 2009, price of $30.61, and if SO's dividend is not a primary concern for you.

However, those who are seeking a decent dividend can maintain their full position in SO: a $1.82 annual dividend, good for a 4.77% yield at the current $38.32 share price offers an impressive income stream, along with SO's modest growth.

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AEP logoReaders of this space know that one preferred sector is the utilities sector, and utility American Electric Power (AEP), first discussed here on May 4, 2009, at a price $25.38, is a good example.

Look for American Electric's 2011 revenue to rise 3% to 5%, as the U.S. economic expansion gains momentum in 2011. Recent rate increases, and lower operating and maintenance expenses should also benefit the company's performance in 2011.

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Will American Electric Power Test $50 in 2011? originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>aepamerican electric powerelectricityfeaturedpower companyWed, 22 Dec 2010 17:20:00 EST<![CDATA[Has Dominion's Pull-Back Created an Opportunity?]]>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/12/13/has-dominion-s-pull-back-created-an-opportunity/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/12/13/has-dominion-s-pull-back-created-an-opportunity/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/12/13/has-dominion-s-pull-back-created-an-opportunity/#commentsFiled under:

The shares of electric power/natural gas play Dominion Resources (D), first discussed on May 8, 2009 at a price of $31.87, pulled-back this fall after testing $45.

Even so, investors who can tolerate moderate risk should view that retreat as an opportunity to scoop-up shares: particularly in uncertain economic times, rare is the day you should lose faith in a utility play.

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Shares of utility The Southern Company (SO), first discussed here on June 19, 2009 at a price of $30.61, have pulled-back roughly in-sync with the Dow's spring retreat, but just look on that dip as an opportunity to scoop-up shares at a decent price. Here's why:

The Southern Co. is likely to be top utility sector performer. The reason? Its Atlanta-area operations.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>atlantaelectricitysouthern companyutilitiesMon, 14 Jun 2010 16:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Entergy: Well-Positioned for Power-Hungry U.S.]]>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/05/07/entergy-well-positioned-for-power-hungry-u-s/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/05/07/entergy-well-positioned-for-power-hungry-u-s/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/05/07/entergy-well-positioned-for-power-hungry-u-s/#commentsFiled under:

The stock of utility and nuclear power generator Entergy Corp (ETR), which I first wrote about on May 12, 2009, at a price of $74.31, has meandered over the past six months, but I still like the shares at this juncture. Here's why:

Although, Entergy's planned spin-off of its nonnuclear assets into a new company called Enexus Energy has been delayed, due to delays in regulatory approvals by New York State, earnings should increase 3% to 5% in 2010, excluding one-time charges.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>electricityEntergy CorpETRnuclear powerFri, 07 May 2010 17:00:00 EST<![CDATA[PPL Corp: A Utility for Challenging Times]]>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/02/18/ppl-corp-a-utility-for-challenging-times/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/02/18/ppl-corp-a-utility-for-challenging-times/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/02/18/ppl-corp-a-utility-for-challenging-times/#commentsFiled under:

Utility PPL Corp. (PPL), first written about on May 26, 2009 at a price of $32.15, is a utility I still like, for several reasons.

First and foremost, PPL's business model remains solid: steady, if unspectacular growth in its regulated Pennsylvania power market (1.4 million customer), coupled with stronger growth in unregulated (though more risky) power markets. PPL hopes the increased use of power supply contracts of varying duration will lessen that risk.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>electricitypowerPPLPPL Corputilitiesutility stocksUtilityStocksThu, 18 Feb 2010 17:40:00 EST<![CDATA[California's Mojave Desert may not become a solar capital after all]]>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/12/23/california-s-mojave-desert-may-not-become-a-solar-capital-after/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/12/23/california-s-mojave-desert-may-not-become-a-solar-capital-after/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/12/23/california-s-mojave-desert-may-not-become-a-solar-capital-after/#commentsFiled under: ,

The solar energy movement, so promising, has hit a speed bump. Just as solar's cost per kilowatt hour starts to become attractive, from a U.S. residential use standpoint, sure enough another roadblock has appeared.

The problem? Environmental concern about destroyed or altered vistas -- essentially sight pollution -- but also pollution that physically harms the environment.

U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein's, D-California, stated opposition to building in the Mojave Desert has effectively ended 13 big solar energy plants and wind projects there, The New York Times reported Tuesday.

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PPL Corp.'s (PPL) stock has continued to meander, following the buy recommendation on May 26, 2009 at a price of $32.15, but I'm reiterating the rating. Here's why:

PPL's business model remains solid: steady, if unspectacular growth in its regulated Pennsylvania power market (1.4 million customers), coupled with stronger growth in unregulated (though more risky) power markets. PPL hopes the increased use of power supply contracts of varying duration will lessen those unregulated market risks.

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Southern Co.'s (NYSE: SO) stock has meandered over the past four months, but rare is the day one should sell an electric power generation play.

Hence, I'm reiterating my Buy rating for SO, first recommended on June 19, 2009 at a price of $30.61.

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Rare is the day that one should sell an electric power generation play. And the reasons are compelling:

Electricity via wind, solar, and nuclear generation is likely to play a larger role in energy as climate change reduction, then elimination, becomes a societal goal. Electricity also remains a potential propulsion source for cars, given that oil has apparently resumed its climb to uncomfortable levels.

Hence, I'm Reiterating my Buy rating for electric utility Allegheny Energy, Inc. (NYSE: AYE), first recommended on May 30, 2009 at a price of $25.00.

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Rare is the day I'll sell an electric power generation play, particularly nuclear power. Unlike France, the United States frittered away an opportunity to create a 21st century power generation system 30 years ago, and it will now play catch-up for 20 years, and nuclear will be a part of the solution.

Entergy Corp. (NYSE: ETR), the second largest nuclear power generator in the U.S., will be a part of that mix. It is performing as expected, which is why I'm reiterating my Buy rating for the company's shares, first recommended on May 12, 2009 at a price of $74.31.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>electricityenergyEntergyETRnuclear powerNuclearPowerMon, 14 Sep 2009 16:40:00 EST<![CDATA[Look for Dominion Resources to electrify investors ]]>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/09/11/look-for-dominion-resources-to-electrify-investors/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/09/11/look-for-dominion-resources-to-electrify-investors/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/09/11/look-for-dominion-resources-to-electrify-investors/#commentsFiled under:

Dominion Resources' stock has been in a mild uptrend since first recommend in May, but it's still undervalued, for those investors who missed the May call.

Hence, it goes without saying that I'm reiterating my Buy rating for Dominion Resources (NYSE: D), first recommended on May 8, 2009 at a price of $31.87.

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Look for Dominion Resources to electrify investors originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Rare is the day I'll sell an electric power generation play. I'm reiterating my Buy rating for Northeast Utilities (NYSE: NU), first recommended on May 6, 2009 at a price of $21.48.

NU's business model is low-risk -- its electric unit primarily serves customers (1.9 million in all) in land-of-steady-habits Connecticut, Western Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, and offers above-average total return, with only a modest downside risk. In this investing environment, that's impressive.

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Northeast Utilities knows how to keep the lights on, recession or expansion originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The U.S. electric power generating sector may be down, due to the recession and a cooler-than-normal summer across much of the U.S., but it's not out.

Hence, it goes without saying that I'm reiterating my Buy rating for American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP), first recommended on May 4, 2009 at a price of $25.38.

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Readers of this space know that one of the preferred sectors is the electric power generation sector.

And it's preferred for a reason that may not be obvious to all. Electricity via wind, solar, and nuclear generation is likely to play a large role in energy as climate change reduction, then elimination, becomes a societal goal. Electricity also remains a potential propulsion source for cars, particularly once oil resumes its inevitable climb. And with the above in mind, electric power generator PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL) is worth a review.

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PPL Corp. is a mix of safety and growth originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 26 May 2009 17:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Readers of this space know that one of the preferred sectors is the electric power generation sector.

And the sector is favored for a reason that may not be obvious to all. Electricity via wind, solar, and nuclear generation is likely to play a larger role in energy as climate change reduction, then elimination, becomes a societal goal. Electricity also remains a potential propulsion source for cars, particularly once oil resumes its inevitable climb. And with the above in mind, electric power generator Dominion Resources (NYSE: D) is worth a review.

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Wind and solar, two renewable energy sources with a promising future, nevertheless face a bottleneck of sorts in the United States: the electric power grid. The existing grid can not handle the new demands, The New York Times reported Wednesday, forcing renewable wind and solar sites to shut down, even when conditions are right to generate and sell power.

An infrastructure-challenged U.S.

Economist Glen Langan says there's a theme that keeps popping up in the U.S. economy in the early 21st century: inadequate infrastructure. "We're a nation of inadequate infrastructures: the power grid, air travel/air traffic control, railways, highways... pick an infrastructure and you'll see a network that can't handle present demands, let alone an expanded national economy in 2020 or 2030," Langan said.

The power grid bottleneck is particularly frustrating and damaging because both wind and solar power generation systems are mushrooming, and could, with an adequate grid, account for more than 20% of the nation's power needs, Langan said, adding that some economic models put renewable energy's potential contribution even higher, at 25% or more.

"Imagine T. Boone Pickens building his massive, multi-billion dollar wind mill farm and having it sit idle because the grid cannot tolerate and transmit the increased power? Pretty sad," Langan said.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>climate changeelectric gridelectricitygdppower generationpower gridrenewable energysolar energysolar powerT Boone PickensU.S. economywind mill farmswind powerWed, 27 Aug 2008 14:40:00 EST<![CDATA[In France, nuclear power has never gone out of style]]>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/08/23/in-france-nuclear-power-has-never-gone-out-of-style/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/08/23/in-france-nuclear-power-has-never-gone-out-of-style/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/08/23/in-france-nuclear-power-has-never-gone-out-of-style/#commentsFiled under: ,

The United States is a nation whose electric power generation system and grid is becoming increasing inadequate, even as the nation grapples with another energy problem -- the $4 per gallon gasoline era.

Moreover, an economic slowdown and a relatively mild summer have to-date reduced the typical electric load electric power generation plants would face, but that respite will end when the U.S. economy starts to expand at a healthy rate again. And when it does, electric power demand will increase.

What's one model the United States could follow to generate more electricity while the same time reducing coal-based pollution and climate change? France.

That's right: France. Nuclear power is experiencing a mild comeback in the United States, with 34 new reactor applications on file at the U.S.'s Nuclear Regulatory Agency. In France, it never left. Further, had the United States followed the French model, the U.S. would be vastly more energy self-sufficient today.

France: liberty, fraternity, equality, fission

Nuclear power never went out of style in France, and for this reason France is decades ahead of the United States -- and much of the world, for that matter -- regarding energy self-sufficiency, The New York Times reported. An astounding 77% of France's electricity comes from its 58 nuclear power plants, and it is a net-exporter of electricity to Europe. The United States has 104 nuclear power plants, which account for only 19.4% of its generated electricity, according to U.S. Department of Energy data, The Times reported.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>climate changeCO2coalelectricityEUEuropean UnionFranceinthenewsnatural gas pricesnuclear plantsnuclear poweroil pricesoil shockSat, 23 Aug 2008 16:40:00 EST<![CDATA[China, India see nuclear energy as essential to electricity plan]]>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/06/24/china-india-see-nuclear-energy-as-essential-to-electricity-plan/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/06/24/china-india-see-nuclear-energy-as-essential-to-electricity-plan/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/06/24/china-india-see-nuclear-energy-as-essential-to-electricity-plan/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , ,

That the developing and developed world will need considerably more electricity in the decades ahead would not surprise most investors / readers.

That both economic zones can achieve this goal while adding a minimal amount of soot to the atmosphere, however, would.

And the technology that will undoubtedly serve as a key energy-generation component in emerging markets' 21st century power grid? You guessed it: nuclear power -- the power generation form that has lagged in the United States for more than 20 years, due to environmental regulations.

China, India push forward with plant plans

China and India are two emerging market nations that recognize that nuclear power is an essential part of meeting future electricity demand. Nuclear power will account for more than 5% of China's power output by 2020, Bloomberg News reported Monday. Meanwhile, India will start three nuclear reactors this year.

Economist Glen Langan said that while nuclear power is not, strictly speaking, a renewable energy, it has to be considered as part of the next-generation energy mix [along with wind and solar power] to meet the U.S.'s growing demand for electricity.

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