The Britishutility Powergen, for one, has fallen 40% in the last year, pushing the dividend yield to 8.8%.
He says it was very difficult to get Powergen to accept they were wrong.
Powergen reckons that putting up just two or three turbines becomes viable on this model.
PowerGen is also rumoured to be talking with Houston Industries, an American utility, about a merger.
PowerGen, trying to ward off criticism, has offered to sell 2, 000 megawatts of capacity.
But one, Midlands Mining, has sold 80% of its output to PowerGen until 2001.
In Victoria, Australia, National Power and PowerGen have both suffered from unexpectedly low prices.
And that set up Newcastle's first appearance in a final since winning the Powergen Cup in 2004.
The RFU insists England players should not be released for the Powergen Cup semi-finals on 4 March.
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British companies, including PowerGen and Scottish Power, have recently been talking to American utilities about mergers or takeovers.
The review, led by a former Powergen executive Michael Gibbons, will include employers' organisations, trade unions and other interested bodies.
Big rivals such as Scottish Power and PowerGen also deliver power to end-users who pay the full price for electricity.
But Wales prefer the option of their four sides entering a money-spinning, revamped Powergen Cup alongside the top 12 English teams.
Standing in the way of a first trophy since the Powergen Cup win against Sale in 2004 are Bryan Redpath's Gloucester.
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The former prop lifted the Powergen Cup the last time Leeds were at Twickenham back in 2005 when they beat Bath 20-13.
Powergen's scheme off the Norfolk coast near Great Yarmouth will be next.
ON's acquisition of Powergen, a company we identified a year ago as a prime takeover candidate (" Bargains And Dogs" May 1, 2000).
In eight seasons with Saints, Smith has played in two Powergen Cup finals, a Heineken Cup semi-final and three Heineken Cup quarter finals.
It said British Gas had equalised prepaid meter charges for just gas while Scottish Power, EDF Energy and Powergen had equalised charges for electricity.
Ibanez, who won the Powergen Cup, Heineken Cup and Guinness Premiership while at Adams Park, suffered his initial concussion against Worcester Warriors in September 2008.
England fly-half Cipriani was 17 years and 47 days old when he first played for Wasps at Bristol in the Powergen Cup in December 2004.
Leeds Rhinos will play London Broncos and Wakefield will play Widnes in the two all-Super League ties in the fifth round of the Powergen Challenge Cup.
In 2002 he moved on to Leeds Tykes where he had further success as they lifted the Powergen Cup at Twickenham with victory over Sale in 2005.
Eighteen years later the club has become the first dual-code rugby partnership with Leeds Rhinos under the umbrella of Leeds Rugby, won the Powergen Cup and played in the Heineken Cup.
Dowd won 59 caps for the All Blacks and as a coach with Wasps, helped the club to the then Powergen Cup last year and a second Heineken Cup victory this May.
The 27-year-old graduated from the club's academy, scored the winning try in 2004's Powergen Cup defeat of Sale at Twickenham and is the current captain of the Falcons and the England Saxons side.
Powergen added that the combination of Midlands, which has 2.4 million customers, with EME, which also has 2.4 million customers, will unite two neighbouring networks "with complementary capabilities and significant scope to realise operating efficiencies".
"It is the last big piece in the jigsaw which Powergen has constructed to transform itself from a pure electricity generator into an integrated power company and major player in the UK energy market, " he said.
The former England A international captained Leeds to their first ever promotion to the Premiership and also lifted the Powergen Cup at Twickenham in the absence of then skipper Iain Balshaw, who had been injured in the final.
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