They are: Constellation, Duke, EDF International North America, Entergy, Exelon, FPL Group, Progress, SCANA, Southern Co.
Other competitors in the utilities sector include: Avista Corp (AVA), Sempra Energy (SRE), and SCANA (SCG).
Analysts generally think investors should stand pat on SCANA, with six of 10 analysts rating it hold.
Most analysts think investors should stand pat on SCANA, with five of nine analysts rating it hold.
Other competitors in the utilities sector include: Southern (SO), SCANA (SCG), and Progress Energy ( PGN).
The utilities with active construction efforts are Southern Company, Scana Corp. and the Tennessee Valley Authority.
Southern Co. and Scana Corp. have gotten federal regulatory approval in the last year to expand their existing nuclear campuses.
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The consensus estimate is 78 cents per share, up 4% from a year ago when SCANA reported earnings of 75 cents per share.
And here in the United States, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has granted Southern Company and Scana Corp. permission to build two reactors each.
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They are: Constellation, Duke, EDF International North America, Entergy, Exelon, FPL Group (nyse: FPL - news - people ), Progress, SCANA, Southern Co.
Analysts are expecting SCANA to report earnings of 88 cents per share, up 8.6% from a year ago when it reported earnings of 81 cents per share.
Its members include Alliant Energy, Ameren, CMS Energy, Consolidated Edison, DTE Energy, Northwest Utilities, PPL, Progress Energy, Public Service Enterprise Group, SCANA, Southern Company and The United Illuminating Company.
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The three other finalists for that remaining money are NRG Energy, which is hoping to build two reactors in Texas, the South Carolina utility SCANA, and Constellation Energy which is hoping to build a reactor in Maryland.
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Among the largest underlying components of SPLV, in trading today SCANA Corp ( NYSE: SCG) is up about 0.1%, NextEra Energy Inc ( NYSE: NEE) is up about 0.7%, and Wisconsin Energy Corp. ( NYSE: WEC) is lower by about 0.1%.
Among the largest underlying components of SPLV, in trading today SCANA Corp ( NYSE: SCG) is down about 0.3%, Wisconsin Energy Corp. ( NYSE: WEC) is off about 0.3%, and DTE Energy Co. ( NYSE: DTE) is lower by about 0.1%.
Among the largest underlying components of SPLV, in trading today SCANA Corp ( NYSE: SCG) is up about 0.1%, DTE Energy Co. ( NYSE: DTE) is up about 0.5%, and Wisconsin Energy Corp. ( NYSE: WEC) is up by about 0.1%.
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