The Southern Company, based in Atlanta, Georgia, is the dirtiest power plant, according to the report.
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Georgia Power, a subsidiary of Southern Company, is retiring 2, 000 megawatts of fossil-fired generation.
Southern Company (NYSE:SO) recently received an award to build two new reactors in Georgia.
Others in the top 10: Southern Company, Great River Energy, Ameren Corp.
It has a 9% holding in Southern Company and 5% in Duke Energy.
Among the incumbent utilities unwilling to give up control of its wires is Atlanta-based Southern Company.
Southern Company subsidiary Georgia Power at first refused to let SecurAmerica bid for a contract earlier this year.
The utilities with active construction efforts are Southern Company, Scana Corp. and the Tennessee Valley Authority.
One company that will be building new nuclear plants is The Southern Company.
The 10 are Alliant Energy, CMS Energy, Con Edison, Southern Company, DTE Energy, Northeast Utilities, Progress Energy, PPL Corp.
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Other competitors in the utilities sector include: American Electric (AEP), Southern Company (SO), and Constellation Energy (CEG).
Southern Company shares are currently trading up about 1.1% on the day.
Southern Company shares are currently trading up about 0.1% on the day.
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Southern Company shares are currently trading down about 2.4% on the day.
Both Con Ed and Southern Company are rated neutral, based on the fact that their current valuations are well above their historic norms.
The report also cited the strong quarterly dividend history at Southern Company , and favorable long-term multi-year growth rates in key fundamental data points.
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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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The benchmarking firm has also given high rankings to some utilities with a cluster of coal-fired assets: American Electric Power, Duke Energy and Southern Company.
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Meantime, Southern Company has built a 100-megawatt biomass to serve Austin, Texas a move that it expects to replicate over the next decade.
Electric utilities, led by the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), the industry group, and Southern Company, say this will dramatically raise power rates throughout the country.
Nonetheless investors in utilities that still use coal such as American Electric Power (AEP), Edison International (EIX), and Southern Company (SO) were encouraged.
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Among the largest underlying components of XLU, in trading today Southern Company ( SO) is up about 0.3%, and Exelon ( EXC) is higher by about 0.7%.
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Among the largest underlying components of XLU, in trading today Southern Company ( SO) is off about 1.1%, and Exelon Corporation ( EXC) is lower by about 0.50%.
PC4 is part of the National Carbon Capture Center founded by the Department of Energy and Southern Company in 2009 and headquartered near the Gaston plant in Wilsonville, Alabama.
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The idea has not been popular in the Southeast, where there is not a lot of wind energy, and firms like Southern Company are lobbying against such a proposal.
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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Southern Company ( SO - news - people ) as the largest utility company in the U.S. (See If the Recovery Fizzles, Seek Safety in Utilities).
Others, such as American Electric Power and Southern Company, have helped fund the legal battles to overturn current rules and regulations affecting mercury, soot, acid rain and greenhouse gases.
Others rush to buy utility companies and commercial real estate trusts like Duke Energy (NYSE:DUKE), Southern Company (NYSE:SO), HCP, Inc. (NYSE:HCP), and Kimco Realty (NYSE:KIM) that pay similar or even higher dividends.
Wetstone is referring to the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), the powerful industry group that represents investor-owned utilities like Southern Company and American Electric Power--both of which are against the standard for renewables.
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