First Solar used loan guarantees from the Department of Energy to construct another project in the Southern California desert, called Desert Sunlight, which it sold in September to NextEra Energy Resources LLC, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Inc.

WSJ: California Solar Deal Hits a Snag

Three national environmental groups on Friday sued the U.S. Bureau of Land Management over its approval of a planned NextEra Energy Resources wind farm in the Tehachapi region of California that state and federal wildlife officials had warned threatens the critically endangered California condor.

FORBES: Green Groups Sue To Stop California Wind Project That Threatens Condor

Among the largest underlying components of XLU, in trading today Dominion Resources Inc ( NYSE: D) is down about 0.2%, NextEra Energy Inc ( NYSE: NEE) is down about 0.1%, and Exelon Corp. ( NYSE: EXC) is up by about 0.4%.

FORBES: Noteworthy ETF Inflows: XLU, D, NEE, EXC