Utilities

Analysts at Citigroup upgrade Southern Company (NYSE: SO) from “hold” to “buy.” The target price for SO is set to $40. SO shares lost 1.65% to close at $37.65 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here

Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. (NYSE: FGP) today announced the commencement of an underwritten registered public offering of 4,400,000 common units representing limited partner interests. Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. intends to grant the underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional 660,000...

Ferrell Gas Partners (NYSE: FGP) offers 4.4M common units representing limited partner interests.

Exelon (NYSE: EXC) is closely monitoring the situation in Japan as it continues to unfold. While there is still a great deal we don't know, from all information the company received so far, it appears that the damage to the Japanese plants was primarily related to the tsunami, not the earthquake...

March 14, 2011 (Investorideas.com renewable energy/green newswire) Investorideas.com a leader in cleantech investor research, reports on electric car stocks and battery stocks trading following recent news that Google has added the ability to search for electric vehicle charging stations to Google...

Avista (NYSE: AVA) received approval from the Public Utility Commission of Oregon (PUC) on the all-party settlement, concluding the company's natural gas rate case in Oregon. New customer rates will be implemented in two phases: effective March 15, 2011, and June 1, 2011. Avista made the request...

Connecticut Water Service, Inc. (Nasdaq: CTWS) announced net income of $9.8 million and earnings per basic average share (EPS) of $1.14 for 2010, compared to net income of $10.2 million and EPS of $1.20 for 2009. In 2009, the Company completed real estate transactions that generated revenues of $2....

FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) today entered into a definitive agreement to sell the Fremont Energy Center in Fremont, Ohio, to American Municipal Power, Inc.. Under terms of the agreement, the facility would be purchased by AMP for approximately $485 million, based on 685 megawatts of output....

SCANA Corporation (NYSE: SCG) was downgraded by BofA/Merrill from "neutral" to "underperform." SCG's shares closed at $40.05 on Friday. SCANA's PEG ratio is 2.80. Jefferies downgraded Las Vegas Sands Corp (NYSE: LVS) from “buy” to “hold.” LVS' stock closed at $40.06 on Friday. Las Vegas Sands'...

Wunderlich Securities has a Hold rating on shares of Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE: LNT), as well as a $39 price target on shares. In a note to investors, Wunderlich writes, "Alliant Energy (LNT) released a new investor presentation on Friday in preparation for meetings with European investors...

In a report published by Brean Murray Carret & Co, American States Water Company's (NYSE: AWR) rating is upgraded to Buy and a price target of $39 is established. Brean Murray Carret & Co said that operating revenue increased 23.1 percent in the quarter to $103.7 million, as revenue...

Wunderlich Securities has a Buy rating and a $24 price target on shares of NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG). In a note to clients, Wunderlich writes, "The nuclear incidents in Japan caused by the post-earthquake tsunami are likely to reverberate across the global nuclear industry. NRG Energy (NRG)...

Analysts at Brean Murray upgrade American States Water Company (NYSE: AWR) from “hold” to “buy.” AWR shares lost 0.93% to close at $32.93 on Friday. More Analyst Ratings here

American States Water Company (NYSE: AWR) today reported basic and fully diluted earnings of $0.48 per common share for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2010 as compared to basic and fully diluted earnings of $0.18 per common share for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2009. Basic and...

Piedmont Natural Gas (NYSE: PNY) today announced results for the first fiscal quarter ended January 31, 2011. For the quarter, the Company reported net income of $84.4 million, or $1.16 per diluted share, compared to net income of $113.7 million, or $1.55 per diluted share for the same period in...