The crisis involving Russia’s claim to Ukraine’s Crimea region has significant implications for European energy markets, and the reverberations may also impact US oil and gas policy. Read More

Three European utilities announced reduced dividends last month, while two others sent strong signals that payout cuts are coming. Read More

The share price of the biggest wireless carrier in the US has been volatile of late, but Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE: VZ) remains a great buy for new money on any market weakness. Read More

A strong start to its fiscal year, helped by extremely cold weather across much of the US, has AmeriGas Partners LP (NYSE: APU) primed to generate substantial cash flow, supporting its distribution as well as further balance-sheet strengthening. Read More

History has not been kind to alternative energy investors who threw caution to the wind. Read More

It’s an innocuous set of words by itself--“six months”--but in the context of several years’ worth of “quantitative easing” and the coming end of same it’s a combination able to drive a mini selloff. Read More

Recent efforts to disrupt energy utilities’ infrastructure have caused investors to wonder how to determine which firms are best prepared to thwart such attacks. Read More

As we do once every month save December, Australian Edge, Canadian Edge and Utility Forecaster subscribers and I got together for an online chat on Feb. 26. Here’s an edited transcript of what came up and what went down. Read More

Utility stocks are off to a great start in 2014, with industry benchmarks outperforming broader equity indexes and fourth-quarter and full-year 2013 revenue and earnings generally solid. Read More