Although the process will be a long one, a system that's been in place for more than a hundred years for the delivery of electric power in the US is unwinding. Read More

Dividend-paying stocks, including utilities, master limited partnerships and REITs, enjoyed a nice bounce in September after the US Federal Reserve delayed its long-anticipated "taper" until at least November. Read More

The Environmental Protection Agency's proposed carbon emissions rules on new coal power plants, if enacted, would force utility investors to place venture capitalist type bets on new energy technologies. Read More

California is setting more trends, as two pieces of recently passed legislation boost the solar cause in the state and around the US. Read More

Recent debt downgrades, continued cost overruns on new projects, and declining earnings on flat power demand raise serious questions about the utility's viability as an income investment. Read More

Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE: VZ) has finally reached an agreement to buy out Vodafone Group Plc's (London: VOD, NSDQ: VOD) 45 percent stake in the Verizon Wireless joint venture. It's costly, but it gives Verizon 100 percent ownership of the biggest mobile services provider in the US and all the benefits of data-demand-driven growth. Read More

This month's Income Spotlight has come back into buying range after reaching an all-time high. And management recently raised the monthly dividend rate. Read More

A "drop-down" of assets to its affiliated master limited partnership will fuel faster dividend expansion for this month's Growth Spotlight. Read More

The one dividend cut in the How They Rate coverage universe last month emerged from a well-known trouble spot on the Iberian Peninsula. Read More