Electric Utility Stocks Ranked by Yield 9/14/05 - DQE, EDE, GXP, UIL Lead

The list below sorts the electric utilities tracked here by dividend yield as of Wednesday, September 14th, 2005, writes utility analyst Sandy Cohen. The list is sorted from highest yield to lowest yield:

Electric Utilities:

		9/14/2005
	Ticker	Dividend
		Yield
1	DQE	5.63%
2	EDE	5.42%
3	GXP	5.40%
4	UIL	5.40%
5	PGN	5.35%
6	CV	5.00%
7	ED	4.73%
8	CHG	4.61%
9	OGE	4.61%
10	AEE	4.60%
11	HE	4.50%
12	DTE	4.44%
13	POM	4.43%
14	XEL	4.40%
15	CIN	4.37%
16	DUK	4.28%
17	PSD	4.28%
18	SO	4.24%
19	TE	4.24%
20	PNW	4.19%
21	EAS	4.18%
22	VVC	4.15%
23	NST	3.93%
24	IDA	3.87%
25	CNL	3.82%
26	WPS	3.82%
27	NI	3.81%
28	WR	3.76%
29	MGEE	3.75%
30	AEP	3.65%
31	SCG	3.65%
32	OTTR	3.64%
33	DPL	3.55%
34	LNT	3.50%
35	NU	3.49%
36	PEG	3.41%
37	D	3.34%
38	NWEC	3.30%
39	GMP	3.21%
40	FE	3.18%
41	PCG	3.15%
42	PPL	3.12%
43	FPL	3.11%
44	BKH	3.09%
45	ETR	2.93%
46	ALE	2.92%
47	EXC	2.91%
48	AVA	2.82%
49	PNM	2.76%
50	SRE	2.53%
51	MDU	2.27%
52	UNS	2.27%
53	CEG	2.22%
54	WEC	2.19%
55	TXU	2.17%
56	EIX	2.16%
57	CNP	1.87%
58	AYE	0.00%
59	CMS	0.00%
60	SRP	0.00%
Average		3.53%

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