Electric Utility Stocks Ranked by Yield (9/26/05); Leaders DQE, EDE, GXP, UIL, PGN

The list below sorts the electric utilities tracked here by dividend yield as of Monday, September 26th, 2005, writes utility analyst Sandy Cohen. The list is sorted from highest yield to lowest yield. Listed in order of dividend yield from highest to lowest:

		9/26/2005
	Ticker	Dividend
		Yield
1	DQE	5.76%
2	EDE	5.59%
3	GXP	5.56%
4	UIL	5.52%
5	PGN	5.40%
6	CV	5.03%
7	AEE	4.81%
8	ED	4.73%
9	OGE	4.71%
10	CHG	4.57%
11	DTE	4.56%
12	HE	4.52%
13	CIN	4.47%
14	POM	4.44%
15	DUK	4.40%
16	XEL	4.38%
17	PSD	4.35%
18	EAS	4.34%
19	PNW	4.32%
20	TE	4.31%
21	VVC	4.22%
22	SO	4.16%
23	NST	4.01%
24	IDA	4.00%
25	CNL	3.97%
26	NI	3.93%
27	WPS	3.92%
28	WR	3.87%
29	MGEE	3.80%
30	SCG	3.73%
31	OTTR	3.62%
32	LNT	3.61%
33	AEP	3.60%
34	NU	3.60%
35	DPL	3.46%
36	PEG	3.45%
37	FE	3.39%
38	NWEC	3.29%
39	D	3.20%
40	FPL	3.15%
41	PPL	3.13%
42	PCG	3.09%
43	GMP	3.08%
44	BKH	3.00%
45	ETR	2.95%
46	EXC	2.95%
47	AVA	2.88%
48	PNM	2.82%
49	ALE	2.81%
50	SRE	2.54%
51	UNS	2.32%
52	CEG	2.28%
53	WEC	2.25%
54	EIX	2.18%
55	MDU	2.16%
56	TXU	2.08%
57	CNP	1.93%
58	AYE	0.00%
59	CMS	0.00%
60	SRP	0.00%
Average		3.57%

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