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Cap-and-Trade Bill Moves Through Congress: Time to Sell Electric Utilities?

who ends up paying all costs of legislation?
is there any other source but the public?


On Jun 09 08:29 PM john s. gordon wrote:

> if the costs of capntrade are passed on to the ratepayers, then the
> citizens are being hit with a tax that they never voted for &
> were never led to expect.

Electric Utilities: Now a Screaming Buy?

please preface your article with timeframe for action/meaning. then GD may be better informed on your intent.

there are some "greener" utilities which could benefit from cap/trade. FPL comes to mind--little coal, some NG and nuke.lotsa wind, growing solar big time, high scores on customer efficiency programs. much opportunity to sell credits[TO eg. SO, DUKE]. same might hold for Pacific gas/elect, eg.

i also would not rule out some strong move on a form of C tax. too much pressure from worldwide sources[even USA utilities]. examine sen Conrad's reasonings deeply.


On Mar 11 05:19 PM Robert Perrego wrote:

> GD
>
> Not talking about a buy and hold here. Just as this bear market rally
> is pooping the financials as they may finally be oversold, a let
> up on the cap and trade will rebound the utilities. The utilities
> got sold off very hard and will see a rise. I do not play buy-and-get-hit-by-a-t...
>
>
> We get a decent bear market rally here and three sectors will perform
> the best inside this rally - banks, tech and utilities.

Lessons from Benjamin Graham, Part 1

unless the utility is already highly renewable/low fossil fuel use--eg. FPL.


On Mar 04 09:15 AM Paul Killinger wrote:

> Well done, sir.
>
> The difference in the current climate for utiities is the government
> has targeted electricity users for a +/- 50% rate increase to fund
> their cap and trade folly. This new hidden tax on consumers will
> require massive new investments and corresponding lower earnings.
> Utility share prices are already beginning to reflect this evenuality.