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S&P Series of the Half finalist (H2'17)

07/18/17 — Kemper's reckoning: Mississippi regulators draw 'line in the sand'

07/19/17 — Kemper's reckoning: Regulator sees 'serious mistakes' by Mississippi Power

S&P Energy Story of the Month (July '17)

07/18/17 Kemper's reckoning: Mississippi regulators draw 'line in the sand'

S&P Editors' Picks (weekly):

12/19/18 Ga. regulatory staff warns of lawsuit if Vogtle costs not prudent

12/11/18 New CEO takes reins of Fla.'s largest municipal utility at critical time

11/26/18 Nuclear group pours $750,000 into runoff vote for Ga. PSC seat

10/30/18 Entergy New Orleans deeply involved with paid actors, investigation finds

10/17/18 Tight PSC races imperil Georgia Power's reliable regulatory support

10/04/18 NextEra eyeing expiring renewables, political risk, regulated M&A in future

09/26/18 Vogtle owners decide to keep building new reactors

09/19/18 JEA asks Vogtle owners to delay vote on project's future

09/05/18 NextEra yieldco eyeing 3rd-party M&A

08/27/18 Vogtle owner MEAG strikes back at JEA over contract claims

08/14/18 Hydro One 'fully committed' to Avista deal despite board shakeup, CEO says

08/08/18 Southern CEO: Vogtle nuke write-off is 'short-term pain, but long-term gain'

07/25/18 NextEra expects Fla. utility acquisitions to shore up credit, balance sheet

07/17/18 Lafayette, La., contemplates selling electric utility

07/11/18 FirstEnergy Solutions retail biz 'too good to pass up' for Exelon, analyst says

06/28/18 Regulated utilities, contracted gas assets underpin Sempra's new growth strategy

05/15/18 Jacksonville, Fla., utility board tables privatization activities

05/02/18 Southern weighs 'investor-friendly funding' options to address $7B equity need

03/27/18 Southern working to prevent cybersecurity 'nightmare,' CEO says

03/21/18 Jacksonville, Fla., utility's 'golden goose' status under pressure

02/21/18 Jacksonville, Fla., officials start exploring sale of city's utility

12/27/17 How the FPL-Vero Beach deal went from 'war' to 'godsend'

12/21/17 Regulators give Georgia Power 'both carrots and sticks' to finish Vogtle

10/13/17 Undergrounding 'not a panacea,' utilities tell Fla. lawmakers

09/12/17 Utilities set expectations for restoration after Irma

09/07/17 FPL: Irma could prompt 'rebuild of our entire infrastructure'

08/02/17 Southern CEO: Summer-Vogtle comparison is 'apples and oranges'

07/19/17 Kemper's reckoning: Regulator sees 'serious mistakes' by Mississippi Power

06/23/17 Analysts see 'silver lining' to Kemper clean-coal shutdown

04/17/17 Shareholders push climate change analysis amid Paris pact uncertainty

04/05/17 MEAG Vogtle PPAs remain intact despite Westinghouse bankruptcy

S&P Most Read (weekly):

12/14/18 Ark. AG warns of rate hikes from Entergy coal retirement settlement

10/23/18 NextEra 'far from a peak' on renewable development, interested in Santee Cooper

09/27/18 Georgia Power assumes more risk at Vogtle, but project tougher to cancel

08/03/18 Demand decline is 'real' and likely 'permanent,' TVA CEO says

06/18/18 Moody's downgrades outlook on regulated utilities sector to 'negative'

05/21/18 NextEra pays premium for Florida expansion in deal for Southern assets

04/06/18 Utilities embrace 'creative destruction' as they look to future

03/02/18 Wall Street giants jockey to run sale of Jacksonville, Fla., utility

02/20/18 TVA CEO defends private plane, helicopter use

12/12/17 Vogtle is 'damned if we do and damned if we don't,' regulatory staffer says

11/01/17 Southern mum on SCANA purchase potential but maintains 'active radar screen'

09/11/17 After Irma, FPL says grid investments 'absolutely' worth it

09/01/17 Vogtle recommendation indicates 'trepidation' among owners, analyst says

07/26/17 NextEra CEO: 'We haven't been ... as successful' in big M&A

07/18/17 Kemper's reckoning: Mississippi regulators draw 'line in the sand'

07/11/17 Oncor CEO: Berkshire acquisition 'would be great'

06/28/17 Mississippi Power suspends gasifier operations at Kemper

06/13/17 Vogtle completion 'uneconomic,' Ga. regulatory consultants say

03/31/17 Morgan Stanley: Southern, SCANA abandoning nuclear projects 'most likely' case

03/29/17 Analysts weigh impacts of Westinghouse bankruptcy on Southern, SCANA

MarketWeek feature (weekly):

10/19/18 Wall Street lauds Sempra's acquisition of Texas transmission businesses

09/28/18 Wall Street wary of Southern going 'all in' on Vogtle agreement

08/03/18 Most utilities top Q2 estimates, with heavy focus on regulated growth

07/27/18 Demand management is 'arrow in our quiver' during Texas heat wave

06/22/18 Entergy's $15B regulated capital plan pleases investors

05/18/18 TVA weighs renewables, grid resilience in latest resource planning

05/11/18 After Hurricane Irma, Fla. utilities want more authority to trim disputed trees

05/04/18 New Orleans council's regulatory role strained by Entergy gas plant approval

04/20/18 Under Trump, renewable energy advocates focus on state policy

04/06/18 Utilities embrace 'creative destruction' as they look to future

03/09/18 Battery storage, power contracts could be impacted by revenue recognition change

03/02/18 Wall Street giants jockey to run sale of Jacksonville, Fla., utility

12/15/17 Critical decisions, deadlines loom for nuclear projects

10/20/17 Markets wary of wildfire repercussions for PG&E

10/13/17 Undergrounding 'not a panacea,' utilities tell Fla. lawmakers

10/06/17 Florida projected to add 9,200 MW of new generation over next decade

09/15/17 Analysts see 'limited' impact from Irma to Fla. utility Q3 earnings

08/25/17 Market reforms pushed by DOE in grid study could boost IPPs

08/18/17 Summer, Vogtle problems hang over Turkey Point hearings

08/04/17 Analysts see Southern pursuing Vogtle completion or deferring to regulators

06/30/17 Analysts assess Q2 impact of Kemper suspension on Southern

06/09/17 — Oncor public offering 'path of least resistance,' M&A favored by EFH creditors

05/19/17 Utilities' Q1 results overcome warm winter earnings impact

04/21/17 Utility M&A activity off to slower start in 2017, but appetite remains

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