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For a long time, electric utility companies had reputations for being boring yet safe stocks where even the most conservative investors could put their money.

Tool makers Stanley Works and Black & Decker Corp. are betting that together they can wring out more profit and better position themselves for a housing market recovery than they could apart.

Power company Dynegy is scheduled to report third-quarter earnings on Thursday. The following is a summary of key developments and analysis related to the period.

Point Carbon identified the winners and losers in a proposed cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gas emissions in the United States in its latest report Carbon Exposure unveiled on November 2, 2009 at its annual fall conference Carbon Market Insights Americas.

Climate change isn't going to be free. A report by Point Carbon , an independent consulting company that tracks global carbon and energy markets, estimates that U.S. climate legislation could push the price at the pump 13 cents a gallon higher.

The economic recession is impacting many facets of electric utility operations, including how to best benchmark performance for the lowest incremental cost, mused industry professionals at EUCG's fall workshop in San Diego this month.

On the third day of Senate hearings on the climate bill, some sparks are flying over just how to craft America's energy future.

And day last. We're going to focus today on John Rowe, Exelon CEO. As we said over the last two days, the focus of the hearings has been general in nature, alighting on nuclear energy and other energy generators only occasionally.

Timelines figured prominently in a third and final day of Senate committee hearings on climate change legislation Oct.

Old Dominion Electric Cooperative has signed an agreement with Exelon Generation to supply the co-op with 200 megawatts of electricity for 10 years.

Exelon Chairman and CEO John W. Rowe, in testimony today before the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, called for passage of a comprehensive climate and energy bill to address the greenhouse gas issue and put our nation on the path to a low-carbon future.

Exelon Generation today announced that the Old Dominion Electric Cooperative awarded it a ten-year contract commencing on June 1, 2010 to provide 200 MWs of baseload generation capacity and energy.

Entergy Louisiana's 669,000 customers could face a bill of $208.9 million if state utility regulators agree with the company's plan to scuttle the Little Gypsy power plant conversion in southeastern Louisiana.

TheStreet.com's stock-rating model upgraded specialty-minerals company Amcol to "buy." The numbers : Third-quarter profit multiplied seven times to $13 million, or 43 cents a share, as revenue fell 25% to $191 million.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce calls itself the "voice of business," yet a growing number of companies from Apple to Exelon are saying it doesn't speak for them when it denies global warming and lobbies against climate change legislation.

Exelon Corp. October 23, 2009; 11:00 am ET Executives John Rowe - Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Matthew Hilzinger - Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Chris Crane - President & Chief Operating Officer Anne Pramaggiore - Vice President of Regulatory & Strategic Services Denis Oa Brien - Executive Vice President, President & Chief ...

Exelon Corp., the biggest U.S. nuclear power producer and owner of the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in Lacey, said third-quarter profit rose 8.1 percent as one-time gains offset a drop in electricity prices.

By MARK WILLIAMS Power generator Exelon said Friday that the weak economy and the cool summer dragged down its third-quarter profit.Chicago-based Exelon, one of the nation's largest power companies with 5.4 million customers, said that its earnings for the quarter ended Sept.

Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Friday's session are Microsoft Corp., Honeywell International Inc.

Power company Exelon Corp. is scheduled to report third-quarter earnings on Friday.