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Today's matchup is Exelon vs. Southern Company Advantage: Exelon. Cheapness is determined by P/E ratio.

American Electric Power Co., and Southern Co., the two biggest U.S. coal-burning electricity producers, will get a portion of $979 million to capture carbon dioxide from coal power plants and bury it underground.

The Energy Department is awarding grants totaling nearly $1 billion to speed up the development of commercial-scale projects to capture carbon dioxide at three coal-burning power plants.

Mississippi Power Co. says its customers' electric bills will be cheaper next year.

Mississippi Power Co. says its customers' electric bills will be cheaper next year.

Mississippi Power Co. says its customers' electric bills will be cheaper next year.

Ilhavo, Portugal a ' 16/11/2009 a ' SADIF Investment Analytics, announces a new summary due diligence report covering The Southern Company .

If you thought the debate about health care was surreal, then don't throw away those 3-D glasses, because you'll need them to have any shot at understanding the cap and trade bills now making their way through the corridors of Congress.

Southern Co. , the largest U.S. electricity producer, is evaluating converting five coal-fired power plants to biomass to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions.

Southern Power, the Southern Company subsidiary that acquires, builds, manages and owns wholesale generation assets, today took a major step in building one of the nation's largest biomass-fueled projects with a groundbreaking ceremony in Sacul, Texas.

Southern Co. CEO David Ratcliffe has two views of the potential impact of climate change legislation now making its way through the U.S. Senate after the House passed a version last summer.

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.

Southern Co. , the largest U.S. electricity producer, said chances for signing long-term gas- supply contracts are dimming as strengthening capital markets leave fuel producers with less motivation to lock in prices for their output.

Cooler weather and the weak economy cut into Southern Co.'s revenues for the third quarter, but the utility giant still posted a slight increase in profits.

Visa Inc fourth quarter revenues rose 10% to $1.88 billion and net income was $514 million or 69 cents a share.

Opponents of the planned addition of new nuclear reactor units at Southern Co. 's Plant Vogtle near Augusta are appealing federal permits issued to the project last summer.

Southern Co., the Southeast's biggest energy provider, reported Wednesday a slim 1.2% rise in third-quarter profit, with lower fuel costs and tighter cost controls offsetting continued weak power demand, especially in the hard-pressed industrial sector.

Revenue dropped to $4.68 billion from $5.4 billion. Wall Street analysts expected the Atlanta-based utility to earn 99 cents a share, according to a survey by FactSet Research.

President Barack Obama on Tuesday announced the federal government has set aside $3.4 billion in Smart Grid Investment Grants through the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009.

Henry A. Clark III has joined Southern Co. 's board of directors. Clark is a senior adviser with Lexicon Partners , an independent corporate finance advisory firm.