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By Leonard Hyman & William Tilles - Mar 21, 2024, 11:00 AM CDT For a long time, investors have been accepting relatively low-risk, low-returns in utilities. With bond yields moving higher, the acceptable total return needed to entice capital to the business may have moved up to 8-9%. The investor-owned utilities do ...

Lisa McGuire stands near her former walkway on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, as she describes a fire that engulfed her home, killing her two dogs, in a Prichard, Ala., neighborhood with a history of severe water loss. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) Videos Trillions of gallons leak from decrepit water systems For generations, t...

The United States is not building enough transmission lines to connect regional power networks. The deficit is driving up electricity prices, reducing grid reliability, and hobbling renewable-energy deployment. At the heart of the problem are utility companies that refuse to pursue interregional transmission project...