Connecticut Water Service (NSDQ: CTWS) is a leading player in the consolidation of an essential-service industry in serious need of scale-building deals.

CLP Holdings (OTC: CLPHY) is in great position to benefit from China's voracious and growing appetite for new power sources.

A lot of bad news is priced into the stock of Exelon Corp (NYSE: EXC)--too much, in fact. Now's the time to pick up this high-quality power producer at a steep discount.

Atmos Energy (NYSE: ATO) continued to grow during the recession--and it cut debt and raised the dividend, too.

Entergy Corp's (NYSE: ETR) plan to spin off its nuclear assets didn't work out as planned, but the company is arguable more valuable now than when its stock traded near $120 per share.

Longtime UF holding Dominion Resources (NYSE: D) has sold its exploration and production assets, paid down debt and invested in energy infrastructure projects--all with an eye on boosting dividends at a double-digit rate.

AT&T (NYSE: T) reported a 24.4 percent boost in fourth-quarter 2009 earnings, with its extremely profitable alliance with Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) activating 3.1 million iPhones.

Over the next five years new Growth Portfolio Core Holding Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE) will spend $12 billion adding to its collection of low-risk power and gas distribution, pipeline and energy storage assets.

Comcast Corp (NSDQ: CMCSA) is paying nothing close to top dollar for NBC Universal. Rather, it’s contributing entertainment assets and approximately one year of free cash flow to garner a 51 percent controlling interest.

Spectra Energy's (NYSE: SE) fee-based energy storage, transmission, distribution and Canadian gathering and processing operations all generated strong growth over the past year.