2 Utility Stocks to Buy and 1 to Avoid [The Motley Fool]
SCANA (SCG)
Last scana earnings: 10/25 07:30 am
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The news is bleak at SCANA, but there are two high-yield utility alternatives for income investors to consider. Investing in utilities is usually a pretty boring affair, with the main attraction normally being a reliable quarterly dividend payment. Recent events at SCANA Corporation ( NYSE:SCG ) , however, have been anything but boring. Dominion Energy could be the company's savior, but not if the government gets in the way. That's why investors would be better off investing in high-yielding Duke Energy Corporation ( NYSE:DUK ) or PPL Corporation ( NYSE:PPL ) . Here's what you need to know to decide. Uncertainty reigns The bad news at SCANA really got started when it began construction of a nuclear power plant. The project was hit with cost overruns and delays, which led to a lot of bad press and an increasingly tense relationship with key stakeholders -- like the South Carolina government, along with customers and regulators. But things got really b
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