Finance Updates – Page 49 – Finance Updates

Dominion Energy’s CapEx Boom: Revenue Upside Amid Rich Valuation & Regulatory Risks

Dominion Energy boosted its 20252029 capex pl...

Q1 2025 revenue rose about 12% year over year...

The stock screens somewhat expensive versus p...

Key risks are regulatory rate-setting and cos...

California’s Energy-Climate Package: Cap-and-Invest, Offsets Tightening & Risk Ahead

Americas Policy Utilities

Governor Newsom signed a bipartisan energy-an...

The laws commit at least $60B to electricity-...

Companion measures aim to stabilize fuel and ...

Markets get longer-term policy certainty and ...

PSEG Wins 5-Year Grid Deal with LIPA Through 2030: Risks & Strategic Upside

Americas Firms Utilities

PSEG Long Island won a five-year extension to...

The extension cleared LIPA board, New York At...

Leadership transitions include Scott Jennings...

PSEG cites large reliability, safety, and cus...

Vistra Acquires Cogentrix Portfolio in $4B Deal to Bolster Gas-Fired Power for AI Demand

Americas M&A Utilities

Vistra will buy Cogentrix Energy’s 10 natural...

The portfolio spans PJM, ISO New England and ...

Vistra expects free-cash-flow-per-share accre...

The company plans to keep leverage under 3x a...

BGE Rate Increases 2026: Maryland PSC’s Trade-Offs in Oversight vs. Affordability

Americas Policy Utilities

Maryland regulators approved BGE delivery-rat...

The PSC cut BGE’s 2023 cost-recovery request ...

Consumer advocates and Baltimore leaders argu...

BGE says inflation, storm costs, supply-chain...

Xcel Colorado’s Natural Gas Bill Could Climb ~11–13%: What’s Driving the Increase and What It Means for Ratepayers

Americas Policy Utilities

Xcel Energy filed for a $190 million Colorado...

If approved, average residential bills rise a...

The request covers $101 million in past safet...

Critics warn back-to-back gas and electric fi...

UK Energy Bills to Fall from April 2026 as Reforms Reshape Market & Prices

Europe Policy Utilities

Ofgem’s dual-fuel, direct-debit price cap ris...

Ofgem has approved major grid and gas network...

From April 2026, the government plans to shif...

Overall, bills edge up in early 2026 but are ...

Colorado’s 2026 Economy Forecast: Steady Growth, Weak Job Gains & Rising Risks

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Colorado is forecast to avoid a recession in ...

Job growth is expected to stay unusually weak...

Education and health services, government, an...

Unemployment is projected to edge down even a...

Canada’s Economy Set to Slow in 2026: Trade Uncertainty & Cooling Labour Market

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

TD Economics sees Canada’s GDP growth slowing...

The labour market cools with employment growt...

Inflation is expected to hover near 2% and th...

Trade-policy uncertainty ahead of the 2026 CU...

2025 AI Boom: How Big Tech Infrastructure Bets are Shaping Microsoft’s Lead—and the Risk Ahead

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

AI investment accelerated in 2025, with globa...

Microsoft showed early ROI, with Azure surpas...

Funding is concentrating in foundation-model ...

Key risks include uncertain long-term returns...