| Common Stocks for Income |
| Below we have begun to list common stocks that have reasonable yields with decent safety We DO NOT list common stocks of companies with high yields while on the verge of bankruptcy etc. Of course the advantage of buying common stocks with decent yields is that historically--over time they have performed very well combining the dividends received with the capital gain potential |
These are NOT recommended purchases, but are just informational. You must do additional due diligence to find investments suitable to your needs and style. Information Current as of 08/14/2008 |
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| Consolidated Edison Latest Financials for Period End 03/31/2008 Consolidated Edison, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides electric, gas, and steam utility services in the United States. It provides electric service to approximately 3.2 million customers and gas service to approximately 1.1 million customers in New York City and Westchester County, as well as provides steam service to office buildings, apartment houses, and hospitals in parts of Manhattan. The company also provides electric service to approximately 0.3 million customers in southeastern New York and adjacent areas of northern New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania, and gas service to approximately 0.1 million customers in southeastern New York and adjacent areas of eastern Pennsylvania. In addition, Consolidated Edison owns, leases, or operates generating plants and participates in other infrastructure projects; sells electricity directly to delivery-service customers of utilities primarily in the northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions; and provides energy-efficiency services, including the design and installation of lighting retrofits, high-efficiency heating, ventilating and air conditioning equipment, and other energy saving technologies to government and commercial customers. The company sells electricity to industrial and large commercial customers, as well as to residential customers. Consolidated Edison was founded in 1884 and is based in New York, New York. Yield as of 8/6/2008 6% |
| Great Plains Energy Latest Financials for Period End 12/31/2007 Great Plains Energy Incorporated, through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity in the United States. It generates electricity utilizing coal, nuclear, natural gas, oil, and wind resources. The company also provides retail electricity supply services; and strategic planning, consulting and billing, and scheduling services in the natural gas and electricity markets. As of December 31, 2007, it served approximately 506,000 customers located in 24 counties in western Missouri and eastern Kansas comprising 446,100 residential and 57,600 commercial customers, as well as 2,300 industrials, municipalities, and other electric utilities. Great Plains Energy had approximately 4,000 megawatts of generating capacity. The company was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. Yield as of 8/14/2008 6.7% |
| Empire District Electric Latest Financials for Period End 6/30/2008 The Empire District Electric Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, purchase, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity in parts of Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. It operates in three segments: Electric, Gas, and Other. The Electric segment generates electricity from coal, natural gas, and hydro sources; and supplies electric service at retail to 121 incorporated communities and various unincorporated areas, as well as at wholesale to four municipally owned distribution systems. As of December 31, 2007, it had generating facilities with an aggregate generating capacity of 1,255 megawatts; transmission systems consisted of approximately 22 miles of 345 kV lines, 434 miles of 161 kV lines, 744 miles of 69 kV lines, and 81 miles of 34.5 kV lines; and distribution systems consisted of approximately 6,785 miles of line. This segment also owns and operates water pumping facilities and distribution systems consisting of a total of approximately 86 miles of water mains in three communities in Missouri. It primarily serves residential, commercial, industrial, wholesale on-system, and wholesale off-system customers. The Gas segment provides natural gas distribution to communities in northwest, north central, and west central Missouri. Its principal gas utility properties consisted of approximately 87 miles of transmission mains and approximately 1,110 miles of distribution mains. This segment primarily serves residential, commercial, and industrial customers. The Other segment engages in the leasing of fiber optics cable and equipment. The company was founded in 1909 and is based in Joplin, Missouri. Yield as of 8/14/2008 5.9% |
| Pinnacle West Capital Latest Financials for Period End 3/31/2008 Pinnacle West Capital Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated electric utility company in the United States. It engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity, through various fuels, including coal, gas and oil, nuclear, and solar, as well as provides retail and wholesale electric services. Pinnacle West Capital also engages in real estate development and investment activities in the western United States. The company was founded in 1920 and is based in Phoenix, Arizona. Yield as of 8/14/2008 6% |
| Progress Energy Latest Financials for Period End 6/30/2008 Progress Energy, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated energy company serving the southeast region of the United States. It engages in the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity in North Carolina, South Carolina, and west central Florida. The company also provides coal terminal services, which include procuring and processing coal, and transloading and marketing synthetic fuels. It offers its coal terminal services in Kentucky and West Virginia. The company serves textile, chemical, metal, paper, food, rubber and plastics, wood products, and electronic machinery and equipment sectors, as well as phosphate rock mining and processing, electronics design and manufacturing, and citrus and other food processing sectors. As of December 31, 2007, it had approximately 21,000 megawatts of regulated electric generation capacity and served approximately 3.1 million retail electric customers. Progress Energy, formerly known as CP&L Energy, Inc., was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina. Yield as of 8/14/2008 5.5% |
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