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Both Southern Company and Duke Energy are locking in massive data center contracts, but funding billions in new generation while protecting a retirement income payout creates a tension only one of them has actually solved.

These stocks are good value buys, with safe-looking dividends yielding between 2.7% and 3.8%.

The yield you choose for a dividend portfolio changes the required capital by more than a million dollars, and picking the wrong one could leave you far short of your monthly income target.

Duke Energy (NYSE:DUK) appointed Joycelyn M. Mullen to its board of directors and key committees, effective 23 September 2026. Mullen, the CEO of Insight Enterprises, joins the audit, finance, and operations and nuclear oversight committees. The utility filed a regulatory application to decommission hydropower units at the Great Falls powerhouse within the Catawba Wateree Project. The board appointment of Joyce Mullen and the Great Falls hydropower decommissioning filing only capture one...

Duke Energy Corporation (NYSE:DUK) closed at $113.23 on September 24, within a few cents of its lowest level in a year. Nothing went wrong at the company. The bond market moved instead. The 30-year Treasury yield closed at 5.47% that day, the highest since 2004. The 10-year reached 5.18%, a level last seen in 2007. […]

Dominion Energy has kept its quarterly payout frozen for years while pouring billions into offshore wind and data center infrastructure, and now a pending merger with NextEra is forcing retirees to decide whether patience will finally be rewarded or replaced by a 5% Treasury yield.

This power generator sent billions back to its owners. But with its stock falling and key markets in flux, shareholders are now asking what that money truly bought.

Treasury yields just hit levels not seen in two decades, and that quiet shift is forcing income investors to ask a question they haven't had to seriously consider in years: why own dividend stocks at all?

GEV and DUK are positioned to benefit from rising electricity demand, with growth driven by power generation, grid investment and data centers.

Data centers are quietly reshaping which utility stocks deserve a spot in an income portfolio, and four regulated electric companies just locked in contracts that could rewrite their dividend growth stories for the next decade.

DUK stands out with a cheaper valuation, higher dividend yield and slightly lower debt, while NEE leads on ROIC.

In the closing of the recent trading day, Duke Energy (DUK) stood at $114.17, denoting a -1.84% move from the preceding trading day.

Duke Energy and Southern Company both serve regulated Southern markets, both raise their dividends annually, and both benefit from surging data center demand, but a close look at their balance sheets and capital plans reveals a clear winner for retirement income portfolios.

Recently, Zacks.com users have been paying close attention to Duke Energy (DUK). This makes it worthwhile to examine what the stock has in store.

PG&E (PCG) trades at about $12.94, the bottom of its 52-week range and about 32% below its high. Over the past twelve months it lost 12.2% while the S&P 500 gained 18.5%. That gap did not come from a market crash. And in market shocks since 2007, its deepest fall includes a one-day break in PG&E's own price data.

IDA raises its quarterly dividend by 2.3% to 90 cents, extending annual increases since 2011 as customer growth and investments support returns.

Duke Energy recently received the Edison Electric Institute’s Emergency Recovery Award for restoring power to nearly 200,000 Carolinas customers after Winter Storm Fern, mobilizing more than 15,000 workers and deploying self-healing grid technology. This national recognition highlights Duke Energy’s operational resilience and use of advanced grid tools, which are increasingly important as extreme weather tests utility reliability and service quality. We’ll now explore how this award for...

PG&E (PCG) has lost about 13% over the past twelve months while the S&P 500 gained 17%. The California utility now trades at 9.5 times earnings against an S&P 500 median of 22.9, the kind of gap value buyers hunt for. So what has the market marked down: the utility, or the state it operates in.

Duke Energy (DUK) closed at $117.77 in the latest trading session, marking a -1.05% move from the prior day.

PPL's Kentucky pipeline points to rising power demand, with 3.7 GW of new load by 2032 and up to $4B in added generation investment through 2032.

Building a retirement income sleeve around seven funds sounds like diversification, but the largest position in this blueprint has a quiet habit of inflating its own payout once a year without ever promising to repeat it.

Duke Energy has raised its dividend every year for two decades, mailed checks like clockwork, and still managed to leave patient investors wondering if boring was ever really worth it.

NextEra Energy's renewable backlog, Florida demand and earnings growth support steady performance, but its premium valuation may warrant patience.

Data centers are doubling their power demands almost overnight, and regulated utilities that lock in long-term supply contracts stand to collect that revenue for decades. Five names are positioned at the center of this shift, but each carries a different risk that could make or break your income stream.

Investing.com -- OpenAI (NASDAQ:OAI) Chief Executive Sam Altman is pitching the company's cybersecurity capabilities to major U.S. utility executives as the power sector faces growing threats from autonomous cyberattacks, according to a report from POLITICO. The outreach comes as the artificial intelligence developer seeks to address mounting concerns following revelations that its own AI models were involved in a sophisticated, multi-day breach of tech platform Hugging Face. During a meeting at

Vistra's hedging, long-term PPAs, diversified generation fleet and improving earnings outlook support growth, though high debt may warrant a better entry point.

Vistra (VST) has fallen about 19% over the past twelve months and trades roughly 30% below its 52-week high, with softer ERCOT power prices and an expected pause in some Texas data-center reviews among the worries. Underneath that tape, the company keeps handing its owners a bigger slice of itself. That is no longer the reason to buy the stock.

Vistra's diversified 43,641-MW fleet lowers dependence on a single fuel source and positions it to benefit from rising U.S. electricity demand.

Recently, Zacks.com users have been paying close attention to Duke Energy (DUK). This makes it worthwhile to examine what the stock has in store.

When quality dividend stocks drift toward 52-week lows, patient income investors often find their best opportunities hiding in plain sight. Five household names are sitting at beaten-down prices right now, and the yields they are offering demand a closer look.

BWX Technologies is trading at a discount compared to its peers despite its military moat.

Turning $930,000 into a lifetime income stream sounds simple until you realize an annuity payout and a dividend yield are not measuring the same thing, and that gap changes everything about which strategy actually wins.

The tool and DIY retailer’s foundation has partnered with NVIDIA, General Motors and other U.S. business behemoths to help bolster the construction labor force by 2035.

The move comes amid a significant skilled trades labor shortage in the U.S.

Not every dividend stock survives a recession with its payout intact, but regulated utilities operate under a different set of rules entirely. These three have raised dividends for decades by design, and the mechanics behind that streak are worth understanding before the next downturn tests your portfolio.

Duke Energy Corporation recently reported second-quarter 2026 earnings of US$1.43 per share, beating analyst expectations, even as operating revenues came in slightly below forecasts and interest expenses increased compared with a year earlier. An interesting twist is that, despite the earnings beat and year-on-year profit growth, analyst estimates for Duke Energy have been revised downward since the release. Next, we’ll explore how this earnings beat amid softer revenue and higher interest...

Duke Energy (DUK) reported earnings 30 days ago. What's next for the stock? We take a look at earnings estimates for some clues.

Duke Energy has underperformed the Nasdaq Composite over the past year, and analysts remain somewhat bullish about the stock’s outlook.

Duke Energy and WEC Energy Group are among the top dividend stocks in the market, according to a recent report from Morningstar.

The Building Futures Skilled Trades Coalition aims to train and develop 1 million skilled trades workers by 2035

The company is chasing the data center boom, but after a pullback in the shares, you have to weigh a strong recovery record against some very real market pressures.

Most retirees drain their savings slowly and hope the money outlasts them, but a growing number of octogenarians never spend a single share and still clear six figures a year. The three-tier strategy behind that math is simpler than it sounds, and the tradeoffs between tiers are where most people go wrong.

PG&E's cash-flow multiple sits far below the market's, and the company says its capital plan is premised on how California resolves wildfire liability.

XLU gives you exposure to over 30 utilities, but the AI data-center boom is quietly concentrating inside just a handful of them, and owning the fund means paying for a lot of names that will miss the surge entirely.

PPL's rising operating income, data center demand, rate recovery and $23B investment outlook support 6-8% annual EPS growth through 2029.

Regulatory moves put Duke Energy in focus Duke Energy (DUK) has moved to intervene in a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission proceeding involving PJM Interconnection, while also facing scrutiny in Florida over how its tariffs treat large load customers. For investors tracking Duke Energy stock, these regulatory steps highlight how proceedings in Washington and state level debates on SB 484 could influence future cost allocation between shareholders and different customer groups. Duke Energy’s...

WhiteFiber gains 12% in six months as NC-1 contracts, cloud deals and AI infrastructure scarcity boost revenue visibility and expansion potential.

Vistra's discounted valuation, strong ROE and capital returns offset earnings estimate cuts, debt and power-price risks after a six-month stock decline.

Duke Energy Florida’s proposal “doesn't attempt to comply with the most basic provisions” of Florida’s new data center law, the state’s public counsel, Walt Trierweiler, said at a hearing.

Constellation Energy's 3.1% monthly rally reflects rising clean-energy demand, nuclear strength and Calpine gains, but margin pressures remain.