<?xml version="1.0"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><atom:link href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/10000118/device/rss/rss.html" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><title>Utilities</title><description><![CDATA[Find the latest news, headlines, blogs and watch video about Utilities.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/10000118</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:07 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:07 GMT</lastBuildDate><language>en-us</language><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>Fukushima nuclear cooling system restored after outage</title><description><![CDATA[TOKYO, April 5- The operator of Japan&#039;s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant said on Friday it lost the ability to cool radioactive fuel rods in one of the plant&#039;s crippled reactors for about three hours earlier in the day.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100619448</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:50 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100619448</guid> </item>  <item><title>Utah governor rejects Nevada water agreement</title><description><![CDATA[SALT LAKE CITY-- After four years of negotiations, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert on Wednesday rejected an agreement with Nevada that would allow Las Vegas to pump massive amounts of groundwater from the states&#039; shared border.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100616521</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100616521</guid> </item>  <item><title>Running out of gas? Thailand struggles to avert energy crunch</title><description><![CDATA[BANGKOK, April 4- The annual maintenance shutdown of gas fields in Myanmar doesn&#039;t normally make headlines in Thailand, but this year shows the failure of Thai electricity generation to keep up with economic growth.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100614349</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100614349</guid> </item>  <item><title>Leak near Colo. plant highlights pipeline problems</title><description><![CDATA[DENVER-- Authorities are investigating after construction crews discovered a problem with a liquid gas pipeline that allowed a carcinogen to seep into the ground near a large creek that feeds into the Colorado River.  &quot;It&#039;s possible that we&#039;ve narrowly dodged a bullet this time,&quot; said Michael Saul, with the National Wildlife Federation.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100613193</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100613193</guid> </item>  <item><title>How BP Is Joining Big Oil Retreat From Renewals </title><description><![CDATA[BP has put its U.S. wind farm operation up for sale, marking the continued retreat of big oil companies from renewable energy investments.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100611993</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 09:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100611993</guid> </item>  <item><title>Utah governor agonizing over Nevada's water play</title><description><![CDATA[Gary Herbert said Thursday he was struggling over whether to let Las Vegas pump massive amounts of groundwater from the Nevada- Utah border. The water comes from an ice-age aquifer under 120- mile-long Snake Valley, which supports ranching and farming on both sides of the Utah- Nevada border.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100603024</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100603024</guid> </item>  <item><title>UPDATE 4-E.ON tosses a lifeline to Brazil's Batista with MPX purchase</title><description><![CDATA[*Deal should help German company grow outside Europe. *Batista lost about $20 bln of his fortune last year. SAO PAULO, March 28- Eike Batista, who lost the title of Brazil&#039;s richest man as his fortune shrank by two-thirds in the past year, agreed to sell a stake in power company MPX Energia SA to Germany&#039;s E.ON SE for about 2.1 billion reais.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100601446</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100601446</guid> </item>  <item><title>Dutch nuclear plant Borssele approved for longer life</title><description><![CDATA[FRANKFURT/ AMSTERDAM, March 27- Dutch nuclear reactor Borssele has been given permission to operate up to 2033, though the approval can still be contested, Dutch and German stakeholders said on Wednesday. Started in 1973, the 500 megawatt plant is one of the oldest reactors in Europe.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100597711</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100597711</guid> </item>  <item><title>CEE POWER-Cold spell, less wind drive spot prices higher</title><description><![CDATA[*Gazprom agrees to Serbian gas price cut. On regional exchanges, Czech and Slovak day ahead jumped nearly 21 percent to 49.59 euros per megawatt hour while Hungarian prompt power rose nearly 22 percent to 50.53 euros as the unseasonable cold weather was forecast to last at least through the weekend.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100597064</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100597064</guid> </item>  <item><title>Watering limits coming for utilities customers</title><description><![CDATA[DENVER-- Colorado&#039;s largest water utility is poised to declare a Stage 2 drought, meaning mandatory watering restrictions would kick in Monday. Denver Water&#039;s board intends to make the declaration Wednesday.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100596928</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100596928</guid> </item>  <item><title>Dominion nuclear plant layoffs to start May 31</title><description><![CDATA[CARLTON, Wis.-- Layoffs from the shutdown of Dominion Resources Inc.&#039; s Kewaunee Power Station in eastern Wisconsin are scheduled to start at the end of May. The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development says it received notice that a series of layoffs at the nuclear plant will begin May 31.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100596630</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:59 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100596630</guid> </item>  <item><title>PG&amp;E reports progress on safety recommendations</title><description><![CDATA[I came to PG&amp;E because I didn&#039;t want anyone to go through what those families went through in San Bruno. &quot; Stavropoulos added that PG&amp;E can now assure federal regulators that the communities served by PG&amp;E are aware of crucial gas safety information.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100596512</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100596512</guid> </item>  <item><title>British gas production outages keep prices high</title><description><![CDATA[*Prices jumped above 100 pence earlier in morning. The price of gas for Thursday delivery rose 1.25 pence to 99 pence per therm, due to high demand caused by cold weather and gas for immediate delivery rose 0.25 pence to 98.75 pence.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100595961</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100595961</guid> </item>  <item><title>EU mergers and takeovers (March 27)</title><description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS, March 27- The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process:. --Spanish infrastructure group Ferrovial to buy British utility services company Enterprise Plc.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100595884</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:42 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100595884</guid> </item>  <item><title>NORDIC POWER-Second-quarter contract inches up on dry weather</title><description><![CDATA[*Spot price for Thursday eases to 46.3 euros/ MWh. OSLO, March 27- Nordic power prices for delivery in the second quarter inched up on Wednesday to the highest levels since last December as dry weather kept the water supply low for hydropower generation. was trading at 41.60 euros per megawatt-hour by 1100 GMT, 5 cents higher than the previous day.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100595848</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100595848</guid> </item>  <item><title>Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions</title><description><![CDATA[State-owned China Machinery Engineering Corporation completed the second phase of the Omotosho power plant in southwest Nigeria last month, taking total output from 375 megawatts to 500 MW.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100595583</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100595583</guid> </item>  <item><title>UK Torness 2 nuclear plant taken offline due to unplanned outage</title><description><![CDATA[LONDON, March 27- EDF Energy took offline its 640 megawatt Torness 2 nuclear reactor in Scotland following an unplanned outage, the operator said on Tuesday.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100595211</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 07:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100595211</guid> </item>  <item><title>ENEL chief calls for EU to scrap renewable energy subsidies</title><description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS, March 26- The head of Italy&#039;s largest power company, Enel, said European Union governments should stop subsidising renewable energy to relieve pressure on utilities struggling with economic weakness.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100593638</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 19:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100593638</guid> </item>  <item><title>REFILE-UPDATE 1-Britain sets out plans for nuclear future</title><description><![CDATA[LONDON, March 26- Britain spelled out its aims for nuclear power on Tuesday, committing funds to a sector it expects to create 40,000 jobs while lowering the country&#039;s carbon emissions and its reliance on costly energy imports.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100593577</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 19:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100593577</guid> </item>  <item><title>UPDATE 1-Britain sets out plans for nuclear future</title><description><![CDATA[LONDON, March 26- Britain spelled out its aims for nuclear power on Tuesday, committing funds to a sector it expects to create 40,000 jobs while lowering the country&#039;s carbon emissions and its reliance on costly energy imports.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100593476</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100593476</guid> </item>  <item><title>UPDATE 1-Britain sets out plans for nuclear future</title><description><![CDATA[LONDON, March 26- Britain spelled out its aims for nuclear power on Tuesday, committing funds to a sector it expects to create 40,000 jobs while lowering the country&#039;s carbon emissions and its reliance on costly energy imports.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100593434</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100593434</guid> </item>  <item><title>CORRECTED-British government publishes long-term nuclear strategy</title><description><![CDATA[French firm EDF and Japan&#039;s Hitachi both have plans to build in Britain, which needs to replace ageing coal-fired and nuclear sites. It comes in response to a 2011 report from the House of Lords on the UK&#039;s nuclear research and development capabilities and recommendations from the Nuclear Research and Development Advisory Board.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100592363</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100592363</guid> </item>  <item><title>NORDIC POWER-Q2 contract gains on dry weather, rising spot price</title><description><![CDATA[*Spot price for Wednesday set at 47.49 euros/ MWh. firmed by 80 cents to 41.8 euros per megawatt-hour by 1300 GMT, more than 5 euros above the equivalent German contract. Analysts at Point Carbon, a Thomson Reuters market analysis company, said they expected the second-quarter contract to be delivered at 40.1 euros a MWh.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100592106</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100592106</guid> </item>  <item><title>CORRECTED-Bulgaria suspends 40 percent of wind, solar power capacity</title><description><![CDATA[SOFIA, March 26- Bulgaria said it will suspend about 40 percent of its wind and solar installations to balance a power system in danger of instability due to a huge excess of capacity after a drop in consumption and exports. Bulgaria has about 1,600 megawatts in wind and solar power capacity out of total installed power generation capacity of 12,000 MW.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100592009</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100592009</guid> </item>  <item><title>British government publishes long-term nuclear strategy</title><description><![CDATA[French firm EDF and Japan&#039;s Hitachi both have plans to build in Britain, which needs to replace ageing coal-fired and nuclear sites. It comes in response to a 2011 report from the House of Lords on the UK&#039;s nuclear research and development capabilities and recommendations from the Nuclear Research and Development Advisory Board.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100591998</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100591998</guid> </item>  <item><title>Bulgaria suspends 40 percent of wind, solar power capacity</title><description><![CDATA[SOFIA, March 26- Bulgaria said it will suspend about 40 percent of its wind and solar installations to balance a power system in danger of instability due to a huge excess of capacity after a drop in consumption and exports.  &quot;The energy system at present is very ill and very inefficient,&quot; interim energy minister Arsen Vasilev told reporters on Tuesday.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100591997</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100591997</guid> </item>  <item><title>Japan's Kansai delays gas-fired plant launch by a year</title><description><![CDATA[TOKYO, March 26- Kansai Electric Power Co. Kansai, Japan&#039;s most nuclear reliant power utility, intends to make the best use of nuclear reactors once they clear new safety regulations for restart, Hiroshi Okamoto, a manager in charge of facility planning said at a news conference.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100590992</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 09:50 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100590992</guid> </item>  <item><title>Japan's Chugoku to upgrade oil-fired unit to burn gas</title><description><![CDATA[TOKYO, March 26- Japan&#039;s Chugoku Electric Power Co said on Thursday it plans to upgrade the 350- megawatt No.1 unit at its Tamashima power plant to burn natural gas besides oil, so as to cut fuel costs amid uncertainty over its nuclear power plant restart.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100590148</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 04:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100590148</guid> </item>  <item><title>American Water CEO: We're In the Health Biz</title><description><![CDATA[American Water Works president &amp; CEO Jeffry Sterba discusses what role his company can play in America&#039;s rotting infrastructure, their passion for the quality of what people are drinking, and where his company is headed this year. ]]></description><link>http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?play=1&amp;video=3000156692</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 22:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100589756</guid> </item>  <item><title>Sectors to Avoid</title><description><![CDATA[Which sectors are leading the rally, and which should you avoid? With Brian Belski, BMO Capital Markets, and Ryan Lewenza, TD U.S. equities strategist. ]]></description><link>http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?play=1&amp;video=3000156877</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100589463</guid> </item> </channel>   </rss