NRG Energy News
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World's Largest Solar Farm Generating Pilot Complaints
A solar complex in California that claims to generate enough electricity for 140,000 homes is now generating some controversy. In two separate reports filed to the Aviation Safety Reporting System, a pilot and an air traffic controller anonymously complained that reflections caused by the ...
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Berkshire Hathaway sheds half of J&J stake
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett's company sold more than half of its stake in Johnson & Johnson in the last three months of 2008. Omaha-based Berkshire Hathaway ( BRKA , BRKB ) filed documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission late Tuesday that provide a snapshot of its holdings at
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NRG rejects Exelon's $6.1B buyout offer
Power generator NRG Energy on Sunday rejected an unsolicited $6.1 billion all-stock bid from nuclear power giant and utility operator Exelon, calling the offer, which would create the largest U.S. power company, too low. Princeton, New Jersey-based NRG Energy also said it rejected the proposal
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Exelon bids $6.2B for NRG Energy
NRG-EXELON/SHARES (UPDATE 4):UPDATE 4-Exelon won't rule out hostile bid for NRG In a deal that would create the USA's No. 1 power company, nuclear power giant and utility Exelon exc is offering to buy NRG Energy nrg for $6.2 billion in stock. The all-stock bid, presented to NRG late Sunday, shows
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Buffett's got the fortitude and the funds to get deals done
Warren Buffett, best known as a savvy investor, has been involved in businesses ranging from insurance to candy. Now he can add banker to his résumé. Berkshire Hathaway's CEO is becoming a modern-day J.D. Rockefeller by bankrolling deals with his company's $35.6 billion cash hoard. Thursday's
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A 'New Day for Energy in America'?
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says it's getting the first application in nearly 30 years to build a new nuclear power plant in the U.S.--and the first since the Three Mile Island Accident in 1979. The application is coming from NRG...
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A 'New Day for Energy in America'?
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says it's getting the first application in nearly 30 years to build a new nuclear power plant in the U.S.--and the first since the Three Mile Island Accident in 1979. The application is coming from NRG...
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A 'New Day for Energy in America'?
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says it's getting the first application in nearly 30 years to build a new nuclear power plant in the U.S.--and the first since the Three Mile Island Accident in 1979. The application is coming from NRG...
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Shocking electricity prices follow deregulation
When Deborah Jackson opened her electric bill in February, she had no idea it would be a life-changing event. She and her husband, Patrick, who live in a three-bedroom brick house in East St. Louis, Ill., owed Ameren aee $600.82, up from $172 in January. In March, the tab floated into the