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To: Paul Senior who wrote (35800)10/31/2009 1:54:10 AM
From: Spekulatius  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 78666
 
re RRI, AYE. I don't understand why this company has produced a seemingly neverending string of screwups. I'll pass.

The way I see it AYE (and others) are a better bet. Wholesale power is risky business , especially in a recession. AYE has issues with that too, but their plants are better located (NE), they have a regulated business (utility, 50% of earnings) and a focus on potentially lucrative transmission projects (currently 10% of earnings). All the wholesale power generators are as I see it a bet on recovering NG prices (NG is mostly the swing producers source of energy).

Anyways, i added a few more shares to my position.AEP stock has done better today though.



To: Paul Senior who wrote (35800)11/1/2009 11:53:25 PM
From: Spekulatius  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 78666
 
re RRI, terrible presentation (IMO) from RRI from July 28:
rrienergy.com

At the end, one still doesn't know if they loose or make money in 2009 or 2010. Also it's kind of brave to classify their company as well financed while Moody's downgraded them to a single B "trash rating". No word while they sold their retail business to NRG for <300M$ (which makes a 1B$ in EBITDA according to NRG's newest earnings presentation.