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To: Paul Senior who wrote (42677)	5/16/2011 3:13:56 PM
From: Spekulatius	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 78652

>>re RWEOY: Sounds like it could be bad for the company. In the US I believe utilities are often entitled or permitted by law to earn a specified rate of return on their investments (book value)<< This does not apply in this case - the electricity generation in Germany is mostly un-regulated. RWE may be entitled to some compensation (RWE is suing the government) but that is a long shot. Best case scenario is that rising electricity prices due to the nuclear capacity being taken out, raise the profits for their conventional generation. What little political goodwill was left for nuclear power is gone after Fukushima - sad but true. I with it were otherwise but as investors we have to concede with realities.