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Revenues Profits
Rank Company Fortune 500 rank $ millions % change from 2009 $ millions % change from 2009
1 Exelon 141 18,644.0 7.7 2,563.0 -5.3
2 Southern 147 17,456.0 10.9 1,975.0 20.2
3 NextEra Energy 161 15,317.0 -2.1 1,957.0 21.2
4 Dominion Resources 162 15,264.0 0.9 2,808.0 118.2
5 Duke Energy 173 14,272.0 12.1 1,320.0 22.8
6 PG&E Corp. 177 13,841.0 3.3 1,099.0 -9.9
7 FirstEnergy 183 13,339.0 2.9 784.0 -22.1
8 Consolidated Edison 184 13,325.0 2.3 992.0 14.3
9 Edison International 198 12,409.0 0.4 1,256.0 47.9
10 Public Service Enterprise Group 201 12,195.0 -1.7 1,564.0 -1.8
11 Entergy 213 11,487.6 6.9 1,250.2 1.6
12 Xcel Energy 237 10,310.9 6.9 755.8 11.0
13 Progress Energy 240 10,190.0 3.1 856.0 13.1
14 Sempra Energy 274 9,003.0 11.1 739.0 -34.0
15 CenterPoint Energy 279 8,785.0 6.1 442.0 18.8
16 PPL 280 8,638.0 13.9 938.0 130.5
17 DTE Energy 283 8,557.0 6.8 630.0 18.4
18 Ameren 313 7,638.0 7.7 139.0 -77.3
19 Pepco Holdings 335 7,039.0 -24.0 32.0 -86.4
20 CMS Energy 360 6,442.0 3.7 340.0 48.5
21 NiSource 362 6,422.7 -3.5 292.0 34.1
22 Integrys Energy Group 430 5,203.2 -30.6 220.9 N.A.
23 Northeast Utilities 459 4,898.2 -10.0 387.9 17.5
24 Atmos Energy 473 4,789.7 -3.6 205.8 7.8
25 Scana 483 4,601.0 8.6 376.0 8.0
Rank Company Revenues % Assets % Stockholders'
Equity %
1 Exelon 13.7 4.9 18.9
2 Southern 11.3 3.6 11.7
3 NextEra Energy 12.8 3.7 13.5
4 Dominion Resources 18.4 6.6 23.4
5 Duke Energy 9.2 2.2 5.9
6 PG&E Corp. 7.9 2.4 9.7
7 FirstEnergy 5.9 2.3 9.2
8 Consolidated Edison 7.4 2.7 9.0
9 Edison International 10.1 2.8 11.9
10 Public Service Enterprise Group 12.8 5.2 16.2
11 Entergy 10.9 3.2 14.7
12 Xcel Energy 7.3 2.8 9.4
13 Progress Energy 8.4 2.6 8.5
14 Sempra Energy 8.2 2.4 8.2
15 CenterPoint Energy 5.0 2.2 13.8
16 PPL 10.9 2.9 11.4
17 DTE Energy 7.4 2.5 9.4
18 Ameren 1.8 0.6 1.8
19 Pepco Holdings 0.5 0.2 0.8
20 CMS Energy 5.3 2.2 12.2
21 NiSource 4.5 1.5 5.9
22 Integrys Energy Group 4.2 2.3 7.6
23 Northeast Utilities 7.9 2.7 10.2
24 Atmos Energy 4.3 3.0 9.4
25 Scana 8.2 2.9 10.2
Earnings Per Share Total Return to Investors Employees
Rank Company 2000-2010 Annual growth (%) 2000-2010 Annual rate (%) 2010 (%) Number % change from 2009
1 Exelon 10.4 5.2 -10.4 19,214 -0.6
2 Southern 1.6 11.7 20.8 25,940 -0.7
3 NextEra Energy 8.6 7.5 2.4 15,000 -2.6
4 Dominion Resources 17.8 6.7 14.6 15,800 -11.7
5 Duke Energy -8.3 1.5 9.5 18,440 -1.3
6 PG&E Corp. N.A. 11.4 11.5 19,424 -0.0
7 FirstEnergy -0.5 6.0 -15.4 13,330 -0.4
8 Consolidated Edison 2.4 8.2 14.8 15,180 -2.3
9 Edison International N.A. 11.8 15.1 20,117 4.5
10 Public Service Enterprise Group 5.7 7.2 -0.1 9,965 -3.7
11 Entergy 8.4 8.7 -9.7 14,958 -1.5
12 Xcel Energy 0.5 2.9 16.0 11,290 -0.5
13 Progress Energy -0.3 4.3 12.5 11,000 0.0
14 Sempra Energy 3.8 12.0 -3.4 13,504 -2.4
15 CenterPoint Energy -3.7 -3.2 14.3 8,843 0.4
16 PPL 2.4 5.2 -14.4 13,809 31.7
17 DTE Energy 1.4 6.8 8.9 9,800 -4.3
18 Ameren -16.0 0.7 6.9 9,474 -3.1
19 Pepco Holdings -26.3 2.1 15.2 5,014 -1.9
20 CMS Energy 14.9 -2.8 23.6 7,822 -2.7
21 NiSource -1.0 -0.3 21.4 7,604 -0.2
22 Integrys Energy Group 1.1 8.5 22.2 4,612 -8.2
23 Northeast Utilities N.A. 6.1 28.1 6,182 1.7
24 Atmos Energy 6.8 7.6 11.1 4,714 0.5
25 Scana 2.2 7.9 13.2 5,877 0.8
Issue date: May 23, 2011
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