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Revenues Profits
Rank Company Fortune 500 rank $ millions % change from 2008 $ millions % change from 2008
1 Exelon 134 17,318.0 -8.2 2,707.0 -1.1
2 Southern 145 15,743.0 -8.1 1,643.0 -5.7
3 FPL Group 147 15,643.0 -4.7 1,615.0 -1.5
4 Dominion Resources 153 15,131.0 -7.1 1,287.0 -29.8
5 PG&E Corp. 173 13,399.0 -8.4 1,220.0 -8.8
6 Consolidated Edison 175 13,031.6 -5.1 868.2 -27.4
7 FirstEnergy 179 12,967.0 -4.8 1,006.0 -25.0
8 Duke Energy 181 12,731.0 -3.6 1,075.0 -21.1
9 Public Service Enterprise Group 186 12,406.0 -9.7 1,592.0 34.0
10 Edison International 187 12,361.0 -12.4 849.0 -30.1
11 Entergy 219 10,745.7 -17.9 1,231.1 0.9
12 Progress Energy 239 9,885.0 7.6 757.0 -8.8
13 Xcel Energy 244 9,644.3 -13.9 680.9 5.5
14 Pepco Holdings 251 9,259.0 -13.5 235.0 -21.7
15 CenterPoint Energy 275 8,281.0 -26.9 372.0 -16.8
16 Sempra Energy 280 8,106.0 -24.7 1,119.0 0.5
17 DTE Energy 285 8,014.0 -14.2 532.0 -2.6
18 PPL 300 7,585.0 -7.6 407.0 -56.2
19 Ameren 320 7,090.0 -9.6 612.0 1.2
20 NiSource 336 6,652.9 -26.6 217.7 175.6
21 CMS Energy 350 6,212.0 -8.9 229.0 -23.7
22 Northeast Utilities 385 5,439.4 -6.2 330.0 26.5
23 Atmos Energy 424 4,969.1 -31.2 191.0 5.9
24 Scana 489 4,237.0 -20.3 348.0 0.6
25 Wisconsin Energy 496 4,193.2 -5.4 382.4 6.5
Rank Company Revenues % Assets % Stockholders'
Equity %
1 Exelon 15.6 5.5 21.4
2 Southern 10.4 3.2 10.5
3 FPL Group 10.3 3.3 12.5
4 Dominion Resources 8.5 3.0 11.5
5 PG&E Corp. 9.1 2.8 11.8
6 Consolidated Edison 6.7 2.6 8.5
7 FirstEnergy 7.8 2.9 11.8
8 Duke Energy 8.4 1.9 4.9
9 Public Service Enterprise Group 12.8 5.5 18.1
10 Edison International 6.9 2.0 8.6
11 Entergy 11.5 3.3 14.3
12 Progress Energy 7.7 2.4 8.0
13 Xcel Energy 7.1 2.7 9.2
14 Pepco Holdings 2.5 1.5 5.5
15 CenterPoint Energy 4.5 1.9 14.1
16 Sempra Energy 13.8 3.9 12.4
17 DTE Energy 6.6 2.2 8.5
18 PPL 5.4 1.8 7.4
19 Ameren 8.6 2.6 7.8
20 NiSource 3.3 1.1 4.5
21 CMS Energy 3.7 1.5 8.1
22 Northeast Utilities 6.1 2.3 9.2
23 Atmos Energy 3.8 3.0 8.8
24 Scana 8.2 2.9 10.2
25 Wisconsin Energy 9.1 3.0 10.7
Earnings Per Share Total Return to Investors Employees
Rank Company 1999-2009 Annual growth (%) 1999-2009 Annual rate (%) 2009 (%) Number % change from 2008
1 Exelon 11.0 14.4 -8.2 19,329 -1.4
2 Southern 1.0 14.1 -4.7 26,112 -4.3
3 FPL Group 6.9 13.4 8.7 15,400 0.7
4 Dominion Resources 11.4 11.6 14.3 17,900 -0.6
5 PG&E Corp. N.A. 10.5 20.4 19,425 -10.3
6 Consolidated Edison 0.0 8.6 23.9 15,534 -0.6
7 FirstEnergy 2.8 12.1 0.7 13,379 -9.0
8 Duke Energy -8.6 6.5 22.0 18,680 2.4
9 Public Service Enterprise Group N.A. 11.5 18.9 10,352 5.1
10 Edison International 3.7 5.2 12.6 19,244 5.2
11 Entergy 10.8 15.9 2.4 15,181 3.5
12 Progress Energy 0.6 8.8 9.9 11,000 0.0
13 Xcel Energy 0.3 6.2 20.4 11,351 1.1
14 Pepco Holdings -6.1 2.1 2.3 5,110 -6.6
15 CenterPoint Energy -15.1 2.3 23.0 8,810 0.1
16 Sempra Energy 10.5 16.4 35.6 13,839 1.2
17 DTE Energy -0.3 8.8 30.3 10,244 -2.2
18 PPL -2.7 14.8 10.0 10,489 -0.6
19 Ameren -0.1 4.2 -10.7 9,780 2.7
20 NiSource -4.6 3.8 52.1 7,616 -4.6
21 CMS Energy -9.3 -4.1 61.3 8,039 0.9
22 Northeast Utilities 22.1 5.4 11.6 6,078 -34.5
23 Atmos Energy 13.6 9.0 30.7 4,691 2.9
24 Scana 5.1 8.0 11.9 5,828 0.7
25 Wisconsin Energy 6.1 13.5 22.5 4,692 -4.9
Issue date: May 3, 2010.
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