NASDAQ:XEL

GE Vernova stock pops above $780 on Xcel deal as debt funding grabs attention

GE Vernova shares climbed roughly 3.3% to $780.25 in after-hours trading Tuesday following news that Xcel Energy signed a strategic alliance deal with the power equipment manufacturer.

4 February 2026

Energy Sector·NASDAQ:XEL·NYSE:GE·Stock Market

GE Vernova stock jumps on Xcel Energy turbine pact as Prolec deal closes

Shares of GE Vernova Inc. climbed 3.6% to $782.48 on Tuesday, following the announcement of a long-term supply deal with Xcel Energy. The power and grid equipment firm also announced plans to finance an acquisition aimed at broadening its transformer business.

3 February 2026

NASDAQ:XEL·Renewable Energy·Stock Market

Utilities Stocks Outlook 2026: AI Data Centers, Fed Rate Cuts and Rising Power Bills Put the Sector Back in Focus

U.S. utilities stocks are ending 2025 with a split personality. On one hand, the group is still a classic “defensive” trade—regulated cash flows, dividend support, and historically lower volatility than the broader market. On the other, utilities have quietly become one of the most important “real economy” beneficiaries of the AI boom, because every new data center and electrified industrial process ultimately needs one thing: reliable megawatts.

25 December 2025

Artificial Intelligence·Energy Sector·NASDAQ:XEL·NYSE:AEP·NYSE:CEG·NYSE:D·NYSE:DUK·NYSE:EXC·NYSE:NEE·NYSE:SO·NYSE:SRE·NYSE:VST·Stock Market

Utilities Stocks Outlook for 2026: AI Data Center Demand, Rate Cuts, and the New Power-Grid Investment Cycle

Utilities stocks are having a moment that would’ve been hard to imagine just a few years ago. The sector long known for predictable dividends and regulated earnings is now being pulled into the center of the AI buildout—because none of it runs without electricity.

20 December 2025

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:EXC·NASDAQ:XEL·NYSE:AEP·NYSE:D·NYSE:DUK·NYSE:NEE·NYSE:SO·Stock Market

Xcel Energy Halves North Dakota Electricity Rate Hike Request, but 13% Residential Increase Still Looms

BISMARCK, N.D. — Xcel Energy has agreed to cut its requested electricity rate increase for North Dakota customers roughly in half under a proposed settlement, easing—but not eliminating—the hit to household and business power bills in 2025.

2 December 2025

Energy·NASDAQ:XEL·NYSE:WMT