Dow Jones Utility Average

The Dow Jones Utility Average (also known as the "Dow Jones Utilities") is a stock index that keeps track of the performance of 15 prominent utility companies.

Components

The current components on the Dow Jones Utilities are as follows (company name followed by ticker symbol):

* AES Corp., The (AES) (electric utilities)
* American Electric Power Co., Inc. (AEP) (electric utilities)
* CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (CNP) (diversified utilities)
* Consolidated Edison, Inc. (ED) (diversified utilities)
* Dominion Resources, Inc. (D) (electric utilities)
* Duke Energy Corp. (DUK) (electric utilities)
* Edison International (EIX) (electric utilities)
* Exelon Corp. (EXC) (diversified utilities)
* F P L Group Corp. (FPL) (electric utilities)
* FirstEnergy Corp. (FE) (electric utilities)
* NiSource, Inc. (NI) (diversified utilities)
* PG&E Corp. (PCG) (diversified utilities)
* Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. (PEG) (diversified utilities)
* Southern Company, Inc. (SO) (electric utilities)
* Williams Companies, Inc. (WMB) (oil & gas pipelines)

The Dow Jones Utilities is a price-weighted average.

History

Was created in 1929 when all utility stocks were removed from the Dow Jones Industrial Average