Utilities New Highs: New Jersey Resources (NYSE:NJR), UGI (NYSE:UGI), American States Water (NYSE:AWR), TECO Energy (NYSE:TE), CMS Energy (NYSE:CMS)

On Thursday, New Jersey took the first official step toward trying to circumvent the federal law that blocked the move. New Jersey Resources Corp (NYSE:NJR) stock performance was 1.31% in last session and finished the day at $57.32. Traded volume was 329,882.00million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 268.17K shares. The beta of the stock remained 0.51. New Jersey Resources Corp (NYSE:NJR) insider ownership is 0.70%.

In June 1960, Scranton Spring Brook Water Co. shareholders changed the company’s name to Pennsylvania Gas & Water Co. Pennsylvania American Water bought the water division of Pennsylvania Gas & Water for $409 million in 1995 After the sale, Pennsylvania Gas & Water became PG Energy Inc., focusing solely on natural gas; it was later a division of Southern Union Co. UGI Corp. ended up buying PG Energy in 2006. UGI Corp (NYSE:UGI) rose 1.07 percent to $50.11 Friday on volume of 597,639.00million shares. The intra-day range of the stock was $49.43 to $50.16. UGI Corp (NYSE:UGI) has a market capitalization of $5.77billion.

American States Water Company announced on 12 June 2014 that its Golden State Water Company subsidiary has issued a notice of redemption of its $5,000,000, 6.87% Medium-Term Notes Series A due 2023, and $10,000,000, 7.00% Medium-Term Notes Series A due 2023. American States Water Co (NYSE:AWR)’s stock on June 27, 2014 reported a increase of 1.79% to the closing price of $32.97. Its fifty two weeks range is $25.07 -$33.08. The total market capitalization recorded $1.28billion. The overall volume in the last trading session was 254,277.00million shares. In its share capital, AWR has 38.78million outstanding shares.

TECO Energy (NYSE:TE) had its price objective raised by CRT Capital from $17.00 to $18.00 in a research report released on Thursday. The firm currently has a fair value rating on the stock. On Friday, shares of TECO Energy, Inc. (NYSE:TE) advanced 0.55% to close the day at $18.34. Company return on investment (ROI) is 6.60% and its monthly performance is recorded as 6.57%.  TECO Energy, Inc. (NYSE:TE) quarterly revenue growth is 9.49%.

Officials from CMS Energy Corporation (NYSE:CMS) and the Utility Workers Union of America celebrated the opening of a new training center this morning, christening a location that will provide training to as many as 2,500 Consumers Energy employees from the union that represents them. CMS Energy Corporation (NYSE:CMS) stock performance was 0.36% in last session and finished the day at $30.91. Traded volume was 2.67million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 2.62million shares. The beta of the stock remained 0.30. CMS Energy Corporation (NYSE:CMS) insider ownership is 0.80%.