Utilities stocks and the related ETFs have warded off interest rate disappointment this year. Indeed, they've delivered admirable performances, particularly in the context of the sector as a slow-moving bond proxy.

NextEra and Dominion Energy's massive merger may depend on ​whether the combined company can keep power bills in check even as it rushes to supply the energy-hungry data ‌centers that have pushed consumer electricity prices higher.

Every retail trader on FinTwit is still arguing about Wingstop (NASDAQ:WING | WING Price Prediction) after another headline-grabbing earnings beat and a fresh debate over whether the selloff is finally a buying opportunity.

The AI power infrastructure trade is no longer a side bet. Two deals from the first week of May 2026 confirm that the $725 billion AI buildout runs on land, grid access, and energy storage.

On May 13, 2026, American Electric Power Co Inc (AEP) shares fell 3.0% to a current price of $127.95. The stock has seen a 52-week range between $97.46 and $139

COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- American Electric Power (Nasdaq: AEP) today announced the pricing of a registered underwritten offering of 20,472,442 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $127.00 per share. Subject to certain conditions, all shares are expected to be borrowed by the forward counterparties (as defined below) (or their respective affiliates) from third parties and sold to the underwriters and offered in connection with the forward sale agreements described below.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- American Electric Power (Nasdaq: AEP) today announced the commencement of a registered underwritten offering of $2,600,000,000 of shares of its common stock. Subject to certain conditions, all shares are expected to be borrowed by the forward counterparties (as defined below) (or their respective affiliates) from third parties and sold to the underwriters and offered in connection with the forward sale agreements described below.

Darcy Reese to Retire at End of Year COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- American Electric Power (Nasdaq: AEP) has named Andy Gurgol vice president of Investor Relations, effective May 9. He will succeed Darcy Reese, who will retire at the end of the year.

American Electric Power Company, Inc. (NASDAQ:AEP) on Tuesday reported upbeat first-quarter results.

Triple-net lease with high-investment-grade tenant valued at up to $25.1 billion if all renewal options are exercised Transaction expands Hut 8's total contracted AI data center capacity to 597 MW with aggregate base-term contract value of approximately $16.8 billion Hut 8 to deliver a 352 MW AI factory designed to NVIDIA's DSX reference architecture for gigawatt-scale AI infrastructure Executed under Hut 8's repeatable delivery model with Tier 1 counterparties: American Electric Power (Nasdaq: AEP), Vertiv Holdings Co (NYSE: VRT), and Jacobs (NYSE: J) MIAMI, May 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Hut 8 Corp. (Nasdaq, TSX: HUT) ("Hut 8" or the "Company"), an energy infrastructure platform integrating power, digital infrastructure, and compute at scale to fuel next-generation, energy-intensive technologies, today announced the commercialization of the first phase of its Beacon Point data center campus in Nueces County, Texas through a 15-year, $9.8 billion lease (the "Agreement") for 352 megawatts (MW) of IT capacity (the "Transaction"). The tenant, a high-investment-grade company, will deploy dedicated compute infrastructure at the campus to support AI training and inference workloads at hyperscale.