The Louisiana Municipal Police Employees Retirement System wants a federal judge in Pittsburgh to stop FirstEnergy Corp.'s proposed $4.7 billion takeover of the western Pennsylvania electric company.

Two Vermont utilities signed an agreement Thursday on a 26-year deal to buy power from Canadian provincial utility Hydro-Quebec, replacing contracts that expire beginning in 2012.

Power plants that suck millions of gallons of water daily out of New York rivers and lakes would have to switch to costly fish-friendly cooling towers under new rules proposed by the state Department of Environmental Conservation.

Two Vermont utilities signed an agreement Thursday on a 26-year deal to buy power from Canadian provincial utility Hydro-Quebec, replacing contracts that expire beginning in 2012.

A utility is taking advantage of some little-used Southern California real estate for its next solar power project -- warehouse roofs.

In Canada for a trade mission this week, representatives of Vermont's two biggest electric utilities hope they can agree on new contracts for power from provincial utility Hydro-Quebec.

Among the premarket stories for Wednesday, March 10, from AP Financial News: -- American Eagle Outfitters Inc.'s closing of its Martin+Osa stores is not a surprise and will help the clothing retailer focus more on its core namesake brand, analysts said.

First Solar wins renewable energy contract.

Shares of Edison International are undervalued, a Jeffries & Co. analyst said Wednesday as he raised his rating on the California utility's stock.

ROSEMEAD, Calif.----Southern California Edison , an Edison International company , and SunPower Corp. announced today that SunPower has won a contract to provide solar technology for generating up to 200 megawatts, or 80 percent, of the solar power capacity needed for the utility’s large solar photovoltaic installation program.

Two weeks after lawmakers voted to close Vermont Yankee in 2012, state regulators are being pressed to act sooner -- shutting it down immediately -- because of leaking tritium that environmental groups say is polluting the environment.