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The utility company said the dividend is payable Aug. 15 to shareholders of record July 31.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/595275510</guid><pubDate>Wed, 2 Jul 2008 14:55:24 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dominion to sell natural gas units to San Francisco firm (at bizjournals.com)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/bizj/rss/SIG=12e7qsu7s/*http://pittsburgh.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2008/06/30/daily22.html?ana=yfcpc</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/926454574</guid><pubDate>Wed, 2 Jul 2008 14:35:06 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NW Natural Declares Quarterly Dividend (Business Wire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080701/20080701006602.html?.v=1</link><description>PORTLAND, Ore.----The Board of Directors of Northwest Natural Gas Company , dba NW Natural, has declared a quarterly dividend of 37.5 cents a share on the company&apos;s common stock. The dividends will be paid August 15, 2008 to shareholders of record on July 31, 2008.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/2133754391</guid><pubDate>Tue, 1 Jul 2008 21:59:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Computerworld Names SDG&amp;E to &apos;Best Places to Work in Information Technology&apos; List (Marketwire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/080701/0412284.html</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/1796801836</guid><pubDate>Tue, 1 Jul 2008 20:48:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Western govs, utility heads seek energy solutions (AP)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080701/western_governors.html?.v=1</link><description>Energy utility companies need regulatory and financial cooperation from state and federal governments to produce and distribute enough power for the West&apos;s growing population while also eliminating harmful carbon emissions, utility directors say.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/2811769571</guid><pubDate>Tue, 1 Jul 2008 18:04:37 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Virginia gas utility to raise rates again (AP)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080630/va_gas_rates.html?.v=1</link><description>Customers of Columbia Gas of Virginia will soon see another rate increase. Chester-based Columbia, whose parent company is NiSource Inc., announced Monday that it is raising rates for the second time in a month to recoup what it pays for natural gas.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/1398678677</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:28:46 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>WGL Holdings, Inc. Chairman and CEO Takes Seat on Maryland Board of Education (Business Wire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080630/20080630006246.html?.v=1</link><description>WASHINGTON----WGL Holdings, Inc. , Chairman and CEO James H. DeGraffenreidt, Jr. will be sworn in as a member of the Maryland Board of Education on July 7, 2008. Governor Martin OâMalley nominated DeGraffenreidt in December 2007 with the position confirmed during the 2008 legislative session.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/59738633</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:18:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>National Fuel Announces Management Changes: (Business Wire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080630/20080630006132.html?.v=1</link><description>WILLIAMSVILLE, New York----National Fuel Gas Company is an integrated energy company with more than $4 billion of assets spread across five principal segments. The largest of those segments are: Exploration and Production , Pipeline and Storage and Utility .</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/2210411403</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:23:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Southern California Gas Co. 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Don Carcieri said Friday he has vetoed a bill that would force the state&apos;s major power company to buy renewable energy for 10 years at a time, a requirement that lawmakers approved to stimulate investment in wind turbines and solar power projects.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/851143191</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:16:14 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>WGL Holdings, Washington Gas Declare Dividends (Business Wire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080626/20080626005954.html?.v=1</link><description>WASHINGTON----WGL Holdings, Inc. today declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.3550 per share of common stock. 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