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• MidAmerican CEO Gregory Abel Confirms Support for Constellation's Nuclear Developments

  After blogging about Warren Buffett's decision to purchase Constellation Energy Group , I received some comments from readers posing an interesting question. One reader interpreted the decision as a signal that Buffett, one of the world's most savvy investors, supported the development of new nuclear power plants. Another one questioned that interpretation, pointing back to MidAmerica's... Posted Sep 19 2008, 05:02 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: MidAmerican Nuclear Energy Co., Constellation Energy

• Buffett gets a great deal by purchasing Constellation Energy Group

  There is nothing like having cash available when good products go on sale. Warren Buffett made what may go down in history as one of the best purchases of his long and distinguished career yesterday when he beat out EDF in a bid to purchase Constellation Energy Group for $26.50 per common share in cash and stock. That valued the company, which owns 8,700 MW of electrical generating capacity, at just... Posted Sep 19 2008, 04:41 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: MidAmerican Nuclear Energy Co., Warren Buffet, Constellation Energy

• MidAmerican Nuclear Energy finishes due diligence in Idaho

  I have published a couple of comments about MidAmerican Nuclear Energy, a company owned by Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett's investment vehicle. The unit was investigating the possibility of building a nuclear power plant in western Idaho that would probably sell most of its power output in the Pacific Northwest markets. Last week, MidAmerican Energy Holdings announced that it had completed... Posted Feb 04 2008, 03:09 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: MidAmerican Nuclear Energy Co.

• Argus Observer readers having a calm discussion about MidAmerican Energy evaluation of plant site in Idaho

  As the second Atomic Age begins here in the United States, there are going to be a lot of conversations going on. I hope that more of them reach the quality of the one that has started in response to an article titled Nuke Plant Confirmed on the Argus Observer out of Ontario, Oregon. There are going to be plenty of people with valid concerns about the effects of the plant construction and operation... Posted Dec 10 2007, 04:36 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: MidAmerican Nuclear Energy Co.

• Warren Buffett's interest in nuclear power confirmed by Wall Street Journal and Nuclear Regulatory Commission

  A couple of days ago, I shared a link to a comment from an Idaho blogger about how MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co., a company controlled by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, is investigating the possibility of building a new nuclear power plant on some pasture land located outside of Boise, Idaho. On Friday, December 7, 2007, the Wall Street Journal picked up the story and and published an article... Posted Dec 08 2007, 06:33 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: MidAmerican Nuclear Energy Co., Warren Buffet, NRC

• Free Idaho blog repots on nuclear interest in Idaho by a company owned by Warren Buffett

  BillH over on freeinidaho.com posted a very interesting comment about recent interest by MidAmerican Nuclear Energy Co., a subsidiary of the Des Moines, Iowa-based MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. in some land in Idaho. The holding company has electricity distribution companies in neighboring states and certainly has the financial resources for building nuclear power plants. Go read the article now... Posted Dec 05 2007, 06:09 PM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: new nuclear plants, MidAmerican Nuclear Energy Co., Idaho