Six major deals were announced or completed in 2010 and the first few days of 2011. FirstEnergy and Allegheny merged. PPL acquired the old LGE Energy companies in Kentucky from E.On. Mirant and Reliant Resources merged and created GenOn Energy. Northeast Utilities and NStar merged. Carl Icahn acquired Dynegy, the successful spin-off of QEP Resources by Questar. AGL Resources acquired Nicor. And Duke Energy purchased Progress Energy. 2011 should bring several more M&A announcements.
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