Wednesday, March 4th, 2009Energy infrastructure stocks, as an...

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
Energy infrastructure stocks, as an investment category, is hard to define.
It encompasses everything from high-tech software companies that are enabling the smart grid to construction companies-turned-wind-farm-builders—and everything in between.
As such, energy infrastructure stocks are the backbone of the renewable energy industry. They're the tie that binds, no matter how the energy is being produced. And they have a big role in efficiency as well.
These are the stocks responsible for a clean energy future. And as investors, you have to face the fact that they're being singled out for success by Congress and the President.
It's not the market we're used to, and it hasn't been for quite some time. But that doesn't mean you can't harness the government's market meddling for some serious profits.

On the front end of energy infrastructure are the heavy-lifters, the companies putting steel and wire in the ground and in the air, and the companies that make sure it all happens smoothly.

This sector is slated to receive special treatment from our current legislative powers, guaranteeing business for the companies that operate here and profits for your portfolio at the same time.

The recently-passed stimulus contained $11 billion for advanced clean energy transmission technologies. But that was only the beginning of the Congressional love affair.

Since that bill passed, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has said he'll "introduce legislation this week to speed approvals of transmission lines that send renewable power across the U.S.," according to Bloomberg.

Under that plan, the federal government would designate renewable energy zones in strategic areas of the country to "maximize the use of that renewable potential by building new transmission capacity."

According to Bloomberg, "The measure would give the federal government, through the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), eminent domain authority to site power lines if the states are unable to get plans approved."

This is a "Big Government" idea that gained traction under the Bush administration in 2005, when it granted the FERC authority to permit new lines in congested areas if state regulators failed to act.

You see, federal paving of cleantech's road to profit began long ago. It's time you take advantage and harness some of those favors for your portfolio.
$90 Billion in Wind Revenue Per Year. Every Year.
The global wind industry grew 482% from 2000 to 2007. It'll grow another 215% between now and 2012.
Best part is, in the next five years, the wind industry will be generating revenues in excess of $90 billion per year. Every year.
The Congressional love affair with cleantech has gone to far to conceal. Their only option now is to go public with it and forge on, so the relationship can blossom.

Vir is currently trading around $00.34 That s/p may ensure nice gains as the market rebounds, and as the company takes advantage of stimulus-related benefits.

Call it like you see it,