Veresen to sell power unit

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VERESEN $12.92 (Toronto symbol VSN; Shares outstanding: 308.9 million; Market cap: $4.0 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 7.7%; www.vereseninc.com) owns pipelines, power plants and natural gasprocessing facilities across North America. Veresen now plans to sell its entire power generation business to focus on its pipelines and gas processing operations. The company feels that its area of expertise is in pipelines. As well, lots of new renewable energy projects are starting up, and it believes that will cut the returns it can make from its current power-generation business. Veresen owns 12 power plants, with generating capacity of 625 megawatts. These plants make up about 14% of its $4.5 billion in assets. Veresen is still a buy. buy…