4 Energy Stocks Built for a Renewable Energy Future

The past decade has been rough for U.S. utilities large and small. Consumption growth has slowed to a snail's pace, coal plants are being shut down and disappearing from the grid, and consumers have more choices than ever with rooftop solar now on over 1 million homes nationwide.

However, there are reasons for the energy companies in the electricity business to be bullish on the future. The biggest reason is that Tesla has led an electric vehicle revolution that could begin adding significant electricity demand to the grid. If companies play the business right, they could have decades of growth ahead, reversing the stagnation in energy utilities over the last decade.

Here are four ways to play the growth and get a hefty dividend along the way.

Source Fool.com