A U.S. smart grid company is set to hold a so-called “beauty contest” next week to pick banks to lead a planned initial public offering.

Williams Partners, an MLP based in Tulsa, Okla., has sold $3.5 billion of bonds in the U.S. investment-grade corporate bond market.

Standard & Poor’s today placed its B rating on Bosque Power Co.’s senior debt on CreditWatch with negative implications, citing its failure to enter a power purchase agreement.

The former head of European renewable energy investments at AIG has formed a new solar outfit that is considering floating on the London stock market.