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Investors have flocked to utility stocks in a desperate search for yield and have benefited from both stock appreciation and consistent dividends. We looked at the current state of valuation levels in the sector, fully expecting to find that increased popularity had pushed the stocks to prohibitively expensive levels, but found a much more optimistic scenario.