The Best Dividend Paying Utility Stocks to Invest $2,000 in Right Now

Utilities are generally considered safe income investment vehicles. Back in the day, they used to be called widow-and-orphan stocks on Wall Street. That said, there are very different ways you can invest for dividends in the utility sector and some of these stocks now have broader appeal than just the widows and orphans.Three of the best utility stock options today are Black Hills (BKH 0.55%), NextEra Energy (NEE -1.06%), and Dominion Energy (D 0.68%), but each one is attractive for a very (very!) different ...