Investors will profit from their new projects

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Utility stocks are some the best stocks to own for dividend investors. That’s because their regulated operations generate predicable cash flows. TC Energy and Canadian Utilities’ new projects also set the stage for more dividend increases in 2022 and the years to follow. TC ENERGY CORP. $59 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol TRP; Income-Growth Payer Portfolio, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 981.0 million; Market cap: $57.9 billion; Dividend yield: 5.9%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Highest; www.tcenergy.com) operates a 93,400-kilometre pipeline network that pumps natural gas from Alberta to eastern Canada and the U.S. Its other operations include 4,900 kilometres of crude oil pipelines and seven power plants. Starting with the April 2021 payment, TC raised your quarterly dividend by 7.4%. Investors now receive $0.87 a share instead of $0.81. The new annual rate of $3.48 yields a high 5.9%. The company has increased its dividend rate each of the past 21 years. TC continues to develop $29 billion of new pipelines and other assets. It expects to…