Companhia de Transmissao de Energia Eletrica Paulista is a true power broker. The company, known as both CTEEP and Transmissao Paulista, delivers power to the state of Sao Paulo. Its 12,140 kilometers of power lines and 100 substations transmit 30% of the electricity consumed in Brazil. Transmissao Paulista also participates in research and development projects with other utilities as well as universities and research centers. The company, which is part of Latin American power player Grupo Empresarial ISA, was formed in 1999 after the restructuring of Brazilian electric utilities that split power generation, transmission, and distribution into separate companies.

Connexus Energy connects more Minnesotans to electricity than any other cooperative. The member-operated organization distributes power to more than 123,000 customers in the northern suburbs of Minneapolis-St. Paul. Connexus buys its power from generation and transmission cooperative Great River Energy and distributes it through more than 9,050 miles of power line. It also operates 43 electrical substations. Residential customers account for the bulk of sales in a territory that comprises parts of Anoka, Chisago, Hennepin, Isanti, Ramsey, Sherburne, and Washington counties.

Constellation Energy Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, supplies energy products and services in North America. The company operates in three segments: Merchant Energy, Regulated Electric, and Regulated Gas. The Merchant Energy segment owns, operates, and maintains fossil, nuclear, and renewable generating facilities, and holds interests in nuclear generating facilities, qualifying facilities, and power projects. It also provides operation and maintenance services, including testing and start-up, to owners of electric generating facilities. In addition, this segment offers products and services to meet the energy requirements of wholesale and retail customers, including distribution utilities, cooperatives, aggregators, and commercial, industrial, and governmental customers. As of December 31, 2009, it had a total generation capacity of 7,118 megawatts. The Regulated Electric segment purchases, transmits, distributes, and sells electricity in central Maryland. It maintained approximately 240 substations, 1,300 circuit miles of transmission lines, and 24,500 circuit miles of distribution lines. The Regulated Gas segment purchases, transports, and sells natural gas in central Maryland. Constellation Energy Group also designs, constructs, and operates renewable energy, heating, cooling, and cogeneration facilities; offers energy performance contracting and energy efficiency engineering services; provides home improvements, service electric and gas appliances, service heating, air conditioning, plumbing, electrical, and indoor air quality systems, as well as offers natural gas marketing to residential customers in central Maryland; and develops and deploys new nuclear plants in North America through its joint venture. The company was founded in 1906 and is based in Baltimore, Maryland.

Show me the power. Cuivre River Electric Cooperative provides power to four eastern counties in the "Show Me" state: Lincoln, Pike, St. Charles, and Warren. The membership utility, which is one of Missouri's largest cooperatives with more than 58,000 residential, commercial, and industrial customers, gets its wholesale power supply from the Associated Electric Cooperative and the Central Electric Power Cooperative. Cuivre River Propane, jointly owned and operated by Cuivre River Electric Cooperative and MFA Oil Company supplies propane to co-op members from four locations, Bowling Green, Elsberry, Troy, and Wright City.

Czechs want to power up, they turn to state-controlled EZ, (the lead company of CEZ Group) which produces, distributes, and sells electricity and heat to 3.5 million customers in the Czech Republic. EZ, formed by the government in 1992, is now publicly traded, although in 2008 the government continued to control 63% of its stock. Subsidiaries and affiliates of EZ form what is known as the CEZ Group, which has operations in coal mining and power generation and marketing across Central and Southeastern Europe. The CEZ Group serves 7 million customers and has about 12,200 MW of generating capacity.

Dairyland Power Cooperative provides its customers with lots of juice in the land of lactose. The firm provides electricity generation (about 1,420 MW of generating capacity) and transmission services for 25 member distribution cooperatives and 16 municipal utilities in five states (including Wisconsin). The member cooperatives and municipal utilities in turn distribute electricity to almost 252,900 consumers. Dairyland Power generates more than 1,100 MW of capacity from its coal-fired power plants; it also operates 3,150 miles of transmission lines and 280 substations.

The Dakota Electric Association delivers electricity to residents of southeastern Minnesota, the Gopher State , so they don't have to burrow underground for those long, cold winters. The member-owned utility serves more than 100,000 customers in portions of Dakota, Goodhue, Rice, and Scott counties south of Minneapolis-St. Paul. The co-op gets its power wholesale from transmission cooperative Great River Energy and distributes it over 3,720 miles of power lines, nearly two-thirds of which are buried. Dakota Electric is pushing energy efficiency programs and products to help save its customers money.

Deseret Power is a regional generation and transmission cooperative meeting the power requirements of its six member retail systems, and selling surplus power to municipalities, power marketers and other wholesale electric systems in five states.Beginning with a 25.1% interest in the Hunter II power plant, Deseret has grown into an integrated power producer in Utah. With corporate offices in South Jordan, Utah, Deseret owns 223 miles of transmission lines and 550 MW of generation. Deseret's primary generating resource, the Bonanza Power Plant is consistently ranked in the top environmentally clean coal fired plants in the U.S. and was the number one plant for availability in 2001 and 2002.As a cooperative, Deseret is owned by its six member systems: Bridger Valley Electric, Dixie Escalante, Flowell Electric, Garkane Energy, Moon Lake Electric, and Mt. Wheeler Power. Deseret's cooperative organization, combined with its vertical integration, positions Deseret to provide member/owners, partners and customers of all sizes competitive and stable power rates.

Dominion Resources, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in producing and transporting energy in the United States. It operates in three segments: DVP, Dominion Generation, and Dominion Energy. The DVP segment includes regulated electric transmission and distribution operations that serve residential, commercial, industrial, and governmental customers in Virginia and northeastern North Carolina. This segment also involves in non regulated retail energy marketing of electricity and natural gas. The Dominion Generation segment includes the electricity generation through coal, nuclear, gas, oil, and renewables; and related energy supply operations. It also comprises generation operations of the company’s merchant fleet and energy marketing, and price risk management activities for these assets. The Dominion Energy segment includes the company’s Ohio and West Virginia regulated natural gas distribution companies, regulated gas transmission pipeline and storage operations, natural gas gathering and by-products extraction activities, regulated LNG import and storage, and Appalachian exploration and production operations. It also provides producer services, which aggregates natural gas supply; engages in natural gas trading and marketing activities; and involves in natural gas supply management. The company’s portfolio of assets includes approximately 27,500 MW of generation; 6,000 miles of electric transmission lines; 56,000 miles of electric distribution lines; 12,000 miles of natural gas transmission, gathering, and storage pipeline; and 21,700 miles of gas distribution pipeline. Dominion Resources, Inc. also owns approximately 942 bcf of storage capacity of natural gas and serves retail energy customers in 12 states. In addition, it sells electricity at wholesale prices to rural electric cooperatives, municipalities, and into wholesale electricity markets. The company was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.

DTE Energy Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an electric and natural gas utility company in Michigan. It also involves in non-utility operations. The company’s Energy Utility segment engages in the generation, purchase, distribution, and sale of electricity in southeastern Michigan. It generates electricity from various fuels, including coal, as well as from nuclear and hydro facilitates. As of December 31, 2009, this segment owned and operated approximately 677 distribution substations and approximately 423,600 line transformers; and supplied electricity to 2.1 million residential, commercial, and industrial customers in southeastern Michigan. The company’s Gas Utility segment engages in the purchase, storage, transmission, distribution, and sale of natural gas in Michigan. As of December 31, 2009, this segment’s distribution system included approximately 19,000 miles of distribution mains, 1,177,000 service lines, and 1,312,000 active meters. It also owned approximately 2,100 miles of transmission lines that deliver natural gas; and supplied natural gas to approximately 1.2 million residential, commercial, and industrial customers throughout Michigan, as well as to approximately 17,000 customers in Adrian, Michigan. The company’s non-utility operations include natural gas pipelines and storage; unconventional gas exploration, development, and production; power and industrial projects, and coal transportation and marketing; and energy marketing and trading operations. Its customers include electric utilities, merchant power producers, integrated steel mills, and industrial companies. DTE Energy Company was founded in 1995 and is based in Detroit, Michigan.

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