Ohio Valley Electric and its subsidiary, Indiana-Kentucky Electric, generate power in the Ohio River Valley region. The company operates two coal-fired plants with collectively about 2,400 MW of generating capacity. Ohio Valley Electric's Kyger Creek Plant at Cheshire, Ohio, and Indiana-Kentucky Electric's Clifty Creek Plant at Madison, Indiana are linked by 776 miles of transmission lines. Most of Ohio Valley Electric's power goes to its shareholders, which include American Electric Power (39%), Buckeye Power Generating, LLC (18%), and Duke Energy Ohio (9%).

Public Utility District No. 2 of Grant County, Washington, probably used up its initial budget before it could hire a team of branding and identity consultants. But a dour name does not stop the power provider (commonly referred to as Grant County PUD) from operating two hydroelectric power plants on the Columbia River (2,000 MW of generating capacity) and distributing electricity to the 40,000 residents of Washington's Grant County. The district, which was formed in 1938 and went into operation in 1942, also sells power to twelve Pacific Northwest utilities and is developing a residential fiber-optic data network.

Suburban Propane Partners, L.P., through its subsidiaries, engages in the retail marketing and distribution of propane, fuel oil, and refined fuels, and the marketing of natural gas and electricity in the United States. The company’s Propane segment involves in the retail distribution of propane to residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural customers, as well as wholesale distribution to large industrial end users. Its Fuel Oil and Refined Fuels segment engages in the retail distribution of fuel oil, diesel, kerosene, and gasoline to residential and commercial customers for use primarily as a source of heat in homes and buildings. The company’s Natural Gas and Electricity segment markets natural gas and electricity to residential and commercial customers in the deregulated energy markets of New York and Pennsylvania. Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. also sells, installs, and services various whole-house heating products, air cleaners, humidifiers, hearth products, and space heaters to the customers of propane, fuel oil, natural gas, and electricity products. As of September 26, 2009, it served approximately 850,000 residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural customers through approximately 300 locations in 30 states located primarily in the east and west coast regions of the United States, including Alaska. Suburban Energy Services Group LLC serves as the general partner to Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. was founded in 1945 and is based in Whippany, New Jersey.

Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is the largest utility in the Philippines, providing power to 4.6 million customers in 29 cities (including metropolitan Manila) and 82 municipalities. As deregulation takes effect, Meralco is reducing its dependence on state-owned National Power Corp. (Napocor) by increasing the amount of power it purchases from independent power producers. Meralco has prepared for greater competition by moving into nonregulated activities, including energy, e-commerce, and real estate. In 2008 Philippine conglomerate San Miguel Corp. acquired the Philippine government's 27% stake in Meralco, and raised that to 48% in 2009. Metro Pacific Investments boosted its stake to 20% soon after that.

First Electric Cooperative wasn't the first electric cooperative ever formed, but it was the first such entity created in its home state. The member-owned utility distributes power to more than 85,000 customers in 17 central and southeastern Arkansas counties. It also offers its members a range of energy products and value-added services, including energy efficient Marathon water heaters, surge and lightning protection equipment, and compact fluorescent light bulbs. Some 72% of the cooperative's revenues come from residential customers; commercial and industrial customers account for another 20%, and the rest comes from such sources as irrigation and street lighting.

OGE Energy is the holding company for the largest electric utility in Oklahoma, but its largest revenue producer is its energy marketing and natural gas transmission unit, OGE Energy Resources. OGE owns Oklahoma Gas and Electric (OG&E), a public utility with almost 777,000 retail and wholesale customers in Oklahoma (including Oklahoma City) and a bit of western Arkansas. OG&E owns coal- and gas-fired power plants that generate 6,420 MW of capacity. Subsidiary Enogex operates 7,900 miles of natural gas gathering and transportation pipeline. The company also provides physical, asset, financial management services through marketing unit OGE Eenergy Resources.

Indiana Municipal Power Agency (IMPA) supplies bulk electricity to 52 community-owned distribution utilities throughout Indiana. IMPA members deliver electric service to households, businesses, and industries across Indiana. The company has interests in fossil-fueled power plants that give it nearly 600 MW of generating capacity; it also buys electricity through supply contracts and through purchases on the wholesale market. IMPA also owns power tranmission assets, and it provides utility engineering and consulting services through its ISC subsidiary. IMPA is expanding its power portfolio through the construction of new generation facilities.

Alkane Energy pursues the arcane task of extracting methane gas from abandoned coal mines in the UK and Germany for the dual purposes of direct supply to industrial clients and for on-site power generation. A renewable energy company, Alkane aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, through the capturing of coalbed methane and its conversion to energy. The company designs, builds, and services containerized methane treatment plants and electricity generation facilities that use biogas, landfill gas, sewage gas, and coal mine methane. Alskane operates seven biogas-to-electricity sites in the UK and one in Germany.

South East Water distributes water to some 2.1 million people in England's South East region. The company provides 565 million liters of drinking water daily. Its service territory includes Berkshire, Hampshire, Kent, Sussex, and Surrey, and its Dynamco unit provides engineering services for water companies. The company offers customers its E-metering service, an online application enabling customers to track and view the status of their water consumption; it also conducts water efficiency audits for its customers. In 2006 South East Water, formerly owned by Australia's Macquarie Bank, was bought by Hastings Diversified Utilities Fund, and Utilities Trust of Australia. It acquired Mid Kent Water in 2007.

Keeping a sharp eye out for the well-being of Iowa's citizens, Central Iowa Power Cooperative provides electricity transmission and generation services to 13 member distribution cooperatives (12 rural electric cooperatives and one municipal cooperative), which in turn serve about 320,000 residential and 7,000 industrial and commercial customers. Central Iowa Power's member distribution cooperatives deliver power to commercial businesses, farmsteads, industrial parks, manufacturers, urban residences, and other customers, in a service area that stretches 300 miles diagonally across the state from Shenandoah in the southwest to the Mississippi River in the east.

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