BlueStar Energy intends to burn bright in the firmament of independent electricity providers. Serving customers in the deregulated markets of Maryland, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Washington, DC, the company offers variable- and fixed-rate and custom plans along with green energy to industrial, commercial, and residential customers. Its energy efficiency program examines customers' energy usage and offers services to decrease costs including reworking interior and exterior lighting, monitoring power use, rewiring fixtures, and performing exterior maintenance. BlueStar Energy spreads it power from offices in Chicago and Peoria, Illinois.

YTL is hot, thanks to having many irons in many different fires. Incorporated in 1955, the Malaysian conglomerate is primarily engaged in utilities and construction, although it is also active in high-speed rail, cement manufacturing, residential property development, hotel and resort management, and technology incubation. In addition to providing electricity to residents in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Australia, YTL owns Wessex Water, a leading water and sewerage operator in the UK. Construction arm Syarikat Pembenaan Yeoh Tiong Lay offers construction services for schools, army barracks, hospitals, hotels, and other large infrastructure projects. Chairman Yeoh Tiong Lay and his sons own 47% of the company.

Environmental, Safety & Health, Inc. (ES&H) will follow through. Serving US companies and government agencies, ES&H provides training and services for safety, health, environmental, and regulatory concerns. The company also offers general contractor services for construction, demolition, and remediation projects. Clients include corporations like Schering-Plough and Alcoa, as well as districts or regional divisions of government agencies like the FAA and US Army Corps of Engineers. Founded in 1997, ES&H is based in Tennessee and operates offices in Delaware and Louisiana.

Reliance Infrastructure, formerly Reliance Energy, transmits and distributes electricity across India. The company's service territory covers an area exceeding a 124,300 square kilometers and includes the major cities of Delhi and Mumbai. Reliance Infrastructure operates power plants that generate more than 940 MW of capacity. Part of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, Reliance Infrastructure delivers more than 36 billion units of electricity to more than 30 million consumers. The company is also a major player in India's heavy construction market, and is engaged in constructing roads and airports, and developing urban infrastructure. It also has interests in real estate and retail hospitality.

Pennsylvania-American Water Company distributes water and provides wastewater services to a population of more than 2 million people in more than 370 communities across Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania-American Water also operates some 35 water treatment plants, seven wastewater facilities, and 9,900 miles of pipeline. The company's service territory covers some 35 Pennsylvania counties. Pennsylvania-American Water, the largest regulated water and wastewater service provider in Pennsylvania, is a subsidiary of the New Jersey-based American Water.

Sequachee Valley Electric Cooperative Company Profile Sequachee Valley Electric Cooperative squeezes the most efficiency out of the power distribution cooperative it manages. One of 23 rural electric cooperatives in Tennessee, Sequachee Valley Electric Cooperative distributes power to more than 33,000 residential, commercial, and industrial members in part or all of Bledsoe, Coffee, Grundy, Hamilton, Marion, Rhea, Sequatchie, and Van Buren counties. It buys wholesale power from the Tennessee Valley Authority. Sequachee Valley Electric is governed by an 11-person board of directors, directly elected by its membership.

Making money by water, Biwater provides water and wastewater treatment services to a range of customers in more than 90 countries. The company also offers water infrastructure investment, consultancy and operation; water asset management; and project management for water leisure facilities. Its Biwater Leisure unit has installed several Olympic-sized pools for almost 40 years. Its international projects include the design and installation of a wastewater treatment plant in Dubai, and a water distribution system for 4.2 million customers in Malaysia. Biwater also designs and builds desalination plants. Focusing on international growth, in 2010 it sold its UK-based Biwater Services Limited unit to MWH Global.

TestAmerica Laboratories (formerly Severn Trent Laboratories) can tell you. It operates about 40 environmental testing laboratories and more than 30 service centers in the US. TestAmerica provides chemical, physical, and biological testing of air, drinking water, tissue, and solid waste. The company has developed technologies to test air for fire retardants, explosives, radiation, and source emissions. Its affiliates include environmental and geotechnical drilling firm TestAmerica Drilling, water sampling equipment and remediation pumping system provider QED Environmental Systems, and air quality analyst EMLab P&K).

North Wind works to keep the air clean, the ground fresh, and the water clear in North America. The environmental consulting firm's services include site assessment, soil and groundwater remediation, geographic information system (GIS) data, hazardous and nonhazardous waste management, and project engineering and construction. North Wind has expanded by buying South Carolina-based Pinnacle Consulting Group, which offers engineering, environmental, and information technology consulting services.

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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