Modesty notwithstanding, Modesto Irrigation District (MID) does much more than irrigate 59,000 acres of land in the Modesto, California area. The state-owned utility also generates, transmits, and distributes electricity to more than 91,270 residential and about 12,700 commercial and industrial customers; markets wholesale power; and treats and provides drinking water to the city of Modesto for distribution purposes. The company is a not-for-profit organization formed by the government of Stanislaus County in 1887 to provide irrigation services in the Modesto region.

Lafayette Utilities System has a long and proud history of serving the people of Lafayette. We are your next door neighbors and we care about the same things you do: reasonable utility rates and reliable, quality services that can protect our families and make our community better. LUS offers its customers quality electric, water and wastewater services. Because LUS is customer-owned and operated, its customers have the power to set rates and control the standard of service. We are always working to better LUS and Lafayette.

New Hampshire warm in winter, but New Hampshire Electric Cooperative will. The utility provides electricity to about 80,000 residential and business customers (who are also member-owners of the cooperative) in 115 New Hampshire towns and cities. The enterprise operates 5,400 miles of distribution lines, and is seeking to become a complete energy solutions organization, offering energy saving options such as equipment retrofits at local schools and selling energy-efficient compact fluorescent light bulbs. Most of New Hampshire Electric Cooperative's revenues comes from residential customers, and the balance form small businesses.

EcoWater Systems is in a pristine spot. The company manufactures commercial and residential water treatment systems. It sells its products through a network of more than 1,400 dealers, wholesalers, and private-label retailers. Products include water refiners, conditioners, and purifiers, and innovations such as reverse osmosis drinking water systems. Founded in 1925, EcoWater Systems is a member of Berkshire Hathaway's Marmon Group and maintains its autonomous management. In addition to the US, the company operates in Canada, the UK, Europe, and China.

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.

Shell International Renewables (doing business as Shell Renewables) may be able to turn them into fuel to power homes and vehicles. The company oversees many of the parent Royal Dutch Shell's operations in alternative fuels, was formed in 1997 to commercially explore the global possibilities of new low-carbon power systems. Shell Renewables markets and distributes alternative energies from the sun, the wind, hydrogen (technically an energy carrier rather than energy source), and bio-fuels worldwide. It is researching hydrogen created from natural gas and bio-fuels, made of everything from corn to algae, to replace gasoline in cars.

In 1976 the cooperative changed its name from Colquitt County Rural Electric Company to Colquitt EMC. The utility is the largest EMC in south Georgia with some of the lowest electric rates in the state.There's no quit in the electric service to Colquitt and surrounding counties in Georgia, thanks to Colquitt Electric Membership Corporation (Colquitt EMC). The consumer-owned non-profit utility distributes electricity to more than 41,000 members in Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Lowndes, Tift, and Worth counties. Colquitt EMC distributes electricity via more than 8,020 miles of power line.

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.

Energy Northwest provides electricity to public utility districts (PUDs) and municipalities in the northwestern US. The company, which is owned by the utilities it serves, has interests in nuclear, hydroelectric, wind, and solar power generation facilities. Energy Northwest is a joint operating agency comprised of about 30 member public utilities from across the state of Washington. Its four electricity generating stations are Columbia Generating Station, Nine Canyon Wind Project, Packwood Lake Hydroelectric Project, and the White Bluffs Solar Station. The company has a total generating capacity of 1,400 MW.

Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) keeps away malaise as it electrifies Malaysia. The largest power company in Southeast Asia, TNB generates two-thirds of the electricity on the Malaysian Peninsula. The company has a generating capacity of more than 11,940 MW; it also operates the national power transmission and distribution grid, which serves more than 7 million residential, industrial, and commercial customers. A host of subsidiaries support TNB's business; they include power equipment manufacturing, engineering, and real estate companies. Although Malaysia's power industry is undergoing deregulation, TNB has successfully resisted efforts to split up the company, which is 38%-owned by Khazanah Nasional Berhad.

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