Intermountain Power Agency facilities, which began operating in 1987, supply power to the 23 founding municipalities. IPA also sells power through contracts with 13 additional utilities in Utah and California. The IPA is operated by The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.If you're into mountains (and who isn't?) Intermountain Power Agency (IPA) may well be the key to your access to power. IPA was formed in 1977 by 23 Utah municipal electric utilities to develop and operate the Intermountain Power Project (IPP), a two-unit coal-fired generation facility with a capacity of 1,700 MW, and two high-voltage transmission systems.

Hyflux Ltd., an investment holding company, provides integrated water management and environmental solutions. The company involves in the seawater desalination, raw water purification, wastewater cleaning, water recycling, water reclamation, and ultra pure water production for municipal and industrial clients, as well as provides home consumer filtration and purification products. It also designs, builds, and sells water treatment plants, seawater desalination plants, wastewater treatment plants, and water recycling plants under service concession arrangements. In addition, the company engages in the development of membrane applications in resource recovery, waste recycling, and energy reclamation, including applications, such as used oil recovery and recycling; development and commercialization of specialty materials, such as l-lactic acid from natural renewable resources; and separation, concentration, and purification treatments for manufacturing process streams. It has operations in Singapore, Southeast Asia, China, India, Algeria, the Middle East, and North Africa. Hyflux Ltd. has a joint venture agreement with Mitsui & Co. Ltd. to develop water projects in China. The company was formerly known as Hydrochem (S) Pte Ltd. Hyflux Ltd. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Singapore, Singapore.

Piedmont Municipal Power Agency (Piedmont Power) generates, purchases, and transmits wholesale electricity on behalf of its 10 member municipal utilities, which distribute the power to nearly 95,000 retail customers in northwestern South Carolina. These ten utilities serve the cities of Abbeville, Clinton, Easley, Gaffney, Greer, Laurens, Newberry, Rock Hill, Union, and Westminster. Piedmont Power was created to buy an ownership interest in the Catawba Nuclear Station in York County, South Carolina, in order to secure a reliable source of electric generation for its member utilities.The agency currently owns a 25% stake in the Catawba plant.

Bristol Water Group, one of the largest independent water suppliers in the UK. Through primary operating subsidiary Bristol Water plc, the group supplies water to about 500,800 customers, representing a population of more than 1.1 million. Bristol Water maintains about 6,600 km. of mains in a service territory that encompasses some 2,400 sq. km., and includes Bristol, Somerset, Gloucestershire, and Wiltshire. The group has completed its disposal of its nonregulated operations and is focusing on its core regulated water business.

Rayburn Country Electric Cooperative (Rayburn Electric) operates in the old stomping grounds of the legendary Texas politician and former speaker of the US House of Representatives. Rayburn Electric is a power generation and transmission organization that supplies wholesale power to five rural distribution cooperatives operating in 16 counties in north central and northeastern Texas. The five distribution cooperatives (Fannin County Electric Coop, FEC Electric Coop, Grayson-Collin Electric Coop, Lamar County Electric Coop, and Trinity Valley Electric Coop) collectively own the company. In 2010 it acquired a 25% stake in a Texas power plant from Calpine for $215 million.

Denali Incorporated company specializes in fiberglass-reinforced composite products used to handle hazardous or valuable fluids. The company's Containment Solutions (CSI) unit makes underground fiberglass storage tanks for the petroleum and water and wastewater industries and above-ground steel storage tanks for the petroleum and automotive industries. Denali's Fabricated Plastics unit makes makes thermoplastic assemblies for corrosion applications, such as in tanks, piping, and ductwork.

Edison has grown to become Italy's leading independent power producer, with 12,100 MW of hydroelectric, fossil-fueled, and wind-powered generating capacity. Much of Edison's electricity goes to Italy's largest utility, Enel; Edison also sells power to commercial and industrial businesses. The company has a focus on natural gas exploration, production, and marketing. It also distributes gas directly to 171,900 retail customers. In 2009 Edison reported proved reserves of 35.5 billion cu. meters of natural gas equivalent. The company is controlled by Transalpina di Energia Srl (61%) and Electricite de France (19%).

Energy Future Holdings (formerly TXU) has seen the future and it works -- powered by electricity. The company is the largest nonregulated retail electric provider in Texas (TXU Energy), with 2.1 million customers, and through its Luminant unit it has a generating capacity of more than 15,510 MW from its interests in nuclear and fossil-fueled power plants in the state. Energy Future Holdings has regulated power transmission and distribution operations through 80%-owned Oncor Electric Delivery. Oncor operates the largest regulated distribution and transmission system in Texas, providing power to more than 3.1 million electric delivery points over more than 117,000 miles of transmission and distribution lines.

AGL Resources Inc., an energy services holding company, distributes natural gas primarily in Florida, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, Tennessee, and Virginia. It operates in four segments: Distribution Operations, Retail Energy Operations, Wholesale Services, and Energy Investments. The Distribution Operations segment operates six natural gas distribution utilities that construct, manage, and maintain intrastate natural gas pipelines and distribution facilities. It operates approximately 46,000 miles of underground distribution and transmission mains. The Retail Energy Operations segment markets natural gas and related services under the Georgia Natural Gas name to retail customers on an unregulated basis primarily in Georgia, Ohio, and Florida, as well as to commercial and industrial customers principally in Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. The Wholesale Services segment involves in asset management and optimization, storage, transportation, production, and peaking services, as well as engages in wholesale marketing business.The Energy Investments segment develops, acquires, and operates salt-dome and other storage assets in the Gulf Coast region of the United States. It has approximately 7.5 billion cubic feet of liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage capacity in five LNG plants located in Georgia, New Jersey, and Tennessee, as well as owns three propane storage facilities in Virginia and Georgia. AGL Resources Inc. has a joint venture agreement with TECO Energy Inc. to provide home warranty products and services under the brand name UtiliPRO; and with El Paso Corp. to distribute liquefied natural gas (LNG) across the southeastern United States to the heavy-duty transportation market. AGL Resources Inc. was founded in 1856 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

National Power Corporation (Napocor) provides power for the nation of the Philippines. The state-owned utility builds and operates nuclear, hydroelectric, thermal, and alternative power-generating facilities and works with independent producers under a build-operate-transfer program. Its transmission network has a line length of nearly 13,000 circuit miles. With energy sales of more than 39,350 GWh per year, Napocor distributes electricity to power distributors and industrial companies. To comply with a sweeping privatization bill, the company has begun selling off its generation assets. It has also separated its transmission segment into an operating subsidiary.

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