Scottish and Southern can speak with a Scottish burr or a southern English clip. The integrated company is one of the UK's top energy firms, distributing power and gas to 9.2 million customers through subsidiaries Southern Electric, Scottish Hydro Electric, SWALEC, and Atlantic Electric and Gas. Scottish and Southern's regulated utility assets include 79,300 miles of power transmission and distribution lines that serve 3.5 million end-users. Scottish and Southern has 11,300 MW of generating capacity. It also distributes gas to 5.7 million customers. Other operations include gas exploration, energy trading, wind farms, electrical and environmental contracting, gas storage, and retail appliance sales.

New Jersey Natural Gas is the prinicipal subsidiary of New Jersey Resources, a Fortune 1000 company, which provides reliable energy and natural gas services including transportation, distribution, and asset management in states from the Gulf Coast to the New England regions, including the Mid-Continent region, the West Coast and Canada, while investing in and maintaining an extensive infrastructure to support future growth. With over $2.5 billion in annual revenues, NJR safely and reliably operates and maintains 6,700 miles of natural gas transportation and distribution infrastructure to serve nearly half a million customers; develops and manages a diverse portfolio of more than 777,000 dth/d of transportation capacity and 52 Bcf of storage capacity; and provides appliance installation, repair and contract service to approximately 150,000 homes and businesses. Additionally, NJR holds investments in midstream assets through equity partnerships including Steckman Ridge and Iroquois. Through Conserve to Preserve®, NJR is helping customers save energy and money by promoting conservation and encouraging efficiency.

Volunteer Energy Cooperative is voluntarily cooperating with its members to serve their energy needs. The distribution utility serves more than 108,000 customers (who also own the cooperative) in 17 central and eastern Tennessee counties. It operates more than 8,400 miles of power lines. Volunteer Energy purchases its power supply from the Tennessee Valley Authority. The company also sells propane and provides telecommunications (Internet access and long-distance phone) services. In addition, Volunteer Energy offers its customer surge protection and security equipment.

Siemens Water Technologies Corp. company is a leading producer of water- and wastewater-treatment equipment worldwide. Through its Water and Wastewater Systems and Water Services and Products groups, Siemens Water Technologies provides services to municipal, industrial, and institutional clients. It has more than 200,000 installations on several continents and a portfolio of more than 900 water treatment products and technologies. Among its other services are ion exchange resin recycling and thermal reactivation processes that reduce carbon expenditure. The company is a subsidiary of Siemens Industry.

Central Vermont Public Service Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an electric utility company. The company engages in the purchase, production, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity. It sells electricity to residential, commercial, and industrial customers. As of December 31, 2009, the company served approximately 159,000 retail customers in Vermont. Its wholly owned plants included 20 hydroelectric generating facilities with an aggregate nameplate capacity of 45.3 megawatts; and 2 oil-fired gas turbines with a combined nameplate capacity of 26.5 megawatts. The company also owns, buys, sells, and leases real and personal property and interests therein related to the utility business; and sells and rents electric water heaters in Vermont and New Hampshire. In addition, it has joint ownership interests in electric generating and transmission facilities. The company was founded in 1929 and is based in Rutland, Vermont.

Sea Breeze Power, is clean energy. Formerly International Powerhouse Energy, the company is developing large-scale wind farms on the coast of British Columbia in northern Vancouver Island for power generation. It has a number of projects in various stages of development. The company is also developing underwater electricity transmission lines, as well as pursuing other renewable energy opportunities, such as hydro, energy storage, and direct current transmission projects. Key to the company's strategic planning is making the Pacific Northwest's abundant renewable energy sources available to urban areas.

Korea Electric Power Corporation, an integrated electric utility company, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity; and development of electric power resources in the Republic of Korea. As of December 31, 2009, the company’s transmission system consisted of approximately 30,257 circuit kilometers of lines of 765 kilovolts and others, including high voltage direct current lines, as well as 715 substations with an installed transformer capacity of 247,786 megavolt-amperes; and distribution system included approximately 99,630 megavolt-amperes of transformer capacity and approximately 8 million units of support with a total line length of 420,258 circuit kilometers. It provides electricity primarily to industrial, commercial, residential, educational, and agricultural customers. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

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.

Owensboro, Kentucky (named after Abraham Owen, a Shelby County legislator killed in the Battle of Tippecanoe) is served by Owensboro Municipal Utilities, which provides power to almost 26,000 customers and water to 24,500. The city-owned utility operates water treatment facilities and a power plant that uses coal and used tires for fuel. Its operating divisions are Elmer Smith power plant, Engineering & Operations, Water Production, and Customer Service Center. It also offers telecommunications services. Owensboro Municipal Utilities is overseen by the five-member Owensboro Utility Commission, which is appointed by the mayor of Owensboro.

Great River Energy powers up cooperatives along the Great River Road. The utility provides wholesale electricity to more than 1.7 million people (at more than 639,000 homes, businesses, and farms) through 28 distribution cooperatives in Minnesota and Wisconsin. It operates more than 4,500 miles of transmission lines and has more than 2,800 MW of capacity from fossil-fueled, hydroelectric, and renewable power generation facilities. The company also owns or partially owns more than 100 transmission substations. Great River Energy is the #2 electric utility in Minnesota, in terms of generating capacity, and one of the top five largest generation and transmission cooperatives in the US (based on assets).

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