Powerco is the second-largest distributor of electricity and gas in New Zealand (behind state-owned Genesis Energy). Powerco's network extends across the upper central and lower central North Island and services to 415,000 customers. Its infrastructure represents about 46% of the gas connections and 16% of the electricity connections in New Zealand. The company's Powerco Transmission Services unit is a leading provider of wind farm connections to New Zealand's national grid. Powerco is 58%-owned by investment firm Queensland Investment Corp. and 42% by Australia-based infrastructure group Babcock & Brown Infrastructure.

American Electric Power Company, Inc. engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electric power. It generates electricity using coal and lignite, natural gas, nuclear, and hydroelectric energy. The company distributes electric power at wholesale to other electric utility companies, rural electric co-operatives, municipalities, and other market participants, as well as to retail customers in its service areas. It also operates nonregulated wind farms and barging operations, as well as provides various energy-related services. The company operates in the states of Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. As of December 31, 2008, it owned or leased approximately 37,000 megawatts of power generation capacity. The company was founded in 1906 and is based in Columbus, Ohio.

American Water Works Company, Inc. provides water and wastewater services to residential, commercial, and industrial customers in the United States and Canada. As of December 31, 2009, the company served approximately 16 million people with drinking water, wastewater, and other water-related services in 35 states and two Canadian provinces. It owned approximately 80 surface water treatment plants, 600 groundwater treatment plants, 1,200 groundwater wells, 50 wastewater treatment facilities, 1,200 treated water storage facilities, 1,200 pumping stations and 100 dams, and 49,000 miles of mains and collection pipes. American Water Works Company also enters into public/private partnerships, including operation and maintenance contracts; and design, build, and operate contracts for the provision of services to water and wastewater facilities for municipalities and the United States military. In addition, the company designs, builds, and operates smaller-scale water and wastewater treatment plants for real estate developers, industrial companies, and new or expanding communities; and provides services to domestic homeowners to protect against the cost of repairing broken or leaking pipes inside and outside their homes. Further, it provides granular activated carbon for water purification, and involves in the management and disposal of biosolids and wastewater by-products for municipal and industrial customers. The company was founded in 1886 and is based in Voorhees, New Jersey.

TurboSonic Technologies has a snooty attitude towards soot. The company provides industrial customers with air-pollution control equipment and products designed to enhance the performance of industrial process equipment. Selling its products worldwide, the company serves clients in the food and beverage, forest products, mining, oil and gas, waste management, and other industries. The downturn in the global economy forced the company to take cost-cutting measures in 2010, including salary reductions and unpaid leaves of absence. Director Donald Spink, Sr., the father of CEO Edward Spink, owns 8% of TurboSonic Technologies.

IBERDROLA RENOVABLES is the leader of wind power in Iberia and the world. The company is the renewable energy arm of Spanish utility giant IBERDROLA S.A. IBERDROLA RENOVABLES has a presence in more than 20 countries across Europe, North America, South America, and Asia. In early 2010 it had an installed generating capacity of 11,000 MW). The company's flexible arrangements with suppliers, and geographic diversification has enabled it to build a total capacity (including developments in the pipeline) of more than 57,400 MW. Besides wind energy, the company invests in small hydroelectric, solar, tidal, biomass and other green energy sources.

Theolia's answer to renewable energy, my friend, is blowin' in the wind. The company develops wind farms in Europe (France, Italy, Germany, and Spain), and Latin America, as well as in emerging markets such as India and Morsocco, for generating electricity. Theolia has an installed capacity of 350 MW and operates a further 311 MW for third parties. The company has another 2,800 MW of wind power generation under construction or in development. In order to focus on wind power, Theolia transferred its non-wind generation assets, including biomass, biogas, and solar, to its Thenergo subsidiary, which it subsequently sold.

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.

Summerleaze has blown through a number of businesses -- aggregates, waste disposal, and renewable energy. The family-owned company, originally in the gravels/aggregates business, branched into using methane gas from the waste disposal landfills to make fuel. After acquiring renewable energy firm Thomas Graveson, it created Summerleaze RE-Generation, which has enough capacity (43 MW) to serve 70,000 houses from sites across the UK. Ennate Technology provides power generation equipment sales, maintenance, and hire services; its Green Hydrogen subsidiary supplies renewable hydrogen and oxygen for clients. Summerleaze also has a biogas unit, Summerleaze AnDigestion.

EDP Renovaveis loves the feel of the wind and the sound of the waves. One of largest wind energy companies in world, EDP Renovaveis has an annual generation capacity of about 5MW. Other power sources include solar thermal and photovoltaic energy, which create electricity from steam and solar radiation conversion, respectively. The company is also developing ocean wave generation capabilities. EDP Renovaveis has wind generation facilities in nearly 10 countries; Spain and the US (through subsidiary Horizon Wind Energy) contribute the greatest part of its wind power generation capacity. The company is the renewable division of fellow Portuguese company EDP Group, the Iberian Peninsula's third largest energy firm.

Power and Texas come together at the Texas Municipal Power Agency, which provides electricity generation and transmission services to four municipal utilities (Bryan, Denton, Garland, and Greenville). The joint powers agency, which was created in 1975 by its member cities, owns and operates the 462-MW Gibbons Creek power plant and related transmission assets. In the wake of the oil embargo the early 1970s, the Texas Legislature created joint powers agencies that could perform all the duties of utilities except sell power to non-members. Bryan, Denton, Garland, and Greenville then formed the Texas Municipal Power Agency and harnessed locally available lignite to fuel a power generation plant.

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