Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative keeps the power flowing to the residences and businesses of more than 200,360 member-owners in five counties along the central Florida Gulf Coast. The power distribution utility, which was originally set up in 1941, receives wholesale generation and transmission services from the Seminole Electric Cooperative. Withlacoochee River Electric, a non-profit organization, returns any funds remaining at the end of each year to its membership. The cooperative has returned more than $190 million to its member-owners.

Florida Municipal Power Agency doesn't believe in holding on to power. The non-profit public agency generates and supplies electric power to 30 county or municipally owned distribution utilities, which in turn serve 2 million Florida residents and businesses. Each of the distribution utilities appoints one representative to Florida Municipal Power Agency's board of directors, which governs the agency's activities. The Agency is authorized to undertake joint projects for its members and to issue tax-exempt bonds to finance the costs of such projects. It is also empowered to implement a pooled financing program for utility-related projects.

United Water International, founded in 1995, is one of the largest water utility companies operating in towns and cities in both Australia and New Zealand (including major centers such as Adelaide, Ballarat, and Auckland). United Water International operates and maintains water and wastewater treatment plants as well as customer call centers. All told, the company serves somewhere in the neighborhood of 1.5 million customers. United Water International is owned by Halliburton unit KBR, and Veolia Environnement.

Clay Electric Cooperative covers a lot of ground in Florida. The utility distributes electricity to 14 counties in the northeastern part of the state, including the suburbs of Jacksonville and Gainesville. It delivers power to its 165,000 residential, commercial, and industrial members over more than 12,800 miles of transmission lines. The consumer-owned utility offers electronic funds transfer, average billing, and a seniors payment plan to residential customers, and backup diesel power generation and special rate plans to businesses. The consumer-owned utility has a stake in Seminole Electric Cooperative, which provides generation services to Clay Electric and nine other cooperatives.

Viridian Group, through its main subsidiary, regulated regional electric company Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE), transmits and distributes power to about 793,000 homes and businesses in Northern Ireland. Its NIE Energy Supply unit is the regulated electricity supplier in Northern Ireland. Viridian is also involved in unregulated businesses, including retail power and natural gas marketing (Energia) and high-voltage electrical infrastructure contracting (Powerteam). It also participates in Ireland's electricity market through its Energia subsidiary, which deals in both retail and wholesale energy. In 2010 Irish power utility ESB Group acquired NIE from Viridian for $1 billion.

EQT Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated energy company in the United States. The company operates in three segments: EQT Production, EQT Midstream, and Distribution. The EQT Production segment engages in the exploration, development, and production of natural gas and crude oil in the Appalachian Basin. This segment’s properties are located primarily in Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. As of December 31, 2009, it had 4.1 trillion cubic feet of proved reserves across 3.4 million acres. The EQT Midstream segment provides gathering, processing, transmission, and storage services to third parties in the Appalachian Basin. It has approximately 10,650 miles of gathering lines and 970 miles of transmission lines. The Distribution segment engages in the distribution and sale of natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers in southwestern Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and eastern Kentucky. This segment served natural gas to approximately 275,900 customers comprising of 257,300 residential, and 18,600 commercial and industrial customers. The company was formerly known as Equitable Resources, Inc. and changed its name to EQT Corporation in February 2009. EQT Corporation was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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.

Connexus Energy connects more Minnesotans to electricity than any other cooperative. The member-operated organization distributes power to more than 123,000 customers in the northern suburbs of Minneapolis-St. Paul. Connexus buys its power from generation and transmission cooperative Great River Energy and distributes it through more than 9,050 miles of power line. It also operates 43 electrical substations. Residential customers account for the bulk of sales in a territory that comprises parts of Anoka, Chisago, Hennepin, Isanti, Ramsey, Sherburne, and Washington counties.

WPPI Energy (formerly Wisconsin Public Power) generates, purchases, and supplies wholesale electricity to 51 municipal distribution utilities, which in turn serve more than 192,000 homes and businesses in Wisconsin, Upper Michigan and Iowa. Founded as a political subdivision of the State of Wisconsin, the utility was formed by its member-owners (the municipalities) in 1980. WPPI Energy has interests in power plants that give it a capacity of more than 1,120 MW. It also engages in wholesale energy transactions with other regional utilities and energy marketers and is a major advocate of green energy power resources.

Cambridge Water distributes water to about 125,000 residential customers and business customers in the greater Cambridge area. Overall, the company serves a population of about 300,000. Cambridge Water maintains some 2,140 km of water mains and 34 storage towers and reservoirs. All the water supplied to customers is pumped from 25 underground sources. About 55% of water billed is charged by meter. The company offers its clients the delivery of emergency bottled water; customers pre-order water that Cambridge Water will deliver in the event of a major incident. The company is controlled by Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings.

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