Wahlco likes to keep it clean. It designs and manufactures air pollution control equipment, specializing in ammonia handling, flue gas conditioning, nitrogen oxide control equipment which it installs at power plants and other industrial facilities, including cement plants, oil and gas refineries, pulp and paper mills, and steel mills. Wahlco also makes products such as low-watt density heaters and specialty thermocouples for industrial applications. The company's systems and equipment can be found in more than 500 locations in more than 17 countries. Wahlco was founded by a small group of experts in 1972.

Southern Company isn't just whistling Dixie. The holding company is one of the largest electricity distributors in the US. It operates regulated utilities Alabama Power, Georgia Power, Gulf Power, and Mississippi Power, which combined have a generating capacity of more than 42,900 MW and serve more than 4.4 million electricity customers in the southeastern US. The good ol' power company also has energy marketing operations, and it provides energy consulting and management services for businesses and institutions. Through its Southern LINC Wireless unit, it provides wireless communications services in its US utility territory; its Southern Telecom unit offers wholesale fiber-optic services.

Sequachee Valley Electric Cooperative Company Profile Sequachee Valley Electric Cooperative squeezes the most efficiency out of the power distribution cooperative it manages. One of 23 rural electric cooperatives in Tennessee, Sequachee Valley Electric Cooperative distributes power to more than 33,000 residential, commercial, and industrial members in part or all of Bledsoe, Coffee, Grundy, Hamilton, Marion, Rhea, Sequatchie, and Van Buren counties. It buys wholesale power from the Tennessee Valley Authority. Sequachee Valley Electric is governed by an 11-person board of directors, directly elected by its membership.

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.

Lincoln Electric System (LES) takes care of all of the power needs for residents and businesses in Lincoln, Nebraska. The company generates, purchases, transmits, and distributes electricity for approximately 128,130 residential, commercial, and industrial customers in Lincoln and surrounding communities. LES has interests in fossil-fueled power plants and wind energy facilities; the utility also purchases power through contracts with other generation utilities, such as the Nebraska Public Power District and the Western Area Power Administration, and it markets power to wholesale customers.

Alliant would like you to increase your reliance on energy. Alliant Energy's utilities, Interstate Power and Light (IP&L) and Wisconsin Power and Light (WPL), provide electricity to about 1 million customers and natural gas to more than 400,000 customers in four states; the utility operations also own power plants that generate some 5,600 MW of capacity. Nonregulated operations include rail and marine transportation services, independent power production (including wind farms), and real estate. Alliant Energy also provides engineering, consulting, and management services.

National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), thankfully generates enough electricity to run a lot of air conditioners. State-run NTPC, which generates almost 29% of India's power supply, has 22 coal and gas-fired power plants and interests in four more through its SAIL Power Supply joint venture. The company's plants (including joint ventures) have a combined capacity of more than 30,240 MW and feed distribution grids throughout India; prices are determined by India's Electricity Act. NTPC also offers global power consulting and engineering and construction services. India's government owns nearly 90% of NTPC.

Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. and its subsidiaries develop and operate seawater desalination plants and water distribution systems, as well as produce and supply water to customers in the Cayman Islands, the Bahamas, Belize, the British Virgin Islands, and Bermuda. It uses reverse osmosis technology to convert seawater to potable water. The company supplies water to end-users, including residential, commercial, and government customers. As of December 31, 2009, Consolidated Water Co. operated 16 reverse osmosis desalination plants through its subsidiaries and affiliates. It also offers engineering and management services, including designing and constructing desalination plants, and managing and operating desalination plants owned by other companies. The company was founded in 1973 and is based in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.

Public Utility District No. 1 of Clark County (Clark Public Utilities) provides utility services to residents and businesses in Clark County, Washington. Clark Public Utilities transmits and distributes electricity to more than 182,000 customers; the company generates about half of its power supply at its 250-MW gas-fired power plant and purchases the rest from other generators, including the Bonneville Power Administration. Clark Public Utilities also distributes water to about 30,000 customers and collects and treats wastewater for the City of La Center, Washington.

Puget Energy is one of Washington State's largest utilities. Its electricity supply and transmission business, Puget Sound Energy, provides electricity to more than 1 million customers and natural gas to about 749,000 customers in western Washington. The utility owns fossil-fueled and hydroelectric plants as well as wind farms with a cumulative total of about 5,050 MW of capacity. In 2009, Puget Holdings LLC, a consortium led by Australian bank unit Macquarie Infrastructure Partners, acquired Puget Energy for $7.4 billion. The deal strengthens Puget Energy's access to cash to pay down debt and for future growth.

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