Sumter Electric Cooperative shines more light across the Sunshine State. Known as SECO, the customer-owned utility distributes electricity to 170,000 homes and businesses across the rural Central Florida region comprised of Citrus, Hernando, Lake, Levy, Marion, Pasco, and Sumter counties. The coop operates 11,350 miles of electric lines and 47 substations. SECO's engineers design electrical facilities for new shopping centers and business parks and perform cost estimates for putting utilities underground in subdivisions. The co-op is a member of and receives generation and transmission services from Seminole Electric Cooperative.

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.

Exelon Corporation company distributes electricity to 5.4 million customers in northern Illinois (including Chicago) and southeastern Pennsylvania (including Philadelphia) through subsidiaries Commonwealth Edison (ComEd) and PECO Energy. PECO also distributes natural gas to 485,000 customers. Subsidiary Exelon Generation holds the company's power plants, whose production capacity is just about 25,000 MW. About two-thirds of Generation's power is nuclear. Exelon Power Team is a top wholesale energy marketer, and Exelon Energy markets retail power and offers other energy-related services.

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.

TransCanada Corporation operates as an energy infrastructure company in North America. The company operates in two segments, Pipelines and Energy. The Pipelines segment develops and operates energy infrastructure, including natural gas pipelines, regulated gas storage facilities, and projects related to oil pipelines. As of December 31, 2009, its pipelines network extended approximately 60,000 kilometers tapping into various gas supply basins in North America. The Energy segment engages in the acquisition, development, construction, ownership, and operation of electrical power generation plants; the purchase and marketing of electricity; the provision of electricity account services to energy and industrial customers; and the development, construction, ownership, and operation of non-regulated natural gas storage in Alberta. As of December 31, 2009, its power generation plants had 11,700 megawatts of power generation capacity. TransCanada Corporation was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Middlesex Water Company, together with its subsidiaries, owns and operates regulated water utility and wastewater systems in New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania. It engages in collecting, treating, distributing, and selling water for domestic, commercial, municipal, industrial, and fire protection purposes. The company also operates water and wastewater systems under contract on behalf of municipal and private clients, as well as provides water, water treatment, pumping services, and wastewater services. In addition, it offers a water service line, as well as various maintenance programs that cover parts, materials, and labor required to repair or replace specific elements of the customer’s water service lines, and customer shut-off valve and/or sewer lateral in the event of a failure. As of December 31, 2009, the company served approximately 59,800 retail customers primarily in eastern Middlesex County; 300 customers in Cumberland County; 10,500 customers in Perth Amboy; and 2,500 residential customers in Burlington County, New Jersey. It also served approximately 33,200 retail customers in New Castle, Kent, and Sussex Counties in Delaware, as well as offered wastewater services to approximately 1,900 residential retail customers in Delaware. The company was founded in 1897 and is headquartered in Iselin, New Jersey.

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.

GeoSyntec Consultants provides services such as environmental management, geotechnical engineering, groundwater assessment and remediation, pollution prevention, and surface water management. The company operates from more than 30 offices, primarily in the US but also in Canada, Malaysia, and the UK. Its clients include Aerojet-General, AstraZeneca, Chevron, Delta Air Lines, FMC Corp., Georgia Power, Kimberly-Clark, Lockheed Martin, Pharmacia & Upjohn, and Shell Oil. Expanding its services in the water and natural resources segment, in 2010 Geosyntec acquired Rainwater Recovery, which focuses on rainwater harvesting technology.

ITC Holdings Corp. (NYSE: ITC) invests in the electricity transmission grid to improve electric reliability, expand access to markets, lower the overall cost of delivered energy and allow new generating resources to interconnect to its transmission systems. The largest independent electricity transmission company in the country, ITC operates high-voltage transmission systems in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula and portions of Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, Missouri and Kansas, serving a combined peak load in excess of 25,000 megawatts through its regulated operating subsidiaries, ITCTransmission, Michigan Electric Transmission Company (METC), ITC Midwest and ITC Great Plains. ITC also focuses on new areas where significant transmission system improvements are needed through ITC Grid Development and its subsidiaries.

TransAlta has transformed itself from one of Canada's largest electric utilities into a global independent power producer with assets in Australia, Canada, and the US. The company has about about 8,990 MW of operational generating capacity. It trades and markets electricity and gas in Canada and the US. Most of TransAlta's generating capacity is coal-fired; the rest comes from gas-fired, hydroelectric, and alternative-energy plants. TransAlta has sold its regulated distribution and transmission businesses to focus on power generation and marketing, primarily to industrial and wholesale customers. The company has more than 80 power plants in Australia, Canada, and the US.

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