Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia (MEAG Power) supplies wholesale electric power. The authority has a generating capacity of 2,069 MW through its interests in nuclear and fossil-fueled plants. Some 43% of the energy MEAG Power delivers comes from its nuclear plants. MEAG Power transmits electricity to 49 municipal and one county distribution systems across Georgia that in turn serve some 600,000 consumers. MEAG Power utilizes a transmission network that is co-owned by all the power suppliers in Georgia, though it plans to join a regional transmission organization (RTO).

RainSoft (a division of Aquion Water Treatment Products) wants to clear up the water in your home or office. Through its division, the company makes residential and commercial water treatment equipment. Products include whole-house water conditioning systems, drinking water systems, and filters designed to remove particular contaminants that detract from water's taste and odor. RainSoft's products are distributed through a network of about 300 independent dealers in the US and in 24 countries in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. Clients have included Allstate , Dow Chemical, Ford Motor, Holiday Inn, and Underwriters Laboratories.

Associated Electric Cooperative makes the connection between power and cooperatives. The utility provides transmission and generation services to its six member/owner companies, which in turn provide power supply services to 51 distribution cooperatives in three Midwest states. (The distribution cooperatives have a combined customer count of more than 875,000.) Associated Electric operates 9,520 miles of power transmission lines and has about 5,240 MW of generating capacity from interests in primarily coal- and gas-fired power plants and from wholesale energy transactions with other regional utilities.

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.

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.

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.

California Water Service Group, through its subsidiaries, provides water utility and other related services in California, Washington, New Mexico, and Hawaii. It engages in the production, purchase, storage, treatment, testing, distribution, and sale of water for domestic, industrial, public, and irrigation uses, as well as for fire protection. The company also provides non-regulated water-related services, including the operation of water and recycled water systems; leasing communication antenna sites on its properties; meter reading and billing services; sewer and refuse billing services; lab services for water quality testing; selling surplus property; and the marketing and billing of third party insurance programs to residential customers. As of December 31, 2009, it served approximately 467,100 customers in 83 communities in California; 15,600 customers in the Tacoma and Olympia areas in Washington; 7,800 water and wastewater customers in the Belen, Los Lunas, and Elephant Butte areas in New Mexico; and 4,200 water and wastewater customers on the islands of Maui and Hawaii. The company was founded in 1926 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

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.

The Native American inhabitants of Georgia may have used flint to spark the fires that brought light to their dwellings. Central Georgians today rely on the Flint Electric Membership Corporation, which does business as Flint Energies, to light their homes. Flint Energies serves 250,000 residential, commercial, and industrial customers (through 82,500 meters) in 17 counties, Fort Benning, and the city of Warner Robins. The customer-owned cooperative operates more than 6,250 miles of distribution line and about 50 substations. Flint Energies first flicked the switch in 1937.

Geocon Group digs deep to make sure that its client have confidence in its geotechnical, environmental, geologic, material testing, and environmental contracting services. Projects range from geotechnical investigations to hazardous substance corrective action programs. The company operates throughout the western US and in Mexico. Geocon Group has worked on more than 10,000 projects for more than 2,500 clients. Its 11 offices are in California (Bakersfield, Sacramento, San Diego, San Bernadino, Murrieta, Livermore, and Los Angeles), as well as in Portland and Condon, Oregon, and Las Vegas and Carson City, Nevada.

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