ENVIRON is looking to clean up financially while helping to clean up the environment. An international environmental consulting firm, ENVIRON specializes in assessing risk factors related to the presence of chemicals in the environment and in products such as food, drugs, medical devices, and consumer goods. The consulting firm also helps clients comply with various environmental regulations. The company operates through two practices: environmental sciences and energy services; and health sciences. ENVIRON maintains offices in 18 countries the US, Europe, and the Asia/Pacific region, and has completed projects in more than 70 countries.

San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) digs doling out energy in sandy Southern California. The company is a regulated utility that serves 1.4 million electricity customers and more than 840,000 natural gas customers in San Diego County and a portion of southern Orange County. The electric utility segment owns about 22,200 miles of power distribution lines, which serve about 25 communities; its 1,870 miles of transmission lines are managed by the California Independent System Operator. SDG&E also has limited power generation operations (it owns or contracts more than 5,500 MW of generating capacity). The gas utility operates almost 170 miles of transmission pipelines and about 8,420 miles of distribution mains.

Kenergy kens energy, as the Scots might say. Electric distribution cooperative Kenergy serves about 55,000 customers in 14 counties (Breckinridge, Caldwell, Crittenden, Daviess, Hancock, Henderson, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon, McLean, Muhlenberg, Ohio, Union and Webster) in Western Kentucky. Kenergy serves its customer base of households, commercial enterprises, and industries via more than 6,700 miles of power lines. The customer-owned company is part of Touchstone Energy Cooperatives, a national alliance of more than 600 local, consumer-owned electric utility cooperatives.

Public Utility District No. 1 of Cowlitz County, Washington (or Cowlitz County Public Utility District), a Depression era institution that provides electric utility services to 47,400 customers (including 42,400 residential customers and 5,200 commercial clients) in its service territory. The municipal utility also serves more than 3,800 Longview-Kelso area water utility customers. Like 27 other PUDs in Washington state, Cowlitz County Public Utility District has the authority to offer electric, water, wastewater, and wholesale telecommunication service.

Trojan Technologies wants to zap you. The company manufactures ultraviolet (UV) lighting systems for disinfecting wastewater and treating contaminated soil and groundwater. Trojan's wastewater treatment systems are used in about 4,000 municipalities in 50-plus countries. The company's UV light systems work by altering the DNA in microorganisms and are an alternative to traditional chlorine-based disinfection systems. Trojan also makes UV products that cleanse water used in industrial processes such as food production and electronics manufacturing. Other products include residential UV systems for drinking water. Danaher controls Trojan.

UniSource Energy has more than one source of income, but it gets most of its revenues from its energy utilities. The company's Tucson Electric Power unit generates and distributes electricity to almost 402,000 customers in southeastern Arizona. The unit has about 2,230 MW of generating capacity. Subsidiary UniSource Energy Services provides electricity (through UNS Electric Services) to 90,000 customers and natural gas (through UNS Gas) to 146,000 customers in 30 communities in northern and southern areas of the state. UniSource's Millennium Energy Holdings unit invests in unregulated energy and emerging technology companies.

LifeSource Water Systems uses is customer satisfaction. The water treatment product company manufactures and distributes water filtration equipment to residential, commercial, and industrial customers. LifeSource Water Systems' system uses an activated carbon filter rather than salts or chemicals. Its Beotron branded systems have earned the Gold Seal certification issued by the Water Quality Association. The company operates primarily in California; it also maintains outlets in Idaho and Nevada. LifeSource Water Systems was founded in 1984.

REC Solar helps you say "So long!" to fossil fuel dependence. The company designs and installs solar electric systems for residential and small commercial customers in six states -- Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, New Jersey, and Oregon. REC Solar has installed more than 3,200 power systems since being founded in 1997. Its systems range from simple rooftop panel displays for residential customers to industrial solar electric systems for Costco. REC Solar uses solar panels manufactured by Kyocera, Mitsubishi, Sanyo, and Sharp, and components by Satcon, SMA Solar Technology, and Xantrex. Investment group Mainstream Energy owns both REC Solar and AEE Solar.

Beacon Power Corporation designs, develops, and commercializes advanced products and services to support stable and reliable electricity grid operation in North America. The company primarily focuses on commercializing its patented flywheel energy storage technology for storing and transmitting kinetic energy. It provides Smart Energy Matrix, a non-polluting, megawatt-level, and utility-grade flywheel-based energy storage system that provides sustainable frequency regulation services. The company’s energy storage and power conversion solutions provide electric power for the utility, renewable energy, and distributed generation markets. Beacon Power Corporation was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts.

A company so nice they named it twice is doubling its efforts to deliver power. NRG Energy, a leading power producer with a generating capacity of about 24,500 MW (including 345 MW from renewable energy), is moving onward and upward. The vast majority of NRG's power plants are in North America, but it also has one in Australia and one in Germany. The company's global portfolio includes about 190 generation units at 47 power plants. It also markets natural gas, oil, and other commodities, and invests in district heating and cooling and alternative energy projects. Its retail unit, Reliant Energy, distributes power to more than 1.6 million residential, business, commercial, and industrial customers in Texas.

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