Renegy Holdings (formerly Catalytica Energy Systems) was formed in the 2007 merger of Catalytica with the renewable energy divisions of NZ Legacy, a land and energy development firm. Among other ventures, Renegy has built a biomass power generation plant near Snowflake, Arizona, that came online in 2008. The company has long-term power purchasing agreements in place with Arizona Public Service and Salt River Project to buy biomass electricity from the Snowflake White Mountain Power plant. To save costs, in 2009 Renegy delisted its stock from the NASDAQ exchange.

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.

East Bay Municipal Utility District provides potable water to 1.3 million people in a 331-square-mile area (which includes the cities of Alameda, Berkeley, and Oakland). Its wastewater system serves 650,000 people in an 88-square-mile area of Alameda and Contra Costa counties along San Francisco Bay's east shore. EBMUD operates 4,110 miles of water mains, and 160 storage reservoirs. The company also provides recreational services at five of its reservoirs.

China Three Gorges Project Corporation (CTGPC) is building the world's largest hydropower project -- the Three Gorges on the Yangtze River. Located near the Xilingxia gorge, a 185-meter-high project dam controls a drainage area of 1 million square km and an average annual runoff of 451 billion cubic meters. Construction on the massive project broke ground in 1994 and is expected to formally wrap up in late 2008. Subsidiary China Yangtze Power was set up in 2002 to manage two power plants, Gezhouba and Three Gorges. In 2009, in a major cash infusion, this unit paid its parent for the remaining 18 generators at the Three Gorges project.

Avista Utilities' vista is the Pacific Northwest and the Intermountain West. The utility, a subsidiary of integrated production, transmission, and distribution powerhouse Avista Corporation, provides regulated electricity and natural gas services to residential, commercial, and industrial customers in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. Avista Utilities provides power and gas services to about 673,000 customers (357,000 electric, and 316,000 gas). It serves power customers with a mix of hydro, natural gas, coal, and biomass generation (with a total capacity of 1,776 MW in 2009), and serves gas customers through purchased wholesale gas supply. The company sells excess electricity to wholesale customers.

Cobb Electric Membership Corporation (Cobb EMC) makes sure that Cobb County, Georgia residents can cook corn on the cob (and anything else) using electric power and natural gas. The utility distributes electricity to about 196,000 residential, commercial, and industrial customers in Cobb County and four other north metro Atlanta counties. Cobb EMC operates about 10,400 miles of power lines. Its Cobb Energy Management unit is a for-profit affiliate that provides administrative and labor services to Cobb EMC and offers phone, Internet, and natural gas options for Cobb EMC's customers primarily through subsidiaries.

Catalytic Combustion Corporation clears the air -- literally and alliteratively. The company makes systems, processes, and products to help customers eliminate volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and other pollutants in order to meet air-quality standards. Catalytic Combustion's catalysts -- substances that accelerate the rate of chemical reactions -- are used in a host of industries and products, ranging from appliances to graphic arts to nuclear power plants. The company makes catalysts from materials such as ceramics, metal foil, and wire mesh. Catalytic Combustion was founded in 1950.

Phoenix Natural Gas is the largest gas distribution business in Northern Ireland, being the owner and operator of the licence for the distribution network in the Greater Belfast Area and Larne. The distribution business is responsible for the development of the pipeline network and also for providing a 24/7 operational and transportation service platform to gas suppliers under the rules of the company's network code.The Phoenix network currently extends to 2,940 kilometres of intermediate, medium and low pressure mains, which distribute natural gas throughout the licence area, representing around 50% of the population of Northern Ireland. Phoenix Natural Gas manages the development of the both the physical network and market in Greater Belfast; already some 123,000 customers have been connected to natural gas in the 12 years it has been available to them. The business is regulated under licence by the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation (NIAUR).

Sociedad General de Aguas de Barcelona, S.A. (Agbar) distributes water to more than 12 million people (almost 19 million during tourist season) and provides wastewater services for more than 6.2 million people. The company also has stakes in water businesses in Chile and the UK. Agbar has sold its solid-waste collection and treatment operations in order to focus on its core water business. Activities in Spain account for about 83% of the company's sales. Agbar is 66%-owned by Holding de Infraestructuras y Servicios Urbanos S.A.

Water is delivered by Mediterranea delle Acque (formed by the early 2006 merger of Italian water utilities Ferrari -- Acquedotto De Ferrari Galliera, Acquedotto Nicolay, Acqua Italia, and Genova Acque. Prior to the merger Acquedotto De Ferrari Galliera delivered about 45 million cubic meters (1.5 billion cubic feet) of water annually to about 350,000 customers. The company is also is involved in firefighting services, electricity sales, and water well-drilling. Rome-based utility AMGA owns 68% of the company.

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