Sunflower Electric Power is an electricity generation and transmission cooperative. The utility has interests in six fossil-fueled generation facilities (600 MW of capacity) and operates a more-than-1,150-mile transmission system with 76 substations. Sunflower Electric Power provides electricity to its owners, six member distribution cooperatives which collectively have more than 51,000 customers in western Kansas; it also indirectly serves a further 10,000 meters as wholesale power suppliers to regional cities and towns.

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.

RMT furnishes environmental engineering and consulting services to businesses that want to keep it clean. The company's services include solid waste management, liability reduction and remediation, air quality management, employee health and safety management, construction contracting, energy and alternative energy management, wastewater treatment, and data management services. RMT serves customers in the cement, chemicals, solid waste, electricity, forest products, metals, oil and gas, and textiles industries. Part of Alliant Energy's Integrated Services division, RMT operates 12 US offices with single locations in France and the UK.

Noble Environmental Power engages in the noble pursuit of producing power while keeping the environment clean by developing wind energy plants. It has about 730 MW of wind energy plants in operation and about 1,900 MW in the development pipeline. Noble Environmental Power has half a dozen operational plants in New York and one in Texas. The company has three more New York wind parks and one each in Minnesota, New Hampshire, and Texas under development. By 2012 Noble Environmental Power hopes to have a portfolio with a capacity of more than 3,850 MW. The company is controlled by a J.P. Morgan Partners, LLC unit.

Pinnacle West Capital is at the peak of the energy pyramid in Arizona. It is the holding company for the state's largest electric utility, Arizona Public Service (APS), which transmits and distributes electricity to 1.1 million residential, commercial, and industrial customers throughout most of the state. The utility also has more than 6,280 MW of generating capacity. Through APS and other subsidiaries, Pinnacle West markets wholesale and retail power in Arizona and the western US. The company also develops and manages real estate and invests in energy ventures.

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.

Piedmont Municipal Power Agency (Piedmont Power) generates, purchases, and transmits wholesale electricity on behalf of its 10 member municipal utilities, which distribute the power to nearly 95,000 retail customers in northwestern South Carolina. These ten utilities serve the cities of Abbeville, Clinton, Easley, Gaffney, Greer, Laurens, Newberry, Rock Hill, Union, and Westminster. Piedmont Power was created to buy an ownership interest in the Catawba Nuclear Station in York County, South Carolina, in order to secure a reliable source of electric generation for its member utilities.The agency currently owns a 25% stake in the Catawba plant.

Let's cut right to the point: construction materials and mining used to be the lifeblood of Knife River Corporation, but in recent years, its energy and utility operations have grown to be the largest portion of its business. Oil and natural gas production, power transmission, pipelines and power utilities now dominate Knife River's balance sheet. But don't count out its construction services division, which continues to produce record earnings. Knife River has operations in Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon, California, Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, Texas, and Wyoming. The company is a subsidiary of MDU Resources Group, Inc.

Toronto Hydro provides electric and related services for the metropolitan area and other parts of Ontario. The company's primary subsidiary, Toronto Hydro-Electric System Limited (LDC), provides regulated power transmission and distribution services to 688,000 residential, commercial, and industrial customers. Subsidiary Toronto Hydro Energy Services markets power and provides energy efficiency products and services throughout Ontario. It also provides street lighting services (160,000 street lights) in the City of Toronto.

EQT Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated energy company in the United States. The company operates in three segments: EQT Production, EQT Midstream, and Distribution. The EQT Production segment engages in the exploration, development, and production of natural gas and crude oil in the Appalachian Basin. This segment’s properties are located primarily in Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. As of December 31, 2009, it had 4.1 trillion cubic feet of proved reserves across 3.4 million acres. The EQT Midstream segment provides gathering, processing, transmission, and storage services to third parties in the Appalachian Basin. It has approximately 10,650 miles of gathering lines and 970 miles of transmission lines. The Distribution segment engages in the distribution and sale of natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers in southwestern Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and eastern Kentucky. This segment served natural gas to approximately 275,900 customers comprising of 257,300 residential, and 18,600 commercial and industrial customers. The company was formerly known as Equitable Resources, Inc. and changed its name to EQT Corporation in February 2009. EQT Corporation was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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