Powerco is the second-largest distributor of electricity and gas in New Zealand (behind state-owned Genesis Energy). Powerco's network extends across the upper central and lower central North Island and services to 415,000 customers. Its infrastructure represents about 46% of the gas connections and 16% of the electricity connections in New Zealand. The company's Powerco Transmission Services unit is a leading provider of wind farm connections to New Zealand's national grid. Powerco is 58%-owned by investment firm Queensland Investment Corp. and 42% by Australia-based infrastructure group Babcock & Brown Infrastructure.

Veolia Environnement holds water -- as well as waste management, energy, and transportation -- operations. The company's Veolia Eau unit, which provides water and wastewater services to more than 80 million people in more than 60 countries, is the world's largest water company, ahead of SUEZ Environnement. Veolia Environmental Services, one of the world's leading waste management companies, serves more than 70 million people a year. Majority-owned energy unit Dalkia (Veolia Energy Services) operates global cogeneration facilities and heating and cooling systems, and Veolia Transport (formerly Connex) is a top European provider of bus, light-rail, and rail transport and operates in about 30 countries.

United Pumping Services provides hazardous and nonhazardous waste removal and remediation services. Its fleet of equipment includes truck-mounted pumps for sewer and storm drain cleaning, tankers for hauling liquid waste, and roll-off containers for solid waste. Services include dredging, hazardous material transportation, 24-hour spill response, demolition, above- and below-ground storage tank removal, sewer cleaning, and storm drain maintenance. The company operates primarily in Southern California. United Pumping Services was founded in 1970.

NORESCO provides utility customers in the US with infrastructure development, design/build services, commissioning strategies, financing, and client-centered asset management services. The company develops and implements build/own/operate distributed generation, cogeneration, or combined heat and power projects; arranges, on a consulting basis, commodity electricity or gas supply; and provides firm contracting of energy supply. It also holds interests in independent power plants. Global leader in HVAC products and systems Carrier, a unit of UTC, owns NORESCO.

Vattenfall, which provides power to 4.7 million retail customers in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, the UK. The Nordic region's largest utility group has about 33,000 MW of generating capacity in the region from interests in nuclear, hydroelectric, wind, and fossil-fueled power plants; it also markets wholesale energy and operates district heating facilities. State-owned Vattenfall is focusing on its growing its presence across Europe. In 2009 it acquired Belgium-based Nuon (renamed Business Group Benelux) in a $10.9 billion deal, boosting its position as a major European energy group

Deseret Power is a regional generation and transmission cooperative meeting the power requirements of its six member retail systems, and selling surplus power to municipalities, power marketers and other wholesale electric systems in five states.Beginning with a 25.1% interest in the Hunter II power plant, Deseret has grown into an integrated power producer in Utah. With corporate offices in South Jordan, Utah, Deseret owns 223 miles of transmission lines and 550 MW of generation. Deseret's primary generating resource, the Bonanza Power Plant is consistently ranked in the top environmentally clean coal fired plants in the U.S. and was the number one plant for availability in 2001 and 2002.As a cooperative, Deseret is owned by its six member systems: Bridger Valley Electric, Dixie Escalante, Flowell Electric, Garkane Energy, Moon Lake Electric, and Mt. Wheeler Power. Deseret's cooperative organization, combined with its vertical integration, positions Deseret to provide member/owners, partners and customers of all sizes competitive and stable power rates.

Through its subsidiaries, the province-owned company transmits and distributes electricity to 1.3 million residential and commercial customers (including municipal utilities) in Ontario. Its primary utility subsidiaries are Hydro One Networks (transmission and distribution) and Hydro One Brampton Networks (electricity distributor to urban areas). Hydro One Telecom markets the group's fiber-optic capacity (broadband) to businesses, and Hydro One Remote Communities supplies energy to more than 20 remote areas in Ontario.

Midwesterners can feel the power, thanks to Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator (Midwest ISO), which monitors and coordinates the operation of an electric transmission system with 56,300 miles of transmission lines across 13 Midwestern states and one Canadian province. It manages energy markets with almost $23 billion in annual energy transactions. The Regional Transmission Organization (RTO) ensures fair access to the grid and facilitates communication between its members, which include investor-owned, cooperative, and municipal utilities, as well as power marketers and independent transmission companies. Midwest ISO also provides wholesale electric service across much of the region.

Connecticut Water Service, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a regulated water company in Connecticut. It operates in three segments: Water Activities, Real Estate Transactions, and Services and Rentals. The Water Activities segment supplies drinking water. The Real Estate Transactions segment involves in the sale or donation of its real estate holdings. The Services and Rentals segment provides contracted services to water and wastewater utilities and other clients, which include contract operations of water and wastewater facilities; Linebacker, an optional service line protection program that comprises repairing or replacing leaking or broken water service line, curb box, curb box cover, meter pit, meter pit cover, meter pit valve, and in-home water main shut off valve before the meter; and providing bulk deliveries of emergency drinking water to businesses and residences through tanker trucks. This segment also engages in leasing and renting residential and commercial properties. As of December 31, 2009, Connecticut Water Service, Inc. served 88,534 customers in 54 towns in Connecticut. The company was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Clinton, Connecticut.

Huntsville, Alabama residents don't have to hunt far to find gas, power, and water. Government's utility City of Huntsville Electric, Natural Gas and Water Systems provides all of these resources. Known as Huntsville Utilities, the company distributes electricity to more than 156.000 residential, commercial, and industrial customers in the city and surrounding areas; it also provides natural gas to 46,200 customers and water services to more than 82,000 customers. Huntsville Utilities buys electricity from the Tennessee Valley Authority. The utility's gas comes from Gulf of Mexico suppliers, and its water is pumped from underground aquifers and the Tennessee River.

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