Terasen Gas is the largest natural gas distribution company in British Columbia. A Fortis subsidiary, it is the third-largest gas utility in Canada and the largest natural gas distributor in the Pacific Northwest. The utility serves 940,000 residential, commercial, and industrial customers in 125 communities in BC. Terasen Gas also provides gas transportation services to wholesale customers, operates a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant, and pipes propane products to select areas of the province. Terasen Gas serves mainland British Columbia;Terasen Gas (Vancouver Island) serves Vancouver Island, the Powell River and the Sunshine Coast; and Terasen Gas (Whistler) provides natural gas to the town of Whistler.

Unitil Corporation company serves about 100,500 electric customers and 70,000 natural gas customers. Unitil Energy Systems provides regulated electric utility services to 72,600 customers in New Hampshire, and subsidiary Fitchburg Gas and Electric has some 27,900 power and 15,120 natural gas customers in Massachusetts. Unitil's utility units provide retail supply services to customers who don't choose to purchase energy from a third-party marketer. Indirect subsidiary, Usource LLC, provides energy brokerage service to large energy users throughout the Northeast seeking competitive power or natural gas supplies.

San Antonio Water System provides water and wastewater services to 344,200 customers, or about 1 million people, in the San Antonio metropolitan area (including most of the city of San Antonio, several suburban municipalities, and adjacent parts of Bexar County). The utility is owned by the City of San Antonio. SAWS was formed in 1992 through a merger of three entities: the City Water Board, the City Wastewater Department, and the Alamo Water Conservation and Reuse District.

Taiwan Power (Taipower) is looking to get by with a little help from its friends. With a generating capacity of more than 38,080 MW, the state-owned utility serves nearly 12 million industrial, commercial, and residential customers. Thermal sources (coal, oil, and liquefied natural gas) fuel most of Taipower's plants; nuclear energy and hydroelectric sources make up the balance. Unable to meet Taiwan's power needs on its own, the utility has opened its market to independent power producers, allowing companies to build power plants and sell to Taipower. Taipower has resumed construction on the nation's fourth nuclear plant. The Taiwan government has announced plans to privatize Taipower (it owned 97% in 2009).

Empresa Energetica de Mato Grosso Sul, or Enersul, brings electricity to the farmers and ranchers of Brazil's state of Mato Grosso do Sul. Cattle ranching and other crop cultivation (sugarcane, wheat, soybeans) are the region's main industries and the company's biggest customers. Enersul distributes 1.4 million megawatts of electricity to about 640,000 residential, industrial, and commercial customers via more than 70 municipalities across the state. It generates a small percentage of its power but most comes from Eletrosul parent ELETROBRAS and other sources. Enersul is owned by Energias do Brasil, which is controlled by EDP - - Energias de Portugal.

Companhia de Transmissao de Energia Eletrica Paulista is a true power broker. The company, known as both CTEEP and Transmissao Paulista, delivers power to the state of Sao Paulo. Its 12,140 kilometers of power lines and 100 substations transmit 30% of the electricity consumed in Brazil. Transmissao Paulista also participates in research and development projects with other utilities as well as universities and research centers. The company, which is part of Latin American power player Grupo Empresarial ISA, was formed in 1999 after the restructuring of Brazilian electric utilities that split power generation, transmission, and distribution into separate companies.

Scottish and Southern can speak with a Scottish burr or a southern English clip. The integrated company is one of the UK's top energy firms, distributing power and gas to 9.2 million customers through subsidiaries Southern Electric, Scottish Hydro Electric, SWALEC, and Atlantic Electric and Gas. Scottish and Southern's regulated utility assets include 79,300 miles of power transmission and distribution lines that serve 3.5 million end-users. Scottish and Southern has 11,300 MW of generating capacity. It also distributes gas to 5.7 million customers. Other operations include gas exploration, energy trading, wind farms, electrical and environmental contracting, gas storage, and retail appliance sales.

Enel S.p.A. owns and operates more than 70 renewable energy plants in 20 states and two Canadian provinces. Enel North America's plants have a capacity to generate 748.5 MW of power (406 MW of wind power, 314 MW of hydropower, 21 MW of biomass power and 7.5 MW of geothermal power). Its wind farms use Vestas and GE Energy turbines; its largest project, the Smoky Hill Wind Farm in Kansas, has 155 wind turbines that alone generate 250 MW of power (enough to power 85,000 homes for a year). Enel North America's only biomass plant is located in Quebec, where it offsets 1 million tons of carbon dioxide by burning wood waste each year.

Pepco Energy Services continues to sail right along. The company provides electricity and natural gas to residential, commercial, industrial, and governmental customers in deregulated areas (primarily the US eastern seaboard, Chicago, and Texas). The nonregulated energy supply company, a subsidiary of Pepco Holdings, offers services in energy management, energy-efficiency consulting, "green power" facilities development and construction, and equipment maintenance. It operates two power plants with a aggregate capacity of 790 MW. Pepco Energy Services also provides its customers the choice of sourcing power from green sources (from solar, wind, and biomass plants).

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.

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