Welcome to the Northern California Power Agency (NCPA). Headquartered in Roseville, California, NCPA is a not-for-profit joint powers agency that represents and provides support for our 17 member communities and districts in Northern and Central California. NCPA was founded in 1968 as a forum through which community-owned utilities could prevent costly market abuses employed by private utilities at that time, and to make investments to ensure an affordable, reliable and clean future energy supply for the electric ratepayers we serve.NCPA has a longstanding commitment to the generation of electricity from environmentally-responsible sources. We own and operate several power plants that together comprise a 95% emission-free generation portfolio. NCPA’s members collectively reflect a 50% carbon-free resource portfolio thanks in part to the contribution of our owned resource mix of geothermal, hydroelectric, and natural gas facilities. NCPA continues to advance our ethic of environmental leadership with the recent addition of new wind, geothermal, and solar resources to our resource mix to power Northern California communities.

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. (MSC), together with its subsidiaries, operates as a direct marketer and distributor of metalworking and maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) supplies to industrial customers throughout the United States. Its product line comprises cutting tools; measuring instruments; tooling components; metalworking products; fasteners; flat stock; raw materials; abrasives; machinery hand and power tools; safety and janitorial supplies; plumbing supplies; material handling tools; power transmission products; and electrical supplies. MSC distributes approximately 600,000 industrial products from approximately 3,000 suppliers. The company offers its products through a combination of approximately 29 million direct-mail catalogs and CD-ROMs, branch sales offices, sales people, the Internet, and through associations with B2B e-commerce portals to individual machine shops, Fortune 1000 companies, and government agencies, including the General Services Administration and the Department of Defense. MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. was founded in 1941 and is headquartered in Melville, New York with an additional office in Southfield, Michigan.

Bassett & Walker International, Inc. is an international trade firm that specializes in agricultural commodities such as meat and dairy products. BWI acts as principal buyer and seller of these goods, and handles all trade-related issues, such as foreign exchange, documentation, and international finance. It also offers logistical and fulfillment services. Clients include food producers and processors, as well as pharmaceutical and industrial companies in more than 55 countries. BWI operates from offices in Brazil, Canada, and the US.

Sledd Co. is a leading wholesale supplier of food and non-food items to convenience stores and other retailers in half a dozen states, including Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. The company distributes such items as candy, dry groceries, frozen foods, tobacco products, and general merchandise. Formed in 1937, Sledd is owned by president Robert Sincavich.

The PHOENIX Group is one of the top five pharmaceutical wholesalers in the world. It operates exclusively in Europe with its headquarters in Mannheim, Germany. PHOENIX's wholesale activities cover most of the major European markets, and it commands a leading position in the "emerging countries". PHOENIX UK was born in November 1998 with the combined acquisition of L. Rowland & Co. Ltd based in Wrexham and Philip Harris Medical Ltd in Birmingham. The acquisition of a number of further regional wholesalers followed and these were all combined to form one wholesaling company, PHOENIX Healthcare Distribution Ltd. The UK headquarters is based at Runcorn in Cheshire, from which the corporate service divisions support the local business activities.One of the major business objectives is total customer satisfaction, and this is delivered from the platform: "All Business is Local". The individual wholesale depots are structured and empowered to provide the local service that customers require, with the support of the central corporate services. Investment is continually made within the warehouses and logistic functions to ensure that a high level of service is delivered, in combination with cost leadership. PHOENIX is a strong supporter of Numark, a company owned by PHOENIX, which has the aim of promoting and marketing the interests of community pharmacy. PHOENIX Healthcare Distribution provides the OTC offering to pharmacy.

Associated Grocers of Maine is a member-owned grocery wholesale distributor that serves about 300 independent retail grocers throughout Maine and New Hampshire, and in parts of Massachusetts. It delivers brand name and private label products, including bakery goods, deli and meat products, and a wide range of fresh produce. It also provides services such as advertising, accounting, information systems, insurance, marketing, procurement and warehousing for its customers. Associated Grocers of Maine was founded by a group of retailers in 1953.

TransNet Corporation has been a force in the IT industry since its founding in 1969, and has established itself as a leading IP communications and IT sales and support provider for corporate, educational, and governmental clients. TransNet is highly regarded for its expertise in systems design, staffing, procurement, implementation, and support. From our Branchburg, New Jersey headquarters, our knowledgeable sales staff meets with clients to analyze their needs and recommend appropriate IP telephony, staffing, network hardware, related software, and peripherals. TransNet delivers cutting edge technology and our product line includes the latest equipment and software from leading manufacturers. Our highly trained staff of system engineers and technicians design, implement, and support clients' systems - providing enhanced productivity through sophisticated solutions such as system design and integration, technology management services, call center and help-desk support services, security management, and end-user training. TransNet continues to expand its marketing and sales of VoIP sysytems and wireless technology products, and provides all levels of technical support services for IP communication and IT hardware, including Voice over IP ("VoIP"), wireless networks, local and wide area networks, desktop and laptop computers, servers and associated hardware and peripherals.In addition, TransNet's Education Center, located at corporate headquarters, provides comprehensive customer training on hardware and software at our facilites in Branchburg or at the customer's site. Our clients include Fortune 100 organizations, primarily in the pharmaceutical, oil and gas, finance and communications industries, as well as educational and local and state governmental institutions. TransNet common stock is traded in the Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board under the symbol "TRNT."

Coastal Pacific Food Distributors (CPF) is a leading wholesale food distributor serving the US armed forces in the western US and in the Far East. The company delivers a full line of groceries from three distribution centers in California and Washington to military bases, including US Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine facilities. CPF also offers information system programming services for its customers to track sales and shipping. The company was founded in 1986.

Good Source Solutions specializes in distributing food products to correctional institutions, non-profit organizations, schools, and other customers in niche markets. Its secondary food products, including frozen meat, vegetables, and fruit, come from more than 300 food processing companies. Good Source Solutions also provides menu planning, product sourcing, portion control, and delivery to its more than 3,500 customers. In addition to foodservice distribution, the company offers purchasing and logistics services to food producers.

A.F. Blakemore and Son (AFB) is a leading wholesale grocery distributor that serves more than 700 SPAR convenience stores in England and Wales. It also operates more than 200 of the chain stores through its Tates subsidiary. In addition to its broadline grocery distribution business, AFB supplies foodservice operators through its Blakemore Food Service unit, and it operates about 10 cash & carry outlets through Blackmore Wholesale. The company's Blakemore Fresh Foods unit distributes meat products throughout Europe. The family-owned business was started by Arthur Blakemore in 1917.

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