Tata Power Company keeps society going by generating electricity. The largest private power utility in India, the company specializes in generating, transmitting, and distributing electrictity. Tata Power, which has a generation capacity of more than 2,300 mega watts, provides electricity for households, as well as textile mills, refineries, water pumping plants, and textile mills, among other facilities. The company has operations in the states of Maharashtra, Jharkhand, and Karnataka. Tata Power also provides electronic equipment and project consultancy.

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.

Exelon Corporation company distributes electricity to 5.4 million customers in northern Illinois (including Chicago) and southeastern Pennsylvania (including Philadelphia) through subsidiaries Commonwealth Edison (ComEd) and PECO Energy. PECO also distributes natural gas to 485,000 customers. Subsidiary Exelon Generation holds the company's power plants, whose production capacity is just about 25,000 MW. About two-thirds of Generation's power is nuclear. Exelon Power Team is a top wholesale energy marketer, and Exelon Energy markets retail power and offers other energy-related services.

Electricity, natural gas, and propane are the right energy mix to keep the customers of Florida Public Utilities happy. Florida Public Utilities Company serves more than 51,530 natural gas, 31,030 electricity, and more than 1,640 propane customers in southern, central, northwestern, and northeastern Florida. Florida Public Utilities buys its natural gas supply directly from marketers and producers and its electricity supply from nearby generating utilities; propane is purchased from wholesale suppliers. In 2009 Chesapeake Utilities acquired the company in a move that made Chesapeake Utilities a national player, and boosted the customer base of the combined companies to 200,000 in the Florida and Mid-Atlantic markets.

Although South Central Power Company may sound like a power plant in Watts, Los Angeles, it is in fact a member-owned cooperative that provides electricity to consumers and businesses in southern Ohio. An affiliate of the nationwide Touchstone Energy Cooperative network, the electric cooperative provides power to more than 110,000 customers over more than 11,000 miles of power lines. In addition to distributing electricity, South Central Power also provides outdoor lighting, surge suppression products, security systems, water heater switches, and other energy-related services.

NorthWestern, once a holding company for several energy-related businesses, is now blowing in one direction only -- providing power and gas through regulated utilites. Through its NorthWestern Energy subsidiary, the company provides electricity and natural gas to about 661,000 customers in Montana, Nebraska, and South Dakota. In Montana it delivers electricity to approximately 335,000 customers in 187 communities and surrounding rural areas, 15 rural electric cooperatives, and in Wyoming to the Yellowstone National Park. NorthWestern delivers gas to 180,100 Montana customers. In Nebraska and South Dakota it sells natural gas to 85,5100 customers.

Utilities' formula for success is H-2-O. As one of the largest privately owned water and wastewater companies in the US, Utilities owns about 90 subsidiaries that operate more than 500 systems in 15 states, mainly east of the Mississippi. The company serves more than 300,000 customers. About half of the company's revenues come from water services and the other half from wastewater services; residential customers account for approximately 90% of sales. Utilities also provides reuse water for irrigation purposes and for golf courses and car washes. Expanding its coverage, in 2009 the company acquired the sewer collection system assets of Sewerage District No. 6 in Louisiana.

PPL packs a powerful punch in Pennsylvania, Kentucky and the UK, where it distributes electricity to 5.2 million customers through regulated subsidiaries PPL Electric Utilities (1.4 million customers), two utilities in Kentucky (1.2 million), and Western Power Distribution Holdings (2.6 million electricity customers). The company has 19,000 MW of generating capacity and also sells energy wholesale in key US markets. Once a global power player with interests in distribution companies worldwide, the company has opted for the UK as its non-US focus. Western Power Distribution operates two of the 15 distribution networks providing electricity service in the UK -- WPD (South West) and WPD (South Wales).

Questar Gas provides retail natural gas-distribution service to almost 900,000 customers in Utah, southwestern Wyoming and a small portion of southeastern Idaho. Questar Gas is regulated by the Public Service Commission of Utah and the Wyoming Public Service Commission. Historically, about half of the natural gas sold to Questar Gas retail customers comes from Questar-owned supplies that are typically more-stably priced than gas purchased from other suppliers. Questar Gas is also one of the most efficient natural gas utilities in the nation. As a result, rates paid by Questar Gas customers are traditionally among the lowest in the country. A Questar Gas predecessor began serving customers in 1929. In the decades since, there has never been a major natural gas service interruption.

One of the country's largest water utilities, AWG provides regulated water, wastewater, and environmental services to some 6 million residential, commercial, and industrial customers through its Anglian Water unit. Anglian Water operates primarily in the east of England. The AWG Property unit is engaged in commercial and residential property development AWG's Morrison Facilities Services unit provides a repair and maintenance service to homes and businesses in the UK. AWG was acquired in 2006 by Osprey Acquisitions Limited.

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