Power and Texas come together at the Texas Municipal Power Agency, which provides electricity generation and transmission services to four municipal utilities (Bryan, Denton, Garland, and Greenville). The joint powers agency, which was created in 1975 by its member cities, owns and operates the 462-MW Gibbons Creek power plant and related transmission assets. In the wake of the oil embargo the early 1970s, the Texas Legislature created joint powers agencies that could perform all the duties of utilities except sell power to non-members. Bryan, Denton, Garland, and Greenville then formed the Texas Municipal Power Agency and harnessed locally available lignite to fuel a power generation plant.

Intermountain Power Agency facilities, which began operating in 1987, supply power to the 23 founding municipalities. IPA also sells power through contracts with 13 additional utilities in Utah and California. The IPA is operated by The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.If you're into mountains (and who isn't?) Intermountain Power Agency (IPA) may well be the key to your access to power. IPA was formed in 1977 by 23 Utah municipal electric utilities to develop and operate the Intermountain Power Project (IPP), a two-unit coal-fired generation facility with a capacity of 1,700 MW, and two high-voltage transmission systems.

Macao Water Supply Co. Ltd,the utility supplies its customers with water from the West River's Modaomen Channel in Zhuhai City. Because of the high salinity content in the water (especially in the winter and spring months), Macao Water Supply uses a system of holding tanks and purification stations. Founded in 1932, the company is a subsidiary of Sino-French Holdings (Hong Kong) Limited (a joint venture of France-based water utility Ondeo Services and Hong Kong-based NWS Holdings Limited). As part of an ongoing maintenance strategy the company has replaced or repaired all of the distribution network that was in place in 1982.

3E won't touch your hazardous materials, but the company will tell you what you need to know about them. 3E provides environmental, health, and safety (EH&S) information management services to help customers respond to emergencies and comply with federal regulations. The company maintains a database of 3.7 million material safety data sheets about materials used at the facilities of its more than 5,000 customers worldwide, and it provides around-the-clock telephone access to hazardous-materials experts. Customers include companies and governmental bodies such as Bostik, Southwest Airlines, Costco Wholesale, and the City of Amarillo. In 2010 the company agreed to be acquired by Verisk Analytics for $110 million.

Energieversorgung Weser-Ems (EWE) is a German powerhouse. Operating through some 30 subsidiaries and associated companies, EWE is a multi-service energy company primarily involved in distributing natural gas and electricity. In the past few years, however, EWE has expanded its activities to include telecommunications and information technology. EWE is Germany's fifth-largest energy company, serving more than one million electricity customers and providing about 770,000 customers with natural gas. Subsidiary EWE NaturWatt sells electricity exclusively from renewable sources. In 2008, German electricity distributor EnBW agreed to buy 26% of EWE for just more than $3 billion.

Hyflux Ltd., an investment holding company, provides integrated water management and environmental solutions. The company involves in the seawater desalination, raw water purification, wastewater cleaning, water recycling, water reclamation, and ultra pure water production for municipal and industrial clients, as well as provides home consumer filtration and purification products. It also designs, builds, and sells water treatment plants, seawater desalination plants, wastewater treatment plants, and water recycling plants under service concession arrangements. In addition, the company engages in the development of membrane applications in resource recovery, waste recycling, and energy reclamation, including applications, such as used oil recovery and recycling; development and commercialization of specialty materials, such as l-lactic acid from natural renewable resources; and separation, concentration, and purification treatments for manufacturing process streams. It has operations in Singapore, Southeast Asia, China, India, Algeria, the Middle East, and North Africa. Hyflux Ltd. has a joint venture agreement with Mitsui & Co. Ltd. to develop water projects in China. The company was formerly known as Hydrochem (S) Pte Ltd. Hyflux Ltd. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Singapore, Singapore.

SCANA is cooking with (natural) gas and electricity all over South and North Carolina, and Georgia. The holding company serves 659,000 electricity customers and more than 1 million gas customers in the neighboring states through utilities South Carolina Electric & Gas (SCE&G), Public Service Company of North Carolina, and SCANA Energy (in Georgia). SCANA has an electric generating capacity of about 4,900 MW, derived from fossil-fueled power plants and hydroelectric and nuclear generation facilities. Unregulated operations include retail and wholesale energy marketing and trading, gas transportation, power plant management, fiber-optic telecommunications services, and appliance and HVAC maintenance.

SEMCO ENERGY is owned by energy investment firm Continental Energy Systems through its Cap Rock Holding unit. Alaska and Michigan have more in common than a cold climate. SEMCO ENERGY serves approximately 410,000 natural gas consumers in both states. The company's main subsidiary is utility SEMCO ENERGY Gas, which distributes gas to about 280,000 customers in 24 Michigan counties. SEMCO's ENSTAR Natural Gas unit distributes gas to about 130,000 customers in and around Anchorage, Alaska. The company's unregulated operations include propane distribution in Michigan and Wisconsin; pipeline and storage facility operation; and information technology outsourcing.

Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation is a member-owned cooperative whose mission is to benefit our member-owners by providing reliable electric and energy services - delivered efficiently and with extraordinary customer care. Blue Ridge Electric serves approximately 73,700 consumers in Caldwell, Watauga, Ashe, and Alleghany counties and parts of Wilkes, Alexander and Avery counties. We are part of the Touchstone Energy network, an alliance of 680 cooperatives in 46 states, that collectively deliver power and energy solutions to more than 40 million consumers every day.Our wholly-owned subsidiary, Blue Ridge Energies, is a private, for-profit company that provides propane and heating fuels to residential and business customers from offices in Lenoir, Boone, West Jefferson,As a comprehensive energy company, Blue Ridge Electric's guiding purpose is to be a major shaper of the future in our market area and to experience the joy of helping people achieve new levels of economic prosperity.

Coast Electric Power Association when it comes to providing residents in three southern Mississippi counties with electricity. The utility uses a 6,400-mile distribution network to serve its more than 76,000 members (the great majority or which are residential customers) in Hancock, Pearl River, and Harrison counties. Coast offers electronic fund transfer and average monthly payment plans and rebates on energy efficient home improvements. The utility's power is generated by South Mississippi Electric Power, an association of Coast and 10 other cooperatives. It partners with Touchstone Energy Cooperatives.

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