BlueStar Energy intends to burn bright in the firmament of independent electricity providers. Serving customers in the deregulated markets of Maryland, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Washington, DC, the company offers variable- and fixed-rate and custom plans along with green energy to industrial, commercial, and residential customers. Its energy efficiency program examines customers' energy usage and offers services to decrease costs including reworking interior and exterior lighting, monitoring power use, rewiring fixtures, and performing exterior maintenance. BlueStar Energy spreads it power from offices in Chicago and Peoria, Illinois.

Suffolk County Water Authority provides water services to 375,600 homes and businesses (more than 1.2 million people) in New York's Suffolk County, on the eastern end of Long Island. The water authority's system (the largest water system in the nation operating entirely with groundwater) includes more than 5,500 miles of mains. The authority also runs the largest groundwater testing facility in the US. Suffolk County Water Authority is a public benefit corporation of the state of New York.

National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), thankfully generates enough electricity to run a lot of air conditioners. State-run NTPC, which generates almost 29% of India's power supply, has 22 coal and gas-fired power plants and interests in four more through its SAIL Power Supply joint venture. The company's plants (including joint ventures) have a combined capacity of more than 30,240 MW and feed distribution grids throughout India; prices are determined by India's Electricity Act. NTPC also offers global power consulting and engineering and construction services. India's government owns nearly 90% of NTPC.

Ozocan can meet the ozone generator and purifier needs of its water and waste water clients. Ozocan (formerly Hankin Water Technologies) provides water-purification equipment for aquaculture, commercial aquariums, drinking-water treatment, industrial-waste treatment, and other uses. The company has also supplied ozone to laminating plants to speed up the application of polyethylene to paper. Ozone systems have been used to treat drinking water for decades, in both municipal and commercial bottling plants, and have been widely used in swimming pools since the 1950s. The company was established in 1954.

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.

Severn Trent Services is intent on providing cleaner water for consumers around the globe. The company, a subsidiary of UK-based Severn Trent, provides water and wastewater purification services and products to utilities, bottling companies, and other clients, primarily in the US and the UK. Operations include water filtration and disinfection technologies, contract operations and maintenance, pipeline rehabilitation, and state-of-the-art residential metering products and services. Severn Trent Services' international management services unit supports all aspects of water and wastewater utility management.

United Water International, founded in 1995, is one of the largest water utility companies operating in towns and cities in both Australia and New Zealand (including major centers such as Adelaide, Ballarat, and Auckland). United Water International operates and maintains water and wastewater treatment plants as well as customer call centers. All told, the company serves somewhere in the neighborhood of 1.5 million customers. United Water International is owned by Halliburton unit KBR, and Veolia Environnement.

Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) provides water utility services in both northern and southern England. The company's primary subsidiary, Northumbrian Water Limited, provides water and wastewater services to 2.6 million people in North East England under the Northumbrian Water brand; it provides water to 1.8 million people in South East England, where it operates as Essex and Suffolk Water. NWG also controls a number of special purpose companies with contracts in Scotland, Ireland, and Gibraltar. The company's SA Agrer NV unit conducts project work in developing countries, The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan controls 26% of the company.

Having access to power is the natural state in the Natural State, thanks to Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation (AECC), the sole wholesale power provider for 17 Arkansas electric distribution cooperatives. The company operates power plants with about 2,640 MW of generating capacity, owns transmission assets, and purchases wholesale power to meet its members' demands. Affiliate Arkansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc. (AECI) provides administrative and maintenance services to the distribution companies. The distribution utilities, which serve 490,000 customers throughout more than 60% of Arkansas' area, along with AECC and AECI, operate as the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas.

Clean Energy Fuels Corp., together with its subsidiaries, provides natural gas as an alternative fuel for vehicle fleets in the United States and Canada. It designs, builds, finances, and operates fueling stations; and supplies compressed and liquefied natural gas. Clean Energy Fuels Corp. also produces renewable biomethane, which could be used as vehicle fuel. In addition, it provides natural gas conversions, alternative fuel systems, application engineering, service and warranty support, and research and development for natural gas vehicles. As of December 31, 2009, the company served approximately 390 fleet customers operating 17,790 natural gas vehicles in public transit, refuse hauling, airports, taxis, seaports, and regional trucking markets. It owned and operated 196 natural gas fueling stations in Arizona, California, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and Wyoming; and British Columbia and Ontario, Canada. Clean Energy Fuels Corp. was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in Seal Beach, California.

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