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.

Bangor Hydro-Electric (BHE) has dropped its hydro, but the company still has plenty of electricity. As part of the restructuring of the electric utility industry in the state of Maine, BHE has shed its generating facilities, including its hydroelectric projects, to focus on distribution and transmission. The regulated utility serves 117,000 customers in six counties in southeastern Maine. The company is also a member of the New England Power Pool. Bangor Hydro-Electric is a subsidiary of Canada's Emera, the parent company of electric utility Nova Scotia Power.

South Carolina Electric & Gas (SCE&G) is a regulated utility with 659,000 electricity and 313,000 natural gas customers in the Palmetto State. The utility, a subsidiary of SCANA, owns 24,500 miles of power distribution lines and more than 15,700 miles of gas transmission mains; it also operates 17 fossil-fueled, nuclear, and hydroelectric power generation facilities with 5,695 MW of capacity. Its service area covers 23,000 sq. mls.SCE&G purchases additional power from other independent generators and utility companies, including SCANA-owned affiliate South Carolina Generating, and it sells wholesale power to other utilities and marketers.

Kissimmee Utility Authority (KUA) is committed to redoubling efforts to serve this Florida city with three double letters in its name. KUA operates the municipal power distribution system serving 62,000 commercial and industrial, and residential customers in Kissimmee and surrounding areas. It also offers its customers internet, telephone, and security services. In addition, the community-owned utility has stakes in some power generation units. The century-old company is used to managing operations in a hurricane prone area. In 2009 the company piloted a 4-day working week option for its employees as a way to bring down costs.

City of Tacoma Department of Public Utilities was fated to fulfill the electric and water desires of the City of Destiny's dwellers. The municipal utility's Tacoma Power unit generates, transmits, and distributes electricity to more than 166,000 homes and businesses in Tacoma, Washington. Tacoma Water serves about 96,000 customers; the division's water supply comes from wells and the Green River Watershed. Tacoma Public Utilities also oversees Tacoma Rail, a freight-switching railroad with some 200 miles of track, and the Click! Network, a high-speed data network that uses fiber-optic cable.

Tokyo Gas Co. is Japan's #1 gas co. Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. produces and distributes natural gas to nearly 10 million households in Japan's Kanto region, which encompasses Tokyo and the surrounding area. Its gas pipeline network exceeds 50,000 kms. The company also provides district heating and cooling, operates LNG (liquefied natural gas) tankers and terminals, manages real estate properties, provides utility construction services, develops and sells gas appliances, and distributes gas in Malaysia. Tokyo Gas imports LNG and is participating in upstream development projects. To help pay down debt related its purchase of Union Fenosa in 2009 Gas Natural sold power assets in Mexico to Tokyo Gas and Mitsui for $1.2 billion.

Associated Electric Cooperative makes the connection between power and cooperatives. The utility provides transmission and generation services to its six member/owner companies, which in turn provide power supply services to 51 distribution cooperatives in three Midwest states. (The distribution cooperatives have a combined customer count of more than 875,000.) Associated Electric operates 9,520 miles of power transmission lines and has about 5,240 MW of generating capacity from interests in primarily coal- and gas-fired power plants and from wholesale energy transactions with other regional utilities.

Beacon Industrial Group's companies shed a shining light on a murky world of grime and pollution so that manufacturing clients can operate more efficiently in cleaner environments. Group companies manufacture air, gas, and liquid filtration systems; develop dust collection technology and equipment; and make air pollution control systems and wet scrubbers. Applications include power generation, textile manufacturing, chemicals, and waste handling. Operating subsidiaries include Pneumafil Group, LCI Corporation, Menardi, and MikroPul. The group operates in North America, Europe, and Australia.

MMC likes to be m-m-good at what it does. MMC Corporation Berhad concentrates on transport and logistics, energy and utilities, and engineering and construction. Many of its operating companies are the largest or only players in their markets. Its key components are Pelabuhan Tanjung Pelepas (shipping container port), Malakoff (power production), Johor Port (the leading multi-purpose port in Malaysia), and Gas Malaysia (sole non-industrial natural gas supplier in Malaysia). MMC is also involved in flood mitigation, traffic management, and power plant construction projects (through Zelan Construction).

Reliance Infrastructure, formerly Reliance Energy, transmits and distributes electricity across India. The company's service territory covers an area exceeding a 124,300 square kilometers and includes the major cities of Delhi and Mumbai. Reliance Infrastructure operates power plants that generate more than 940 MW of capacity. Part of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, Reliance Infrastructure delivers more than 36 billion units of electricity to more than 30 million consumers. The company is also a major player in India's heavy construction market, and is engaged in constructing roads and airports, and developing urban infrastructure. It also has interests in real estate and retail hospitality.

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