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.

Southern Maryland gets it power via the South Maryland Electric Cooperative (SMECO), which distributes electricity to more than 147,000 residential, commercial, and industrial customers in four counties. One of the ten largest electric cooperatives in the US, the member-owned enterprise gets its wholesale power supply through its membership in ACES Power Marketing. SMECO's service area includes all of Calvert and St. Mary's counties, and parts of of Calvert and Prince George's counties. Cities covered include Hughesville, Leonardtown, Prince Frederick, and White Plains.

Pure water is the aim of water process engineering specialist Enpure. Enpure specializes in treating water, wastewater, and sludge for municipalities and businesses. Its services include process design and project management for water treatment facilities worldwide. There are more than 4,000 plants in 60 countries designed by Enpure. The company licenses the sonix ultrasound sewage treatment technology sold through Sonico, Enpure's joint venture with Atkins. It had been a part of the support services division of water utility AWG until its management (in partnership with Aberdeen Asset Management) bought out the company at the end of 2006. The company changed its name from PURAC at that time.

Privatization is the light at the end of the tunnel for Companhia Energetica de Sao Paulo, one of Brazil's largest power generators. Known as CESP, the company is the largest generator of electricity used in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo. CESP's six hydroelectric facilities (57 generation units) have a capacity of more than 7,456 MW. It gets most of its revenues from distribution utilities. Sao Paulo state government-controlled CESP previously had 22 power plants, but it spun off two generating companies and a transmission company in 1999. The slimmer CESP was targeted for auction, but the state government postponed the sale. CESP is restructuring its debt and is focusing on operational efficiency.

Pampa Energ�a is one of Argentina's largest fully integrated electricity companies. Through subsidiaries or co-controlled companies, it generates more than 7% of the total electricity in Argentina, transmits some 95% of the country's electricity through transmission lines owned and operated by subsidiary Transener, and distributes electricity to more than 2.6 million residential and commercial customers through subsidiary Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte (Edenor), the largest electricity distributor in Argentina. Pampa Energ�a maintains fossil fuel, thermal, and hydroelectric generation operations. Its distribution, transmission, and hydroelectric activities are regulated by Argentina's government.

Plambeck Neue Energien develops and operates renewable power wind farms in Germany and other European countries. The company has developed 74 wind farms in Germany. Plambeck developed its first wind farm -- Windpark Marschland -- in 1995. The company bought SSP Technology A/S, a maker of light and efficient rotor blades based in Denmark. Plambeck has sold its solar business in order to focus on its wind farm operations. In 2006 the company announced plans to join with Evelop to develop an 80-wind turbine offshore wind farm project, Gode Wind I, in Germany. In 2008 Plambeck established a subsidiary in the US.

East Bay Municipal Utility District provides potable water to 1.3 million people in a 331-square-mile area (which includes the cities of Alameda, Berkeley, and Oakland). Its wastewater system serves 650,000 people in an 88-square-mile area of Alameda and Contra Costa counties along San Francisco Bay's east shore. EBMUD operates 4,110 miles of water mains, and 160 storage reservoirs. The company also provides recreational services at five of its reservoirs.

San Jose Water, the primary subsidiary of SJW, provides water utility services to approximately 225,000 customers (about 1 million people) in California's Santa Clara County. To obtain its water supply, San Jose Water taps wells and surface sources and buys water from the Santa Clara Valley Water District. It also collects local mountain surface water from the watershed in the Santa Cruz Mountains, which is then treated at San Jose Water's two treatment plants. This local surface water accounts for about 7% of the water utility's total supply. Purchased water accounts for more than 40%.

New Universe International Group supplies injection molds and plastic products primarily to global manufacturers of automotive parts and medical equipment, while its environmental businesses, owned by subsidiary New Universe Environmental Technologies, provide removal and treatment of industrial and medical waste in China. The company's plastics products are exported to customers in Europe, the Far East, and the US including Canon, Ford, Volvo, and Whirlpool. The company is controlled by CEO Xi Yu who owns parent company New Universe Enterprises.

Ohio Pure Water distributes a wide range of water purification and treatment equipment to customers throughout the US. Its products include chlorination systems, water softeners, water filters, reverse-osmosis equipment, UV sterilizers, and drinking water systems. Other equipment includes flexible hose units, float switches and valves, PVC air injectors, and mineral tanks and parts. The company conducts most of its sales through its Web site. Ohio Pure Water was founded in 1996 by president C. K. Moore, a former maintenance superintendent for the State of Ohio.

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