The Electric Power Board of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County is a mouthful. Its operating name, Nashville Electric Service (NES), sounds much better. And talking of sound, the legendary "Nashville Sound" would be hard to hear without the resources of this power distributor, which serves more than 357,000 customers in central Tennessee. NES is one of the largest government-owned utilities in the US, and operates more than 90,500 distribution transformers and about 230 substations. The company is required to purchase all its power from another government-owned operator, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).

TransCanada Corporation operates as an energy infrastructure company in North America. The company operates in two segments, Pipelines and Energy. The Pipelines segment develops and operates energy infrastructure, including natural gas pipelines, regulated gas storage facilities, and projects related to oil pipelines. As of December 31, 2009, its pipelines network extended approximately 60,000 kilometers tapping into various gas supply basins in North America. The Energy segment engages in the acquisition, development, construction, ownership, and operation of electrical power generation plants; the purchase and marketing of electricity; the provision of electricity account services to energy and industrial customers; and the development, construction, ownership, and operation of non-regulated natural gas storage in Alberta. As of December 31, 2009, its power generation plants had 11,700 megawatts of power generation capacity. TransCanada Corporation was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

The utility provides electricity to 490,000 residential, commercial, and industrial customers over nearly 32,000 miles of transmission and distribution lines. Idaho Power holds franchises in 71 cities in Idaho and nine in Oregon. It also owns power plant interests that give it a generating capacity of more than 3,000 MW. In addition, the company, a subsidiary of IDACORP, has a 33% stake in the Bridger Coal Company, which supplies fuel to the Jim Bridger generating plant in Wyoming.Idaho Power lights up spud farms and factories in southern Idaho and eastern Oregon.

Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), which supplies power to a population of 44 million customers in Tokyo, Yokohama, and the rest of the Kanto region. One of the world's largest electric utilities, TEPCO's 190 power plants have the generating capacity of approximately 64,000 MW, primarily produced by thermal, nuclear, and hydroelectric power sources. Through interests in telecom businesses, the company offers telephony and Internet services; it also has international consulting and power generation operations. Other businesses include construction, real estate, and transportation companies. It also invests in independent power producers in other countries.

The Dakota Electric Association delivers electricity to residents of southeastern Minnesota, the Gopher State , so they don't have to burrow underground for those long, cold winters. The member-owned utility serves more than 100,000 customers in portions of Dakota, Goodhue, Rice, and Scott counties south of Minneapolis-St. Paul. The co-op gets its power wholesale from transmission cooperative Great River Energy and distributes it over 3,720 miles of power lines, nearly two-thirds of which are buried. Dakota Electric is pushing energy efficiency programs and products to help save its customers money.

Pennon Group Plc South West Water subsidiary provides water and wastewater services to more than 1.6 million people (more during the summer tourism season) in England's South West region, including Devon, Cornwall, and parts of Dorset and Somerset. South West Water's Echo South West unit contracts to run customer service operations for utilities. Pennon subsidiary Viridor Waste -- one of the largest waste management businesses in the UK -- offers solid waste collection, landfill disposal, and recycling and other services.

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.

IBERDROLA, S.A., together with its subsidiaries, engages in producing, switching, retailing, and distributing electricity and gas. The company primarily generates nuclear, fossil-fuel, hydroelectric, and wind power. It also offers raw materials or primary energies required for electric power generation; energy, engineering, computer, and telecommunications services; services relating to the Internet; urban and gas retailing services; regasification, transmission or distribution services, as well as other gas storage services; assistance and support services; and real estate and other related services. In addition, the company involves in the treatment and distribution of water; representation, marketing, and distribution of various goods and services, products, articles, merchandise, computer programs, industrial equipment, machinery, machine and hand tools, spare parts, and accessories; and research, plan, and study of investment and corporate organization projects, as well as develops, sets up, and promotes industrial, commercial, and service companies. As of December 31, 2009, it served approximately 10 million users in Spain; 3.2 million electric customers and 2 million gas customers in the United Kingdom; 1.84 million electric customers and 0.93 million gas users in Latin America. The company is based in Bilbao, Spain.

Cambridge Water distributes water to about 125,000 residential customers and business customers in the greater Cambridge area. Overall, the company serves a population of about 300,000. Cambridge Water maintains some 2,140 km of water mains and 34 storage towers and reservoirs. All the water supplied to customers is pumped from 25 underground sources. About 55% of water billed is charged by meter. The company offers its clients the delivery of emergency bottled water; customers pre-order water that Cambridge Water will deliver in the event of a major incident. The company is controlled by Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings.

Enerchina Holdings focuses on offering a variety of energy and public utility services in about 40 cities in China. The company generates electrical power, as well as provides more than 400,000 tons of natural gas every year through Panva Gas Holdings. Panva also offers pipeline network construction, transportation, storage, and wholesale of natural gas. Enerchina Holdings serves more than 3 million customers. The company is researching and developing other clean energy sources, including different uses of coal. Chairman Ou Yaping owns about 52% of Enerchina Holdings.

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