Through its regulated utility subsidiaries, Aquarion distributes water to more than 180,000 homes and businesses (or about 580,000 people) in some 39 communities in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. It is one of the 10 largest investor-owned utilities in the US. The company's Aquarion Services unit provides contract management of municipal water and wastewater systems, along with engineering and management consulting services and consumer water line protection plans. In 2007 UK-based Kelda Group sold control of Aquarion to Australia's Macquarie Bank for $860 million.

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.

ADWEA is a national organization wholly owned by the Abu Dhabi Government, maintaining a separate legal entity, as well as complete financial and administrative independence. ADWEA has been incorporated by virtue of law No. 2 issued in March 1998 to replace the former Water & Electricity Department.ADWEA is responsible for implementing government policy regarding water and electricity sector in the Emirate, including privatization of the water and electricity sector.Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority supplies electricity and potable water to a population of more than 1.5 million in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, over an area of 67340 sq. km.

Connexus Energy connects more Minnesotans to electricity than any other cooperative. The member-operated organization distributes power to more than 123,000 customers in the northern suburbs of Minneapolis-St. Paul. Connexus buys its power from generation and transmission cooperative Great River Energy and distributes it through more than 9,050 miles of power line. It also operates 43 electrical substations. Residential customers account for the bulk of sales in a territory that comprises parts of Anoka, Chisago, Hennepin, Isanti, Ramsey, Sherburne, and Washington counties.

New Jersey Natural Gas is the prinicipal subsidiary of New Jersey Resources, a Fortune 1000 company, which provides reliable energy and natural gas services including transportation, distribution, and asset management in states from the Gulf Coast to the New England regions, including the Mid-Continent region, the West Coast and Canada, while investing in and maintaining an extensive infrastructure to support future growth. With over $2.5 billion in annual revenues, NJR safely and reliably operates and maintains 6,700 miles of natural gas transportation and distribution infrastructure to serve nearly half a million customers; develops and manages a diverse portfolio of more than 777,000 dth/d of transportation capacity and 52 Bcf of storage capacity; and provides appliance installation, repair and contract service to approximately 150,000 homes and businesses. Additionally, NJR holds investments in midstream assets through equity partnerships including Steckman Ridge and Iroquois. Through Conserve to Preserve®, NJR is helping customers save energy and money by promoting conservation and encouraging efficiency.

Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation (WCNOC) helps to sate the energy hunger of the US public. The nuclear plant operator is in charge of the Wolf Creek Generating Station in Kansas, which houses a four-loop pressurized water reactor that generates about 1,200 MW of electricity (enough to power some 800,000 homes). WCNOC is joint venture between Westar Energy, which owns a 47% stake, Great Plains Energy (which through subsidiary Kansas City Power & Light owns 47%), and Kansas Electric Power Cooperative, 6%. Its job description is to operate, maintain, repair, and eventually decommission the Wolf Creek Generating Station.

BKW FMB Energy has been lighting up the lives of the Swiss for more than a century. BKW produces, transmits, and distributes energy to more than 1 million residential and business end users in Switzerland and neighboring countries. The company also trades in energy. BKW operates about 13 hydroelectric plants and one nuclear power plant; it has stakes in another 15 hydroelectric plants, three nuclear power plants, and two plants that generate electricity from wind, solar and biomass sources. The total generating capacity of its plants is 640 MW. The government of the canton of Bern owns more than half of BKW.

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.

Portland General Electric (PGE) keeps many Birkenstock-shod feet warm: The company, formerly a subsidiary of Enron, generates, purchases, and distributes electricity to about 815,750 customers in Oregon. PGE's service territory covers 52 cities, including Portland and Salem. Its hydroelectric, coal-fired, and gas-fired plants had a generating capacity of more than 2,600 MW in 2009, and it purchased another 1,920 MW of generating capacity. PGE also markets wholesale electricity and natural gas to other utilities and marketers in the western US. In keeping with the "green" image of Portland residents, PGE leads the nation in residential customers who purchase power from renewable sources.

YTL is hot, thanks to having many irons in many different fires. Incorporated in 1955, the Malaysian conglomerate is primarily engaged in utilities and construction, although it is also active in high-speed rail, cement manufacturing, residential property development, hotel and resort management, and technology incubation. In addition to providing electricity to residents in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Australia, YTL owns Wessex Water, a leading water and sewerage operator in the UK. Construction arm Syarikat Pembenaan Yeoh Tiong Lay offers construction services for schools, army barracks, hospitals, hotels, and other large infrastructure projects. Chairman Yeoh Tiong Lay and his sons own 47% of the company.

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