Sometimes the sunshine state just isn't bright enough, and that's when Florida Power (doing business as Florida Power) really shines. The utility transmits and distributes electricity to 1.6 million customers and oversees more than 10,000 MW of generating capacity from interests in 14 nuclear and coal-, oil-, and gas-fired power plants. Additionally, Florida Power purchases about 20% of the energy it provides. The company is interconnected with 22 municipal power systems and with nine rural electric cooperative systems. Florida Power, a subsidiary of holding company Progress Energy, also sells wholesale power to other utilities and marketers.

China Yangtze Power co. (CYPC) generates hydropower on the Yangtze River from its two hydropower plants -- The Three Gorges Power Plant and Gezhouba Power Plant. CYPC oversees China's Three Gorges Dam project (the world's largest hydroelectric dam) on behalf of China Yangtze Three Gorges Development, which holds more than 60% of CYPC. In addition the company also provides production technology consultancy, water electric construction support, and repair and maintenance services. It also manages and invests in other power projects. CYPC manages a generating capacity of about 12,600 MW. The company was founded in 2002.

Nicor Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in natural gas distribution business in the United States. Nicor Inc. distributes natural gas to approximately 2.2 million residential, commercial, and industrial customers in northern Illinois. It also provides natural gas storage and transmission-related services to marketers and other gas distribution companies. The company’s gas distribution, transmission, and storage network includes approximately 34,000 miles of steel, plastic, and cast iron main; approximately 2.0 million steel, plastic/aluminum composite, plastic, and copper services connecting the mains to customers’ premises; and 8 underground storage fields. In addition, Nicor offers shipping services, including the transportation of containerized freight between Florida, the eastern coast of Canada, the Bahamas, and the Caribbean region. It transports building materials, and food and other necessities for developers, manufacturers, and residents in the Caribbean and the Bahamas; tourist-related shipments intended for use in hotels and resorts, and on cruise ships; and interisland shipments and northbound shipments of apparel and agricultural products, as well as provides inland transportation and cargo insurance services. As of December 31, 2009, the company operated a fleet of 11 owned vessels and 4 chartered vessels with a container capacity totaling approximately 5,270 Twenty-foot equivalent units. Further, it owns and/or leases containers, container-handling equipment, chassis, and other equipment. Additionally, Nicor involves in the marketing of energy-related products and services, including warranty and maintenance contracts, as well as repair and installation services of heating, air conditioning and indoor air-quality equipment, and customer move connection services for other utilities; and wholesale marketing of natural gas supply services. Nicor Inc. was founded in 1953 and is based in Naperville, Illinois.

Delta Natural Gas Company, Inc. distributes or transports natural gas in central and southeastern Kentucky. It operates through two segments, Regulated and Non-Regulated. The Regulated segment sells and distributes natural gas to its retail customers primarily in 23 rural counties. This segment also transports gas to industrial customers on its system who purchase gas in the open market, as well as transports gas on behalf of local producers and other customers not on its distribution system. The Non-Regulated segment purchases natural gas in the open market, primarily from Kentucky producers, and resells this gas to industrial customers on its distribution system and to others not on its system. This segment also produces natural gas that is sold to Delgasco for resale in the open market. Delta Natural Gas Company, Inc. owns approximately 2,500 miles of natural gas gathering, transmission, distribution, storage, and service lines; and holds leases for the storage of natural gas under 8,000 acres located in Bell County, Kentucky. It serves approximately 37,000 customers. Delta Natural Gas Company, Inc. was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in Winchester, Kentucky.

Ormat Technologies is on an environmentally safe power trip, building geothermal as well as recovered energy power plants. Geothermal technology extracts hot water or steam that is vaporized and used to drive turbines. The fluid is then cooled and recycled back through the process, making it a clean and renewable energy source. Recovered energy utilizes heat produced in other industrial processes. The company, set up by Israel-based Ormat Industries, also sells power units for both types of plants, and sells fossil fuel powered turbo-generators with a capacity of between 400 watts and 4,000 watts. Ormat operates power plants (with a total of 518 MW of power) in Guatemala (2), Kenya, Nicaragua, and the US (10).

Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. and its subsidiaries develop and operate seawater desalination plants and water distribution systems, as well as produce and supply water to customers in the Cayman Islands, the Bahamas, Belize, the British Virgin Islands, and Bermuda. It uses reverse osmosis technology to convert seawater to potable water. The company supplies water to end-users, including residential, commercial, and government customers. As of December 31, 2009, Consolidated Water Co. operated 16 reverse osmosis desalination plants through its subsidiaries and affiliates. It also offers engineering and management services, including designing and constructing desalination plants, and managing and operating desalination plants owned by other companies. The company was founded in 1973 and is based in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.

North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation (NCEMC) generates and transmits electricity to the state's 26 electric cooperatives in 93 of North Carolina's 100 counties. The co-op owns more than 600 MW of generating capacity through four primarily natural gas peak load generators, plus a 62% stake in Catawba Nuclear Station Unit 1, and a 31% stake in the common facilities of the Catawba Nuclear Station in South Carolina. It also buys power from Progress Energy, American Electric Power, and other for-profit utilities. NCEMC's member cooperatives serve more than 950,000 businesses and homes in North Carolina. The wholesale co-op also operates an energy operations center.

California Water Service Group, through its subsidiaries, provides water utility and other related services in California, Washington, New Mexico, and Hawaii. It engages in the production, purchase, storage, treatment, testing, distribution, and sale of water for domestic, industrial, public, and irrigation uses, as well as for fire protection. The company also provides non-regulated water-related services, including the operation of water and recycled water systems; leasing communication antenna sites on its properties; meter reading and billing services; sewer and refuse billing services; lab services for water quality testing; selling surplus property; and the marketing and billing of third party insurance programs to residential customers. As of December 31, 2009, it served approximately 467,100 customers in 83 communities in California; 15,600 customers in the Tacoma and Olympia areas in Washington; 7,800 water and wastewater customers in the Belen, Los Lunas, and Elephant Butte areas in New Mexico; and 4,200 water and wastewater customers on the islands of Maui and Hawaii. The company was founded in 1926 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates as a diversified utility company that primarily engages in regulated energy and unregulated energy businesses. The company’s Regulated Energy segment provides natural gas distribution services in Delaware, Maryland, and Florida; and electric distribution services in Florida to residential, commercial, and industrial customers, as well as offers natural gas transmission services primarily to other utilities and industrial customers in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Florida. Its Unregulated Energy segment sells natural gas to commercial and industrial customers in Florida, Delaware, and Maryland; and distributes propane in Delaware, the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia, southeastern Pennsylvania, and Florida.This segment also markets propane to wholesale customers, including independent oil and petrochemical companies, resellers, and propane distribution companies in the southeastern United States. As of December 31, 2009, the company distributed natural gas to approximately 118,000 customers; electricity to approximately 31,000 customers; and propane to approximately to 49,000 customers. It also operated a 384-mile interstate natural gas transmission pipeline. In addition, the company engages in non-energy operations, which include the provision of information-technology-related business services and solutions for enterprise and e-business applications in the United States and internationally. Chesapeake Utilities Corporation was founded in 1859 and is based in Dover, Delaware.

WGL Holdings, Inc. engages in the delivery and sale of natural gas, and provides energy-related products and services in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, and Delaware. WGL Holdings, Inc. operates through three segments: Regulated Utility, Retail Energy-Marketing, and Design-Build Energy Systems. The Regulated Utility segment delivers natural gas to retail customers, as well as sells natural gas to customers who have not elected to purchase natural gas from unregulated third-party marketers. The Retail Energy-Marketing segment sells natural gas and electricity directly to residential, commercial, and industrial customers. As of September 30, 2009, it served approximately 151,000 residential, commercial, and industrial natural gas customers, and 113,000 electricity customers. The Design-Build Energy Systems segment focuses on upgrading the mechanical, electrical, water, and energy-related systems of government and commercial facilities by implementing traditional, as well as alternative energy technologies. WGL Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1848 and is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia.

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