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.

Calpine Corporation, an independent wholesale power generation company, engages in the ownership and operation of natural gas-fired and geothermal power plants in North America. It generates electricity and produces steam from natural gas-fired combustion and renewable geothermal facilities. The company sells wholesale power, steam, capacity, renewable energy credits, and ancillary services to utilities, independent electric system operators, industrial and agricultural companies, retail power providers, municipalities, and power marketers. As of December 31, 2009, the company had a portfolio of 77 operating power plants with an aggregate generation capacity of approximately 24,802 megawatts. Calpine Corporation was founded in 1984 and is based in Houston, Texas.

GenOn Energy, Inc. operates as a generator of wholesale electricity in the United States. Its portfolio of power generation facilities include baseload, intermediate, and peaking units using coal, natural gas, and oil to generate electricity. The company owns, contracts, or operates approximately 49 power generation stations with generation capacity of 24,599 megawatts. The company was formerly known as Mirant Corporation and changed its name to GenOn Energy, Inc. on December 4, 2010. The company is based in Houston, Texas.

Good night John-Boy. This Walton family serves 118,000 residential, commercial, and industrial customers in northeastern Georgia. The Walton Electric Membership Corporation (Walton EMC) operates more than 6,700 miles of power lines spanning across all or portions of ten counties (Athens-Clarke, Barrow, DeKalb, Greene, Gwinnett, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Rockdale, and Walton). Subsidiary Walton EMC Natural Gas competes in the state's deregulated retail gas supply market. Other operations include security systems installation and monitoring, appliance sales and rebates, and outdoor lighting services.

Allegheny Energy, Inc. owns and operates electric generation facilities, and delivers electric services to customers in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, and Virginia. The company owns or contractually controls coal-, gas-, and oil-fired generation facilities, as well as hydro generation facilities. It operates in two segments, The Merchant Generation and The Regulated Operations. The Merchant Generation segment owns, operates, and manages electric generation facilities, as well as purchases and sells energy and energy-related commodities. This segment markets its electric generation capacity to various customers and markets, including certain of its affiliates, as well as uses both derivative and nonderivative contracts to manage its portfolio of contracts. As of December 31, 2009, it owned or contractually controlled 7,015 megawatts of generation capacity. The Regulated Operations segment operates electric public utility systems that include electricity generation, transmission, and distribution facilities. As of December 31, 2009, it owned or contractually controlled 2,741 megawatts of generation capacity. This segment served approximately 383,600 customers in northern West Virginia; approximately 483,400 customers in portions of West Virginia, Maryland, and Virginia; approximately 102,000 customers in northern Virginia; and approximately 714,900 customers in southwestern, south-central, and northern Pennsylvania. The company is headquartered in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.

Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) electrifies the Cornhusker State. The government-owned electric utility provides power in 91 of the state's 93 counties. The firm has a generating capacity of more than 3,000 MW and operates more than 5,000 miles of transmission lines. NPPD distributes electricity to more than 88,000 retail customers in 80 cities and towns; it also provides power to about 1 million customers through wholesale power contracts with 52 towns and 25 public power districts. In addition, NPPD purchases electricity from the federally owned Western Area Power Administration and operates a surface water irrigation system.

The Chugoku Electric Power Co. makes western Japan shine. The company generates, transmits, and distributes electricity to more than 5.2 million customers in the Chugoku region of western Japan. Approximately 89% of its customers are residential, and commercial and industrial customers account for the rest. The company's 110 power plants generate about 11,800 MW; traditional thermal plants generate about 65% of its power. Chugoku Electric intends to increase its use of nuclear power and is also researching alternative energy sources. In response to Japan's electricity market liberalization, the group is entering new business markets, including consulting, construction, fuel supply, and telecommunications.

Seeking fame and fortune in and outside Finland, energy powerhouse Fortum generates electric power across the region. In the Baltic Rim its power plants create electricity (more than 10,980 MW of generation capacity), and heat. Fortum distributes electricity to 1.6 million customers (primarily in Estonia, Finland, Norway, and Sweden). The company also has significant operations in a growth area, Russia, including 2,785 MW of power generation capacity. (Russia accounted for about 9% of Fortum's total revenues in 2009). Fortum has divested its oil and engineering assets in order to focus on its core power and heating businesses.

RPG Enterprises has more than 20 companies that span energy, retail, manufacturing, technology, and entertainment. The company's primary operations include electricity generation and distribution (through CESC Limited and Noida Power) and utility and telecommunications infrastructure development, as well as carbon black production and tire manufacturing. Other operations include supermarkets (Spencer's Hypermarket), retail music and health and beauty stores, software, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, and music recording businesses. RPG Enterprises is controlled by the Goenka family; the company was formed in 1979 to hold the family's diversified business interests.

Canadian Utilities is the strong arm of diversified energy company ATCO and accounts for most of its sales. Canadian Utilities' regulated utilities operations are ATCO Gas, which distributes natural gas to more than 1 million customers in almost 300 communities in Alberta, and ATCO Electric, which provides electricity to about 207,000 customers. ATCO Pipelines provides natural gas transportation services to producers, major industrial users and gas distribution companies in Alberta. Canadian Utilities' Energy unit (including ATCO Power, ATCO Midstream and ATCO Energy Solutions) manages power generation and pipeline activities. The Technologies segment provide business systems solution through ARCO I-Tek.

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