Phoenix Natural Gas is the largest gas distribution business in Northern Ireland, being the owner and operator of the licence for the distribution network in the Greater Belfast Area and Larne. The distribution business is responsible for the development of the pipeline network and also for providing a 24/7 operational and transportation service platform to gas suppliers under the rules of the company's network code.The Phoenix network currently extends to 2,940 kilometres of intermediate, medium and low pressure mains, which distribute natural gas throughout the licence area, representing around 50% of the population of Northern Ireland. Phoenix Natural Gas manages the development of the both the physical network and market in Greater Belfast; already some 123,000 customers have been connected to natural gas in the 12 years it has been available to them. The business is regulated under licence by the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation (NIAUR).

Porvair wants to reign in pores. The company makes specialist porous filtration products out of ceramics, plastic, metal, and carbon for a variety of industries, including aerospace, aluminum, high-purity liquids, life sciences, and nuclear maintenance. The company's specialist laboratory filter systems are used by pharmaceutical and drug companies for diagnostic and testing kits, medical devices, and pharmaceutical production. Porvair also makes high performance bi-polar planes for fuel-cell manufacturers. The company operates in both the UK and US.

United Air Specialists has ESP, and the company knows just when to cause static. The company's industrial air pollution control unit makes electrostatic precipitators (ESP) that electrify airborne particles and remove them from the air. United Air Specialists also makes commercial air-cleaning systems, including kitchen emissions systems. In addition, the company makes electrostatic fluid control and high-precision spraying equipment. The company's products are used in offices, hospitals, bars, schools, and industrial settings. United Air Specialists, founded in 1966, is part of the industrial and environmental filtration business unit of manufacturing group CLARCOR.

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.

CLP Holdings Limited, through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, supply, transmission, and distribution of electricity in Hong Kong, Australia, and India. The company also invests in various power projects located in the Chinese mainland, southeast Asia, and Taiwan. It invests in various power generating assets, including nuclear, pumped storage, coal-red, hydro, wind, and biomass. In addition, the company engages in the provision of engineering services; retail of electricity and gas; and storage of gas. As of December 31, 2009, it generated 6,908 megawatts of electricity; had interests in approximately 13,000 kilometers of transmission and high voltage distribution lines; and served 2.3 million customers. The company was founded in 1901 and is based in Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Sutton and East Surrey Water supplies water in southern England. The regulated utility distributes water to about 252,000 residential customers and some 18,000 businesses, (a population about 650,000 people), in the London boroughs of Croydon, Merton, and Sutton, as well as East Surrey and parts of Kent and Sussex. Formerly a subsidiary of East Surrey Holdings, the company was acquired by private equity firm Terra Firma Capital Partners in 2005 when Terra Firma was required to buy the parent company in order to obtain gas company Phoenix Natural Gas. Terra Firma quickly sold the water utility to a fund of Germany's Deutsche Bank.

Egad, EGAT, that's a lot of juice. The state-owned Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) produces more than 15,000 MW of electricity and buys another 10,600 MW from independent power producers. EGAT not only generates or buys most of the nation's power, it holds a monopoly on transmission to the distributors (Metropolitan Electricity Authority and Provincial Electricity Authority). The utility operates hydroelectric, thermal, and alternative power plants, and provides engineering, maintenance, and other energy-related services. EGAT has also announced plans to expand into telecommunications and natural gas, and to acquire coal mining assets in Indonesia.

Southern Nuclear Operating company, a subsidiary of Southern Company since 1990, operates six nuclear power units at three plant locations, which combined, provide about 20% of the electricity used in Alabama and Georgia. Southern Nuclear's Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant began commercial operation in 1977. The Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant and the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant are jointly owned by Southern Company's Georgia Power (50%), Oglethorpe Power (30%), the Municipal Electrical Authority of Georgia (18%), and the city of Dalton.

Marietta Board of Lights and Water (doing business as Marietta Power and Water) to provide electricity and water to residents and businesses in the city of Marietta, and the counties of Marietta and Cobb. The municipal utility operates through two divisions: Marietta Power distributes electricity to more than 45,000 customers and purchases power from the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia (MEAG Power), and Marietta Water provides water supply and wastewater collection services to more than 17,000 customers.

Aquilex speaks softly and carries a big wrench. Through its operating subsidiaries, Aquilex Corporation provides maintenance, repair services and technical support to heavy industry worldwide. Customers include power generation facilities and other industrial plants, including cement, chemical, petrochemical, oil and natural gas processing, pulp and paper, metal refining, and steel manufacturing operations. The company was controlled by private equity firm Harvest Partners (which bought the company from First Reserve in 2007). In 2008 Harvest Partners sold the company to Teachers' Private Capital, the private investment arm of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan.

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