SolarCraft Services designs and installs solar energy systems that capitalize on California's sunshine. The company has installed more than 4,300 solar energy systems for residential and commercial customers in Northern California, including numerous vineyards and wineries. Its largest project was a 1.1 MW system at Paramount Farms, the world's largest grower and processor of pistachios and almonds. SolarCraft Services uses solar panels made by Mitsubishi, Sharp and SunPower, panels for swimming pools made by FAFCO, and components by SatCon. The company was founded in 1984.

The dryly named electric utility Electric Power Development Co. has a much more fun nickname -- J-POWER. With a generating capacity of 16,380 MW, the company supplies power used all over Japan. It has 67 hydroelectric plants, as well as some thermal and geothermal plants, and owns a transmission network that covers 2,400 km. J-POWER acts as a wholesale electric utility, selling to other electric power companies. Established by the Japanese government in 1952, J-POWER went through the privatization process, finally achieving full privatization and trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2004. The company is also sometimes referred to as EPDC.

Transportadora de Gas Del Sur S.A. engages in the transportation of natural gas, as well as production and commercialization of natural gas liquids primarily in Argentina. It operates approximately 8627 km long pipeline system. Transportadora company transports its natural gas to distribution companies, industries, traders, producers, and power plant operators. The company’s production and commercialization activities are conducted at the Cerri Complex located near Bahia Blanca. Its natural gas liquid products comprise ethane, propane, butane, and natural gasoline. It also provides midstream services, which consist of gas treatment, gas compression, and wellhead gas gathering services; removal services for impurities from the natural gas stream; and pipeline construction, operation, and maintenance services. In addition, the company offers telecommunication services for telephone operators and other corporate users. Its telecommunication network includes a microwave's digital system with synchronous digital hierarchy technology. Transportadora company was founded in 1992 and is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Transportadora de Gas Del Sur S.A. is a subsidiary of Compania de Inversiones de Energia S.A.

The city-owned utility also produces and distributes steam to 250 customers along 14 miles of steam line. Lansing Board of Water and Light can chill out too. Its chilled water system delivers up to 10,000 tons of chilled water capacity to 14 customers to cool the interior of buildings in the downtown area. Lansing Board of Water and Light is the largest municipally owned utility in the state. It is also a major employer in the Lansing area.Letting off a little steam is a good thing for Lansing Board of Water and Light, which provides electricity to 96,000 residential, commercial, and industrial customers and water to about 55,000 customers in Lansing, Michigan

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.

First Wind, wind is the first and last item in its business model. The vertically integrated energy company (formerly UPC Wind) develops, owns, and operates wind energy plants in the Northeastern and Western US, and Hawaii. Its six projects in Hawaii, Maine, Vermont, New York, and Utah generate more than 500 MW of electricity. First Wind, which targets states with high energy prices, renewable energy requirements, and favorable wind conditions, plans to have more than 2,000 MW of capacity by the end 2014. The company was formed in 2002 by individuals experienced with building wind power plants in Italy. In 2010 First Wind began construction of its 102 MW Utah-based Milford Wind project.

Avista Corporation, an energy company, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of energy and energy-related businesses in the United States and Canada. The company operates through two segments, Avista Utilities and Advantage IQ. The Avista Utilities segment engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electric energy primarily from hydroelectric and thermal sources. This segment also distributes natural gas to retail customers in parts of eastern Washington, northern Idaho, and parts of northeast and southwest Oregon, as well as engages in wholesale purchase and sale of electricity and natural gas. As of December 31, 2009, it provided retail electric service to approximately 356,000 customers; and retail natural gas service to approximately 316,000 customers. This segment offers electricity and natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers. The Advantage IQ segment provides utility expense management solutions to assess and manage utility costs and usage to multi-site companies in North America. It offers invoice processing, auditing and payment services, energy procurement, reporting, and advanced analysis, as well as provides analytical support, reporting, and consulting services. In addition, Avista’s other investments and operations include sheet metal fabrication of electronic enclosures, parts, and systems for the computer, telecom, renewable energy, and medical industries; real estate investments, primarily commercial office buildings; and investments in venture capital funds and low income housing. The company was founded in 1889 and is headquartered in Spokane, Washington.

BlueStar Energy intends to burn bright in the firmament of independent electricity providers. Serving customers in the deregulated markets of Maryland, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Washington, DC, the company offers variable- and fixed-rate and custom plans along with green energy to industrial, commercial, and residential customers. Its energy efficiency program examines customers' energy usage and offers services to decrease costs including reworking interior and exterior lighting, monitoring power use, rewiring fixtures, and performing exterior maintenance. BlueStar Energy spreads it power from offices in Chicago and Peoria, Illinois.

First Electric Cooperative wasn't the first electric cooperative ever formed, but it was the first such entity created in its home state. The member-owned utility distributes power to more than 85,000 customers in 17 central and southeastern Arkansas counties. It also offers its members a range of energy products and value-added services, including energy efficient Marathon water heaters, surge and lightning protection equipment, and compact fluorescent light bulbs. Some 72% of the cooperative's revenues come from residential customers; commercial and industrial customers account for another 20%, and the rest comes from such sources as irrigation and street lighting.

Piedmont Municipal Power Agency (Piedmont Power) generates, purchases, and transmits wholesale electricity on behalf of its 10 member municipal utilities, which distribute the power to nearly 95,000 retail customers in northwestern South Carolina. These ten utilities serve the cities of Abbeville, Clinton, Easley, Gaffney, Greer, Laurens, Newberry, Rock Hill, Union, and Westminster. Piedmont Power was created to buy an ownership interest in the Catawba Nuclear Station in York County, South Carolina, in order to secure a reliable source of electric generation for its member utilities.The agency currently owns a 25% stake in the Catawba plant.

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