3E won't touch your hazardous materials, but the company will tell you what you need to know about them. 3E provides environmental, health, and safety (EH&S) information management services to help customers respond to emergencies and comply with federal regulations. The company maintains a database of 3.7 million material safety data sheets about materials used at the facilities of its more than 5,000 customers worldwide, and it provides around-the-clock telephone access to hazardous-materials experts. Customers include companies and governmental bodies such as Bostik, Southwest Airlines, Costco Wholesale, and the City of Amarillo. In 2010 the company agreed to be acquired by Verisk Analytics for $110 million.

Zephyr Environmental provides consulting, training, and data systems services relating to such areas as air quality, water quality, business protection programs, environmental health and safety, risk management, waste management, and regulatory tracking. The company has undertaken projects for clients in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia/Pacific region. Customers have included oil and gas companies, as well as companies in the cement manufacturing, chemical, pharmaceutical, and semiconductor industries. Zephyr Environmental operates from offices in Texas (Austin and Houston) and in Maryland. It also maintains an office in Dubai.

Bournemouth and West Hampshire Water supplies water distribution and treatment services to commercial and residential customers. It serves a population of 436,300 in an area encompassing some 1,040 square kilometers. It operates 50 sites and has a 2,755-km network of water mains. The company also has nonregulated operations, including Aqua Care, which provides plumbing services and home emergency insurance. The utility is owned by Cascal BV, which itself is owned by UK water and wastewater treatment provider Biwater. The company was formed by the 1994 amalgamation of Bournemouth & District Water Co. and West Hampshire Water Co.

Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative keeps the power flowing to the residences and businesses of more than 200,360 member-owners in five counties along the central Florida Gulf Coast. The power distribution utility, which was originally set up in 1941, receives wholesale generation and transmission services from the Seminole Electric Cooperative. Withlacoochee River Electric, a non-profit organization, returns any funds remaining at the end of each year to its membership. The cooperative has returned more than $190 million to its member-owners.

CH Energy Group powers New York state's Hudson Valley. Utility subsidiary Central Hudson Gas & Electric provides electricity to about 300,000 electric and 74,000 natural gas customers in eight counties located in Mid-Hudson River Valley, and delivers natural gas and electricity in a 2,600-square-mile service area that runs from New York City in the south, to Albany. Subsidiary CHEC oversees CH Energy Group's nonregulated businesses in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, including petroleum product distribution, alternative energy projects, and energy management services.

Minnkota Power Cooperative keeps the juice flowing to power users in northwestern Minnesota and eastern North Dakota. The generation and transmission cooperative supplies electricity to its 11 member-owner distribution cooperatives, and, as operating agent for the Northern Municipal Power Agency, to 12 municipal systems, to serve more than 129,000 retail customers in a 34,500-sq.-mi. region. Minnkota owns and operates a 235 MW lignite coal-fired generation plant in Center, North Dakota; also at the site it operates the 455 MW Milton R. Young plant owned by Square Butte Cooperative. Minnkota is also pushing green power through its ownership stakes in two wind turbine projects.

Making money by water, Biwater provides water and wastewater treatment services to a range of customers in more than 90 countries. The company also offers water infrastructure investment, consultancy and operation; water asset management; and project management for water leisure facilities. Its Biwater Leisure unit has installed several Olympic-sized pools for almost 40 years. Its international projects include the design and installation of a wastewater treatment plant in Dubai, and a water distribution system for 4.2 million customers in Malaysia. Biwater also designs and builds desalination plants. Focusing on international growth, in 2010 it sold its UK-based Biwater Services Limited unit to MWH Global.

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority, which operates as BC Hydro, distributes electricity to the 1.8 million residential and business customers. The province-owned utility owns more than 46,500 miles of transmission and distribution lines, and it operates hydroelectric and fossil-fueled power plants about 11,350 MW of generating capacity. Subsidiary Powerex markets and trades energy throughout North America. To increase efficiencies in green power production, in 2010 BC Hydro consolidated its transmission operations with those of the province-owned British Columbia Transmission. A Crown corporation owned by British Columbia, BC Hydro is regulated by British Columbia Utilities Commission.

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) is prepared to serve an entire island nation. Founded in 1941, the government-owned utility is the sole electricity distributor for Puerto Rico, where it serves approximately 1.4 million residential and business customers. PREPA owns five primarily fossil-fueled power plants that give it nearly 5,800 MW of generating capacity, and it has more than 30,000 miles of transmission and distribution lines. In order to keep up with increasing demand, the Puerto Rican government has allowed independent power producers to build cogeneration plants on the island to sell power to PREPA.

Salamander Energy spends its day exploring and producing oil and gas. The company produces about 8,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day; Salamander Energy's proved and probable reserves total about 56 million barrels of oil equivalent. Established in 2005, the company focuses its exploration efforts in regions in Southeast Asia, including Indonesia, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam. Salamander Energy operates from six offices in the UK and Asia. Salamander Energy plans to expand both organically and through acquisitions.

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