Catalytic Combustion Corporation clears the air -- literally and alliteratively. The company makes systems, processes, and products to help customers eliminate volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and other pollutants in order to meet air-quality standards. Catalytic Combustion's catalysts -- substances that accelerate the rate of chemical reactions -- are used in a host of industries and products, ranging from appliances to graphic arts to nuclear power plants. The company makes catalysts from materials such as ceramics, metal foil, and wire mesh. Catalytic Combustion was founded in 1950.

Omaha Public Power District (OPPD), a subdivision of the Nebraska state government, OPPD generates and distributes electricity to residents and businesses in 13 counties in southeastern Nebraska. It operates and maintains its facilities without tax revenues and raises money for major construction through bonds. OPPD serves more than 340,000 customers in an area covering 5,000 sq. mi. The utility has a generating capacity of more than 3,220 MW, which is powered by nuclear, coal, oil, and natural gas sources. It sells wholesale power to other utilities and offers energy consulting and management services.

Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation (WCNOC) helps to sate the energy hunger of the US public. The nuclear plant operator is in charge of the Wolf Creek Generating Station in Kansas, which houses a four-loop pressurized water reactor that generates about 1,200 MW of electricity (enough to power some 800,000 homes). WCNOC is joint venture between Westar Energy, which owns a 47% stake, Great Plains Energy (which through subsidiary Kansas City Power & Light owns 47%), and Kansas Electric Power Cooperative, 6%. Its job description is to operate, maintain, repair, and eventually decommission the Wolf Creek Generating Station.

Shikoku Electric Power, like the island it serves, is making bridges to new areas. One of 10 regional electric utilities licensed by the Japanese government to generate, transmit, and distribute power, Shikoku (known as Yonden in Japan) provides electricity to more than 4 million people in the four prefectures of Shikoku. The company has a generating capacity of more than 6,660 MW, primarily from nuclear and fossil-fueled plants; however, Shikoku is converting some of its oil-fueled plants to liquefied natural gas. Shikoku has expanded beyond its power utility business into activities such as Internet access, cable TV, remote monitoring and control systems, and rest homes for the elderly.

Organic Resource Management (formerly National Challenge Systems) has an organic approach to the disposal of waste material across Canada. Providing non-hazardous and organic waste disposal services, Organic Resource Management's services include cleaning catch basins, drains, grease-traps, and sewers; food-waste recycling; and raw material and product destruction. Organic Resource Management serves more than 8,000 commercial, industrial, institutional, and residential customers in British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec. In 2008 it sold the non-core assets of non-hazardous liquid waste subsidiary A&A Anderson Tank Services to McRae's Environmental Services.

Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation is a member-owned cooperative whose mission is to benefit our member-owners by providing reliable electric and energy services - delivered efficiently and with extraordinary customer care. Blue Ridge Electric serves approximately 73,700 consumers in Caldwell, Watauga, Ashe, and Alleghany counties and parts of Wilkes, Alexander and Avery counties. We are part of the Touchstone Energy network, an alliance of 680 cooperatives in 46 states, that collectively deliver power and energy solutions to more than 40 million consumers every day.Our wholly-owned subsidiary, Blue Ridge Energies, is a private, for-profit company that provides propane and heating fuels to residential and business customers from offices in Lenoir, Boone, West Jefferson,As a comprehensive energy company, Blue Ridge Electric's guiding purpose is to be a major shaper of the future in our market area and to experience the joy of helping people achieve new levels of economic prosperity.

Taiwan Power (Taipower) is looking to get by with a little help from its friends. With a generating capacity of more than 38,080 MW, the state-owned utility serves nearly 12 million industrial, commercial, and residential customers. Thermal sources (coal, oil, and liquefied natural gas) fuel most of Taipower's plants; nuclear energy and hydroelectric sources make up the balance. Unable to meet Taiwan's power needs on its own, the utility has opened its market to independent power producers, allowing companies to build power plants and sell to Taipower. Taipower has resumed construction on the nation's fourth nuclear plant. The Taiwan government has announced plans to privatize Taipower (it owned 97% in 2009).

CHOICE! Energy Services and Texas Energy Services divisions the company provides consulting and price comparison services to retail customers. CHOICE! Energy Services also provides commodity brokerage and consulting services to energy producers and marketers, utilities, banks, and other corporations. Customers include BP and Morgan Stanley. President and CEO Javier Loya formed CHOICE! Energy in 1994.

San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) digs doling out energy in sandy Southern California. The company is a regulated utility that serves 1.4 million electricity customers and more than 840,000 natural gas customers in San Diego County and a portion of southern Orange County. The electric utility segment owns about 22,200 miles of power distribution lines, which serve about 25 communities; its 1,870 miles of transmission lines are managed by the California Independent System Operator. SDG&E also has limited power generation operations (it owns or contracts more than 5,500 MW of generating capacity). The gas utility operates almost 170 miles of transmission pipelines and about 8,420 miles of distribution mains.

Dalkia doesn't balk when it comes to managing its clients' energy needs. The company's services include electricity, water, and natural gas procurement, energy efficiency consulting, electrical and mechanical contracting, building management control, and outsourced facilities maintenance. It installs onsite power generation, HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning), water treatment, fire protection, and lighting systems. The company serves manufacturers, offices, schools, hospitals, and other businesses. Its Sterience subsidiary sterilizes surgical instruments for hospitals.

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