The Laclede Group, Inc. operates as a public utility holding company. The company’s principal subsidiary, Laclede Gas Company, provides natural gas service to approximately 630,000 residential, commercial, and industrial customers in metropolitan St. Louis and surrounding counties in eastern Missouri. Its primary non-regulated subsidiary, Laclede Energy Resources, Inc., markets natural gas and related services to on-system utility transportation customers and customers outside of its utility’s traditional service area. The Laclede Group company was founded in 1857 and is based in St. Louis, Missouri.

Southern California Edison (SCE) distributes electricity to a population of more than 13 million people in central, coastal, and Southern California (excluding Los Angeles and some other cities in the regions). The utility's system consists of about 12,000 circuit miles of transmission lines and more than 113,500 circuit miles of distribution lines. SCE also has 5,500 MW of net generating capacity from interests in nuclear, hydroelectric, and fossil-fueled power plants; it sold most of its fossil-fueled facilities in response to the state's deregulation legislation. The utility sells excess power to wholesale customers. SCE is a subsidiary of Edison International.

Alkane Energy pursues the arcane task of extracting methane gas from abandoned coal mines in the UK and Germany for the dual purposes of direct supply to industrial clients and for on-site power generation. A renewable energy company, Alkane aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, through the capturing of coalbed methane and its conversion to energy. The company designs, builds, and services containerized methane treatment plants and electricity generation facilities that use biogas, landfill gas, sewage gas, and coal mine methane. Alskane operates seven biogas-to-electricity sites in the UK and one in Germany.

Mesa Power Group, it takes an oil tycoon from Texas to raise the profile of wind energy in North America. Controlled by veteran oilman and renewable energy proponent T. Boone Pickens, who gained national attention with the Pickens Plan, a campaign aimed at reducing US dependence on foreign oil, the company is engaged in developing and investing in wind power projects. It acquires these projects and completes development on them through a joint venture with GE called the American Wind Alliance (AWA). It typically targets projects in Canada and the US that have secured land control, access to transmission lines, and minimum capacity of 100 megawatts.

Show me the power. Cuivre River Electric Cooperative provides power to four eastern counties in the "Show Me" state: Lincoln, Pike, St. Charles, and Warren. The membership utility, which is one of Missouri's largest cooperatives with more than 58,000 residential, commercial, and industrial customers, gets its wholesale power supply from the Associated Electric Cooperative and the Central Electric Power Cooperative. Cuivre River Propane, jointly owned and operated by Cuivre River Electric Cooperative and MFA Oil Company supplies propane to co-op members from four locations, Bowling Green, Elsberry, Troy, and Wright City.

Scottish and Southern can speak with a Scottish burr or a southern English clip. The integrated company is one of the UK's top energy firms, distributing power and gas to 9.2 million customers through subsidiaries Southern Electric, Scottish Hydro Electric, SWALEC, and Atlantic Electric and Gas. Scottish and Southern's regulated utility assets include 79,300 miles of power transmission and distribution lines that serve 3.5 million end-users. Scottish and Southern has 11,300 MW of generating capacity. It also distributes gas to 5.7 million customers. Other operations include gas exploration, energy trading, wind farms, electrical and environmental contracting, gas storage, and retail appliance sales.

Hokkaido Electric Power Co. (HEPCO) distributes electricity to almost 3.9 million residential, commercial, and industrial customers on the northernmost Japanese island, Hokkaido. The company operates more than 46,760 miles of transmission and distribution lines, and it owns thermal, hydroelectric, and nuclear power plants (including the No. 1 and No. 2 reactors at Tomari Power Station). HEPCO also purchases and markets wholesale energy; other operations include engineering and construction, energy consulting, electrical appliance sales, telecommunications, information technology, and utility-related services. New businesses include medical imaging systems and realty. The company was founded in 1951.

Terasen Gas is the largest natural gas distribution company in British Columbia. A Fortis subsidiary, it is the third-largest gas utility in Canada and the largest natural gas distributor in the Pacific Northwest. The utility serves 940,000 residential, commercial, and industrial customers in 125 communities in BC. Terasen Gas also provides gas transportation services to wholesale customers, operates a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant, and pipes propane products to select areas of the province. Terasen Gas serves mainland British Columbia;Terasen Gas (Vancouver Island) serves Vancouver Island, the Powell River and the Sunshine Coast; and Terasen Gas (Whistler) provides natural gas to the town of Whistler.

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.

Suburban Propane Partners, L.P., through its subsidiaries, engages in the retail marketing and distribution of propane, fuel oil, and refined fuels, and the marketing of natural gas and electricity in the United States. The company’s Propane segment involves in the retail distribution of propane to residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural customers, as well as wholesale distribution to large industrial end users. Its Fuel Oil and Refined Fuels segment engages in the retail distribution of fuel oil, diesel, kerosene, and gasoline to residential and commercial customers for use primarily as a source of heat in homes and buildings. The company’s Natural Gas and Electricity segment markets natural gas and electricity to residential and commercial customers in the deregulated energy markets of New York and Pennsylvania. Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. also sells, installs, and services various whole-house heating products, air cleaners, humidifiers, hearth products, and space heaters to the customers of propane, fuel oil, natural gas, and electricity products. As of September 26, 2009, it served approximately 850,000 residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural customers through approximately 300 locations in 30 states located primarily in the east and west coast regions of the United States, including Alaska. Suburban Energy Services Group LLC serves as the general partner to Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. was founded in 1945 and is based in Whippany, New Jersey.

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