Southern Water Services provides water to about 1 million households in South East England. In addition, Southern Water provides wastewater services to about 2 million households. The company has 90 water treatment works, 150 water supply booster stations, and another 370 wastewater treatment works. It maintains a network of some 13,600 km of water mains. The utility also recycles sewerage sludge for use in agriculture. Its area of operation includes Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, and the Isle of Wight. Southern Water is owned by Greensands Investments Limited, which is owned by infrastructure investors and pension funds.

Orival manufactures self-cleaning water filters, automatic water filters, and strainers for industrial and agricultural use as irrigation filters, cooling tower filters, industrial water filters, and HVAC filters. The company has installed units in more than 40 countries. Orival's products are flexible in design so that the company can cater to a wide range of customized orders and local requirements -- form single units, flange-to-flange systems, and complete skid mounted packages, to diverse construction standards, alternate flanges, and voltage standards.

Empresa Energetica de Mato Grosso Sul, or Enersul, brings electricity to the farmers and ranchers of Brazil's state of Mato Grosso do Sul. Cattle ranching and other crop cultivation (sugarcane, wheat, soybeans) are the region's main industries and the company's biggest customers. Enersul distributes 1.4 million megawatts of electricity to about 640,000 residential, industrial, and commercial customers via more than 70 municipalities across the state. It generates a small percentage of its power but most comes from Eletrosul parent ELETROBRAS and other sources. Enersul is owned by Energias do Brasil, which is controlled by EDP - - Energias de Portugal.

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.

Empire District Electric (EDE) has the sovereign authority to light up its territory. The utility transmits and distributes electricity to a population base of more than 450,000 (or about 215,000 direct customers) in southwestern Missouri and adjacent areas of Arkansas, Kansas, and Oklahoma. It also supplies water to three Missouri towns and natural gas throughout most of the state. EDE's interests in fossil-fueled and hydroelectric power plants give it a generating capacity of 1,257 MW; it also buys and sells power on the wholesale market. In addition, the company is pursuing nonregulated opportunities such as leasing capacity on its fiber-optic network.

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates as a diversified utility company that primarily engages in regulated energy and unregulated energy businesses. The company’s Regulated Energy segment provides natural gas distribution services in Delaware, Maryland, and Florida; and electric distribution services in Florida to residential, commercial, and industrial customers, as well as offers natural gas transmission services primarily to other utilities and industrial customers in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Florida. Its Unregulated Energy segment sells natural gas to commercial and industrial customers in Florida, Delaware, and Maryland; and distributes propane in Delaware, the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia, southeastern Pennsylvania, and Florida.This segment also markets propane to wholesale customers, including independent oil and petrochemical companies, resellers, and propane distribution companies in the southeastern United States. As of December 31, 2009, the company distributed natural gas to approximately 118,000 customers; electricity to approximately 31,000 customers; and propane to approximately to 49,000 customers. It also operated a 384-mile interstate natural gas transmission pipeline. In addition, the company engages in non-energy operations, which include the provision of information-technology-related business services and solutions for enterprise and e-business applications in the United States and internationally. Chesapeake Utilities Corporation was founded in 1859 and is based in Dover, Delaware.

FERSA Energias Renovables has found being green isn't too difficult. The Spanish holding company invests in and operates companies that produce electricity utilizing such renewable energy resources as wind power, solar energy, and biomass. The company's holdings span the European continent with investments in wind farms in Spain, Estonia, and Italy as well as holdings in Panama, India, and China. Holdings include Eolica el Pedregoso, Elolica de Pino, Parque Eolico Hinojal, Enrilews, and OU Est Wind Power. The company also has holdings in solar power and biomass operations in Spain through Invetem Mediterranea and Gestora Fotovoltaica de Castellon.

Delta Natural Gas Company, Inc. distributes or transports natural gas in central and southeastern Kentucky. It operates through two segments, Regulated and Non-Regulated. The Regulated segment sells and distributes natural gas to its retail customers primarily in 23 rural counties. This segment also transports gas to industrial customers on its system who purchase gas in the open market, as well as transports gas on behalf of local producers and other customers not on its distribution system. The Non-Regulated segment purchases natural gas in the open market, primarily from Kentucky producers, and resells this gas to industrial customers on its distribution system and to others not on its system. This segment also produces natural gas that is sold to Delgasco for resale in the open market. Delta Natural Gas Company, Inc. owns approximately 2,500 miles of natural gas gathering, transmission, distribution, storage, and service lines; and holds leases for the storage of natural gas under 8,000 acres located in Bell County, Kentucky. It serves approximately 37,000 customers. Delta Natural Gas Company, Inc. was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in Winchester, Kentucky.

United Pumping Services provides hazardous and nonhazardous waste removal and remediation services. Its fleet of equipment includes truck-mounted pumps for sewer and storm drain cleaning, tankers for hauling liquid waste, and roll-off containers for solid waste. Services include dredging, hazardous material transportation, 24-hour spill response, demolition, above- and below-ground storage tank removal, sewer cleaning, and storm drain maintenance. The company operates primarily in Southern California. United Pumping Services was founded in 1970.

Deriving its name from an old Eskimo tribal word, Chugach Electric Association generates, transmits, distributes, and sells electricity in Alaska's railbelt region. This area extends from the coastal Chugach Mountains into central Alaska and includes the state's two largest cities (Anchorage and Fairbanks). The member-owned cooperative utility has 530 MW of generating capacity from its natural gas-fired and hydroelectric power plants. Serving 80,300 metered retail locations, Chugach Electric, the largest electric utility in Alaska, also sells wholesale power to other municipal and cooperative utilities in the region.

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