Electric Power Distribution Industry Competitors

ALLETE, formerly Minnesota Power, has lost its drive but none of its power. After having spun off ADESA, one of North America's largest vehicle auctioneers and a dealership creditor (Automotive Finance Corporation), the company now has three primary operating units: regulated utilities (electric, gas, and water located in northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin), nonregulated utilities (coal mining and wholesale power marketing), and real estate (large land tracts in Florida)....

Scottish and Southern can speak with a Scottish burr or a southern English clip. The integrated energy company is one of the UK's largest energy suppliers, distributing electricity and gas to 8 million customers through subsidiaries Southern Electric, Scottish Hydro Electric, SWALEC, and Atlantic Electric and Gas....

CE Electric UK Funding keeps the electricity flowing in northern England. The firm is the holding company for MidAmerican Energy's UK power distribution operations. Its regional electric companies, Northern Electric Distribution and Yorkshire Electricity Distribution, operate a 58,000-mile regulated power system that delivers energy to 3.7 million homes and businesses....

Central Networks' power play keeps the lights on in the UK. The company is an electricity distribution business that brings power to almost 5 million customers in the UK's East and West Midlands regions. The utility maintains nearly 83,000 miles of overhead and underground cable via almost 97,000 substations....

From the bluestone houses of the Huguenots to the manufacturing plants of IBM, utility holding company CH Energy Group powers the Hudson Valley. Utility subsidiary Central Hudson Gas & Electric provides electricity to 367,000 customers in eight counties of New York State's Mid-Hudson River Valley, and delivers natural gas and electricity in a 2,600-square-mile service territory that extends from New York City to Albany....

Power to the people is what China Resources Power (CR Power) is all about. Operating large coal-fired power plants in China, CR Power holds shares in 29 power plants -- 25 are currently in operation and four are under construction. The company's power plants have a combined generation capacity of about 6,000 MW....

Huntsville, Alabama residents don't have to hunt far to find gas, power, and water. Government's utility City of Huntsville Electric, Natural Gas and Water Systems provides all of these resources. Known as Huntsville Utilities, the company distributes electricity to more than 148.000 residential, commercial, and industrial customers in the city and surrounding areas; it also provides natural gas to 43,000 customers and water services to almost 76,000 customers....

There's no coasting for the Coast Electric Power Association when it comes to providing residents in three southern Mississippi counties with electricity. The utility uses a 6,400-mile distribution network to serve its more than 73,000 members (91% residential) in Hancock, Pearl River, and Harrison counties....

Cobb Electric Membership Corporation (Cobb EMC) makes sure that Cobb County, Georgia residents can cook corn on the cob (and anything else) using electric power. The utility distributes electricity to 190,000 residential, commercial, and industrial customers in Cobb County and four other north metro Atlanta counties....

There's no quit in the electric service to Colquitt and surrounding counties in Georgia, thanks to Colquitt Electric Membership Corporation (Colquitt EMC). The consumer-owned non-profit utility distributes electricity to more than 40,000 members in Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Lowndes, Tift, and Worth counties....

Companhia Paulista de Força e Luz (CPFL Paulista) is a force to reckon with on the Brazilian power utility front. The company serves approximately 3.1 million customers in more than 2500 municipalities in the state of São Paulo; it distributes one-fifth of electricity consumed in the state....

Connexus Energy connects more Minnesotans to electricity than any other cooperative. The member-operated organization distributes power to more than 121,000 customers in the northern suburbs of Minneapolis-St. Paul. Connexus buys its power from generation and transmission cooperative Great River Energy and distributes it through more than 8,500 miles of power line....

Consolidated Edison Company of New York (Con Edison of New York) keeps the nightlife pulsing in The Big Apple. The utility, a subsidiary of Consolidated Edison, distributes electricity throughout most of New York City and Westchester County....

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 57,000 residential, commercial, and industrial customers, gets its wholesale power supply from the Associated Electric Cooperative and the Central Electric Power Cooperative....

The Dakota Electric Association delivers electricity to residents of southeastern Minnesota, the Gopher State, so they don't have to burrow underground for those long, cold winters....

Denton County Electric Cooperative, which operates as CoServ Electric, distributes power to more than 120,000 rural homes and businesses in North Texas. The member-owned cooperative receives its wholesale electricity from the Brazos Generation and Transmission Cooperative....

Duke Energy Kentucky (formerly Union Light, Heat and Power) helps to keep the citizens of the Bluegrass state in the light. The company, organized in 1901, provides electricity and gas to more than 130,000 industrial and residential customers and in northern Kentucky....

Pardon me boy, is that the Electric Power Board (EPB) of Chattanooga? The EPB keeps on choo-chooin' along by providing electricity to more than 163,000 residents and businesses. The utility, which was established in 1935, distributes energy in a 600 sq.-ml....

It's not shocking to know that this company is all about electricity. Électricité de Strasbourg (EDS) is the second largest distributor of electricity in France, behind its majority shareholder Electricité de France. The company provides services to 446,000 customers in more than 376 communities in France's Bas-Rhin region....

Latin America's largest power holding company Enersis gives Chile plenty of heat. Its distribution companies provide power to more than 11.2 million customers in regions of Chile (Chilectra), Argentina (Edesur), Brazil (Ampla Energía e Servicos and Coelce), Colombia (Codensa), and Peru (Edelnor)....