1001 North 19th Street Arlington, Virginia 22209 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our mission is to help serve the world's need for electricity. One of the only centrally-controlled aspects of AES is our commitment to four major shared principles: to act with integrity, to be fair, to have fun, and to be socially responsible. These principles are goals and aspirations to guide the efforts of the peop…
10435 Downsville Pike Hagerstown, Maryland 21740-1766 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Allegheny Energy, Inc. (NYSE: AYE), headquartered in Hagerstown, Md., is a strong, diversified energy company on the leading edge of change. We are excited by the challenge of deregulation and dedicated to the goals of increasing shareholder value, becoming a national supplier of energy and value-added energy-relat…
30 Harvard Mill Square Wakefield, Massachusetts 01880 U.S.A. Formerly known as Air & Water Technologies Corporation, Aqua Alliance Inc. (AAI) is a leading provider of water, wastewater, and hazardous waste services. Among other activities, the company operates, maintains, and manages water and wastewater treatment facilities; designs and constructs water and wastewater facilities; and provides fo…
P. O. Box 24 Henderson, Kentucky 42420 U.S.A. Big Rivers Electric Corporation is a cooperative engaged in providing electric power to over 80,000 customers in western Kentucky. Consisting of four member systems (Henderson-Union Electric Cooperative, Meade County Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation, Jackson Purchase Electric Cooperative Corporation, and Green River Electric Corporation), Big Ri…
625 Ninth Street Rapid City, South Dakota 57709 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The Company's mission statement is to position the Company nationally to build value for shareholders, offer competitive prices for customers and create opportunities for employees through quality energy services and products. A public utility holding company, Black Hills Corporation is involved in three principal busine…
905 NE 11th Avenue Portland, Oregon 97232 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: As a public agency operating for public purposes, BPA encourages people to get involved in its activities and issues. BPA believes public involvement helps its managers make better decisions. BPA responds to multiple interests and regional concerns and makes its public policy decisions in an open public forum. There are many w…
3 Redwood Crescent East Kilbride Strathclyde G74 5PR United Kingdom Company Perspectives: British Energy's vision statement is "to be the world's leading nuclear energy company." British Energy Plc, in addition to being the United Kingdom's largest power generator (by producing more than 20 percent of the country's power supply through a network of eight nuclear power stations and several non-nuc…
Dalton House, Risley Warrington, Cheshire WA3 6AS England British Nuclear Fuels plc (BNFL) produces fuel for all of the nuclear power stations in the United Kingdom and is a worldwide supplier of uranium fuel for civilian applications, primarily the generation of electricity. BNFL is one of only two companies in the world equipped to offer a complete nuclear fuel cycle service to its customers. F…
195 Montague St. Brooklyn, New York 11201-3631 U.S.A. Brooklyn Union Gas supplies natural gas to the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Staten Island and to a portion of the borough of Queens. Through its subsidiaries, the company also sells gas appliances and energy-related equipment, explores for and develops natural gas reserves, recovers methane from landfill sites, and distributes liquef…
1720 North 1st Street San Jose California 95112 U.S.A. Company Perspectives Looking at California Water Service Group through the eyes of a diverse group of stockholders, it is clear that our company appeals to investors for a variety of reasons. Some like the dividend; others look for long-term growth. Some buy our stock because of their confidence in our management; others are attracted by the …
50 West San Fernando Street San Jose, California 95113 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our strategy is to continue our rapid growth by capitalizing on the significant opportunities in the power market, primarily through our active development and acquisition programs. In pursuing our proven growth strategy, we use our extensive management technical expertise to implement a fully integrated approach …
500 West Wall Street, Suite 400 Midland, Texas 79701 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Cap Rock Electric is united in its commitment to support and improve the lifestyle and business of our customers and community as the energy supplier of choice, with vision and leadership in enhancing customer ownership through value-added, high quality service based on progressive market development and a diversifi…
411 Fayetteville Street Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: CP&L will be a leader in the electric utility industry measured in terms of the cost, reliability and quality of operations, service to customers and returns to our investors. Carolina Power & Light Company (CP&L) supplies electricity to over a million customers in eastern and western North Carolina and central Sou…
222 Fairview Avenue North Seattle, Washington 98109-5312 U.S.A. Cascade Natural Gas Corporation is a gas distribution company that serves more than 100,000 customers in nearly 90 communities located throughout Washington and Oregon. Cascade primarily serves the smaller communities in this region, eschewing the more densely populated cites, such as Seattle, Tacoma, and Spokane. In the early 1950s,…
Charter Court 50 Windsor Road Slough, Berkshire SL1 2HA United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Centrica aims to be the first choice of energy and services to homes and businesses in Great Britain. Centrica plc is the largest gas supplier in the United Kingdom, serving 16 million households, and a growing force in that country's electric industry. Formed during the 1997 breakup of British Gas, Centr…
330 Town Center Drive, #1100 Dearborn, Michigan 48126 U.S.A. CMS Energy Corporation is a diversified energy company with businesses engaged in electric and gas utility operations. The company's primary subsidiary, Consumers Power Company, is Michigan's largest utility and the fourth largest gas and electric utility in the United States. In addition to its regulated utility business, CMS is one of…
One Main Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142-9150 U.S.A. Commonwealth Energy System (COM/Energy) is a public utility holding company with four subsidiaries operating in Massachusetts. Three are engaged in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity, and the fourth in the distribution of natural gas. COM/Energy also owns a steam distribution company, a liquefied natural-gas and…
107 Selden St. Berlin, Connecticut 06037-1616 U.S.A. Going into the mid-1990s, Connecticut Light and Power Co. (CL&P) had been the largest utility in that state since 1927. At the end of 1993, the company was providing electric service to over one million customers in 149 Connecticut cities and towns. Its generating capacity of 5.292 megawatts came from a combination of steam, internal-combustion…
Riverfront Plaza, West Tower 901 East Byrd Street Richmond Virginia 23219 United States Dominion Resources, Inc. (DRI) is a holding company whose largest subsidiary, Virginia Electric and Power Company (Vepco), accounted in the early 1990s for $3.46 billion of DRI's $3.53 billion operating revenues. Vepco, a regulated public utility, supplies electric power to more than 1.7 million customers in V…
120 Tredegar Street Richmond, Virginia 23219 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Dominion's strategy is to be the leading provider of electricity, natural gas and related services to customers in the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions of the U.S., where 40 percent of the nation's energy is consumed. Dominion Resources, Inc. (DRI) is a holding company with assets of over $35 billion whose larges…
P.O. Box 1247 Dayton, Ohio 45402 U.S.A. DPL Inc. was formed in 1986 to be the holding company for Dayton Power & Light Company (DP&L), which has been providing electricity to customers in Central Ohio for more than 80 years. The company that would become Dayton Power & Light was incorporated in March of 1911 as the Hills & Dales Railway Co., a provider of power for electric railways in Dayton. Th…
One Oxford Centre 301 Grant Street Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15279 U.S.A. DQE is an energy services holding company that was created in 1989. Its chief subsidiary, Duquesne Light Company (DLC) has more than a century-long history in the electric utility industry. Serving nearly 600,000 customers in metropolitan Pittsburgh and the surrounding area, encompassing 800 square miles, Duquesne Light was …
2000 Second Avenue Detroit, Michigan 48226-1279 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: More and more people look to DTE Energy every day to help turn their dreams into reality. They have good reason; DTE Energy helps them fuel the engine of progress. The growth of Southeastern Michigan has been driven for enearly a century by the holding company's major subsidiary. With 2,000,000 customers, Detroit Edison …
422 South Church Street Charlotte, North Carolina 28242 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Duke Energy Corporation's diverse business units combine natural gas and electric assets in North America, South America and the Pacific Rim. Our engineering, construction and operating skills serve energy producers and consumers around the world. Our portfolio of energy services covers the energy value chain. Ou…
E.On AG E.On-Platz 1 40479 Düsseldorf Germany Company Perspectives: E.On's strategy is to become a top global, integrated energy service provider via focus and growth strategy. ... [The company will] concentrate exclusively on core energy service business; pursue accretive acquisitions to cement a leading position in Europe and to establish solid position worldwide; dispose of non-utility activi…
9 Riverside Road Weston, Massachusetts 02193 U.S.A. Eastern Enterprises, a company with total assets of more than $1 billion, provides management and staff services to its largely self-financed and independently operated subsidiaries which are leaders in marine transportation, natural gas distribution, and water treatment system components and technology. Eastern's four principal subsidiaries are…
Blvd. du Regent 8 Bruxelles B-1000 Belgium Company Perspectives: Strategy Electrabel is determined to pursue its development in Europe whilst remaining the leader in Benelux. It is constantly improving its performance in all of its business segments and at all levels. Whatever the country or the customer segment concerned, its objective is to provide its customers with quality local products and …
53 Charan Sanitwong Road, Bang Kruai Nonthaburi 11130 Thailand Company Perspectives: EGAT's main mission is to run efficient electricity business by providing and transmitting an efficient, reliable, and reasonably priced electric power supply to meet the country's demand in an environmentally responsible way. In light of the country's electricity industry reform, EGAT's immediate mission is also…
639 Loyola Avenue New Orleans, Louisiana 70113 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Entergy's long-term strategy is to leverage our scale and industry expertise to establish Entergy as a premier integrated wholesale energy company. Our defined strategic initiatives are to expand our nuclear generation portfolio, develop power projects in selected growth markets, build our commodity marketing and trading …
10065 Jasper Avenue Edmonton T5J 3B1 Canada Company Perspectives We create enduring customer relationships and enrich the quality of life for the people, businesses, and communities we serve by providing competitively priced, safe, reliable, and environmentally responsible water and power. EPCOR Utilities Inc., a top Canadian provider of energy and energy-related services and products, is owned b…
10 South Dearborn Street, 37th Floor Chicago, Illinois 60690-3005 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: At Exelon, everything we do is guided by our four core values: 1) boldness in staking out a leadership role in tomorrow's energy markets; 2) creativity in improving the quality of life through energy; 3) accountability to our customers, shareholders, employees, and communities; 4) commitment in operatin…
Barnett Tower One Progress Plaza Suite 2600 St. Petersburg, Florida 33701 U.S.A. Florida Progress Corporation is a diversified holding company whose primary businesses are fuel supply and power. Its primary subsidiary, Florida Power Corporation, the state's second-largest utility, was supplying electricity to 1.3 million customers in 1997. Its service area was primarily in northern and central Fl…
401 S. Dixie Highway West Palm Beach, Florida 33401 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: FPU is a publicly traded utility company, which since 1924 has provided safe, reliable and competitively priced energy as well as value added services to 90,000 customers in growing markets throughout Florida. Florida Public Utilities Company (FPU) is a small but growing publicly traded energy company, providing elec…
23 rue Philibert-Delorme 75840 Paris, Cedex 17 France Company Perspectives: Gaz de France is determined to pursue its ambitious strategy of development along the entire gas chain, from the wellhead to the burner tip, by combining internal and external growth to strengthen its position among leading gas operators in Europe. In 2001, we intend to strengthen our role as a public service addressing l…
1201 Walnut St. Kansas City, Missouri 64141-9679 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Great Plains Energy pursues attractive total returns by managing diverse energy-related businesses to achieve stability, disciplined growth and a substantial dividend for shareholders. Great Plains Energy Incorporated is the holding company for Kansas City Power & Light Company (KCPL), which serves both residential and …
350 Pine Street Beaumont, Texas 77701 U.S.A. Gulf States Utilities Company (GSU) is an investor-owned public electric utility serving more than 578,000 customers in a 28,000-square-mile region stretching from 50 miles east of Austin, Texas, to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. GSU also provides wholesale service to six municipalities and three rural electrical cooperatives. Gulf States generates, transmits…
900 Richards Street Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 U.S.A. Hawaiian Electric Industries (HEI) is a diversified electric utility holding company formed in 1983. HEI's principal subsidiary is the Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO), which serves five of Hawaii's six major islands and 95 percent of the state's total population. By the early 1990s, HEI's nonutility subsidiaries consisted of a federal savings ban…
2, Higashi 1-chome, Ohdori Chuo-ku, Sapporo Hokkaido 060-8677 Japan Company Perspectives: In the months and years ahead, Hokkaido Electric will maximize efforts to maintain a stable and affordable supply of high-quality electricity while striving for greater business development with the aim of providing our customers and shareholders with the level of service they expect. Hokkaido Electric Power…
2, Ohdori Higashi 1-chome Chuo-ku, Sapporo Hokkaido 060-91 Japan Hokkaido Electric Power Company Inc. (HEPCO) supplies electricity to the whole of Hokkaido, the second largest and least densely populated of Japan's main islands. Of the nine regional electric power companies in Japan, HEPCO is the smallest in terms of capitalization (¥113 billion) and the second smallest in terms of generating ca…
23/F 363 Java Road, N Point Hong Kong Company Perspectives: Mission: To provide our customers with a safe, reliable supply of gas and the caring, competent and efficient service they expect, while working to preserve, protect and improve our environment. Hong Kong and China Gas Company Ltd. (also known as Towngas) is the oldest public utility operating in Hong Kong. The company is also the sole s…
P.O. Box 70 Boise, Idaho 83707 U.S.A. Providing power to southern Idaho for much of the twentieth century, Idaho Power Company propelled the progress of the territory and grew to become one of the leading utility companies in the United States. With 17 hydroelectric plants, part-ownership in three coal-fired generating plants, and a diesel-fired power facility, Idaho Power served more than 330,00…
500 South 27th Street Decatur, Illinois 62525 U.S.A. The Illinois Power Company is the second largest provider of gas and electricity in Illinois. It supplies electricity to more than 1.25 million subscribers in 309 municipalities and gas to more than 900,000 subscribers in 257 Illinois communities. Illinois Power has three belts of operation across the state: northern, central, and southern. Ill…
1630 North Meridian Street Indianapolis, Indiana 46202-1496 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Indiana Energy is committed to maximizing returns to investors, commensurate with business risk, and to providing long-term value to our customers by delivering high-quality, competitively priced products and services. All this we accomplish through our most important assets, our employees, and through suppor…
Senator House 85 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4DP United Kingdom Company Perspectives: International Power is a leading independent power producer that generates enough electricity to light millions of homes around the world. We have the resources and skills to play an active role in all phases of the power generation chain, including development, construction, operation, and trading and mar…
39500 Orchard Hill Place, Suite 200 Novi, Michigan 48375 U.S.A. ITC Holdings Corp. (ITC) is a Michigan-based public company whose who lly owned subsidiary, International Transmission Company, is recogniz ed as the first independent electricity transmission company in the U nited States. International Transmission's fully regulated, high-volt age system links generating stations in Michigan and ne…
1201 Walnut Avenue P.O. Box 418679 Kansas City, Missouri 64106 U.S.A. Kansas City Power & Light Company (KCPL) is a medium-size public utility that generates and distributes electricity to over 412,000 customers in western Missouri and eastern Kansas. Metropolitan Kansas City, which is considered to be a world capital of agribusiness, is responsible for about 95 percent of the company's business.…
Western House Halifax Road Bradford West Yorkshire BD6 2S2 United Kingdom Company Perspectives: The Kelda strategy going forward is to concentrate on three areas: water and wastewater services in the UK, water services in the USA and our 46% investment in the Waste Recycling Group plc. This new focus has already led to increased management emphasis on efficiency and service issues and allowed a g…
175 East Old Country Road Hicksville, New York 11801 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: It is not just enough to provide the best possible service at the lowest cost to our customers. At KeySpan Energy, we have a strong commitment to the communities we serve, from Staten Island to Montauk, and beyond. As part of this commitment, our companies seek to establish a legacy of Environmental Excellence throu…
One Allen Center, Suite 1000 500 Dallas St. Houston, Texas 77002 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Kinder Morgan, Inc. is one of the largest midstream energy companies in America, operating more than 30,000 miles of natural gas and product pipelines across the United States. It also has significant retail distribution, electric generation and terminal assets. Based in Houston, Texas, Kinder Morgan, In…
167 Samsong-dong, Kangnam-gu Seoul 135-791 South Korea Company Perspectives: KEPCO of the future will be a major world player that provides all customers with the best electric power products and services available. State-owned Korea Electric Power Corporation, also known as Kepco, is in the process of dismantling its more than 40-year monopoly of South Korea's electric power industry. Since 2001…
One Quality Street Lexington, Kentucky 40507 U.S.A. KU Energy Corporation provides electric service to about 440,000 people in 77 Kentucky and 5 Virginia counties. Through its primary subsidiary, Kentucky Utilities Company, it operates seven power generating stations. A leading institution in the state, Kentucky Utilities Company has grown steadily during its 80-plus years of service to the regio…
175 Old Country Road Hicksville New York 11801 United States Long Island Lighting Company (LILCO) supplies electric and gas service in Nassau and Suffolk counties and the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens County, all on Long Island, New York. The company serves approximately 2.8 million people in an area of 1,230 square miles. As a utility, LILCO has played an indispensable part in the economic growth…
133 South Blair Street Madison, Wisconsin 53703 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: As a community-based energy company, MGE will: provide quality service at competitive rates; meet all of our customers' gas, electric and related energy needs; earn a reasonable return for investors; maintain the highest standards of corporate citizenship and fair treatment for all employees. Madison Gas and Electric Com…
4365 Executive Drive, Suite 900 San Diego, California 92121 U.S.A. One of California's largest geothermal power companies, Magma Power Company explores for, develops, and sells or leases geothermal resources used to generate electric power. A pioneer in its field, Magma is largely responsible for creating the U.S. geothermal industry, first drilling for naturally produced steam in the mid-1950s. …
209 State Street P.O. Box 789 Presque Isle, Maine 04769-0789 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Maine Public Service Company (MPS), now a direct subsidiary of Maine & Maritimes Corporation, is a transmission and distribution company dedicated to transmitting and distributing reliable, economical electric power to Northern Maine. MPS serves energy to approximately 35,000 retail customers in a 3,600 squa…
Meralco Compound Ortigas Avenue Pasig City Metro Manila 0300 Philippines Company Perspectives: Company Philosophy: Service Excellence With Integrity. Company Mission: To Provide Our Customers The Best Value In Energy, Products And Services. Company Vision: To Be A World-Class Company And The Service Provider Of Choice. The Manila Electric Company, or Meralco, is the Philippines' largest distribut…
1500 Ronson Road Iselin, New Jersey 08830-3020 U.S.A Company Perspectives: Middlesex Water Company is committed to helping its customers use water wisely, economically and efficiently. Our aim is to meet the needs of our customers and the community through quick response, cooperation, effective communication and by striving for excellence in everything we do. Operating out of Iselin, New Jersey, …
30 West Superior Street Duluth, Minnesota 55802-2093 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Minnesota Power, Inc. is an unusual blend of regulated utilities and entrepreneurial spirit. We've extended our reach outside Minnesota and diversified far beyond the selling of electricity to market some of the basic essentials of modern life&mdash-ergy, water, transportation and land. Minnesota Power, Inc., a broa…
40 East Broadway Butte, Montana 59701-9394 U.S.A. Montana Power Company is one of the largest utility companies in the Northern Rockies area of the United States, serving 262,000 customers, including Yellowstone National Park, with electricity and 126,000 with natural gas. In addition, Montana Power owns and operates properties in non-utility businesses, including coal mining, gas and oil explora…
30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, New York 10112 U.S.A. The National Fuel Gas Company is an integrated public utility holding company whose operating companies explore, produce, store, and distribute natural gas, build natural gas delivery pipelines, and operate saw mills and dry kilns. The company has 714,700 customers in its primary service areas of western New York State and northwestern Pennsylv…
25 Research Drive Westborough, Massachusetts 01582 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our mission is to be a U.S. energy delivery leader through innovation and continuous improvement in safety, service quality, and efficiency, and by operating in an environmentally and ethically responsible manner to the benefit of customers, shareholders, and employees alike. National Grid USA was formed when London-b…
Windmill Hill Business Park Whitehill Way Swindon Wiltshire SN5 6PB United Kingdom National Power PLC is the largest of the three main electricity generating companies created from the break-up of the nationalized electricity industry in England and Wales. Carved out as a separate division of the Central Electricity Generating Board in 1989 as privatization loomed, National Power was incorporated…
1414 15th Street Columbus, Nebraska 68602 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: As we enter a new era of deregulation and competition, we are presented with a unique opportunity to provide even more services to Nebraskans. However, to compete successfully in the years ahead, we must develop stronger name recognition, higher awareness levels and increase our identity across the state as Nebraska Public Pow…
6226 West Sahara Avenue Las Vegas, Nevada 89151 U.S.A. One of the fastest growing electric utilities in the United States, Nevada Power Company provided electric service to more than 400,000 residential, business, and industrial customers in southern Nevada during the mid-1990s, the most notable of which were the operators of Las Vegas's many hotels and gambling casinos and their fluorescent sign…
25 Research Drive Westborough Massachusetts 01582 United States New England Electric System (NEES) is a public utility holding company that derives its revenues from electric power that its generating company subsidiary, New England Power Company, sells to its retail subsidiaries. These, in turn, sell electricity directly to residential and industrial customers. The retail subsidiaries are Massac…
1415 Wyckoff Road Wall, New Jersey 07719 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We, the employees and leaders of NJR, are committed to meeting our customers' energy needs for value, comfort and convenience. New Jersey Resources Corporation (NJR) is a holding company, whose primary subsidiary is New Jersey Natural Gas Company, provider of energy services to more than 425,000 residential, commercial, and ind…
4500 Vestal Parkway East PO Box 3607 Binghamton, New York 13902-3607 U.S.A. New York State Electric and Gas Corporation (NYSEG) serves central, eastern, and western New York State, an area which, though mostly rural, includes the cities of Binghamton, Elmira, Corning, and Ithaca. Its territory includes one-third of the state's land area and a tenth of its population. With more than 775,000 electr…
107 Selden Street Berlin Connecticut 06037 United States Northeast Utilities (NU) is New England's largest utility company and ranks among the 30 largest in the United States. With the expected addition of Public Service Company of New Hampshire in 1992, NU would serve 1.6 million electricity customers in Connecticut, western Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. In 1966 Northeast Utilities was forme…
174 Brush Hill Avenue Berlin, Connecticut 01090-2010 PO Box 270 Hartford, Connecticut 06141-0270 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our Vision is clear: we're focused on becoming the leading energy delivery and marketing company in the Northeast region. Our approach to growth is a balanced one--concentrating on what we do well, not trying to be all things to all markets. We're focused on the 11-state g…
414 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our investors know us for our financial strength and customers know us for low-cost, reliable service. That is our goal--satisfied investors and satisfied customers. Northern States Power Company (NSP) provides electricity and gas to customers in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, and the upper peninsula of…
125 South Dakota Avenue Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57104 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We know our customers' needs are changing; expectations for superior service and innovative solutions delivered by knowledgeable, trusted professionals have never been greater. This is creating a wealth of opportunity for NorthWestern. Throughout our partner entities, we are focusing our energies and resources on…
211 Carnegie Center Princeton New Jersey 08540-6213 U.S.A. Company Perspectives We generate power. Our assets are real and diverse. Our strategies provide value to our stakeholders and the electricity market. We're NRG Energy and we're proud of the work we do. Based in Princeton, New Jersey, NRG Energy, Inc. is a wholesale power generation company with ownership interest in 58 power generating fa…
7-12, Toranomon 1-chome Minato-ku Tokyo 105 Japan Oki Electric Industry Company's roots are inextricably tangled up with an American invention. Oki's founder, Kibataro Oki, was an engineer working for Japan's Department of Industry when the first telephones to be imported into the country arrived from the United States in 1877. He participated in the planning and production of Japan's first domes…
101 North Robinson P.O. Box 321 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73101-0321 U.S.A. Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company (OG&E), a 90-year-old public utility that is the largest in its home state, serves approximately 645,000 customers in Oklahoma and western Arkansas. With Oklahoma City as its headquarters, the OG&E production and distribution system consists of eight active generating stations: two coal-fir…
250 Yonge Street, 6th Floor Toronto, Ontario M5B 2L7 Canada Company Perspectives: The Ontario Hydro Services Company is a services-based growth company maximizing shareholder value through excellence in energy transmission and distribution businesses. Building off our strong platform of asset ownership, operational excellence and customer approval, we diversify into related, financially attractiv…
4-1-2 Hiranomachi Chuo-ku Osaka 541-0046 Japan Company Perspectives: Aiming to become a one-stop energy solution provider, Osaka Gas strives to achieve superior competitiveness in all facets of its business, from cost and efficiency to environmental preservation and customer services. In all of our activities we aim to become the corporate group that is the preferred choice of our customers. Osak…
215 South Cascade Street P.O. Box 496 Fergus Falls, Minnesota 56538-0496 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our vision is one of: being the energy supplier of choice by providing quality service with low, stable rates; improving sales, earnings and performance annually, to the balanced benefit of customers, shareholders and employees; being instrumental in creating jobs and improving the economy and qu…
700 Northeast Multnomah Portland, Oregon 97232-4116 U.S.A. Owner of Pacific Power & Light, Utah Power & Light, and the Australian utility Powercor, PacifiCorp is one of the largest electric utility holding companies in the United States. In the late 1990s, PacifiCorp provided electric power to 1.3 million customers in parts of Washington, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming, California, Montana, and Idaho, and…
2301 Market Street P. O. Box 8699 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19101 U.S.A. PECO Energy Company ranked among America's top 25 electric and gas utilities in terms of annual sales in 1994. With a service area of 2,475 square miles in southeastern Pennsylvania, including the city of Philadelphia, the company serves over three million customers. Known as Philadelphia Electric Company for most of the tw…
Two North Ninth Street Allentown Pennsylvania 18101 United States Pennsylvania Power & Light Company (PP & L) provides electricity to more than 2.5 million people living in a 10,000-square-mile area in eastern Pennsylvania. It is also involved in coal mining, refined-petroleum pipelines, and commercial and industrial building. PP & L grew out of the consolidation of numerous small Pennsylvania el…
1915 Rexford Road Charlotte, North Carolina 28211 U.S.A. Since its formation in 1950, Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc., has provided natural gas and propane to customers first in the Piedmont region of the Carolinas and, later, to those in Tennessee. In 1996, its service area encompassed a large portion of western North and South Carolina along Interstate 85 and the area in and around metropoli…
400 East Van Buren Street Phoenix, AZ 85004 U.S.A. Pinnacle West Capital Corporation is a Phoenix-based holding with consolidated assets of $6.5 billion. But the main component of Pinnacle West is the Arizona Public Service Company (APS), the state's largest electric utility. The company that became Arizona Public Service started as a small municipal utility in 1884. In the more than one hundred …
400 N. 5th Street Phoenix, Arizona 85072-3999 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: At Pinnacle West we are focused on one constant common goal--create value: Value for our customers, our shareholders, our employees and the communities we serve. Pinnacle West Capital Corporation is a Phoenix-based holding company with consolidated assets of $8 billion and revenues of $4.55 billion. The main component of P…
121 S.W. Salmon St. Portland, Oregon 97204 U.S.A. Portland General Corporation is a diversified holding company whose main subsidiary, Portland General Electric Co. (PGE), generates, buys, transmits, distributes, and sells electricity to more than 580,000 customers in northwestern Oregon. The company's other large subsidiary, Portland General Holdings, provides financial flexibility for nonutilit…
1900 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20068 U.S.A. Potomac Electric Power Company (PEPCO) is an investor-owned utility serving the electricity needs of 1.9 million people in the Washington, D.C., area. Its territory, which includes the District of Columbia as well as major portions of Montgomery and Prince George's Counties in Maryland, is characterized by an affluent population and balance…
Two North Ninth Street Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101-1179 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: PPL Corporation's integrated business strategy&mdash well as its commitment to its customers and the communities it serves--is making the company one of the most successful generation-owning marketers of electricity in the evolving U.S. market, a premier energy delivery company in the Mid-Atlantic region, and a…
1000 East Main Street Plainfield, Indiana 46168 U.S.A. PSI Resources, the parent company of PSI Energy, Indiana's largest utility, was founded in the heyday of electric transport. As trolleys and trains gave way to the automobile, the firm gradually shifted the focus of its business to energy, and since 1941 PSI has been engaged primarily in providing energy to the people and industries of Indian…
550 15th St. Denver, Colorado 80202 U.S.A. Public Service Company of Colorado (PSCCo.) provides electricity and gas to a territory that includes Denver and other cities as well as rural sections of Colorado. Through its subsidiary, Cheyenne Light, Fuel & Power Co., the utility also serves customers in the environs of Cheyenne, Wyoming. Other subsidiaries of PSCCo. include Fuel Resources Developme…
780 North Commercial Street P.O. Box 330 Manchester, New Hampshire 03105-0330 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: PSNH and its employees share a deep conviction that the defining factor separating a business leader from other successful businesses is a sincere commitment to serving the needs of its community. As a statewide company that provides electricity, a product essential to everyday life, PSNH ad…
Alvarado Square Albuquerque, New Mexico 87158 U.S.A. Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) is a utility that generates, transmits, distributes, and sells electricity and natural gas within the state, while marketing some of its excess electrical capacity to regional users. Also the owner of the water company serving Santa Fe, New Mexico, PNM is the largest private employer in New Mexico with…
Avenue Ponce De Leon 171/2 Puerto Rico Company Perspectives: Our Mission: To provide electric energy services to clients in the most efficient, cost-effective and reliable manner, without affecting the environment. Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (Prepa) is a government-owned utility responsible for the distribution of electricity to 1.3 million residential and business customers of Puerto R…
Puget Power Building Bellevue, Washington 98009 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Delivering the highest quality of service at the lowest cost. Puget Sound Energy Inc. is the largest investor-owned utility in the state of Washington. The company serves more than 1.7 million people in a 6,000-square-mile service area that includes eight counties bordering Puget Sound in western Washington and part of K…
Puget Power Building Bellevue, Washington 98009 U.S.A. Puget Sound Power & Light is the largest investor-owned utility in the state of Washington. The company serves more than 1.7 million people in a 4,500-square-mile service area that includes eight counties bordering Puget Sound in western Washington and part of Kittitas County in central Washington, just east of the Cascade mountain range. Pug…
7 Kitaigorodsky Proyezd 103074 Moscow Russia Company Perspectives: The Russian joint stock power and electrification company RAO UES of Russia was established by Russian Federation Presidential Decree No. 923 of August 15, 1992 as a sector-wide holding company with extensive functions in ensuring a reliable supply of electricity and heat energy to the various sectors of the economy and the genera…
1111 Louisiana Street Houston, Texas 77002 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Reliant Energy's operating philosophy is defined by five key business principals that customers, investment professionals, community leaders, and employees have come to expect: we will understand each of our customers on an individual basis and provide them with products and services they value; we will treat people with resp…
89 East Avenue Rochester, New York 14649 U.S.A. A relatively small, independent public utility company, RG&E serves approximately 300,000 customers in a nine county area of upper New York state that includes metropolitan Rochester, the third largest city in the state. Historically, the company was the first in the United States to rid the entire downtown of a major metropolis of all unsightly ove…
Opernplatz 1 45128 Essen Germany Company Perspectives: Liberalisation, internationalization, and new technologies are the central challenges for RWE. The company thinks and acts with customers in mind, reliably and with the one eye on the future. Speed, efficiency and a strong commitment to competition make the group a leading international multi-utility company. RWE AG is the holding company for…
Kruppstrasse 5 Essen 4300 Federal Republic of Germany RWE AG is the dominant electricity producer in Germany, supplying 34% of the country's electricity in 1990 via a distribution and transmission network that extends over 139,000 kilometers--that is, a distance over three times around the world. The company was founded at the end of the 19th century to supply electricity to the city of Essen. Or…
SRP Corporate Offices 1521 North Project Drive Tempe, Arizona 85281-1206 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The mission of the Salt River Project is to be the best water and power organization, dedicated to improving service, lowering costs, resource stewardship, and market focus through involved, change-oriented employees. The Salt River Project (SRP) calls itself a "major multipurpose reclamation pro…
5-5, Keihan-Hondori 2-chome Moriguchi City Osaka 570-8677 Japan Company Perspectives: Management Philosophy: We are committed to becoming an indispensable element in the lives of people all over the world. The Basic Meaning: It calls for the company to unite all its business entities as one corporate group that wins the heart and trust of the people all over the world by developing unique technol…
1530 Markham Road Suite 100 Scarborough, Ontario Canada The Scarborough Public Utilities Commission provides electricity and water to Scarborough, Ontario, a borough of Toronto. Electricity first came to Scarborough in 1892 via the Toronto and Scarborough Electric Railway tracks that ran through the township. In 1906 the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario was created to supply energy to g…
Inveralmond House 200 Dunkeld Road Perth PH1 3AQ United Kingdom Company Perspectives: At the heart of Scottish and Southern Energy's strategy is the belief that the highest priority should always be attached to managing existing businesses well through seeking operational excellence. The effective management of all operations throughout S.S.E. is the best means of achieving a financial performanc…
10 Dunkeld Road Perth PH1 5WA United Kingdom The smaller of the two Scottish electric companies, Scottish Hydro-Electric PLC generates, transmits, and supplies electricity to the Scottish Highlands and Islands. Hydro-Electric's position in the U.K. electricity industry is unique, serving as it does a region comprising some 25 percent of Britain's total land area--and encompassing some of the Unit…
101 Ash Street San Diego, California 92101-3017 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We are excited about creating a new kind of company with the resources to offer our customers innovative solutions and a full menu of energy-related products and services. Critical to our success will be the strong asset base we have put in place, along with our wholesale commodity trading and risk management capabilitie…
2297 Coventry Road Birmingham, West Midlands B26 3PU United Kingdom Company Perspectives: The principle of environmental leadership lies at the heart of our business strategy. It is not just a matter of demonstrating high environmental standards in the operations that we carry out; environmental leadership enables us to provide customers with practical and innovative services that address the env…
2-5, Marunouchi Takamatsu 760-91 Shikoku Japan Shikoku Electric Power Company, Inc. (Shikoku Electric) is one of the nine major regional power companies that generate, transmit, and distribute electricity throughout Japan. The company supplies electricity to all four of Shikoku's prefectures: Tokushima, Kochi, Ehime, and Kagawa. Shikoku, with an area of 19,000 square kilometers and 4.25 million p…
2-5, Marunouchi Takamatsu 760-8573 Kagawa Japan Company Perspectives: Making effective use of its human, technological, and other corporate resources, Shikoku Electric Power, as a leading enterprise in the locality, carries on positive business operations in various sectors in cooperation with Shikoku Electric Group companies under its three-point basic corporate philosophy: "Living together with…
Southern Electric House Westacott Way Littlewick Green Maidenhead Berkshire SL6 3QB United Kingdom Southern Electric PLC was the second-largest regional electricity company in England and Wales, serving 2.5 million domestic, commercial, and industrial customers. Its 16,900-square-kilometer region extended from London in the east to Somerset in the west, and from Oxfordshire in the north to the Is…
20 Northwest Fourth Street Evansville, Indiana 47741 U.S.A. Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company (SIGECO) is an electric and gas utility company serving the southwest portion of the state of Indiana. In 1995 the utility was providing electricity to about 120,000 electricity customers and about 100,000 gas customers. It was also operating nonregulated businesses related to real estate, facili…
5241 Spring Mountain Road PO Box 98510 Las Vegas, Nevada 89193-8510 U.S.A. Southwest Gas Corporation is a natural gas utility serving one of the fastest growing regions of the United States. Southwest purchases, transports, and distributes natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers in three states: Nevada, particularly the Las Vegas and northern Nevada areas; California, inc…
225 North Barranca Avenue, Suite 200 West Covina, California U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Southwest Water is a unique player in the water and wastewater operations industry, capitalizing on the rapid growth of service outsourcing, while maintaining a solid foundation in the regulated utility business. Working with cities, utility districts, private companies, and developers, the company provides …
1, rue d'Astorg 75008 Paris France Company Perspectives: Our 6 Core Values: In constituting the Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux group, we set our sights on becoming the world leader in private infrastructure services. We cannot achieve this goal without strong and widely shared values, without a clear identity, and without rigorous ethical standards. To be a world business organization means first of all…
P.O. Box 111 Tampa, Florida 33601 U.S.A. TECO Energy, Inc., is a holding company whose main operating subsidiary, Tampa Electric Company, is an electric utility serving Florida's central west coast. Tampa Electric serves about 1 million people and more than 467,000 residential, industrial, and commercial customers in an area of approximately 2,000 square miles, the principal cities being Tampa, P…
400 West Summit Hill Drive Knoxville, Tennessee 37902-1499 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: In keeping with its mission of generating prosperity in the Tennessee Valley, TVA's leadership standard is to deliver excellence in business performance and public service by supplying low-cost reliable power, supporting a thriving river system, and stimulating economic growth across a seven-state region of th…
Energy Plaza 1601 Bryan Street Dallas, Texas 75201 U.S.A. Texas Utilities Company is a holding company with six wholly owned subsidiaries, the largest of which is Texas Utilities Electric Company (TU Electric). TU Electric produces and distributes electricity in the eastern, north central, and western sections of Texas, including the Dallas-Forth Worth metropolitan area. This region has about one…
602 Joplin Street Joplin Missouri 64801 U.S.A. Company Perspectives From the early mining camps to the diverse array of industry found across the four-state region today, the "Empire District" is alive and thriving, in no small part, due to the leadership, courage, and spirit of The Empire District Electric Company. The Empire District Electric Company is a small Joplin, Missouri-based utility co…
3-22 Nakanoshima 3-chome Kita-ku Osaka 530 Japan The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. (Kansai Electric) is the second largest Japanese electricity utility and accounts for 19% of utility electricity sales in Japan. The company is one of the nine Japanese electric power companies established on May 1, 1951, as a result of a nationwide reorganization of the electric utility industry under the Law fo…
3-22 Nakanoshima 3-chome Kita-ku Osaka 530-8270 Japan Company Perspectives: To achieve the company's sustainable growth in the current era, when the electric power industry is undergoing major transformations precipitated by deregulatory initiatives, we pledge to devote our full resources to the creation of optimum value for our customers and further fortification of our management base. We will …
130 North Main Street Butte, Montana 59701-9331 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The Montana Power Company is a changing enterprise. We are continuing to move quickly to transform ourselves from a diversified electric and gas utility into a national, high-speed, technologically advanced, broadband fiber-optic products and services transport company under the name Touch America. When this process is c…
270 Peachtree Street, N.W. Atlanta, Georgia 30303 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: OUR BUSINESS IS ENERGY. We supply it. To millions of people. To large energy users in regions with significant growth. In the Southeast. In California. In New England. And in other targeted areas throughout the United States. In China and the Philippines. In Germany and other European Union countries. And in South Amer…
1-3, Uchisaiwai-cho, 1-chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100 Japan The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) is the world's largest privately-owned electric utility company. Japan has eight other major regional power companies--as well as the power company for the island of Okinawa, which the United States returned to Japan in 1973--but TEPCO alone supplies approximately one-third of Japan's electricity. In …
157 Church Street P.O. Box 1564 New Haven, Connecticut 06506-0901 U.S.A. The United Illuminating Company (UI) is an operating electric public utility company and is engaged in the production, purchase, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity for residential, commercial, and industrial purposes in a service area of about 335 square miles in the southwestern part of the state of Connect…
1-5-20 Kaigan Minato-ku Tokyo 105 Japan Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (Tokyo Gas) is Japan's largest city gas supplier, distributing gas to the Kanto region, encompassing the cities of Tokyo, Yokohama, and Kawasaki, as well as to eight other prefectures. With around 7.5 million customers and a vast, highly developed supply infrastructure, Tokyo Gas is one of Japan's leading energy companies. Encouraged by …
5-20 Kaigan, 1-chrome Minato-ku Tokyo 105-8527 Japan Company Perspectives: The Tokyo Gas Group must aspire to be a company that contributes to socioeconomic advancement, pleasant living, and the mitigation of global environmental problems through its supply of environment-friendly natural gas and other energy, as well as related energy-value added services. Tokyo Gas will thereby continue to move…
110 12th Ave. SW Box 1900 Calgary, Alberta T2P 2M1 Canada TransAlta Utilities Corporation is the largest investor-owned electric utility in Canada. TransAlta supplies electric energy to over 630,000 customers, which amounts to approximately 70 percent of Alberta's electricity consumption. Its principal subsidiary, TransAlta Resources Corporation, handles the company's non-utility investments, whi…
6688 North Central Expressway Suite 1400 Dallas, Texas 75206 U.S.A. Triton Energy Corporation is one of the largest U.S. independent oil and natural gas exploration and production companies. It is distinguished from its U.S. peers by its emphasis on overseas operations. Triton's roller coaster ride to success was punctuated by infighting, brushes with bankruptcy, allegations of fraud, and high-ri…
One First National Plaza Chicago, Illinois 60690 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: As a leading generator and provider of energy, we recognize that excellence in Nuclear and Fossil Operations and maintenance of our high standards of system reliability are imperative. The competitive market further compels us to focus on our customers, improving their satisfaction and our corporate reputation. We must …
1901 Chouteau Avenue St. Louis Missouri 63166 United States Union Electric Company is the largest electric utility in the state of Missouri. Also serving parts of Illinois and Iowa, the company supplies electricity to roughly one million customers and is a distributor of natural gas, steam, and water. Union Electric's territory is strong in the metal, chemical, and petroleum-refining industries. …
Dawson House Great Sankey Warrington, Cheshire WA5 3LW United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Our strategy: Pursuing a focused strategy to deliver growth and efficiency by: Growing our support services businesses using our core skills of asset management and customer management; Improving the efficiency of our licensed operations by maximising the synergies attainable by us as a multi-utility opera…
220 Old Hook Road Harrington Park, New Jersey U.S.A. Company Perspectives: United Water seeks to be the premier water services company in North America. 'Premier' designation is never ours to claim or own. We earn it only through the eyes of our customers, our employees, our shareholders and the communities where we operate. And every day we must earn it all over again. Our corporate logo, the wa…
700 N.E. Multnomah Street Suite 1600 Portland, Oregon 97232-4116 U.S.A. Utah Power and Light Company (UP&L) is the major provider of electrical power in Utah and the Intermountain West. Since its creation in 1912, it has acquired more than 100 small power producers and supplied power for the area's homes, companies, and cities. UP&L has encouraged the use of electrical consumption by promoting ap…
Jämtlandsgatan 99 162 87 Stockholm Sweden Company Perspectives: Vision: Vattenfall--a leading European energy company. Mission: Vattenfall's mission is to enhance customers' competitiveness, environment and quality of life through efficient energy solutions and world-class service. Sweden's Vattenfall AB is vying for a leading role in Europe's energy generation and transmission market. The gover…
120 Malone Road Belfast BT9 5HT United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Our Mission: Providing an affordable and reliable electricity supply to the people of Northern Ireland. Our Vision: To be recognised as an organisation that contributes to the prosperity of the community in which it operates. Viridian Group plc is the holding company that controls Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE), which provid…
42 avenue de Friedland 75380 Paris Cedex 08 France Company Perspectives: Our vision is to be the world's preferred creator and provider of entertainment, education, and personalized services to consumers anywhere, at any time, and across all distribution platforms and devices. Formerly known as the Générale des Eaux Group, Vivendi Universal S.A. operates as a leading entertainment conglomerate …
1100 H Street N.W. Washington, D.C. 20080 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Washington Gas Light Co.'s mission is to "provide the best energy value&mdashø be the customers' choice for energy, profitably offering all products and services at competitive prices." Washington Gas Light Company provides natural gas to the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area including segments of Maryland, Virginia, and We…
815 Mercer Street Seattle, Washington 98109-4714 U.S.A. Washington Natural Gas Company, the largest natural gas utility in the State of Washington, is one of the fastest growing natural gas utilities in the United States. Serving 425,000 customers in five counties, Washington Natural's customer base is primarily residential, with industrial and commercial clientele composing about ten percent of …
East 1411 Mission Avenue Spokane, Washington 99202 U.S.A. The Washington Water Power Company (WWP) is a shareholder-owned utility that supplies electricity and gas to customers in areas of Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and California. The company, which has been operating for more than a century, has received three Edison Awards for its 'distinguished contribution to the development of electric ligh…
P.O. Box 889 Topeka, Kansas 66601-0889 Company Perspectives: Westar Energy will operate the best utility in the Midwest. We will provide our customers quality service at below average prices. Westar Energy, Inc.--formerly Western Resources, Inc.--was formed in 1992 as the result of a merger between the Kansas Power and Light Company (KPL) and the Kansas Gas and Electric Company (KG&E). One of the…
P.O. Box 889 Topeka, Kansas 66601 U.S.A. Western Resources, Inc., is the result of a 1992 merger between the Kansas Power and Light Company (KPL) and the Kansas Gas and Electric Company (KG&E). The company is one of the largest combination utilities in the Midwestern United States, providing natural gas and electric utility service to customers in Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. Of its three oper…
231 West Michigan St. P.O. Box 2046 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201 U.S.A. Wisconsin Energy's origins lie in the late 1880s, when financier Henry Villard consolidated Milwaukee's electric and streetcar companies into the Milwaukee Street Railway Company, a subsidiary of an early utility trust called the North American Company. Villard made his acquisitions quietly and in his own name. Within three yea…
231 West Michigan St. Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: While transforming our long-term growth strategy into reality, we are committed to: Focusing on our core businesses of electric generation, electric and gas distribution, and pump manufacturing. Operating our utility companies efficiently and effectively while continuing to generate and deliver safe, reliable and reason…
700 North Adams Street P.O. Box 19001 Green Bay, Wisconsin 54307-9001 U.S.A. Wisconsin Public Service Corporation is one of the larger public utilities in the Midwest. It supplies electricity and natural gas to customers in northeastern Wisconsin and part of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The company's largest urban markets are the cities of Green Bay, Oshkosh, Wausau, and Stevens Point. Wiscon…
700 North Adams Street P.O. Box 19001 Green Bay, Wisconsin 54307-9001 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: As we move forward, we see a vibrant company that has the capacity to confront short-term challenges head-on without sacrificing its values or its drive to reach its long-term aspiration of creating the world-class energy company. We also see a company that is dedicated to creating value for its sta…
414 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401-1993 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our name reflects our core value--excellence in energy products and services. We are dedicated to providing you the best in service, value and information to enhance your professional and personal life. We are committed to customer satisfaction by continuously improving our operations to be a low-cost, reliable, envi…
280 Park Avenue Suite 2700W New York, New York 10017 U.S.A. York Research Corporation develops, constructs, owns, and operates electric power and thermal generation (cogeneration) facilities alone or in strategic partnerships. These facilities are fueled by natural gas, solar energy, or windpower. A subsidiary that was marketing electricity and accounting for almost all of York's annual revenue o…