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50Hertz is a transmission system operator managing the extra-high-voltage grid across northern and eastern Germany, serving 18 million people in Berlin, Brandenburg, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia. Its 10,200-kilometer network connects to Poland, Czech Republic, Denmark, and soon Sweden within the European grid. With 1,100 employees at ten locations, the company integrates over 50 percent renewable energy into annual consumption through grid expansions and balance management.

EVN AG is an Austrian-based utilities company that generates and distributes electricity and operates in natural gas, waste management, water supply, wastewater treatment and thermal waste utilization service. Evn operates in Austria, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Croatia, Albania, and Germany. The company's operations are divided into segments that include Energy, Generation, Networks, South East Europe, Environment and All Other Segments, out of which South East Europe generates maximum revenue. The company earns majority revenue from Austria.

Enel Chile SA is an electricity utility company, which through its subsidiaries and affiliates is engaged in the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity businesses in Chile. It operates through two segments including Generation Business and Distribution and Network Business. The Generation Business Segment is comprised of a group of electricity companies that own electricity generating plants, whose energy is transmitted and distributed to end customers. The Distribution and Network Reportable Segment is comprised of a group of electricity companies operating under a public utility concession.

Hera SpA is Italian energy and utilities holding company. As a holding company, Hera is a combination of public-service companies built into a single multi-utility entity. The company operates the waste management (waste management and treatment), water (aqueduct, sewerage, and purification) and energy (distribution and sale of electricity, gas, and energy services) sectors; it also offers services for public lighting and telecommunications. The group operates in Italy, the European Union, and outside the European Union, out of which the majority of revenue is derived from Italy.

Southwest Gas Holdings Inc is a utility company engaged in the purchasing, distributing, and transporting of natural gas in the American Southwest. The company segments its activities into natural gas distribution segment. The Natural gas distribution segment encompasses the company's core natural gas business as distributors in the states of Arizona and Nevada. Its division is responsible for roughly half of Southwest Gas' total revenue through the sale of natural gas to mainly residential and small commercial customers.

Tokyo Electric Power Co Holdings is a Japan-based company engaged in the generation and distribution of electric power. The company operates through five segments. The Energy Partner segment provides optimal total solutions, customer services, and low-cost power procurement. The Fuel & Power segment focuses on thermal power generation, fuel procurement, and related investments. The Holdings segment provides management support, shared services, and oversees nuclear power operations. The Power Grid segment handles electricity transmission, transformation, distribution, and related facility construction and maintenance. The Renewable Power segment generates and sells renewable energy, manages facilities, and develops new renewable projects in Japan and overseas.

Shenergy Co Ltd is engaged in the electric power and energy industry in China. Its main business includes the investment, construction, operation, and management of electric power, petroleum, and natural gas. The company has invested in and completed electric power projects, which are distributed in various fields such as thermal power, natural gas power, hydropower, and nuclear power.

Portland General Electric is a regulated electric utility providing generation, transmission, and distribution services in a service territory that includes about half of all Oregon residents and two-thirds of the state's business activity. The company owns (wholly or through joint ventures) 3.5 gigawatts of gas, coal, wind, and hydro generation along with 300 megawatts of energy storage.

Mercury NZ (formerly Mighty River Power) generates more than 15% of New Zealand's electricity and is one of the four major electricity generators and suppliers in the country. All electricity is generated from renewable sources, which makes it one of the lowest-cost providers of electricity. The company operates nine hydro stations and five geothermal power plants in the North Island and some wind farms. Mercury sells electricity to residential and commercial customers and has the largest share of the key Auckland market.

Shanghai Electric Power Co Ltd is a China-based energy company. It is engaged in the production and sale of electricity and thermal power. It is a modern energy company integrating high-parameter and large-capacity coal-fired power, gas-fired power, wind power, solar power, and distributed energy supply, and others.

TXNM Energy Inc is a holding company that owns regulated utility companies providing energy to houses and businesses across Texas and New Mexico using its utilities.

YTL Corp Bhd is an integrated infrastructure developer with operations in Malaysia, Singapore, the United Kingdom, Australia, China, Finland, France, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan, the Netherlands, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam. It is an investment holding and management company with segments including Utilities, Cement & Building Materials Industry, Property Investment & Development, Hotel Operations, and Management Services, construtions and others. The company generates majority of its revenue from the Utilities segment. Its geographic focus is Malaysia, the UK, Singapore, and other countries.

Kyushu Electric Power Co Inc is a Japan-based company mainly engaged in the electric power business. Its operating segments include ICT Service Business, Other Energy Service Business, Overseas Business, Power Generation and Sales Business, Power Transmission and Distribution Business, Urban Development Business, and Others. It generates the majority of its revenue from the Power generation and sales business segment, whose main business is the power generation and retail electricity business in Japan.

Black Hills Corp is a U.S.-based energy company that operates through its Electric Utilities and Gas Utilities segment. These segments operate in states in the Midwest and mountain regions in the U.S. The company's customers include residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal consumers. These customers are residential. Black Hills derives the majority of its revenue from its utility business group, specifically from gas utilities.

New Jersey Resources is an energy services holding company with regulated and nonregulated operations. Its regulated utility, New Jersey Natural Gas, delivers natural gas to nearly 600,000 customers in the state. NJR's nonregulated businesses include investments in commercial solar projects and several large midstream natural gas projects.

Slovenský plynárenský priemysel is a Bratislava-headquartered energy supplier delivering natural gas to households and businesses across Slovakia and export markets in Europe. The company also distributes electricity through regional networks and operates a chain of compressed natural gas fueling stations for vehicles.

SSEN Transmission is an Inverness-headquartered operator of the high-voltage electricity transmission network serving 4.5 million customers in northern Scotland and the north of England. The company maintains 16,000 circuit kilometers of overhead lines and substations rated up to 400 kV. SSEN Transmission invests £2 billion through 2026 in grid reinforcements to integrate offshore wind connections.

Elenia is an electricity distribution system operator in Finland, running a regional distribution network and selling connection, metering and network services to households, businesses and municipalities. It serves about 440,000 customers in Kanta-Hame and Paijat-Hame, Pirkanmaa, Central Finland, South Ostrobothnia and North Ostrobothnia. The company was formed in 2012 from Vattenfall's former Finnish distribution and heating operations and is headquartered in Tampere. Company sources describe it as Finland's second-largest distribution system operator.