Eskom, South Africa's quasi-state electric utility, provides electricity around the continent and has ambitious expansion plans.
A gas-powered generator provides electricity and heat.
There is also a wind turbine that provides electricity.
A generator provides electricity and operates the heating and air-conditioning.
A hydroelectric plant at the dam provides electricity for much of the same area.
Con Ed provides electricity to about three million customers in New York City and Westchester County.
Upside: All waste burnt at Edmonton provides electricity for the National Grid.
A patchwork of diesel generators provides electricity for people who can afford it.
Uganda's Electric Board, for instance, also provides electricity to parts of Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and Kenya.
Its Consumers Energy unit provides electricity for 1.7 million Michigan residents and natural gas for 1.6 million.
The government provides electricity, running water and trash collection, and once a day a postman comes by on his motorcycle.
