Energy and utility companies are building service provider networks to improve profits. Building of more service-provider networks was discussed. Energy and utility service providers are delivering value-added services due to inherent advantages of rights-of-way longstanding customer relationships and extensive customer base. Many of them are willing to build service provider networks and offer those services as they realize the revenue stream, increase customer retention and enable economic development. The latest internet architecture consists of the metro network and the core network. Energy and utility service providers can offer Ethernet services, ATM services etc. with an IP and Optical infrastucture.