Since its launch in May 2004, PECO WIND has become one of the largest and fastest growing green power programs in the country. The 2007 environmental benefit is the same as planting about 12 million trees or not driving 157 million miles. Provided through a partnership with wind energy marketer Community Energy, Inc., PECO WIND is a clean, environmentally-friendly wind power option for customers.

Brent Alderfer, president of Community Energy, Inc., PECO’s wind energy supply partner, said: “The PECO WIND program leads the field in so many ways, it’s not surprising to see it continue to be listed on the Department of Energy’s top 10 programs. PECO and its customers have put Pennsylvania on the map with new, clean wind generation.”

The first wind product offered by a utility in Pennsylvania, PECO WIND is available to PECO’s residential and business customers in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia and York counties and is supplied by a new wind power facility in Waymart, PA, near the Poconos. PECO WIND is offered to residential customers in 100-kilowatt hour (kWh) blocks for an additional monthly fee of about $2.50 per block, added directly to customers’ monthly PECO bill. For more information about PECO WIND call 1-866-WIND-321, or visit www.pecowind.com.

Based in Philadelphia, PECO is an electric and natural gas utility subsidiary of Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC). PECO serves 1.6 million electric and 480,000 natural gas customers in southeastern Pennsylvania and employs about 2,500 people in the region. PECO delivered 78.5 billion cubic feet of natural gas and 39.9 billion kilowatt-hours-hours of electricity in 2007. Founded in 1881, PECO is one of the Greater Philadelphia Region’s most active corporate citizens, providing leadership, volunteer and financial support to numerous arts and culture, education, environmental, economic development and community programs and organizations.

Hancock, MA – EOS Ventures, LLC announced it’s partnership in a press conference today with Sustainable Energy Developments, Inc. (SED). The partnership brings SED and Brian Fairbank, co-owner of Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort, full circle in the renewable energy industry.

On August 15th, 2007 the then 12-person staff of (SED) gathered a top Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort to celebrate it’s biggest accomplishment. Biggest in size that is – it was the ribbon cutting of Jiminy’s 1.5 megawatt wind turbine, a project SED developed from the initial feasibility study to construction management during the installation. After the celebration the SED management team, made up of seven James Madison University alumni, headed back to headquarters fully knowing it would not be their final venture with Brian Fairbank, co-owner of Jiminy.

That brings us to present day, SED sits comfortably in a new office with a now 17-person staff, a new look on the website, 10 large scale projects in the 2008 calendar, and now a strategic alliance with EOS Ventures, LLC. EOS provides a one-stop resource for project expertise, management and ownership to install a turn-key alternative energy unit at your site via a long long-term power purchase agreement.

Brian Fairbank announced his neweast endeavor into the renewable energy industry today. EOS is a company co-owned with his son and former president of the Berkshire Economic Development Corp. Tyler Fairbank as well as co-owner of Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort Joseph O’Donnell. Tyler Fairbank, who will serve as CEO of the company, along with the other two owners have called upon SED to develop and construct wind power projects.

Jiminy’s wind turbine generated more media exposure than Brian Fairbank thought possible. During the installation process and once the blades started spinning he received calls, e-mails, letters and even visits from people who wanted to make their companies, schools, municipalities and farms more sustainable. “More than three years ago, we embarked on a journey and we didn’t know where it was going to take us. We took the fork less traveled and boy, has it made all the difference,” Brian Fairbank said. “We had no idea we were paving the way for something new and exciting and setting an example for others to follow.”

Both Tyler and Brian have seen the positive results of wind energy and along with SED share the same thoughts on the need for building a more sustainable Massachusetts, Northeast United States and world. “With the need to stabalize energy costs and supply it is simply not a good enough reason to say we don’t want to see wind turbines anymore,” said Kevin Schulte, Co-owner and Vice President for Business Development of SED. “I am very excited that in the spirit of SED, founded by a group of old college friends, we can be apart of this exciting new venture with EOS, another group of friends.”

GE Energy will supply RES with nearly 500 megawatts of new wind energy capacity, and will provide commissioning and operations services as well as maintenance support. “Throughout the United States we continue to witness strong interest in the production of cleaner, wind-generated electricity,” said Victor Abate, vice president-renewables for GE Energy. “We are pleased that RES has selected our well-proven, 1.5-megawatt technology to help the company reach its build-out goals for the years ahead.”

RES Americas is part of U.K.-based Renewable Energy Systems, one of the world’s leading renewable energy developers and a leader in the global wind industry for two decades. Since 1997, RES Americas has been a leader in the U.S. wind industry, either developing or constructing more than 12 percent of the country’s installed wind energy capacity.

“We look forward to building our equipment supply relationship with GE, and view it as critical to achieving our goals for expanded ownership of wind projects in the US,” said Craig Mataczynski, President of RES Americas.

The latest agreement with RES reinforces GE’s leadership role in the rapidly growing wind industry. Since 2004, GE has achieved a 500 percent increase in wind turbine production, and its wind business revenues exceeded $4.5 billion in 2007. According to the American Wind Energy Association, over the past two years, GE has supplied wind turbines representing nearly half of the new wind capacity across the United States.

GE’s 1.5-megawatt wind turbine is among the most widely used machines in the global wind industry, with more than 8,000 installed around the world.

GE’s wind turbine technology is a key element of ecomagination, the GE corporate-wide initiative to address challenges such as the need for cleaner, more efficient sources of energy, reduced emissions and abundant sources of clean water.

About GE Energy

GE Energy (www.ge.com/energy) is one of the world’s leading suppliers of power generation and energy delivery technologies, with 2007 revenue of $22 billion. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, GE Energy works in all areas of the energy industry including coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear energy; renewable resources such as water, wind, solar and biogas; and other alternative fuels. Numerous GE Energy products are certified under ecomagination, GE’s corporate-wide initiative to aggressively bring to market new technologies that will help customers meet pressing environmental challenges.

With wind turbine design, manufacturing and assembly facilities in Germany, Spain, China, Canada and the United States, GE Energy is among the leading providers of wind energy products and support services ranging from commercial wind turbines and grid integration products to project development assistance and operation and maintenance. The company’s knowledge base includes the development and/or installation of more than 8,400 wind turbines with a total rated output of more than 11,300 megawatts.

About RES Americas:

Renewable Energy Systems Americas (RES-Americas) has been active in the US market since 1997 and has had a role in developing or constructing more than 12% of the operating wind projects in the United States and greater than 20% of the installed wind capacity in the state of Texas. RES-Americas corporate office is located in Austin, Texas, with regional offices located in Portland, OR, Minneapolis, MN, and Montreal, Quebec, Canada. RES-Americas continue to seek new locations for wind projects as well as opportunities to participate in other forms of renewable energy. For more information, please visit www.res-americas.com.

“We support the goal of securing an environmentally sound energy future, and we are committed to achieving this goal in a reliable and timely manner,” said Mark Stoering, Xcel Energy vice president for portfolio strategy and business development. “We also are striving to achieve this goal in a cost-effective manner for our customers.”

Minnesota’s RES requires Xcel Energy to supply 30 percent of its customers’ electricity needs with renewable resources by 2020. To meet Minnesota’s standard and renewable requirements in other jurisdictions the company serves in the Upper Midwest, Xcel Energy plans to add 2,600 megawatts of wind resources to its system by 2020, over and above the 1,300 megawatts of wind resource scheduled to be on line by the end of 2008. At year-end 2007, the company will have more than 1,000 megawatts of wind power on its Minnesota system.

In two recent filings with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission – its 2007 Resource Plan and its Renewable Energy Plan – Xcel Energy proposes to own approximately half of the new wind resources projected for its system. Xcel Energy also reiterated its commitment to develop at least 500 megawatts of community-based wind resources and said it expects to achieve a balanced portfolio of wind resources from various suppliers.

Proposals are due no later than Feb. 29, 2008. The full text of the Request for Proposals is available at www.xcelenergy.com. Click on the “About Energy and Rates” link and then on “Energy RFPs.” Look for the “NSP Wind RFP” link. Alternatively, you can click on the following link: http://www.xcelenergy.com/docs/NSPWindRFP.pdf.

The Minnesota Renewable Energy Plan is available at http://www.xcelenergy.com/docs/RenewableEnergyPlan_12.10.2007.pdf. The Minnesota Resource Plan will be available this week on Xcel Energy’s Web site at www.xcelenergy.com.

Xcel Energy (NYSE:XEL) is a major U.S. electricity and natural gas company with regulated operations in eight Western and Midwestern states. Xcel Energy provides a comprehensive portfolio of energy-related products and services to 3.3 million electricity customers and 1.8 million natural gas customers through its regulated operating companies. Company headquarters are located in Minneapolis. More information is available at www.xcelenergy.com.

SCHENECTADY, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–To help GE Energy meet the robust worldwide demand for wind turbines, Molded Fiber Glass Companies (MFG) held a groundbreaking ceremony today for a new wind turbine manufacturing plant in Aberdeen, South Dakota that will manufacture blades for GE’s 1.5-megawatt machine, one of the most widely used wind turbines in the world.

The new facility will be owned by the Aberdeen Development Corporation (ADC), and leased and operated by Molded Fiber Glass Companies (MFG), representing a $40 million investment and the creation of up to 750 new jobs. The facility will also enable MFG to increase the volume of wind turbine blade sets being supplied to GE Energy, starting in 2008.

“GE currently has over 6,500 1.5-megawatt wind turbines in operation worldwide. By the end of 2008, we expect that number to exceed 10,000 units,” said Victor Abate, Vice President-Renewables for GE Energy. “The new MFG facility in Aberdeen will significantly increase the manufacturing capacity of our supply chain, as we continue to face strong demand for wind turbines in the U.S. and worldwide.”

“Today’s groundbreaking represents a new milestone in the commercial relationship between MFG and GE Energy,” said Richard Morrison, CEO of MFG. “We are pleased to continue supporting GE’s efforts in the wind energy industry, which is experiencing unprecedented growth around the world. We are also grateful to the team in the Governor’s Office of Economic Development and their hard work to make this happen in South Dakota.”

“We applaud MFG and GE for bringing new jobs to our region,” said South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds. “It makes good business sense for a leader in the wind industry like GE to have its wind blades manufactured in the heart of North America’s best wind energy resource.”

Illustrating the wind industry’s current level of activity, in recent weeks GE Energy has announced agreements totaling nearly $1.5 billion to supply wind turbines for projects in the U.S. and Europe that will total more than a gigawatt of new wind power capacity.

With a 500% increase in wind turbine production since 2004, GE expects its wind business revenues to exceed $4 billion this year. Over the past two years, GE has supplied wind turbines representing more than 50% of the new wind capacity across the U.S.

About GE Energy

GE Energy (www.ge.com/energy) is one of the world’s leading suppliers of power generation and energy delivery technologies, with 2006 revenue of $19 billion. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, GE Energy works in all areas of the energy industry including coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear energy; renewable resources such as water, wind, solar and biogas; and other alternative fuels. Numerous GE Energy products are certified under ecomagination, GE’s corporate-wide initiative to aggressively bring to market new technologies that will help customers meet pressing environmental challenges.

With wind turbine design, manufacturing and assembly facilities in Germany, Spain, China, Canada and the United States, GE Energy is among the leading providers of wind energy products and support services ranging from commercial wind turbines and grid integration products to project development assistance and operation and maintenance. The company’s knowledge base includes the development and/or installation of more than 7,500 wind turbines with a total rated output of more than 9,800 megawatts.

About MFG

Molded Fiber Glass Companies (www.moldedfiberglass.com) is headquartered in Ashtabula, Ohio. MFG produces composite parts for a variety of industries, including wind energy, automotive, heavy truck, material handling, water treatment, construction, and defense. Operating 15 entities, 14 in the U.S.A. and one in Mexico, MFG was founded in 1948 and continues today as a family-owned and managed company.

About Aberdeen Development Corporation

The Aberdeen Development Corporation (www.adcsd.com) of Aberdeen, South Dakota, is a full-service community development corporation with a 50-year history, focusing on new business recruitment, local expansion and start-ups. The Aberdeen Development Corporation does this by designing, building, and leasing industrial and office facilities with the help of state and local incentives.