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EC Power
www.ec-power.com

Excelergy
www.excelergy.com

LEXINGTON, MA and HOUSTON, TX., November 7, 2000 - EC Power, a web-based application service provider (ASP) of intelligent transaction routing services for companies in the deregulating gas and electric industries, has partnered with Excelergy to Offer its trading partner and transaction management software, Excelergy eXACTTM, toEC Power's electronic transaction routing service customers.

"EC Power looked thoroughly at the different products we could use to Enhance the transaction services we provide our energy customers, and we chose Excelergy's because the alliance will provide our combined customer base with the most advanced, cost-effective platform for web-based energy transaction exchange in an ASP environment," said Hank Rush, chairman of EC Power. "We particularly liked the fact that Excelergy eXACT employs XML technology, which is known for its ease-of-use and user-friendly data editing format."

EC Power provides intelligent electronic routing and transaction services between retail and wholesale electric and gas companies, essentially managing the electronic data and document exchange for energy companies who want to outsource that function. The company has significant experience in managing large transaction volumes for some of the energy industry's top gas and electric power wholesalers, and has been active in the deregulating retail electricity markets since early 1998.

"The integration of our product with EC Power services provides enormous value to energy companies looking for a cost-effective and efficient means of outsourcing their electronic business transactions," said Cary Bullock, president of Excelergy. "EC Power's offering solves a prevailing industry problem - the inability of energy companies to manage the proliferation of electronic data and communications - and we couldn't be happier working with
a company of their size and reach."

Deregulation has opened the energy market tonumerous new types of energy companies, such as suppliers and distributors, who now must communicate and exchange data electronically with each other in order to serve their business or residential customers. Excelergy's eXACT software was developed to allow quick and accurate data exchange among this expanding number of new and existing market participants. In addition, its user-friendly XML processing reduces the need for highly technical personnel to manage transactions and exceptions, allowing eXACT to provides greater operational savings for all market participants.

About EC Power:
Formed in 1995, EC Power was created to Deliver reliable, timely, cost-effective electronic transaction management services to Customers and vendors in the natural gas and electric industries. EC Power serves energy companies by interconnecting their business applications with other energy players tocost effectively route transaction data for billing, meter data, enrollments, purchase orders, bank wire transfers, and other financial functions required to do business in the deregulating energy markets. EC Power has extensive experience in many facets of business activity, including distribution, manufacturing, purchasing, sales, finance, and transport. EC Power is headquartered in Houston, Texas. More information can be found at www.ec-power.com.

About Excelergy Corporation:
Excelergy delivers complete e-infrastructure solutions to retail energy companies operating in the global energy market. Excelergy's innovative suite of EDI- and XML-enabled products includes the Excelergy ABP* 3000 customer billing and information system, the Excelergy eXACT* family of business-to-business transaction management solutions, and the web-based Energymarketplace energy portal. Headquartered in Lexington, MA, Excelergy has additional US offices in Santa Monica, CA and Atlanta, GA. Its European headquarters are located in Bristol, England. More information is available at www.excelergy.com.

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