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USPowerSolutions

CAMBRIDGE, MA. & LEXINGTON, MA., November 14, 2000 - USPowerSolutions, the leader in providing customer-centric, enterprise-wide solutions for the deregulated energy marketplace, has chosen Excelergy's billing product, Excelergy ABP* 3000, to Support the billing requirements of PowerSolution*, USPowerSolutions' complete back-office solution for unregulated energy providers.

The addition of Excelergy's billing engine to PowerSolution significantly increases our billing capabilities and provides our customers with the ability to Handle tens of millions of meters. The ABP 3000 billing product is the only software in the marketplace that can handle the complex billing needs of a modern Energy Service Provider (ESP) without extensive custom development work," said Alexander Kanuth, president of USPowerSolutions. 

With this integration, customers who need the scalability and functionality of Excelergy's ABP 3000, but want to combine it with advanced customer care functionality, a user-friendly web-based interface, advanced communications management and an Application Service Provider (ASP) model now have an option.

USPowerSolutions' ASP model enables seamless integration with new and existing enterprise-scale applications as an ESP's business evolves. With this model, ESPs can adjust quickly to the various regulatory, competitive and customer-driven demands of the marketplace and still retain control of their data, their vendors and the business processes that connect them. 

PowerSolution provides a single integrated interface to a suite of applications that are not only best-of-breed but also solidly built for an ESP's business. By incorporating Excelergy's ABP 3000 billing product into USPowerSolutions' business model, ESPs will be able to react quickly and cost-effectively to the billing pressures they face in today's marketplace.

Integrating Excelergy's ABP 3000 into USPowerSolutions' overall platform provides a very compelling value proposition to ESPs. Not only will ESPs have access to a portfolio of applications that are available in the USPowerSolutions offering but they will also have access to a robust billing engine that is flexible and adaptable to their changing needs," said Cary Bullock, Excelergy's president.

We are thrilled that USPowerSolutions selected Excelergy's billing software for their customers."USPowerSolutions is implementing the billing product of Excelergy ABP 3000 version 4.1, the most advanced version ever offered. ABP 3000 version 4.1 offers support for new jurisdictions and more comprehensive billing functionality for both metered and non-metered products and services. ABP 3000 was created specifically to address the challenges of restructuring markets.

About USPowerSolutions:
USPowerSolutions is the leading provider of customer-centric, enterprise-wide solutions for the deregulating energy marketplace. Its product provides energy companies with a single integrated point of access to best-of-breed providers across the entire commodity supply chain. Using an innovative and proprietary technology platform and a unique application delivery method, USPowerSolutions is able to very rapidly deploy world-class enterprise information systems that are cost effective, easy to manage, and highly flexible. USPowerSolutions' customers include some of the most innovative energy companies in North America. Headquartered in Cambridge, MA, USPowerSolutions can be accessed via the Web at .

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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