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SPL WorldGroup, Inc.
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MORRISTOWN, NJ., July 19, 2001 - SPL WorldGroup B.V. (SPL), the leading provider of customer management solutions to the global energy industry, reports that eight new customers have gone live with customer management software solutions from SPL through the first half of the year. Demonstrating the versatility and range of the company's innovative customer management software products, SPL continues to excel in ensuring that customers obtain the benefits from their software investment with an unmatched 100% implementation success track record.

Ranging from among the largest fully integrated energy companies in the world, to retail operations, distribution companies and municipal service providers, each of these customers is now successfully using SPL software to support their day-to-day operations. The impressive list includes Electricité de France, Dayton Power & Light, UtiliCorp Networks, People's Energy Services, Cedar Rapids Water Department, Grays Harbor Public Utilities District, Benton Public Utilities District and California Water Services.

"SPL is the only customer management software solution provider that can demonstrate a 100% successful implementation track record. We have never failed a customer." said CD Hobbs, President and Chief Executive Officer, SPL WorldGroup. "The eight companies that have implemented our solutions so far this year represent the entire range of energy companies in terms of the business and markets they serve. It is a testament to our company,
products and people that we can meet the changing requirements facing the retail and distribution needs of the investor owned market, as well as those of the public sector energy companies."


About SPL WorldGroup
Established in 1994, SPL WorldGroup is a leading provider of best-of-breed customer management solutions to the energy and service related industries in regulated and competitive markets worldwide. With a 100% record of successful implementations, SPL continues to demonstrate its place as the market leader in providing flexible and scalable customer management solutions that evolve with client requirements and enable unrivaled business responsiveness. SPL employs over 600 professionals in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific and has delivered its customer management products to more than 50 energy, water and waste management customers worldwide. Visit SPL WorldGroup at www.splwg.com or call (973) 539-6268 (New Jersey), (415) 541-9462 (San Francisco), or within the US and Canada, (800) 275-4775.

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