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Constellation Energy-Nashville District Energy Plant Celebrates Successful First Year of Operation

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Constellation Energy (NYSE: CEG - News) today announced that its Nashville District Energy Plant has successfully completed its first year of operation with delivery of more than $14 million in heating and cooling services to 38 major public and private buildings in downtown Nashville.

"During our first year reliability was excellent, as the plant provided uninterrupted steam heating and chilled water cooling to all of our customers," said Greg Jarosinski, president of Constellation Energy's Projects & Services Group, which oversees the plant's operation. "We have a great workforce in Nashville, and this is a significant milestone that highlights our ability to build and manage these kinds of large-scale heating and cooling facilities."

Over the next decade, the District Energy Plant is expected to save the City of Nashville approximately $66 million in energy costs.

Nashville Mayor Bill Purcell, who attended the recent one-year anniversary celebration at the plant, said Constellation "is meeting and exceeding expectations."

"They worked hard to make this first year a success both for the city and its customers," Purcell said. "All the reports are positive as is the outlook for the years ahead."

The Nashville District Energy Plant is one of three such outsourced utility facilities Constellation Energy Projects & Services Group operates nationwide. The Group also built and operates the central heating and cooling plant at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, home of the Pittsburgh Steelers, and a central chilled water distribution system for The Rouse Company's Las Vegas Fashion Show mall.

Constellation Energy (http://www.constellation.com), a Fortune 200 company based in Baltimore, is the nation's leading competitive supplier of electricity to large commercial and industrial customers and the nation's largest wholesale power seller. Constellation Energy also manages fuels and energy services on behalf of energy intensive industries and utilities. It owns or operates 107 generating units at 35 locations in 11 states totaling approximately 12,500 megawatts of generating capacity. The company delivers electricity and natural gas through the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, its regulated utility in Central Maryland. In 2004, revenues totaled $12.5 billion.




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Source: Constellation Energy


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