San Francisco, CA (December 20, 2002)-- The Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) announced today that 3 Phases Energy Services has earned Green-e certification for their Tradable Renewable Certificate (TRC) product: Green Certificates™. Corporate, government and residential customers who buy 3 Phases' Green Certificates™ will have an independent assurance that their purchase supports generation from newly built wind power facilities across the U.S.A.

"We are pleased to receive Green-e certification," says Erik Rothenberg, Chief Green Officer at 3 Phases. "Our organization was founded upon and committed to the idea of providing customers with the highest quality options to support renewable energy generation --certification further strengthens our assurances to customers that we are working together towards a sustainable energy future."

"Through the purchase of Green Certificates™, consumers help reduce our nation's dependence on fossil fuels to produce electricity, and contribute to the reduction of harmful air pollutants," said Gabe Petlin, Green-e Program Manager for CRS. "Green-e certification means consumers can be confident they are receiving the environmental benefits of green power as well as helping to expand the market for clean renewable energy."

TRCs (or "Green Tags") are created when a renewable energy facility generates electricity. Each unique certificate represents the attributes or benefits of 100% new renewable generation and is sold separately from the electricity. When a customer buys a TRC product such as Green Certificates™ they buy the benefit of displacing non-renewable power sources such as oil, gas and nuclear from the national grid.

Renewable energy or "green power" is only available to 40% of U.S. electricity users through competitive power markets and utility green pricing programs. TRCs make it possible for all electricity users to support renewable energy, regardless of whether their state is deregulating its energy markets. Now seven different Green-e certified TRC providers help bring new renewable energy plants online in the Northeast, Mid Atlantic, Great Plains, Texas, Pacific Northwest, and California.

"The renewable power itself is simply electricity --a stream of electrons," said Dan Kalafatas, Director of Renewable Certificates Program for 3 Phases. "By purchasing Green Certificates™ in addition to their existing energy supply, customers can match the environmental benefits of the Green Certificates™ to the electron stream they consume from the national grid. This process results in the same benefits as a renewable power purchase." Green-e certifies that an amount of renewable energy equivalent to the customer's purchase is delivered to the national electric grid. Information on 3 Phases Energy Services certified products may be found at: www.3phases.com.

Since 1997, Green-e has been a nationally recognized, voluntary certification program to help consumers identify superior renewable energy products sold in competitive retail electricity markets, regulated markets, and nationwide through Tradable Renewable Certificates (TRCs). To earn Green-e certification, TRC products must originate from 100% new renewable facilities that generate energy from the sun, the wind, the heat of the Earth, low-impact hydropower, biogas, or biofuels. Certified providers undergo an annual verification process audit to document that the company purchased enough quantity and type of renewable certificates to meet customer demand and marketing claims. 3 Phases also agrees to abide by the Green-e Code of Conduct, and to submit marketing materials to CRS to meet Green-e disclosure and truth-in-advertising requirements.

For further information, please contact Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) at (415) 561-2100, or visit the website(s) www.resource-solutions.org or www.green-e.org. CRS is a nonprofit organization that encourages sustainable growth and promotes the use of clean energy.

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