Palatine Park District Contracts With Champion Energy Services

HOUSTON, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Scott Fordham, president and chief executive officer, today announced that Champion Energy Services (championenergyservices.com) recently secured a contract to provide electric energy for Palatine Park District's newest facility, Falcon Park Recreation Center (www.palatineparkdistrict.com/falconpark.html), a multi-use facility encompassing an indoor turf field, gymnasium, indoor walking track, meeting facility, conference room and administrative offices.

The electricity contract includes Renewable Energy Certificates that will save an estimated 105 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions — the equivalent of CO2 emissions from 11,794 gallons of gasoline, based on a U.S. non-baseload CO2 emissions rate — over the contract period.

"Facilities such as Falcon Park are neighborhood hubs and the heartbeat of the communities we serve," said Fordham. "The district's inclusion of green energy components reflects an ever-growing trend to protect the environment with energy products sourced from renewable generation using wind, solar energy and biofuels."

About Champion Energy Services

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Houston-based Champion Energy Services ranks among the top retail electric providers in the United States. The company also ranks "Highest in Residential Customer Satisfaction with Retail Electric Services," according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2010 Texas Residential Retail Electric Provider Customer Satisfaction Study™ released August 2010, as detailed at jdpower.com. Champion Energy currently serves residential, commercial and industrial customers in deregulated electric energy markets in Texas, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Ohio and is slated to enter the New Jersey and California markets in 2010. Backed by the financial strength of Texas-based Crane Capital, the company serves 450,000 residential customer equivalents, with a peak load near 1,200 Megawatts. PUCT No. 10098, PA PUC license A-2009-2124113, Ohio PUC certificate 09-166E(1), Illinois (ICC) docket 10-0168.

SOURCE Champion Energy Services