Champion Energy Services Partners with Healthcare Coalition of Texas

HOUSTON, Feb. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Scott Fordham, president and chief executive officer, announced that Champion Energy Services (www.championenergyservices.com) has partnered with Healthcare Coalition of Texas (HCT), headquartered in Plano, Texas, to offer their members (which represents 62,000 employees and 9,000 medical staff) preferred pricing for residential electricity throughout the state of Texas.

"This arrangement will help extend the Champion Energy brand to tens of thousands of HCT members' employees," said Fordham, "with a direct benefit of competitive residential electricity rates as well as access to the only residential electricity provider to be ranked 'Highest in Residential Customer Satisfaction with Retail Electric Service, Two Years in a Row' according to J.D. Power and Associates."

"We're thrilled to offer employees of our not-for-profit member healthcare systems a combination of better electricity rate plans and high-value services through Champion Energy Services," said Beau Moon, Healthcare Coalition of Texas, Vice President – Business Development. "As we prepare for increased prices in the Texas deregulated market, Champion Energy's superior customer care will provide the most flexible options for residential electricity services."

About Healthcare Coalition of Texas
Healthcare Coalition of Texas, based in Plano, Texas, is a member-led organization representing 14 community-based hospitals and healthcare systems across Texas. Founded on the principles of common mission and collective strength, the group shares knowledge, adopts best practices and collaborates on innovative programs in a committed fashion to improve overall performance.  For more information, visit www.hcotx.com. 

About Champion Energy Services
www.championenergyservices.com
Houston-based Champion Energy Services is the fastest-growing retail electric provider in the nation and the largest never to have been affiliated with a utility. Champion Energy currently serves residential, governmental, commercial and industrial customers in deregulated electric energy markets in Texas, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio and New Jersey and plans to begin serving customers in Maryland in the second quarter of 2012. The company has ranked "Highest in Residential Customer Satisfaction with Retail Electric Service, Two Years in a Row" according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2010-2011 Texas Residential Retail Electric Provider Customer Satisfaction Studies(SM).* Backed by the financial strength of Texas-based Crane Capital and EDF Trading North America, LLC, the company serves 1,000,000 residential customer equivalents, with a peak load of near 2,600 megawatts. PUCT No. 10098, PA PUC license A-2009-2124113, Ohio PUC certificate 09-166E(1), Illinois (ICC) docket 10-0168, New Jersey BPU license ESL-0082 and Maryland IR-2196.

* For J.D. Power and Associates award information, go to www.jdpower.com.

CONTACT: Scott Fordham, President & Chief Executive Officer, +1-281-653-1813, [email protected].

SOURCE Champion Energy Services