U.S. Energy Savings Corp. Offering Green Energy Option

Chicago, Illinois - U.S. Energy Savings Corp. (http://www.usesc.com), a leading energy retailer located in Chicago, Illinois, is pleased to announce the launch of its Green Energy Option program for natural gas customers (GEOgas). For a small premium on their natural gas bills, the program provides customers the opportunity to offset their household's natural gas related greenhouse gas emissions with sponsored carbon reductions.

Many scientists believe that global warming is due in large part to the recent significant increase in the level of greenhouse gases in the earth's atmosphere. U.S. Energy Savings Corp. customers who enroll with the fixed price natural gas program, in addition to receiving peace of mind from volatile energy supply prices, can now mitigate the negative environmental impacts of their energy consumption.

"The average natural gas consuming American household is responsible for approximately 5 metric tons of CO₂ emissions annually just from natural gas use for home heating. Now, our customers can do something to offset those emissions," said Brennan Mulcahy, CEO of U.S. Energy Savings Corp.

Participating customers can choose to offset 20% to 100% of their natural gas consumption through GEOgas. As part of this program, U.S. Energy Savings Corp. invests in initiatives that promote CO₂ reductions such as industrial emission reduction programs, methane capture and use, and soil carbon removal.

In addition to being a first in the Illinois market, the product has another Chicago tie -- some of the offsets will be traded through the Chicago Climate Exchange; North America's only legally binding rules-based greenhouse gas emissions trading system.

"GEO is a simple, convenient program designed to help us, as energy consumers, reduce the size of our carbon footprints," Mulcahy said. "A customer who chooses 100% participation would effectively offset approximately 5 tons of greenhouse gas emissions. If nine of that customer's neighbors did the same, the offset would be more than 50 tons of carbon dioxide annually."

About U.S. Energy Savings Corp.:

U.S. Energy Savings Corp. sells natural gas and electricity to residential, small to mid-size commercial and small industrial customers under long term, fixed price contracts. U.S. Energy Savings Corp. is a part of Energy Savings Group, a leading North American retailer serving natural gas customers in Illinois, Indiana, Manitoba, Quebec, and British Columbia, electricity customers in Texas, and both gas and electricity customers in New York, Ontario, and Alberta.

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Erick Laseca

Burson-Marsteller

312-596-3404

erick.laseca@bm.com