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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENovember 15, 2005 Media Contact: Betty Kennedy (609) 625-5567Investor Contact: Donna Kinzel (302) 429-3004
Mays Landing, N.J. - Atlantic City Electric Company, a subsidiary of Pepco Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POM), today announced that it has reached an agreement to sell its interests in two jointly owned fossil fuel-fired generating plants to Duquesne Light Holdings Inc. for $173.1 million.
The assets, located in western Pennsylvania, include 2.47 percent interest in Keystone Station, a jointly owned coal-fired generating plant located in Shelocta and 3.83 percent interest in Conemaugh Station, a jointly owned coal-fired generating plant located in New Florence, for a total of 108 megawatts.
Duquesne Light Holdings is the parent company of a Duquesne Light, an electric utility that serves more than 580,000 customers in southwestern Pennsylvania, and several affiliate companies including Duquesne Light Energy, an unregulated energy company.
The sale, subject to approval by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities as well as other regulatory agencies and certain other legal conditions, is expected to be completed mid-year 2006.
Atlantic City Electric's generating assets were offered for sale in May 2005 though a competitive bidding process managed by Concentric Energy Advisors, Inc. (CEA) of Marlborough, Mass. Also offered in auction is Atlantic City Electric's 447 megawatt, coal and oil-fired B. L. England Generating Station, located in Cape May County, N. J. The auction on this facility still is in process and is expected to be completed by the end of the year or early in 2006.
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Atlantic City Electric a public utility owned by Pepco Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: POM), provides safe, reliable and affordable regulated electric delivery services to more than 500,000 customers in southern New Jersey
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