Major Dutch Energy Supplier Selects Excelergy's Billing and Customer Care Software.

Business/Technology Editors

LEXINGTON, Mass. and UTRECHT, Holland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 28, 2001

Agreement With Affiliate of Holland's fourth Largest Utility

Signed Less Than 90 Days After Opening of

Excelergy's First European Office

ANY-G, an affiliate of Holland's fourth-largest power company, will install the Excelergy Advanced Business Package (ABP(TM)) for Customer Care and Billing product in preparation for the country's energy deregulation scheduled to begin later this year.

"We chose Excelergy's software over others because Excelergy offers the restructuring energy industry's most advanced system, and because it allows us to provide customer care over the Internet," said Ronald Van Oijen, managing director of ANY-G. "The versatility of the software will allow us to readily handle Holland's unique type of energy deregulation. Our implementation already is proceeding very smoothly."

Excelergy concluded the agreement with ANY-G less than 90 days after Excelergy announced its first European office in Bristol, England. Excelergy opened the office in response to growing demand in European energy markets for advanced software and technologies dedicated to helping companies cope with the complexities of energy industry restructuring.

In 2001, Holland's market for "green energy" (energy generated in environmentally sound ways) is expected to open to competition between suppliers and utilities. By 2002, commercial and industrial energy users in Holland will be free to choose a new energy supplier, and by 2003 all energy customers, including small business and residential customers, will have the same opportunity. The multi-year agreement with Excelergy allows ANY-G to address all of these customer segments.

Mr. Van Oijen singled out Excelergy's consolidated billing capability, which enables ANY-G to issue customers a single paper or electronic bill that includes charges for electricity, gas as well as non-metered products and services, as particularly attractive to ANY-G. In addition, Excelergy's ability to handle the billing on behalf of many third-party providers of branded energy products is key to the success of ANY-G's business model.

"The energy market in the Netherlands and throughout Europe is opening up at a rapid rate," said Bill Mahoney, president and chief executive officer of Excelergy. "Forward-looking European energy companies like ANY-G are searching for the best ways to handle the complexities of deregulation, and we are delighted to provide them with the right tools to stay competitive in the years ahead."

"We had been looking thoroughly at the restructuring European energy markets and we know our technologies and products can be enormously helpful to utilities and energy suppliers facing deregulation," continued Mahoney. "Based on our successes in North America, in the Australia/New Zealand markets, and now in Europe, we have proven our flexibility in configuring our products to specific markets worldwide."

About ANY-G

ANY-G is an unregulated affiliate of REMU, the fourth-largest multi-utility in The Netherlands serving almost one million electric, gas and district heating customers. ANY-G provides complete back office services, including transaction management, contract management, billing and customer care, to new entrants in restructuring energy markets. New entrants in the Dutch market will range from large retailers, insurance companies, banks and others with strong brands to emerging Internet-based companies. More information about ANY-G is available at www.any-g.com.

About Excelergy

Excelergy delivers advanced software technologies and packaged products to companies operating in the restructuring global energy and utility markets. Excelergy's innovative suite of object-based, XML- and EDI-enabled products includes the Excelergy Advanced Business Package (ABP(TM)) for Customer Care and Billing, the Excelergy eXACT(TM) for Retail Trading Partner Management, and the web-based Energymarketplace(TM) energy portal. Headquartered in Lexington, MA, Excelergy has additional US offices in Santa Monica, CA and Atlanta, GA. Its European headquarters are located in Bristol, England. More information is available at www.excelergy.com.