Champion Energy Services, a Calpine (NYSE: CPN) company, is one of the largest and fastest-growing retail electricity providers (REPs) in the United States. Champion Energy currently serves residential, governmental, commercial and industrial customers in deregulated electric energy markets in Texas, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Jersey, Maryland, Massachusetts and New York. Reflecting its explosive growth since entering the Texas electric utility market in 2005, Champion Energy serves more than 2 million residential customer equivalents, with a peak load near 4,500 megawatts. Champion Energy is backed by Calpine, a Fortune 500 company and one of the cleanest power generators in the U.S. With significant capital resources and abundant access to credit, Champion Energy is financially strong, thriving and able to purchase wholesale power more efficiently than most competitors. Our feet are planted firmly in key markets, and CalpineÍs strength gives us the backing needed to aggressively enter additional deregulated states.