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<br />F.XNIBIT A <br />Governmental Aggregation Has Been An Overwhelming Success. <br />"There are successes to reporY" and "[a]ggregation, specifically governmental aggregation, has led the way." <br />"Where we can point to the greatest success is in those areas that have developed aggregation," <br />"Aggregation is the success story in Ohio, accounting for nearly 93 percent of residential switching in Ohio." <br />A Report by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, The Ohio Retail Electric Choice Programs Report of Market Activity <br />2001-2002, May 2003. See, Cover Letter by Chairman Alan Schriber and Executive Summary. <br />"Aggregation continues to be the success story of Ohio's electric choice program." <br />Ohio State Business News, May 28, 2003, PR Newswire Website at www.prnewswire.com/cqi- <br />bin/stories.pl?ACCT+OHS&STORY=1www/storV/05-28-2003.html. <br />"Electric Aggregation - Ohio's Success Story." <br />Office of the Ohio Consumers' Counsel Website at www.pickocc.orq/electric/aqpreqation/success.shtml. <br />"While many forms of alternative power have failed in Ohio, aggregation has been an overwhelming success." <br />Aggregation Awareness, Ohio University Website at www.oak.cats.ohiou.edu/-im305101/info _pub.html. <br />"'Opt•out' programs in other states have proven to be successful. Through such programs, these states have <br />provided their residents with the opportunity to be represented collectively through aggregation and have saved on <br />their utility bills." <br />Seema M, Singh, Ratepayer Advocate of the State of New Jersey, referring to Ohio opt-out governmental aggregation in <br />Energy Deregulation and Aggregation: A story of Dollars and Sense, at NJ State Governmental Website at <br />www.state.ni.us/rqa/seemalomspeech.html. <br />Governmental Aggregation Helps Consumers Save On Utility Costs And <br />Promotes Competition & Choice: <br />"Municipal aggregation is a valuable service that residents and small businesses look for from their local <br />governments. It has proven to be the most effective way to help small consumers manage their utility bills, and has <br />received overwhelming support wherever it's been tried." <br />Independent Energy Consultants Website at www.naturalqas-electric.com/agqrqation.asp. <br />"Aggregation appears to have given all participating Ohio customers in the aggregators' jurisdictions at least some <br />access to competitively determined electricity prices." <br />Matthew H. Brown, Part Two: An Analysis of Opt-Out Aggregation in Massachusetts and Ohio, NEAAP Website at <br />www. neaap. nea t. orp/experts/parttwo. htm. <br />"[G]overnmental aggregation is presently the onlyform of competition available to residential customers in the CEi <br />service area who are unable to receive municipal service. The City's successful aggregation program has saved <br />over 60,000 CEI customers approximately $3,800,000 since 2001." <br />Mayor of the City of Cleveland, March 8, 2004 Letter to PUCO Chairman Alan Schriber, filed in FirstEnergy Rate Stabilization <br />Plan, PUCO Case No. 03-2144-EL-ATA. <br />z i s7oz9\i <br />..x? W-0- 11 ... 1 . . -_?