Edison was born on
February 11, 1847, and in honor of the anniversary of his birthday, ComEd is
celebrating his impact on the industry and customers today .

-- 1887: Edison invented the electric meter, which can be found today at
nearly every residence or business."
"The use of energy storage for peak shaving and distribution upgrade
deferral will lead to a more reliable and effective electricity distribution
system in the U. AEP is also one of the largest electric utilities in the United
States, with more than 5 million customers linked to AEP's 11-state
electricity transmission and distribution grid.
NGK Insulators Ltd .

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6 million electric customers."
"Distributed energy storage helps us use our distribution, transmission
and generation assets more efficiently," said Craig Rhoades, vice president --
distribution services for AEP. That unit continues to serve the energy
and power-quality needs of the Gahanna site. on Appalachian Power's distribution system. NGK's engineering group designs and constructs water and
sewage treatment systems. Their family of PureWave(R) Power Quality Systems have been
installed at facilities worldwide to correct and eliminate power-quality
problems.sandc.

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S+C Electric Company, headquartered in Chicago, Ill.

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After the unit has operated six or seven years , AEP will analyze its
equipment upgrade options and consider moving the NAS system to another site .S. market.

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This spring charged
circuit breaker is still used today and is vital to the prevention of
fires and electrical damage for ComEd customers., and will be operating by early summer of 2006, before summer peak
demand.

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-- 1892: Edison patented the lightning arrestor.S ."
Taku Oshima, general manager of NGK's NAS Battery Division, noted that
"NGK in concert with the Tokyo Electric Power Company has commercialized the
NAS battery in Japan, where more than 125 megawatts and 750 megawatt-hours of
cumulative capacity have been deployed.

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125 Years After the Light Bulb Edison's Innovativeness Is Still Working for ComEd Customers

6 million customers across Northern
Illinois, or 70 percent of the state's population.
Tsurayuki Okamoto, group executive for NGK's Power Business Group, said,
"We are very proud to have AEP deploy our first megawatt-class NAS battery in
the U. We commend AEP's vision
and leadership for deploying such advanced technology as part of their
distribution system upgrades and optimization for the future. Imre Gyuk, program manager of DOE's Energy
Storage Research Program.

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Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd) is a unit of Chicago-based Exelon
Corporation (NYSE: EXC) one of the nation's largest electric utilities with
more than $14 billion in revenues and a customer base of five million.

AEP'S Appalachian Power Unit to Install First U.S. Use of Commercial-Scale Energy Storage Technology

COLUMBUS, Ohio, American Electric Power
(NYSE: AEP) and two corporate partners finalized an agreement today to install
the first megawatt-class advanced energy storage technology to be used on a
U.
"We're delighted to install the first commercial-scale application of this
technology in the United States," said Dana Waldo, president and chief
operating officer of Appalachian Power.S., headquartered in Nagoya , Japan, is the world's
largest maker of electrical insulators.

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A similar, but much smaller , NAS-based system installed three years ago at
an AEP office park near Columbus in Gahanna, Ohio , was the first U.

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Appalachian Power is an AEP operating unit.

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-- 1890: Edison patented a measurement system for electrical distribution.

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distribution system.2-megawatt, stationary sodium sulfur (NAS(R)) battery-based system
will be installed at an Appalachian Power Co.
AEP's partners in the agreement are NGK Insulators Ltd. (NGK) and S+C
Electric Company.
The U. "We hope that this important pioneering application
by AEP will serve as an example for many more installations throughout the
grid."
American Electric Power owns more than 36,000 megawatts of generating
capacity in the United States and is the nation's largest electricity
generator.

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He also created several companies worldwide including what has
evolved today to be General Electric Company. Department of Energy (DOE), through Sandia National Laboratories,
is a supporting sponsor and will contribute to the funding of the project., and S+C is pleased to be playing a leading role in this
project.

(source: IEEE Power Engineering Society)

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The circuit controller, essential to the breaker, cuts off
power when the current reaches higher levels.


Edison invented and developed more than 1,000 patents throughout his
lifetime. "While our long-term goal is to consider use of
distributed energy storage systems throughout AEP's distribution grid, our
short-term objective is to deploy them selectively, based on energy cost
savings and on where we can defer upgrades to our distribution system without
compromising safety or reliability.S.," said Dr. NGK produces ceramic insulators and
other equipment for power transmission and distribution lines and substations
and makes fine ceramic components for automobiles, printers and
semiconductors. The goal of the program is to develop advanced energy
storage technologies and systems, in collaboration with industry, to increase
the reliability, performance and competitiveness of electric generation,
transmission and use in utility tied and off-grid systems.

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CHICAGO, More than 100 years after Thomas Edison
invented the light bulb, his ideas continue to play a key role in making life
better for ComEd's 3. Although he is
most widely known for inventing the light bulb, many customers may be unaware
of some of Edison's other major contributions to the electricity industry. ComEd
provides service to approximately 3.
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demonstration of the NAS technology.

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Today lightning
arrestors are used to prevent power outages for ComEd customers by
protecting transmission and distribution lines and equipment from being
damaged by lightning . substation near Charleston,
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The battery is expected to last 15 years or 4,000 to 5,000 charge-
discharge cycles at 90 percent of full energy capacity.

Power engineering involves the planning , research, development, design, application, construction, installation and operation of apparatus, equipment, structures, materials and systems for the safe, reliable and economic generation,
transmission , distribution, conversion, measurement and control of electric energy.

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Today, underground cables supply
electricity to hundreds of thousands of ComEd customers and reduce the
number of power outages by minimizing the impact of severe weather
including ice and wind.
This same method, now along with the support of computers, is still
used to monitor the amount of energy used by customers in our region. The program is managed through Sandia
National Laboratories .

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"AEP and S+C have enjoyed a very long business relationship, and this
distributed energy storage-system project represents an exciting step into the
future," said Matt O'Kane, vice president of S+C's Power Quality Products
Division. "As the demand for electrical energy grows, so, too, will the
deployment of power electronics-based solutions in the management of the power
grid in the U.

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Utilities use these meters to
monitor the electric usage of each customer, making this invention
critical to the utility industry.

-- 1888: Edison created a patent for the circuit controller on circuit
breakers. The installation is
expected to delay the need for equipment upgrades to the facility by six to
seven years, allowing that capital expense to be deferred. NGK's NAS Battery Division will provide the NAS battery and
S+C's Power Quality Products Division will supply the power electronics and
serve as system integrator. "Its performance should provide
valuable information about potential uses elsewhere in the AEP system.

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-- 1881: Edison invented underground conductor cables, which was only one
of seven different developments that were needed for the success of the
first incandescent light bulb.

It includes the developing of engineering standards, the providing of information and instruction to the public and to legislators, as well as technical scientific, literary, educational and other activities that contribute to the electric power discipline or utilize the techniques or products within this discipline .

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The Energy Storage Research Program is part of the Office of Electricity
Delivery and Energy Reliability at DOE.

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The deployment at AEP is a key step
for introducing our NAS technology to the U. The company is based in
Columbus, Ohio., specializes in
switching and protection systems as well as customized turnkey power system
solutions. Information about S+C is available at http: //www.

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