GDF SUEZ Energy Resources to Provide Power to Philadelphia Phillies

Ability to Meet Product, Pricing Demands Key to 2-Year Agreement

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Jul 13, 2011, 08:05 ET

PHILADELPHIA, July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- GDF SUEZ Energy Resources NA announced today that it will provide power to the Philadelphia Phillies baseball team.

Phillies' officials who were involved in negotiating the two-year agreement said there were a number of factors that contributed to the selection of GDF SUEZ Energy Resources. These included the retail electric provider's commitment to work with the team in order to meet its demands on a number of critical issues.

"GDF SUEZ Energy Resources really rose to the occasion," said David Buck, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Advertising Sales, for the Phillies. "We are not a conventional 9-to-5 business, and they understood that and were able to put together a package that met some pretty specific price and product requirements. As we went through the process, a really strong relationship began to develop, and it became clearer and clearer to us that they were the right fit for the Phillies."

"We are honored to serve one of the greatest organizations in the city, and in all of professional sports," said Robert Wilson, President and CEO of GDF SUEZ Energy Resources. "I think our willingness to work closely with them every step of the way – and to be absolutely certain they got what they wanted – truly paid off in the end. We're deeply grateful to the Phillies for giving us this opportunity."

The agreement also includes a marketing component that will enable GDF SUEZ Energy Resources to leverage its relationship with the Phillies and further strengthen its connections to the community.

GDF SUEZ Energy Resources NA is one of the largest non-residential retail energy suppliers in the U.S. and currently serves commercial and industrial customers in 12 markets: Delaware, Texas, Massachusetts, Maine, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Connecticut, Ohio, and Washington, D.C. The company serves over 73,000 accounts for customers having a peak demand ranging from 50 KW to more than 200 MW, with an estimated peak load totaling nearly 10,000 MW.