Primary Energy Ventures LLC (Primary Energy Ventures) originates from the acquisition of the unregulated industrial cogeneration business of NiSource, Inc. by Private Power LLC in October 2003. Since that time the company has grown through a series of acquisitions. Most recently, the company was acquired by EPCOR Power L.P. in November 2006.

Primary Energy Ventures creates value by recycling the heat, waste fuels and pressure drop normally discarded by industrial, electric generation and related processes. Substantial amounts of waste heat and waste fuel are produced as a byproduct of various industrial processes including electric generation, steel, chemical, and petroleum refining. Primary Energy Ventures specializes in capturing these waste energy streams that are typically vented or otherwise discarded.

By managing our customers' energy needs and profitably recycling the energy content as electricity and thermal energy, Primary Energy Ventures offers many competitive advantages and allows our customers to focus on their core business. These individual solutions are designed to meet the unique needs and resources of each client. Our customers realize significant cost savings, efficiency improvements, reduced emissions and reduced risks associated with their energy supply. They can focus their resources, intellectual and financial, on their core business, while Primary Energy Ventures provides the capital, design, construction and operation of all energy projects.

Primary Energy Ventures is also the long-term Manager and part-owner of the underlying business of a Canadian publicly traded company, Primary Energy Recycling Corporation, which is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Primary Energy Recycling Corporation currently has ownership interest in five (5) energy recycling projects in northwest Indiana. For additional information about Primary Energy Recycling Corp, please see www.primaryenergyrecycling.com. Primary Energy Ventures owns a 100% interest in an additional eight (8) projects located in California, New Jersey, Colorado, and North Carolina.

Primary Energy Ventures is owned by EPCOR Power L.P., a publicly traded limited partnership (TSX: EP.UN), organized under the laws of the province of Ontario that owns and operates electrical generation facilities in Canada and the US.   For additional information about EPCOR Power L.P., please see www.epcorpowerlp.ca.