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Allegheny Power Offers Programs to Help Customers in Maryland

Designed to reach all of Allegheny's Maryland customers, the new Watt Watchers programs target major energy-consuming systems such as heating, air conditioning, appliances, lighting, and manufacturing processes. Watt Watchers is Allegheny Power's initiative to help customers learn more about saving energy and money.

Customers can realize significant savings on their electric bills, depending on their level of participation in the programs.

"Our new Watt Watchers programs provide powerful tools for residential and business customers alike to actively manage their energy consumption and control their electric bills," said Rodney Dickens, President of Allegheny Power. "These programs can also make Maryland a cleaner and greener place to live and help maintain a reliable electric supply."

Approved by the Maryland Public Service Commission, the programs include:

• Rebates for the purchase of high efficiency appliances, lighting, heating and cooling systems;
• Residential home audits and rebates toward implementing audit recommendations;
• Rebates for the recycling of old working room air conditioners, refrigerators and freezers;
• Home audit, energy-efficiency and weatherization services for low-income customers; and
• Efficient lighting, heat pumps, air conditioning systems, and other offerings for commercial, industrial and government customers.

The programs are funded through a monthly EmPOWER charge tailored to each customer rate schedule. For residential customers using 1,000 kilowatts of electricity per month, the monthly cost of these programs in 2010 is 63 cents per month. Energy savings from participating in the programs will help offset the charge.

The residential programs have been fully deployed and available for several months; programs for commercial and industrial customers are now available.

Allegheny has mailed a rebate booklet to each of its 220,000 Maryland residential customers containing details on how to participate in the new Watt Watchers programs, and rebate forms. For more information on the programs and tips on using energy wisely, visit the Watt Watchers area of the company's Web site at www.alleghenypower.com and choose "Maryland" as your state.

Allegheny Energy

Headquartered in Greensburg, Pa., Allegheny Energy is an investor-owned electric utility with total annual revenues of over $3 billion and more than 4,000 employees. The company owns and operates generating facilities and delivers low-cost, reliable electric service to 1.6 million customers in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland and Virginia. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.alleghenyenergy.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

In addition to historical information, this release contains a number of "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as anticipate, expect, project, intend, plan, believe, and words and terms of similar substance used in connection with any discussion of future plans, actions, or events identify forward-looking statements. These include statements with respect to: rate regulation and the status of retail generation service supply competition in states served by Allegheny Energy's distribution business, Allegheny Power; financing plans; demand for energy and the cost and availability of raw materials, including coal; provider-of-last-resort and power supply contracts; results of litigation; results of operations; internal controls and procedures; capital expenditures; status and condition of plants and equipment; capacity purchase commitments; regulatory matters; and accounting issues. Forward-looking statements involve estimates, expectations and projections and, as a result, are subject to risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that actual results will not materially differ from expectations. Actual results have varied materially and unpredictably from past expectations. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include, among others, the following: plant performance and unplanned outages; changes in the price of power and fuel for electric generation; general economic and business conditions; changes in access to capital markets; complications or other factors that render it difficult or impossible to obtain necessary lender consents or regulatory authorizations on a timely basis; environmental regulations; the results of regulatory proceedings, including proceedings related to rates; changes in industry capacity, development and other activities by Allegheny Energy's competitors; changes in the weather and other natural phenomena; changes in customer switching behavior and their resulting effects on existing and future load requirements; changes in the underlying inputs and assumptions, including market conditions used to estimate the fair values of commodity contracts; changes in laws and regulations applicable to Allegheny Energy, its markets or its activities; the loss of any significant customers or suppliers; dependence on other electric transmission and gas transportation systems and their constraints or availability; changes in PJM, including changes to participant rules and tariffs; the effect of accounting policies issued periodically by accounting standard-setting bodies; and the continuing effects of global instability, terrorism and war. Additional risks and uncertainties are identified and discussed in Allegheny Energy's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Allegheny Energy
Media contact:
Todd Meyers, Manager, Corporate Communications, 724-838-6650
Media Hotline: 888-233-3583
E-mail: tmeyer1@alleghenyenergy.com
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Investor contact:
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and Corporate Communications, 724-838-6895
E-mail: mkunian@alleghenyenergy.com