WIND GOES TO THE HALL OF FAME

Constellation Energy Supplying Renewable Energy Certificates to National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
August 24, 2010 (Business Wire via Trading Markets)

"Constellation Energy…will supply 2,000 renewable wind energy certificates (RECs) to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum to match the estimated 2,000 megawatt hours of electricity used by the Hall of Fame over the course of the baseball season, including the recent July induction ceremony…This agreement between Constellation Energy and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum was facilitated by Usource, LLC, an energy services company."

Jeff Idelson, President, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum:] "The core of our mission is to assure the long-term sustainability of our artifacts, so future generations of baseball fans can learn about the history of our National Pastime and its role in American society…Thanks to Constellation Energy, we have been able to assure the sustainability of electricity for the summer, including induction weekend, as part of an ongoing trend toward renewable energy solutions for the Museum."

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"The renewable energy certificates…are Green-e Energy certified from wind energy facilities in the United States. The purchase of RECs supports demand for building new, clean wind power. The RECs donated by Constellation Energy to the National Baseball Hall of Fame [in Cooperstown, N.Y.] for the baseball season will result in approximately 2,237,500 pounds of avoided carbon dioxide emissions due to the displacement of grid electricity generation by renewable energy."

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[Michael Kagan, chief retail sales officer, Constellation Energy:] "Institutions like the Baseball Hall of Fame are examining how they can make events and facilities more sustainable, and one way to do this is to use renewable energy certificates to green their energy supply…Constellation Energy is proud to help the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum green their operations and support clean, renewable energy."

"…The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum…collections contain more than 37,000 three-dimensional artifacts representing all facets of the game, from its inception in the mid-19th century to present…[including] bats, baseballs, uniforms, player equipment, ballpark artifacts, awards, artwork, textiles, tickets, collectibles and assorted memorabilia…[Its] archives contain in excess of 135,000 Baseball cards and three million Library items, including photographs, books, magazines, newspaper clippings, films, video and audio tapes…"