England Keeper Pulls Off Energy Save of the Season

Get to The FA Cup Final in the Flick of a Switch This Season Through E.ON's Great Saves Campaign

LONDON, December 27 - England 'keeper and FA Cup winner David James has teamed up with energy
company, FA Cup sponsor and Football League partner E.ON to launch Great
Saves - a new campaign aimed at rewarding families up and down the country
for making and sharing their great energy saves in the home, as well as
recognising the great saves made on the pitch by championing the unsung
heroes of the game - the keepers.

The energy conscious shot-stopper is backing the campaign to promote the
most inventive tactics for saving energy around the home. By logging on to
eongreatsaves.com, fans from up and down the country can share their
best tips on cutting down on the consumption of energy.

From January, a panel of experts will be judging the tips and the winners
will be rewarded with a range of exclusive FA Cup and Football League
benefits and experiences, including signed merchandise, family ticket
packages and the opportunity to get your hands on one of the most prestigious
pieces of silverware in football - The FA Cup. The overall winner, crowned
E.ON's Very Important Family, will win the ultimate FA Cup prize - the chance
to walk out with the teams at The FA Cup Final at Wembley in May.

In celebration of great saves on the field, E.ON will be scouring the
country's parks to uncover the nation's most remarkable amateur keepers and
offering a series of coaching master classes to help develop and hone their
shot stopping skills. The keepers with the most committed, amusing,
interesting and down-right bizarre tales will be given a goalkeeping master
class. Tell us your stories at: eongreatsaves.com

E.ON's Great Saves campaign also gives fans and their families to sample
a host of football experiences away from the field of play. By visiting
eongreatsaves.com to:

    - Book the chance to get their hands on the famous trophy at The Great
      Saves Experience 

      Keepers of all ages will be able to see how they measure up against
      Portsmouth's FA Cup winner David James, along with a host of
      other current keepers and former no1's as they're put through
      their paces as part of E.ON's interactive Great Saves Experience.

    - Make great saves at home with Power Savers 

      Primary school children up and down the country will be hoping their
      simple energy saving steps at home will result in some great steps
      at Wembley as four lucky winners will lead out the teams at The FA
      Cup Final in May. The winner's schools will be able to share in their
      success too with a visit from a top goalkeeper and The FA Cup trophy
      itself!

    - Play a Question of Saves to win family ticket packages for E.ON
      customers

Last season, over 5,000 E.ON customers and their families took advantage
of E.ON's family ticket giveaway. This year E.ON will be sending fans to even
more FA Cup and Football League matches throughout the season.

Phil Boas, Head of Sponsorship & Events at E.ON, said: "As we one of the
UK's leading energy companies, we always strive to give our customers the
best possible experiences and our Great Saves campaign is just one way in
which our customers can take advantage of some great football opportunities.
Having the support from David James adds so much value to the initiative -
he's passionate about green issues and one of the country's top goalkeepers.
If anyone exemplifies great saves on the pitch and great energy saves at home
- it's David".

David James, said: "I like the way E.ON has used The FA Cup sponsorship
to educate and raise awareness of environmental issues. Sport is great fun
but is also the best way to engage people in serious messages and change
behaviour."

By logging on to eongreatsaves.com, fans can find out more
information on all Great Saves activities and events, share and learn
energy saving tactics, play online games and win exclusive FA Cup and
Football League prizes.

    Notes to Editors:

    About Great Saves

    - The panel of energy experts includes: England and Portsmouth
      goalkeeper, David James, Fraser Winterbottom of the Energy Trust
      and Graham Bartlett, Managing Director of E.ON UK.
    - The 5 round-by-round (Third Round to Semi-Final) winners of the best
      energy saving tactic will win a mascot place for their child at
      The FA Cup Final and an accompanying adult ticket. Winners will be
      notified on the Monday following an FA Cup weekend.
    - In the final round of this competition, the 5 best energy tactics
      (winners from previous rounds) will be entered into a competition
      to win the Ultimate Family Prize.
    - The overall winner will be confirmed and notified on 3 May 2010.
    - Full terms and condition can be found at eongreatsaves.com.

    About E.ON

    - E.ON is one of the UK's leading power and gas companies - generating
      and distributing electricity, and retailing power and gas - and is
      part of the E.ON group, one of the world's largest investor-owned
      power and gas companies. We employ around 16,000 people in the UK and
      more than 90,000 worldwide;
    - E.ON's retail business is a leading energy supplier in the UK with
      around 5.5 million electricity and gas customers, covering domestic,
      SME and industrial. E.ON also offers central heating and boiler care;
    - Our distribution business, branded Central Networks, provides a
      reliable supply to 9.5m people in central England through 133,000km of
      underground and overhead cables - enough to go round the Earth more
      than three times - and via almost 94,000 substations. The company
      covers an area from the Peak District in the north to parts of Bristol
      in the south, and from the Welsh Borders to the Lincolnshire Coast;
    - We are a market leader in combined heat and power, providing our
      customers with around 600MW of electricity and more than 1,000MW of
      heat at 13 sites across the country;
    - We're one of the leading green generators in the UK, with 20 wind farms
      located from Cornwall to Northern Ireland. We own and operate one of
      the UK's largest dedicated biomass power stations at Lockerbie.
      Combined, our renewable portfolio generates enough green energy to
      power the homes in a city the size of Manchester;
    - Our green development portfolio could power over a million homes and
      displace the emission of almost two million tonnes of carbon dioxide
      a year by building new onshore and offshore wind farms, biomass power
      stations, and tidal stream and wave power schemes;
    - Our target is to cut the carbon released by each kW of electricity we
      generate by 10% between 2005-2012, having already reduced it by 20%
      since 1990;

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    For more information please contact:

    Alex Howells, Sponsorship PR Executive, E.ON
    alex.howells@eonenergy.com Tel: +44(0)7525-704-669

    Kassi Denman, PR Senior Account Manager, brandRapport
    kdenman@brand-rapport.com Tel: +44(0)7917-137798

For more information please contact: Alex Howells, Sponsorship PR Executive, E.ON, alex.howells at eonenergy.com Tel: +44(0)7525-704-669; Kassi Denman, PR Senior Account Manager, brandRapport, kdenman at brand-rapport.com Tel: +44(0)7917-137798