npower Backs Wear Your Shirt to Work Day

WORCESTER, England, August 24, 2010 - npower in Worcester is taking part in a nationwide 'Wear Your Shirt to
Work' day to mark 100 days to go until the official decision by FIFA of who
will host the World Cup in 2018.

npower is an official supporter of the England 2018 FIFA World Cup Bid,
and will be urging all of its 12,000 staff to get behind the campaign. Wear
Your Shirt to Work day also coincides with a tour of some of the potential
host cities by a delegation from football governing body, FIFA.

Wear Your Shirt to Work day is an initiative driven by the England 2018
Bid team and involves employees doing just as it suggests; wearing the shirt
of their chosen football team to work. As well as encouraging England
football fans to back the bid (www.npower.com/web/backthebid/index.htm
) and raising awareness of the bid to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the
initiative is also designed to show the passion many in England have for
football during the crucial FIFA visit.

Emma Collins, sponsorship manager at npower, commented: "As official
supporters of the Bid, we are more than happy to support this campaign by the
England 2018 Bid team. Wear Your Shirt to Work day is a great way to engage
our entire workforce in supporting the Bid and to raise awareness of npower's
involvement in it."

"We will be encouraging everyone to take part and wear their football
shirts with pride to show FIFA that England not only has the facilities to
host the World Cup, but the passion too."

England 2018 Chief Executive Andy Anson said: "It's great that npower is
joining our Wear Your Shirt to Work (
www.npower.com/web/At_home/index.htm) campaign. The purpose of the day
is to raise awareness of our Bid, have some fun, and to also mark an
important milestone; 100 days until FIFA makes its decision about which
country will welcome the World Cup in eight years time."

FA calculations suggest that the prize of a successful Bid could be a
massive GBP3.2 billion boost to the economy. npower's own research shows that
more than 82% of bosses believe a World Cup in England would be great for
business, 55% say it will deliver major financial benefit, and 63% say it
would boost morale.

About npower: (www.npower.com/web/At_home/index.htm)

npower is one of the top energy suppliers to the UK business market,
serving over 238,000 small to medium sized enterprise sites and around 17,000
industrial and commercial customers, with over 100,000 sites

npower is dedicated to helping UK businesses use energy more efficiently
and therefore spend less money on their bills. We aim to have a positive
impact on the communities we serve and reduce our customers' carbon footprint
whilst always improving our service to our customers.

npower supplies green energy to Wembley Stadium and the Liberty Stadium
in Swansea.

npower specialises in risk management solutions, including market-leading
flexible energy purchasing, energy efficiency, and broader energy management
functions, tailored to every size of business.

npower is committed to helping its small business customers to improve
their energy efficiency. Since 2006 the 'e3' campaign (standing for energy,
efficiency, environment) has offered business customers advice and guidance
on reducing energy consumption. New business customers receive an energy
monitor designed to improve their consumption awareness as well as access to
a dedicated energy efficiency telephone helpline and website.

For major energy users, npower offers multi-utility management
consultancy to enable organisations to improve efficiencies right across the
procurement/consumption chain.

npower customers include BT, Wembley Stadium plc, AstraZeneca and
Sainsbury's.

    PR Contact:
    Nicholas McHugh
    npower press office
    npower
    Oak House
    Bridgwater Road
    Worcester
    WR4 9FP
    +44(0)845-070-2807
    www.npower.com

PR Contact: Nicholas McHugh, npower press office, npower, Oak House, Bridgwater Road, Worcester, WR4 9FP, +44(0)845-070-2807