Npower Celebrates 'Consumer Supplier of the Year' Award win

WORCESTER, England, September 14, 2010 - npower is celebrating after being presented with 'The Consumer Supplier
of the Year' award at the first ever Energy Event Awards. The award
recognises the supplier that has excelled in providing industrial and
commercial consumers with an outstanding service, product or innovation.

The awards are a new addition to the annual Energy Event, which took
place at the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham on 8-9th September
2010. The awards recognise and reward achievements in the energy industry,
celebrating the suppliers and businesses that are bringing new ideas and
innovations to how energy is used and managed.

The award was presented to David Cockshott, director of industrial and
commercial markets at npower (www.npower.com/). He said: "It's
brilliant that npower has been recognised as 'The Consumer Supplier of the
Year'. We are particularly proud of the accolade because we were nominated by
our own industrial and commercial business customers, and we'd like to thank
them for their support."

David continued: "Offering our customers the best service is at the
forefront of everything npower does and we strive to give businesses
flexibility in how they buy their energy and to work in partnership with them
to meet their energy needs.

"The judges also highlighted our Optimisation Desk as a key element of
winning the award. This unique service allows our customers to access market
developments, price analysis, trading information and updates and gives them
a clear understanding of their position to help them to make more informed
purchasing decisions."

The Energy Event is one of Europe's largest exhibitions and conferences
and focuses solely on energy procurement, management and efficiency. This
year it was attended by over 110 exhibitors, including npower, and provided
the opportunity for attendees to visit suppliers, view the latest
technologies and network with other people in the energy industry.

The Energy Event Awards were hosted at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole
Hotel (NEC) on the evening of 8 September.

About npower:

npower is one of the top energy suppliers (www.npower.com/) 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. The company aims to have a
positive impact on the communities it serves and reduce its customers' carbon
footprint whilst always improving 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 (
www.npower.com/web/At_home/juice-clean_and_green/Energy_savings/index.htm),
and broader energy management functions, tailored to every size of business.

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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, 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