Atlanta, Georgia - Enercom®, Inc. of Atlanta, Georgia has been named the 2007 Partner of the Year by Hometown Connections. The award was made on August 22nd at Hometown Connections’ Annual Meeting in Beaver Creek, Colorado.

Each year Hometown Connections bestows this award on a partner that offers superior products and pricing, delivers outstanding sales growth and customer service, and meets the unique requirements of Public Power communities. "With consumers and companies eager for information on how to reduce energy consumption and lower energy costs, Enercom is helping Public Power managers to launch online energy audits and other energy savings tools very quickly and easily. Therefore, selecting Enercom for the award this year was an easy decision for us to make," said Tim Blodgett, President and CEO of Hometown Connections. "It has been an honor to team with Paul Conlan and his staff since 1999, and we look forward to working with Enercom for many years to come."

"Enercom is very honored and pleased to receive this recognition from Hometown Connections" said Paul Conlan, President & CEO of Enercom. "The relationship with Hometown Connections, which began seven years ago, is a great partnership which has allowed Enercom to more effectively reach and serve Public Power communities."

Through the Hometown Connections partnership, APPA member utilities may purchase Enercom’s online energy audit software and other energy information tools for use by residential and commercial customers at discount prices. Enercom works with many individual Public Power communities as well as through joint action agencies such as American Municipal Power-Ohio, Alabama Municipal Electric Authority, ElectriCities of North Carolina, Florida Municipal Power Agency and the Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative to make its software and services available to all their member utilities.

Information on Enercom’s online energy software and services is available by contacting Cynthia Pavey of Enercom at 404-946-0187 (paveyc@enercomusa.com).

About Enercom, Inc. - For more than 27 years, Enercom has provided software and services exclusively to the energy industry. Enercom’s Energy Depot® and other web-based software are used by more than 400 utilities throughout North America and the Caribbean to strengthen customer connections. Whether it’s managing customers more efficiently, increasing their satisfaction, cutting the cost of service or promoting marketing, energy efficiency or demand response programs...Enercom is helping. For more information, please visit www.enercomusa.com.

About Hometown Connections International, LLC - Hometown Connections is a utility services subsidiary of the American Public Power Association (APPA). APPA is the service organization for the nation's more than 2,000 community-owned electric utilities that serve more than 44 million Americans. Hometown Connections supports APPA members by securing national group pricing and service arrangements from leading industry suppliers. For more information, please visit www.hometownconnections.com.