Metro Energy Solutions Announces Agreement with Christian Health Care Center

West Caldwell, NJ – April 30, 2003 – Metro Energy Solutions announced today it has entered into an agreement with Christian Health Care Center, located in Wyckoff, New Jersey.  The agreement calls for Metro Energy Solutions to perform preliminary engineering for all energy and maintenance savings opportunities throughout Christian Health Care Center’s facilities, including cogeneration.  Once the preliminary engineering report is completed, Christian Health Care Center will determine which opportunities it wants to implement through Metro Energy Solutions.    

“We contacted Kevin Stagg, CFO of Christian Health Care Center, to explain the financial impact of electric deregulation in New Jersey beginning August 1st of this year,” stated Robert Ragozine, COO of Metro Energy Solutions.  “We explained there were several options Christian Health should explore to reduce their operating expenses and mitigate the impact of the rate increases.  Otherwise, they were going to be subjected to a 20% to 30% increase in their electric utility costs, at a time when most organizations can not afford it.”

Christian Health Care Center (CHCC) was founded in 1911 by a group of deacons from local Reformed and Christian Reformed Churches.  CHCC provides high quality, family-centered elder-care and mental health services in a compassionate and loving environment consistent with the Christian principles on which the institution was founded.  Elder-care services include Heritage Manor, a 252-bed nursing home; The Longview, an 80-unit assisted-living facility; Christian Health Care Adult Day Services; Hillcrest Residence, a 39-bed residence for independent seniors; and Evergreen Court, a complex of 40 apartments for independent seniors.  Mental-health services include Ramapo Ridge Psychiatric Hospital, Christian Health Care Counseling Center, Southgate, a special-care 40-bed inpatient nursing facility, Advent Counseling Centers, and Pathways, a partial-hospitalization program to treat adults who experience both a developmental disability and a co-existing psychiatric disorder.