FirstEnergy Solutions to Purchase Wind Power from Meyersdale Wind Power, LLC

Somerset County, Pennsylvania (May 7, 2003) - Meyersdale Windpower , LLC, today announced that FirstEnergy Solutions Corp., a competitive subsidiary of Akron, Ohio-based FirstEnergy Corp. has entered into an agreement to purchase all of the electricity output from the 30 -megawatt (MW) Meyersdale Windpower Project for a period of 20 years. FirstEnergy Solutions provides electricity to retail customers in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New Jersey. Meyersdale Windpower LLC is a partnership between Atlantic Renewable Energy Corporation of Richmond, Virginia, and Zilkha Renewable Energy of Houston, Texas.

Located in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, the Meyersdale Windpower Project will consist of 20 1.5-megawatt wind turbine generators. The Meyersdale Windpower Project is currently in an advanced stage of development. Construction is intended to start later this year, with an anticipated on-line date of the fall of 2003. The Meyersdale Project will provide enough wind-powered renewable energy to meet the needs of more than 10,000 Pennsylvania households.

"We are pleased to support the Meyersdale project and to offer renewable energy to our customers at a competitive price," said Anthony J. Alexander, president and chief operating officer of FirstEnergy.

"FirstEnergy Solutions is demonstrating exceptional corporate leadership by being one of the first retail providers in Pennsylvania to commit to the long-term purchase of wind-powered renewable energy to meet its customer needs," said John Hanger, president of PennFuture. "By buying this clean wind power, FirstEnergy Solutions is leading Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic region into a brighter energy future."

Michael Zilkha, principal of Zilkha Renewable Energy, stated, "We are delighted to be working with FirstEnergy Solutions in providing the residents of Pennsylvania a clean energy solution for many years to come. We congratulate FirstEnergy Solutions on their environmental stewardship in the Mid-Atlantic region."

Theo de Wolff, principal of Atlantic Renewable Energy Corporation, stated, "We would like to thank FirstEnergy Solutions for the confidence in our project team. In addition, the incentive grant provided to this project by the PECO Sustainable Development Fund will be of real assistance in making the clean, renewable power generated by the project cost-effective for FirstEnergy's customers."

FirstEnergy Corp. is a registered public utility holding company headquartered in Akron, Ohio. FirstEnergy subsidiaries and affiliates are involved in the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity; exploration and production of oil and natural gas; transmission and marketing of natural gas; and energy management and other energy-related services.

Atlantic Renewable is an independent, privately held developer, of renewable energy projects active on the eastern seaboard. Since its inception in 1998 Atlantic Renewable has emerged as the leading developer of wind power projects in the eastern United States through the successful implementation of 131 MW of windpower capacity, which represents more than 70% of all installed wind power in that region. Additional information is available at www.atlantic-renewable.com.

Located in Houston, Texas, Zilkha Renewable Energy is owned by the father-and-son team of Selim and Michael Zilkha, formerly of Zilkha Energy. In the last several years, Zilkha has built over 100 MW of wind farms in Pennsylvania and Iowa. As of early 2003 Zilkha has several hundred more megawatts under contract. Over the next five years, Zilkha hopes to develop 1500 MW of wind energy in the United States using its own financial resources and partnering with other energy companies. Additional information is available at www.zilkha.com.