HOUSTON, May 10, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Champion Energy (www.championenergyservices.com) was awarded the 2012 Winner of Distinction in the Energy Services & Power Products category by the Better Business Bureau Education Foundation, which recently recognized BBB Accredited companies and non-profits at its 2012 Awards of Excellence event. The award was based on Champion Energy's superior commitment to ethics, quality in the workplace and overall excellence. This is the third consecutive year for Champion Energy to be recognized by the BBB for this award.
"Champion Energy is honored to again accept this award," said Scott Fordham, president and chief executive officer of Champion Energy Services. "It is a direct result of the dedication of Champion Energy's employees and reflects our commitment to exemplary service that we strive to provide every single day."
About Champion Energy Services
www.championenergyservices.com
Houston-based Champion Energy Services is one of the fastest-growing and largest retail electric providers (REP's) in the nation and one of the top REP's never to have been affiliated with a utility. Champion Energy currently serves residential, governmental, commercial and industrial customers in deregulated electric energy markets in Texas, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Jersey and Maryland and plans to begin serving natural gas to customers in Illinois in the third quarter of 2012. The company has ranked "Highest in Residential Customer Satisfaction with Retail Electric Service, Two Years in a Row" according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2010-2011 Texas Residential Retail Electric Provider Customer Satisfaction StudiesSM.* Backed by the financial strength of Texas-based Crane Capital and EDF Trading North America, LLC, the company currently serves over 1,000,000 residential customer equivalents, with a peak load of near 2,600 megawatts. PUCT No. 10098, PA PUC license A-2009-2124113, Ohio PUC certificate 09-166E(1), Illinois (ICC) docket 10-0168, New Jersey BPU license ESL-0082 and Maryland IR-2196.
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* For J.D. Power and Associates award information, go to www.jdpower.com.