Connecticut Natural Gas Announces Diversity Awareness Grant Recipients

Hartford, CT, November 26, 2001 - The Connecticut Natural Gas Corporation (CNG) has award grants to four community agencies and four schools for the development of diversity awareness programs.

CNG established the grants to encourage development of programs that teach tolerance and understanding of different cultures, religious, ethnicity and those with special needs.

Community organizations receiving grants are the Hartford Public Library, Hartford; Police Department, East Hartford; New Britain Conversations on Race, New Britain; and the Bethel A.M.E. Church, Bloomfield.

Schools receiving grants are the Silas Deane Middle School, Wethersfield; Henry Dwight School, Hartford; Avon High School, Avon; and Emerson Williams School, Wethersfield.

Grants are limited to schools and nonprofit organization located in CNG's service area, which includes greater Hartford, New Britain and Greenwich.

Editor's note: CNG delivers natural gas energy to approximately 155,000 customers in 24 municipalities in greater Hartford, New Britain and Greenwich. CNG is a subsidiary of Energy East Corporation (NYSE:EAS), a super regional energy services and delivery company in the Northeast. Energy East is a leader in promoting competition and is committed to profitably growing its energy infrastructure. Energy East services 2 million customers (1.4 million electricity and 600,000 natural gas) in upstate New York and New England.

Contact:
Robert Brennan
Director, Public Affairs
Connecticut Natural Gas/Southern Conn. Gas
(203) 795-7739
rbrennan@soconngas.com