SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS - March 1, 2007 :- GE is participating in GITA's annual conference being held at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas, March 4-7, 2007. The company will be exhibiting various intelligent grid-enabling technologies including its office software suite for electric, water and gas as well as telecommunications applications.

Detailed information about the exhibit can be found at: www.ge.com/energy.

In addition to the exhibit, GE representatives will be presenting three papers and participating in a panel on thought leadership topics over the three-day event. The topics and the authors are as follows:

• "Utility Design for Reliability-Optimization with Six Sigma Tools" By Robert P. Laudati, GE Energy
• "Integrating Network Design and Construction Activities Into Operations Management" By Sushil Kumar, GE Energy and co-presenter Jim S. Tracey, GE Energy
• "Publishing Storm Outage Location Maps and Information by Internet" By Barry Owens, SECO Energy, with copresenters David Harris, GE Energy; Kenny Rodrigue, Sumter Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Peter Manskopf, GE Energy
• "Extending the Reach of Geospatial Technology" Moderated by Matt Ball, GEOWORLD with panelists Peter Batty, CTO, Intergraph; David Maguire, director of products at ESRI; Gary Lang, vice president of engineering infrastructure Solutions, Autodesk; Styli Camateros, vice president of Bentley's geospatial software division; John S. Eason, director of global utility solutions, GE Energy

GE Energy's transmission and distribution business has a comprehensive portfolio of products and services that enable intelligent grid processes, which help decision makers drive greater productivity and profitability.

About GE Energy

GE Energy (www.ge.com/energy) is one of the world's leading suppliers of power generation and energy delivery technologies, with 2006 revenue of $19 billion. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, GE Energy works in all areas of the energy industry including coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear energy; renewable resources such as water, wind, solar and biogas; and other alternative fuels. Numerous GE Energy products are certified under ecomagination, GE's corporate-wide initiative to aggressively bring to market new technologies that will help customers meet pressing environmental challenges.

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