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PHILADELPHIA, PA – OCTOBER, 1, 2014– Customized Energy Solutions (CES) has signed a multi-year agreement with Lykins Energy Solutions to provide comprehensive hosted solutions to support their retail electric supply services. This partnership will enable Lykins to better serve their existing customers while continuing to grow their customer base.

“We’re excited at the opportunity to enroll Lykins Energy Solutions onto our CES | BLUE platform and to help them achieve their goals of efficiency and cost reduction while enhancing the products and services they offer to their customers.  Lykins has a strong track record of providing outstanding service to their clients for more than 66 years, and we look forward to helping them improve upon that service offering by increasing the depth and breadth of their products,” remarked Ed Toppi, Vice President of Retail Market Services at CES.

“With a long-standing commitment to our community, Lykins Energy Solutions continues to strive towards enhancing the customer’s experience by expanding our offering into electricity.  By selecting CES as our vendor of choice, we can confidently offer the highest quality service to our customers at the most competitive prices while at the same time ensuring that we have the flexibility, with CES, to increase and enhance our product offerings over time,” stated John Deeds, Director of Energy for Lykins.

Under the agreement, Lykins will receive hosted retail solutions through the CES | BLUE platform including electronic data interchange, billing services, forecasting, scheduling, ISO settlement, custom retail full-requirements pricing and congestion risk management.

About Customized Energy Solutions:

Customized Energy Solutions was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Philadelphia with regional offices throughout North America and India. Customized Energy Solutions provides hosted software solutions and market expertise to more than 300 clients throughout the electric and natural gas industry. Learn more at www.ces-ltd.com; follow updates on Twitter: @CustomizedES or on Facebook.

About Lykins Energy Solutions:

Lykins Energy Solutions is a family owned and operated business. Founded in 1948 by Guy Lykins, Sr., and now in the third generation of management, Lykins has a rich and diverse heritage.  The company strives to provide its customers with the highest quality products delivered in the most efficient manner at the lowest possible price.  Lykins is one of the 100 largest privately held companies in Ohio, and one of the top 10 largest Petroleum Marketing Companies in Ohio. They are one of the oldest and largest Petroleum Marketing Companies in the region and the nation.   For more information visit, www.lykinsenergy.com.