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To: ErnestPoe who wrote (19808)	10/22/1999 10:54:00 PM
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Interesting News Hit for NZRO, tonight, was Created By "Idea Labs" just of interest , bytes & Bits: <<Utility.com Ranked as the Best Utility Web Site in the World; Andersen Consulting Says Utility.com Web Site Compares Favorably With E-Commerce Sites Such as Amazon.com and Federal Express ALBANY, Calif., Oct 22, 1999 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Utility.com, the first Internet utility company, was named the best-performing Web site among 144 U.S., U.K., Australian and Hong Kong utility companies in a research study conducted by Andersen Consulting. Andersen derived its ratings by comparing the utility sites to some of the best e-commerce Web sites from other industries. It found the top-performing utility Web sites to be as good or better than such sites as Amazon.com, Qantas, CNN, Federal Express and Lonely Planet On-Line, which are considered among the best in their industries. Among the attributes of top-rated sites were the abilities to change service plans, view and pay bills over the Internet, monitor energy consumption and select the monthly billing date. However, Utility.com's site outperformed the lowest-ranked Web sites by more than nine times on such key functionality measures as quality and usefulness of content, ability to conduct transactions, and range of interactivity. "Utility.com is pleased with Andersen's findings," stated Utility.com Chief Executive Officer Chris King. "We're honored by being called the best utility Web site. We're ecstatic that Andersen believes the choices, convenience and reliability we offer are on a par with the best Web sites, period." Andersen Consulting is a $8.3 billion global management and technology consulting organization whose mission is to help its clients create their future. The organization works with clients from a wide range of industries to link their people, processes and technologies to their strategies. Based in Albany, Calif., Utility.com is a privately held company founded in 1998 by e-commerce pioneer idealab!, the innovator behind such companies as eToys, GoTo.com, Free-PC, CitySearch, Tickets.com, and NetZero, Inc. Utility.com plans to provide energy services to approximately 20 states by the year 2000, reaching a market of 30 million customers who generate annual energy revenues of approximately $200 billion. Utility.com sells energy in California, the nation's largest energy market, and Pennsylvania. Utility.com is also registered with the Public Utility Commission of Nevada. Copyright (C) 1999 Business Wire. All rights reserved. Distributed via COMTEX. -0- CONTACT: Kaiser McEuen Inc. Ann Abajian, 310/479-8999 WEB PAGE: businesswire.com GEOGRAPHY: CALIFORNIA INTERNATIONAL EUROPE ASIA PACIFIC INDUSTRY CODE: E-COMMERCE INTERNET ENERGY UTILITIES Today's News On The Net - Business Wire's full file on the Internet with Hyperlinks to your home page.