P&E AUTOMATION awarded prime contract by ATK Thiokol
for DOE-funded energy assessment project

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 9, 2003-- P&E AUTOMATION inc, an energy efficiency technology provider, announces that it has been selected as prime contractor by ATK Launch Systems, a division of Alliant Techsystems, to perform a plant-wide energy assessment at ATK's Promontory, Utah manufacturing facility.
The ATK project is supported by a competitive grant award that ATK received from the Department of Energy's Industrial Technologies program.

Under this contract, P&E AUTOMATION will deploy their FacilitySurveyor hosted software to collect data on the energy-consuming systems and processes at the plant, analyze the energy savings potential, and determine energy conservation measures with a 4-year or less payback to achieve those savings. These measures are projected to save over $3 million, 96,000 MWh electricity, and 186,000 million Btu in combined fossil fuels annually.

According to Deanna Bebb, President of P&E AUTOMATION. "ATK has made an impressive commitment to energy conservation, and we are honored to see our technologies contribute to energy savings potential of this magnitude."

ATK is a $3.4 billion advanced weapon and space systems company employing approximately 15,000 people in 22 states. News and information can be found on the Internet at www.atk.com.

The Industrial Technologies Program, part of the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, leads national efforts to improve industrial energy efficiency and environmental performance.

P&E AUTOMATION inc, a private corporation headquartered in downtown San Diego, provides energy efficiency technologies to commercial, industrial, institutional, and government customers. For more information, visit the P&E AUTOMATION website at www.power-and-energy.com.

Contact:
Deanna Bebb
President, P&E AUTOMATION inc
619.696.6906
dbebb@power-and-energy.com

Dave Olson
Senior Managing Partner
Tersus Energy, Plc
(619) 218-5064
dolson@tersusenergy.com