P&E AUTOMATION's Technology Saves Energy for ChevronTexaco Energy Conservation and Savings Measure.

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 9, 2003--P&E AUTOMATION Inc., a
year-old technology company in downtown San Diego, announces that their web-hosted EnergyConsole energy reporting application is included as part of a large ChevronTexaco Energy Conservation and Savings Measure.

ChevronTexaco has a performance-based energy management contract at the customer's site, and is utilizing the EnergyConsole software to improve energy savings, pre-empt equipment failures, and reduce operating costs.

The EnergyConsole is a hosted industrial reporting/analysis application. It provides Energy Service Companies (ESCOs), and other facility managers a personalized tool to improve operations and energy usage/savings across diverse facilities and projects.

According to company President Deanna Bebb, "We know that the savings realized from the EnergyConsole will be significant for both our customer and their customer. This is a great flagship customer site to validate and build credibility for our technology."

P&E AUTOMATION provides a suite of "facility intelligence" products and services that bring the cost-saving benefits of open web technologies and the company's own inventions to industrial
facilities. For more information, visit the P&E AUTOMATION Web site at www.power-and-energy.com.

CONTACT: P&E AUTOMATION, San Diego
Deanna Bebb, 619-696-6906
dbebb@power-and-energy.com