TXU Energy Services has signed a three- year, $100 million-pluscomprehensive energy management contract with Bass Hotels &Resorts, a subsidiary of Bass PLC, to provide natural gas, electricand risk management services, develop energy-efficiency improvementprojects and provide consolidated billing services.

The contract covers 118 Bass Hotels & Resorts andsubstantially all of the Bass Hotels & Resorts company-ownedand managed properties throughout the United States and Canada.

Bass Hotels & Resorts owns, operates or franchises more than3,000 hotels and over 490,000 guest rooms in nearly 100 countriesaround the world. The hotel company’s brands includeInter-Continental Hotels and Resorts, Crowne Plaza Hotels andResorts, Holiday Inn Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Express andStaybridge Suites by Holiday Inn.

TXU Energy Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dallas-basedTXU, is a national provider of integrated energy solutions. TXUEnergy Services serves more than 6,000 customers in 33 states andhas completed more than 3,500 energy management projectsnationwide.

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