Baconton Power Facility Achieves ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 Certifications

ATLANTA (March 4, 2009) – PIC Group, Inc. (PIC) announced today that the Baconton power facility, located in Baconton, Ga., has successfully completed external certification of its Environmental, Health and Safety (EH&S) Management System to international standards ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001. The Baconton team, led by plant manager Brian Alligood and supported by PIC’s corporate management team, completed the certification process on Jan. 6, 2009 with a passing score on the Stage 2 Audit.

The Baconton facility houses two separate power plant operations and has been commercial since June 1999. PIC, a global power generation service provider, supported Baconton’s team by providing the facility with expert personnel to facilitate a seamless certification process.

Environmental, health and safety (EH&S) management system standards were developed by government and industry to assist companies in assuring structured and disciplined control of all aspects of their environmental, occupational, health and safety impacts. An externally certified EH&S management system will help the Baconton power facility reduce risk and liability, control costs, increase stakeholder confidence and expand global marketing. Although the system is a voluntary management tool in the U.S., it is a requirement for doing business in a number of countries.

PIC Group, Inc., headquartered in Marietta, Ga. and established in 1988, is a leading provider of global service solutions to the power generation industry. PIC offers a complete portfolio of services including installation, full scope turbine and boiler outage services, balance of plant mechanical services, equipment commissioning, integrated plant start-up, operations and maintenance and complete staffing solutions for all aspects of power project development and execution. PIC delivers “The Best Of The Best”® personnel, processes and programs to meet its customers’ facility and project needs. As of March 2008, PIC Group, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Marubeni Corporation, a publicly listed company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan with $41.6 billion in revenue and approximately $5.9 billion in gross profit. Marubeni was founded in 1858 and currently has 126 offices in 70 different countries around the world. For more information on PIC Group, Inc. or Marubeni Corporation, visit www.picworld.com or www.marubeni.com.