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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE	TIA Contact: Roy Littlefield
May 1, 2007	301-430-7280

TIA Utility Services Program Provides Relief before Summer Rates

BOWIE, Maryland – May 1, 2007, The Tire Industry Association (TIA) has expanded its utility services program to offer competitive rates in select, deregulated energy markets. “This expansion of coverage could not come at a better time for commercial customers who truly deserve a choice in their supplier,” commented TIA’s Executive Director Roy Littlefield.

With electricity rates historically higher in the summer and winter, many businesses should find competitive rates with an alternate supplier before the summertime approaches. Choosing an alternate supplier may provide temporary pricing relief as well as extended protection from market volatility. Many alternate suppliers in TIA’s program with Affiliated Power Purchasers International (APPI) guarantee budget certainty with a fixed kWh rate for a term of choice.

“The more money I save on electric, the more my bottom line increases,” shared Mr. Don Dodson, TIA member and treasurer of A to Z Tire. In his state of Texas, businesses have saved over $50 million dollars in utility expenses on the program since the state deregulated in 2002.

Markets including Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, and Texas now have the option of changing from their incumbent utility to an alternate supplier. TIA’s program navigates businesses through the complexities of the energy market and presents only licensed alternate suppliers.

For more information on TIA’s competitive utility services program, please contact TIA Director of Membership Megan Walsh at 800-876-8372 ext.112 or email mwalsh@tireindustry.org.

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TIA is an international association representing all segments of the tire industry, including those that manufacture, repair, recycle, sell, service or use new or retreaded tires, and also those suppliers or individuals who furnish equipment, material or services to the industry. The Tire Industry Association (TIA) has a history that spans more than 80 years and includes several name changes. Originally known as the National Tire Dealers & Retreaders Association (NTDRA), the organization gave birth over the years to the American Retreaders Association (ARA) and the Tire Association of North America (TANA). ARA changed its name to the International Tire & Rubber Association (ITRA) and merged with TANA in 2002 to form the current Tire Industry Association (TIA), which now represents every interest in the tire industry.

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