SCG Files Rate Case

Bridgeport, CT, April 29, 2005 - Following up on its letter of intent sent to the Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control (DPUC) in March, the Southern Connecticut Gas Company (SCG) today filed with the DPUC an application seeking rate relief to help restore its financial stability, end the deterioration of cash flow and collect prudently incurred costs that are not currently reflected in rates.

“The Company has not experienced an increase in delivery rates since 2000 and as a result of the DPUC’s denial of the recovery of $20 million in uncontrollable costs in October 2004, the Company is forced to file for an 11% rate increase,” said Robert M. Allessio, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for SCG.

Insufficient cash flows currently being experienced by the Company and the inability to recover costs necessary for service to customers have the potential to adversely affect day-to-day operations.

“If the Company does not obtain recovery of its actual costs as requested in this case, it will be forced to offset its significant expense increases through drastic cost reduction measures such as workforce reductions, cutbacks in customer service programs and a reduction in infrastructure improvement projects. These actions would lead to a deterioration in the quality and level of service that we provide,” Allessio concluded.

Editor’s note: The Southern Connecticut Gas Company is a subsidiary of Energy East Corporation [NYSE:EAS], a super-regional energy services and delivery company in the Northeast. Energy East is a leader in promoting competition and is committed to profitably growing its energy infrastructure. Energy East serves nearly three million customers (1.8 million electric, one million natural gas and 200,000 other retail energy customers) throughout upstate New York and New England.